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Kyra Manual
card to render your DAW’s audio. Note that Kyra’s Sound-
card Mode is of professional quality and renders 24-bit
digital audio at 48kHz or 96kHz (it must be the same
sample rate as audio from Kyra) so you’re unlikely to no-
tice any quality loss compared to using a separate sound
card (in fact, it will probably be better).
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Use Kyra’s Soundcard Mode to use Kyra’s line out-
puts to render the audio from your DAW. This will
simplify the configuration and wiring in many studio
environment setups.
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Enabling Soundcard mode prevents Kyra outputting
any of its own audio on Output A, the default output.
The Soundcard mode setting is retained when
you switch off Kyra
. If you change your setup so
that it expects synthesizer audio on Output A re-
member to switch off Soundcard mode
otherwise
you won’t get any sound from Kyra on Output A
.
USB Audio Status
This is a status rather than an adjustable parameter. It
shows the rate at which Kyra has been asked to stream
audio to and/or from the host (your computer). If Kyra
isn't streaming, the status will be 'Inactive'. Kyra allows
the host to select streaming at 48kHz or 96kHz. Kyra al-
ways streams 24 bit audio but most host drivers can re-
duce this to 16 bit if required for legacy DAWs. For best
quality results, configure your DAW to stream at 96kHz 24
bit. This will give you the best quality possible for any
signal processing performed subsequently in your DAW.
OLED Screensaver
The
OLED Screensaver
setting configures Kyra‘s screen
saver to activate after 10, 30 (default) or 1 hour of inactivi-
ty of the front panel. There is also an option to disable the
screensaver. When the screensaver is activated, the OLED
display will be set to a reduced contrast level to extend its
lifetime and reduce the chance of any image 'burn in'. The
OLED display will revert to its standard level if any front
panel control is used.
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If Kyra’s screensaver or standby mode has activated,
just press
Exit
to restore the display and continue
your work.
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