To open the ASIO panel, click the “ASIO” button (on the right-hand side of the PHASE
Control Panel). Use the slider to adjust the latency (i.e. the delay between striking a key or
a MIDI event and the output of the sound). If the value is too low (and the sample rate too
high), this will negatively affect the performance of your overall system—a more powerful
computer will support a lower latency setting. With a fast system, you should achieve
values of less than 5 ms at 96 kHz without problems. “Without problems” means that you
will not detect any dropouts during audio recording or playback. If such dropouts occur,
increase the latency. Further options are generally available on the relevant panels of
ASIO applications such as Cubase, Wavelab etc.
Colors
When it comes to the design of the PHASE Control Panel, we like things to be clean and
functional. We don't want to force anything onto you, however—feel free to brighten your
screen with the Color Panel. This section contains a number of truly useful settings that
not only beautify your PHASE Control Panel, but which improve the overview of its
display:
A click on the Background, Text, Static Controls and Peakmeter buttons opens the
Windows dialog to change the colors.
The “Reflections off” option disables the attractive reflections of the elements. This can be
helpful for slower systems.
Test the settings made above in the right-hand part of the window and save them when
you're satisfied.
Once saved, you can find your personal color settings in the dropdown menu, which
already contains a number of examples. The “Windows System” color set uses only colors
that display correctly at an 8-bit color depth.
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