Steinberg NUENDO Audiolink 96, Operation Manual

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NUENDO AUDIOLINK 96
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13.4 Known Problems
Dropouts, noise and crackling will occur if your computer has insuffi-
cient CPU power or insufficiient PCI bus transfer rates. We also recom-
mend to deactivate all PlugIns to verify that these are not the reason for
such effects.
Windows
Unfortunately some newer UltraATA66 and UltraATA100 hard disk con-
trollers (also Raid controllers) appear not to follow the PCI specifications.
To achieve the highest throughput they hog the PCI bus, even in their de-
fault setting. Thus when working with low latencies heavy drop outs
(clicks) are heard. Try to solve this problem by changing the default setting
of the controller (for example by reducing the 'PCI Bus Utilization').
Another common source of trouble is incorrect synchronization. ASIO
does not support asynchronous operation, which means that the input
and output signals must not only have the same sample frequency, but
they must also be in sync. All devices connected to the Nuendo
Audiolink 96 must be properly configured for Full Duplex operation. As
long as SyncCheck (in the Settings dialog) only displays 'Lock' instead
of 'Sync', the devices have not been set up properly!