6Monitoring button

Click this button to monitor and loopback recording audio to output speakers. The recording volume will affect the monitoring signals from the speaker output. The audio will be mixed into the streams from your PC and all DSP effects will be applied to the source and the output. A typical application is to apply Dolby Pro-Logic IIx 7.1-ch spreading to your TV audio, CD, MP3, or stereo game console audio from a gaming device such as Wii, XBOX360, and PS2/PS3/PSP. To apply Dolby Virtual Speaker is suitable for a two-speaker setup.

When the monitoring function is enabled, audio output from HDMI output is disabled.

7Source / path name

This shows the source name for each volume control slider:

• S/PDIF-In: S/PDIF digital input source.

•Mix: Stereo Mix which will record MIC, AUX, and digital WAVE audio you are playing on your PC.

•Aux: Recording from Aux-In for typically TV-tuner card audio or other sound sources.

•Line-In: Recording from Line-in jack for external audio devices.

•WAVE: Recording from digital wave audio you are playing on your PC.

Windows® Vista does not support WAVE recording.

8Reset

Click to reset all volume controls to the default settings.

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