
Contents:
From opening the package to installation ..........................................................................8
Scope of delivery............................................................................................................8
Windows installation—step by step ...................................................................................9
Which operating system?...............................................................................................9
Power supply..................................................................................................................9
Installing the PHASE 24 FW drivers in Windows XP .....................................................9
The PHASE 24 FW as a system audio device (Windows)...........................................14
Updating the firmware (Windows) ................................................................................14
Mac installation—step by step .........................................................................................15
Which operating system?.............................................................................................15
Power supply................................................................................................................15
Installing the PHASE 24 FW driver in OS X.................................................................15
The PHASE 24 FW as a system audio device (Mac OS X) .........................................15
Updating the firmware (Mac OS X) ..............................................................................15
The FireWire™ port .........................................................................................................16
The connections of the PHASE 24 FW system ...............................................................17
Analog outputs .............................................................................................................18
Analog inputs ...............................................................................................................19
Digital interface (S/PDIF) .............................................................................................20
MIDI interface...............................................................................................................21
Drivers .............................................................................................................................22
The Windows drivers....................................................................................................22
The MME wave driver...............................................................................................22
The ASIO driver and the ASIO Control Panel ..........................................................22
The GSIF driver ........................................................................................................24
The MIDI driver.........................................................................................................24
In detail—special properties of the drivers...................................................................25
DirectSound & WDM ................................................................................................25
WDM sample rate (SR) interpolation........................................................................25
WDM kernel streaming .............................................................................................25
The Mac OS X drivers..................................................................................................26
The PHASE Control Panel...............................................................................................28
Inputs (Analog In, Digital In) .....................................................................................29
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PHASE 24 FW (English)