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Console3 (WDM)
This section of the manual applies only if you installed the WDM drivers.
A “virtual control surface” application called Console3 is included with the WDM
driver. The Console allows you to control the audio I/O and clocking functions of
your Echo product, and it brings these controls to a single easy-to-use location.
From the console you can control the output levels, select synchronization clocks,
select the digital mode, and adjust input monitoring.
If you’re curious, the name “Console3” means that this is Echo’s third-generation
design for a software console.
Running the Console
Once you have run the installer, you will find the console under your Start menu
under the group “Echo Digital Audio.” Here, you have two options for running the
console: “Show all Console3 windows” and “Start the tray icon.”
If you select “Start the tray icon,” a red “Echo” icon will be placed on your system
tray. This is called the launcher. Double-clicking the launcher icon will display a
console window for each Echo card in your system. If you only want to open a
console window for one of your Echo cards, right-clicking the launcher icon will
display a menu that lists the cards in your system. Select the card corresponding to
the console you want to display.
If you select “Remove from tray,” the icon will vanish. All of your open console
windows will close as well.
Console Window
The basic metaphor for the console interface is a digital mixing board, and it works
in terms of
output busses
. An output bus is a stereo pair of outputs on your
hardware. For example, analog outputs 1 and 2 are an output bus. The console
window allows you to select an output bus and control what is mixed and sent to
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