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AJA XenaHS User Manual — Using Xena With Application Software
Audio Mixer Dialog
The “Wave”, “SW Synth”, and “CD Player” controls function the same as with any system
sound device. (These sources are mixed with the Xena output as specified by the Volume
sliders.) The “Wave Out”, “Tone”, and “Monitor” controls specify the mode of the board.
The “Wave”, “Tone”, and “Monitor” controls are mutually exclusive. When “Wave” is
selected, the normal Xena output is selected. When “Monitor” is selected, the audio input to
the Xena is directed straight to the audio output. (This is useful for listening to the audio
while recording.) When “Tone” is selected, a continuous test tone is output to
all
Xena output
channels.
Note:
Volume and Balance sliders are disabled for the Wave Out, Tone, and Monitor
sources. These are pure digital sources, and are never attenuated.
Sound Recording controls
These only need to be set if you are using embedded audio. To adjust the Recording controls
for the Xena card, follow these steps:
1.
Select the “
Volume...
” button for Sound Recording. This will bring up a Mixer dialog.
(If it does not bring up the mixer dialog, see below.)
2.
In the Options menu of the Mixer dialog, select “
Properties
.”
3.
In the mixer device Properties dialog, select “
Xena-HD Audio Device (1
)” as the mixer
device. If you want to be able to select between AES audio and Embedded audio, you
should check all the check-boxes.
4.
If an “Analog In” control is displayed, you may leave it unchecked since XenaHS has
no analog audio.
The error message “
There is a problem with your sound hardware
” may appear when
attempting to access the Mixer dialog for a Xena Audio Device—if there are no volume
controls enabled for that Device. (This may be confusing since the volume controls are
enabled from within the Mixer dialog.) To correct this, select the “
Volume...
” button in the
“
Sound recording
” area. If “
Volume
...” is not available for “
Sound Recording
”, choose
“
Volume
...” in “
Playback,
” choose “
properties
” from the
Options
menu, and then switch to
“Sound recording.” Then, in the Mixer dialog
Options menu > Properties
, select a Xena device
under “
Mixer device:
”, select “
Adjust volume for Recording
”, and then enable the available Xena
volume controls. At least one volume control must be enabled in order for the Mixer dialog to
open properly. Under Windows 2000 there may be no volume controls available for sound
recording: please contact AJA if you need to record embedded audio.
