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The Echo Console
Included with your Darla is a “
virtual control surface
” application called
The Echo Console. The Console allows you to control the audio I/O and
clocking functions of Darla, and it brings these controls to a single easy-to-
use location. From the console you can control input and output levels as
well as adjust input monitoring.
The Echo Console software was automatically installed at the same time
that you installed the Darla drivers for Windows 95/98. If installation was
successful, you should see a capital letter
D
in your Windows ‘95/98 taskbar
(typically in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen). Clicking on the
“
D
” will activate the console program. It should look like this:
The console functions are grouped into three areas: inputs (in the upper left
corner), monitors (directly below the inputs that are being monitored), and
outputs (on the right hand side). The controls for a particular
function/stereo pair are then further grouped into a box that contains