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Appendix E: PureWave and SuperChannel
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Appendix E: PureWave and SuperChannel
PureWave buffer size –
This box controls the overall latency of the PureWave
driver. The lower the value, the lower the latency. You can try different values to
find the best possible latency for your system.
The controls found in the
Outputs
and
Inputs
sections of the Wave device
configuration window work identically.
Link buttons
–
Along the left hand side you’ll see a group of funny-looking black
connectors. Notice that this column is labeled “Link.” These are the link buttons;
they let you link channels together to form SuperChannel wave devices. Try
clicking one of the link buttons; notice that it has changed shape and that two of
the rows are now joined together. Click on it again; the two rows are now
disconnected.
You can use the link buttons to build your desired set of Super Channel wave
devices.
Width indicator –
This just shows you how many channels there are in each wave
device; these values are updated as you click on the link buttons.
Mode button –
The blue mode buttons let you set either WDM or PureWave mode
for each individual wave device. Just click the button to change the mode. Note
that the interface won’t allow you to use SuperChannel and PureWave
simultaneously. Selecting PureWave will take the top stereo pair out of the
SuperChannel. PureWave is not available on Windows Me.
Below you can see what the Wave device configuration window would look like
for the surround sound playback example previously discussed in the
SuperChannel section. The wave-out devices have been linked together like this:
•
Layla3G 1-6 Analog Out
•
Layla3G 7-8 Analog Out
•
Layla3G 1-8 Digital Out