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Let’s start: Play
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Let’s start: Play
In this chapter you will learn how to
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Playback a signal with the SERAPH M2
4.1
Introduction
In a recording studio there are a lot of cables going from the tape machine to the console in
order to play back previously recorded signals. In the same way you can think of your audio
software (the sequencer, etc.) being connected by many (virtual) wires to the SERAPH M2.
With each of these cables, in Windows
TM
operating systems called ’device’, two audio signals
are transported. In total there are 64
devices available, which transport each two signals to
the SERAPH M2 using a specific driver interface. The ’driver interface’ is like the type of audio
cable used for the transmission of the signals. For media players Windows
TM
Direct Sound is
the most often used interface, while multi-channel music programs (sequencer etc.) make use
of the ASIO interface. The following is an explanation how to use each for playback with the
SERAPH M2.
4.2
Using a media playback program
Windows
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1. Within Windows, select
<
Start
> <
Settings
> <
System
>
2. In the tab
<
Sound
>
for ’Sound Playback - Default device’ select ’SERAPH M2 1-2’
Windows
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1. Within Windows
TM
select
<
Start
> <
Control Panel
> <
Hardware and Sound
> <
Sound
>
2. In the tab
<
Playback
>
select the device ’DAW Out 1-2’
3. In the lower part of the window activate ’Set Default’
4.3
Using an ASIO (multi-channel) music software
1. Start the ASIO audio application
2. Open the audio settings of the software
3. Select the ’ASIO SERAPH M2’ driver
4. Near the selection for the ASIO driver the ASIO application often offers a button named
’configuration’ or ’Settings’. Click it to open the ASIO Device Setup.
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In the appendix you can find a table that will show you which software device corresponds to which MADI
Port depending on samplerate and transfer mode.
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Preliminary note: If an ASIO audio application using the SERAPH M2 is already active, you must first
ensure, that devices are available for usage. It may be, that the ASIO application already uses all available
devices and that thus the playback via a media program is not possible. Deactivate all devices in the ASIO
application, which you wish to use for the media playback. A step-by-step procedure of how to do this you will
find in the following section ’Using and ASIO music software’. ASIO applications are always using the devices of
the SERAPH M2 exclusively.
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Preliminary note: If an ASIO audio application or media playback is already using devices of the SERAPH M2,
they are not available any longer and it may thus be, that when starting an ASIO application an error message
will occur. It will state, that the ’ASIO SERAPH M2 driver could not be started’ or similar. ASIO applications
are always using the devices of the SERAPH M2 exclusively.
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