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"Restrict playback format to:"
When using certain audio programs with DirectSound it may happen,
that the DirectX system attempts to open the driver using a different
sample format, than the audio programs intends to use. This results in
a real time conversion of the signal format by the DirectX system. This
conversion may have negative influence on the sound and system
performance.
If a playback using DirectSound does not sound correct, you will have
to set the signal format, which you use in the audio software. This way
the DirectX system is forced to exclusively open the driver using the set
format in the MARC Manager and the real time conversion is
inapplicable.
”Available Playback Devices limited to:”
Here you adjust the (stereo) output for DirectSound applications, which
have no selection of the output. The output of the audio signals is then
restricted to this (stereo) output.
6.4.2.2. "GigaSampler" Section
We cannot inform you about the ideal settings for GSIF but will explain
to you, what the terms stand for. In order to find the most suitable
settings you will have to test.
"Granularity"
and
"Latency"
The granularity specifies the size of the audio data blocks, which are
transferred to the hardware by the GigaSampler. The smaller the
latency was set, the smaller will have to be the data blocks, in order to
avoid playback disturbances (granularity:
"Fine"
). Though the system is
more stressed because of the larger data overhead during the transfer,
the reaction time for the sampler playback is shorter.
Larger data blocks (granularity:
"Coarse"
) stress the system less, but
the reaction time is longer and playback disturbances easier.
For ideal results try to set the values of the two faders as low as
possible.
