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HELIX BOARD 12 PLUS
Windows Operation
The Helix Board control panel on the PC can be accessed at
any time by entering choosing the shortcut from your Programs
menu. This program will not only allow users to alter their device
and channel names and properties, but will also let them adjust
buffer settings, change sampling rates, and so forth.
Sample Rate
In this menu, users are able to adjust the sampling rate of the
Helix Board. The sampling rate can be chosen between 44.1, 48,
88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz. Press ‘apply’ once a new sampling
rate is selected.
Buffer Settings
The Buffer Settings menu is used to adjust the Streaming Buffer,
as well as the buffer settings when using the ASIO and WDM
drivers.
The ‘Streaming Buffer’ can be adjusted between Minimum (1
millisecond), Small (2 milliseconds), Large (4 milliseconds) and
Maximum (8 milliseconds). The selection of the Streaming Buffer
size will determine the size of the ASIO and WDM buffer sizes,
as displayed in the table at the bottom of this page.
When selecting a new buffer size, users can click ‘Apply’ to apply
the newly selected buffer setting to the device.
Devices / Device0
In the Devices section, users are able to view and edit the name
of any Phonic USB Devices connected to the computer. There are
also two driver-integrated mixers that users are able to utilize to
better customize their input/output levels to suit their computer.
Hardware Inputs Mixer
This software-based mixer allows users to adjust levels and routing
options of all input signals received from the Helix Board. All of
the outputs from this mixer can then be utilized by DAW and other
suitable applications.
Level meters are incorporated into the mixing software. Users are
given visual depictions of current incoming and outgoing signals
from this software mixer.
