Preferences - Audio Tab

From the Options menu, choose Preferences and select the Audio tab to specify playback and recording options. Click the Advanced button to access the advanced 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 Driver: 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

The Channel and Device columns indicate which audio output will be used to play each channel in a multichannel file. To assign a channel to a different output, click the Device entry and choose a new output from the drop-down list.

TIP To change a channel's output device using the Channel Meters window, click the channel number and choose a new output port from the menu:

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. 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.

Recording

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

Recording device routing

The Channel and Device columns indicate which audio output will be used to record each channel in a multichannel file. To assign a channel to a different input, click the Device entry and choose a new input from the drop-down list.

TIP To change a channel's input in the Record Options window, click the channel number and choose a new input port from the menu.

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, see Advanced Audio Configuration

Default All

Click to restore the Audio tab to the default settings.