User's Guide
DIGI96/8 PRO © RME
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8.3 Playback (Windows MME)
DIGI96/8 PRO
can play back audio data only in supported formats (sample rate, bit reso-
lution). Otherwise an error message appears (for example at 22 kHz and 8 bit).
In the audio application being used, DIGI96/8 PRO must be selected as the output device. This
can often be found in the
Options, Preferences
or
Settings
menus under
Playback Device, Au-
dio Devices, Audio
etc. Only a few programs exclusively use Windows'
Preferred Playback
Device
. This setting can be changed in >Control Panel /Multimedia /Audio<. We recommend
using 24-bit resolution for playback to use the DIGI96 series fullest potential.
We strongly recommend switching all system sounds off (via >Control Panel /Sounds<). Also
DIGI96/8 PRO
should not be the
Preferred Device
for playback, as this could cause loss
of synchronization and unwanted noises. If you feel you cannot do without system sounds, you
should consider buying a cheap Blaster clone and select this as
Preferred Device
in >Control
Panel /Multimedia /Audio<.
The RME Driver CD includes step by step instructions for configuring many popular audio ap-
plications. Start setup.htm or setup2.htm (in the
\rmeaudio.web\techinfo\
directory).
The screenshot to the
right shows a typical
configuration dialog as
displayed by a (stereo)
wave editor. In ADAT
mode a playback is do-
ne using the currently
chosen stereo pair. In
SPDIF mode playback
always uses channels
1+2.
Increasing the number
and/or size of audio
buffers may prevent the
audio signal from brea-
king up, but also increa-
ses latency i.e. output is
delayed. For synchroni-
zed playback of audio
and MIDI, be sure to
activate the checkbox ‘Get position from audio driver’. Even at higher buffer settings in a mixed
Audio/MIDI environment, sync problems will not arise because the
DIGI96/8 PRO
always
reports the current play position correctly (even while recording - essential for chase lock syn-
chronization).
