iAXE USB-GUITAR
Installation for Mac
5
System Performance
4)
=
rapid
(or even
highspeed
).
Clicks or dropouts in recording
Start the
1)
ASIO-USB Control Panel
from within the audio soft-
ware (may be called
ASIO Config
or similar).
USB Device
2)
=
BEHRINGER USB AUDIO
.
Click on the
3)
ASIO
tab.
System Performance
4)
=
normal
.
Visit
for some helpful advice about optimizing
Windows XP for music applications.
Installation for Mac
3.
Installing the iAXE
3.1
To setup the iAXE, proceed as follows:
Power on your computer.
1)
Connect the iAXE with the USB cable to your Mac.
2)
Installing the Guitar Combos software
3.2
The Guitar Combos software consists of three different combos.
Choose any or all of them for installation. With the serial number on
the CD sleeve you can fully activate one combo. The other combos
can be run in demo mode with the following restrictions:
Saving of sounds is disabled
=
Quits after 30 minutes
=
Total recall is disabled
=
To install a combo on your system, proceed as follows:
From the folder "NI Guitar Combos" on your CD, choose the
1)
combo you wish to install and open the respective archive file
(ZIP) by double-clicking on its entry.
Double-click on the installer icon on the desktop, to start the
2)
installation.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
3)
If you have the serial number for the installed combo:
Accept to start the
4)
NI Service Center
, upon request.
If your computer is not connected to the internet, choose
+
the offline registration method to activate the combo via
another computer.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
5)
Product activation with NI's Service Center
Fig. 3.1:
If you do not have the serial number for the installed
+
combo, you can only run the combo in demo mode.
To setup the combo, proceed as follows:
Start the stand-alone application of a combo.
1)
In the
2)
Audio Setup
window, make your choice according to
the screenshot.
Please note, when using the Guitar Combos plug-in inside
3)
a host application (for example, audio recording software
such as energyXT2), all the signal routing is determined in
the host application.
As of OS 10.X the stand-alone version of Guitar Combos
+
needs an "Aggregate Device" for accessing inputs and
outputs of the hardware. For more information on how to
set up an Aggregate Device, visit
.
Audio Setup settings on OS 10.4 and above
Fig. 3.2:
With the
4)
Output Latency
slider, choose a setting below
16 ms
.
Installing Audacity
3.3
Audacity is a free software for recording and editing sounds.
To install the software, proceed as follows:
Double-click on "audacity.exe" in the "Audacity" folder.
1)
Follow the on-screen instructions.
2)
Start the application and go to
3)
File > Preferences
.
In the
4)
Audio I/O
tab, set the
Playback
and
Recording
devices
to
USB Audio Codec
.
Audio Setup settings
Fig. 3.3:
Restart the application.
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