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28–KOMPLETEAUDIO6–Manual

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Ifyouwanttousemultiplesoftwareclientssimultaneouslywiththedevice,keepinmind

they’llalsohavetosharethesamesamplerate.

• Process Buffer:Lowerthebuffersizevalueforaquickerresponsetimefromyourcom-

putertoaudiosoftwareandMIDIcontrolleractions.

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When converting audioinformationtodigitaland vice versa,theaudiodriver needsto

storethedatainbufferpackages(audiobuffers)whicharethensenttoandprocessed

bytheCPU.Thehigherthebuffersize,thelongerittakesforasignaltonallyarriveat

theoutputasaudio.Youmightexperiencethisasadelaybetweenthetimeyouhitakey

onyourcomputerorcontrollerandwhenyouactuallyhearthesound.Thisdelayiscalled

latency.Aruleofthumbis:lowerbuffersizeresultsinlowerlatency.However,thereare

morefactorstolatencythanbuffersizealone(e.g.,CPUspeedandRAMsize).Youshould

startoffwithahigherbuffersizesetting,andgraduallydecreasethevalueuntilyound

theperfectbalancebetweenplayabilityandsystemperformance.Ifyouexperiencecrack-

lingattheaudiooutput,thechosenbuffersizeisverylikelytoolowforyourcomputer’s

CPUtocopewith,aslowerbuffersizecauseshigherCPUload.

Device Monitor Section

6.3TheDevice Monitor section in the Audio SettingspageoftheControlPanel.

The Device Monitorsectiondisplaysinformationabouttheaudiointerface’sprocessingstatus

andyoursystem’soutputlatency.Ithastwodisplays:

• Processing State:Theprocessingstatemonitorprovidesfeedbackonthecurrentstatusof

thedevice.Therearethreepossiblestatusmessages:

• Idle:interfaceisconnected,butnoclientdeliversaudiodata.

• Streaming:driverisworkingandprocessingaudiodata.

• Panic:driverstoppedstreaming.ToomanyUSBI/Oerrorsoccurredintheinterface

communication.

• Output Latency:Showstheamountofoutputlatencyinmilliseconds.

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