User Manual

Apogee ONE | User’s Guide for Windows
Toolbar
1. System Sidebar Button
2. Clear Meters Button
3. Mute All Button
System Sidebar
Provides System-wide settings that apply to your recording system as a whole.
1. Sample Rate  - Selects ONE’s sample rate. In most cases this setting will
be overridden by software running on the computer (i.e. When a DAW
session project is open). If no audio apps are open, then the sample rate
can be freely set. As soon as an audio app is open, sample rate is forced
to either the systems sample rate (Sound>Properties>Advanced) or the
DAW’s sample rate.
Note: It’s recommended that users set the DAW and the Systems Sample
Rate to the same where possible.
2. Peak Hold  - Sets the time that peak indications are held on the level
meters.
3. Over Hold  - Sets the time that over indicators are held on the level
meters.
4. Preferred Buffer Size - Set the desired I/O buffer size for the ASIO
driver with this dropdown menu. See “How do I set my software’s IO
buffer” for more details.
Note: The lowest Buffer Size settings 8 and 16 may not be compatible with
all DAWs and may result in the DAW crashing or the actual buffer
being set to 32.
5. Safe Mode - When Safe Mode is off, output latency (i.e. the size of the playback side buffer) is
reduced in order to lower overall throughput latency.
● Experiment with the Preferred Buffer Size and Safe Mode to arrive at the lowest
throughput latency without clicks and pops or CPU overloads.
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