Installation – all products
Installation
Complete installation consists of disabling Windows system sounds, deciding
which Echo driver you are going to use, installing the Windows drivers into your
system, installing the PCI or CardBus card, connecting the audio interface to the
card (Layla24 and Gina24) and, if necessary, installing a multitrack audio
recording/editing application.
System Sounds
We suggest that you turn off your Windows system sounds prior to installing your
Echo product. Because most system sounds are sampled at very low sample rates,
typically 11 to 22 KHz, each time they are played it will cause the sample rate
clock on your Echo product to reset to the slower speed.
To turn off the system sounds, first go to the Windows “Control Panel,” which can
be found under “Settings” from the “Start” button. On the control panel you will
find an icon titled “Sounds” or “Sounds and Multimedia”. After double clicking
on this icon, you will see a window labeled “Schemes” near the bottom of the
screen. Click on the small down arrow to the right of the combo-box, and select
the “No Sounds” option. Then, click on the Ok button.
VxD vs. WDM - Deciding Which Driver to Install
VxD and WDM are two different driver architectures for Windows. You only
have a choice between the two if you are using Windows Me. If you are using
Windows 98, you must use the VxD drivers. If you are using Windows 2000 or
XP you must use the WDM drivers.
For Windows Me you should use the VxD drivers, unless you fall under one or
both of the following two categories:
1) You are using an audio program such as Cakewalk’s SONAR, which takes
advantage of the WDM architecture to achieve low latencies.
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