Asus Xonar U3 User Manual

17ASUS Xonar U3
8.3 Mixer/Volume
The mixer page is designed to control the volume for playback and recording
on the Xonar U3. In addition, the Xonar U3 also provides a high-quality digital
monitoring function for hearing the recorded audio from the speakers.
8.3.1 Playback Volume
No Item Description
1 Playback volume tab
Click this button to show the playback volume page.
2 Source / path name
This shows the source name for each volume control slider,
including:
- WAVE: All digital audio sources except MIDI les
- SW: Software Synthesizer; control the playback volume of
the MIDI les
- CD: CD-ROM digital playback (CD-DA) volume control
- LEFT, RIGHT…: the volume control for each speaker/
channel
NOTE: Windows
®
Vista does not support WAVE, Synthesizer
and CD-In volume controls.
3 Mute button
Click this button to mute the audio channel; click this button
again to restore the audio output.
4 Volume slider
Drag this slider down to decrease the volume; drag it up to
increase the volume. The tool-tip reveals the percentage
number from 1 to 100 in terms of the full scale level.
5 Left/Right balance
The horizontal slider controls the volume between the left
and right channels. (On Windows XP only)
6 Reset
Reset all volume controls to the default settings.
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Asus Xonar U3 Specifications

General

Internal	No
Audio quality	16 bit
Audio output channels	2.0 channels
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)	105 dB
Line-out Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)	0.005 %
Headphone outputs	2
LED indicators	Yes
Dolby technologies	Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Pro-Logic IIx, Dolby Virtual Speaker
Audio system maximum sampling rate	48 kHz

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	79.5 mm
Width	30.6 mm