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3.4 DirectWIRE Loopback
GIGAPORT eX has a feature that we call DirectWIRE Loopback. It allows you to record the playback
internally. For instance, you can use it to playback any audio signal in any application while you
record it with a different software or you could record the main master output signal of a DJ mix on
the same computer. There are many possible applications, i.e. you can record what you are streaming
online or you can save the output of a software synthesizer application. Essentially, you can make a
1:1 identical transfer of the playback signal digitally inside your system.
You will find in the Windows
Sound
control panel and in the audio settings of many applications that
there is a 2 channel MME/WDM input device called
GIGAPORT eX Loopback
(shown on the picture
in the previous section). Also ASIO compatible applications can use 2 input channels. How it works
is that anything you play back via physical output channels 1 and 2 within the same or even from
another application can be recorded internally.
Please note that the signals you play via outputs 3 to 8 cannot be recorded internally, only those from
playback channel 1 and 2 - with the exception that those signals you assign from other playback
channels to output 1 and 2 via the DirectWIRE Output Channels functionality (described earlier) are
also being recorded.
