Audio tab

The Audio tab allows you to specify playback and recording options.

Basic audio preferences

Item

Description

Audio device type

Choose a driver type from the drop-down list.

 

• Microsoft Sound Mapper - The default setting. Allows the Sound Mapper to choose appropriate

 

playback and recording devices.

 

• Windows Classic Wave - Allows you to choose a specific audio device using a classic Wave driver.

 

• ASIO - Allows you to choose a specific audio device using a low-latency ASIO driver.

 

 

Playback

Click the Playback tab to adjust playback routing and buffering settings.

 

 

- Playback device routing

Use this control to assign channels from multichannel audio files to outputs on your sound card: the

 

numbered columns represent audio channels, and the rows represent the selected playback device's

 

outputs. Select the Enable check box to enable an output, and select a radio button to assign the

 

channel to an output.

 

In the following example, channel 1 is routed to the sound card's first output, channel 2 is routed to the

 

second output, and so on.

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Playback buffering (seconds)

Specifies the total amount of buffering that is used during playback.

 

 

The larger the number, the more buffering is performed during playback. This value must be as low as

 

 

possible without gapping. To set it, start at .25 and play back a typical song. Move some of the track

 

 

faders. If the playback gaps, try increasing this slider in small increments until the gapping goes away.

 

 

If you simply cannot get playback to be free of gapping, you need to install more RAM in your computer

 

 

so you can increase buffering, buy a faster access hard drive, or minimize the number of audio plug-ins

 

 

you are trying to use simultaneously.

 

 

Record

Click the Record tab to adjust record input routing and buffering settings.

 

 

 

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Recording device routing

Use this control to assign channels from multichannel audio files to outputs on your sound card: the

 

 

numbered columns represent audio channels, and the rows represent the selected record device’s

 

 

inputs. Select the Enable check box to enable an input, and select a radio button to assign the input to

 

 

a channel.

In the following example, the signal from Analog in 1 is recorded to channel 1, Analog in 2 is recorded to channel 2, and so on.

- Record buffering (seconds)

Specifies the total amount of buffering that is used during recording.

 

If you use your computer for other tasks while recording, increasing this setting can reduce the

 

likelihood of those tasks interrupting recording.

 

 

Advanced

Click this button to open the Advanced Audio Configuration dialog. For more information on these

 

options, see below.

 

 

Default All

Click to restore the Audio tab to the default settings.

 

 

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