Owner manual

4 - The PatchMix DSP Mixer
Mixer Strip Creation
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Mixer Strip Creation
 Tip: Adding or deleting
a strip “defragments” the
effect/DSP resources. If any
effect you wish to add is
unavailable (greyed-out),
try deleting an unused
strip to free up resources.
PatchMix DSP is a dynamically configurable mixer. Each mixer session can contain an
arbitrary number of strips up to a limit set by the number of available input sources
and available DSP resources.
You must create a strip for each mono or stereo audio input, and for each ASIO stream
you wish to use in your software application. This is important because outputs will
not appear in your software application until you have created ASIO strips in PatchMix.
• Host refers to a computer application such as Cubase.
• Physical refers to a hardware input or output such as an output jack.
 To Add a New Strip:
Physical
Sources
ASIO
Sources
1. Click on the New Mixer Strip button. See “Overview of the Mixer”. The New Mixer
Strip Input Dialog appears:
2. Select the desired input to the mixer strip from the following choices:
• Physical Source: Analog or digital input (Analog, ADAT, S/PDIF)
• Host - ASIO Source input: Streaming audio from an ASIO software application.
• Host - WAVE input: Window sound sources — WAVE, WDM, CD
 CDs & MP3s: The
WAVE 1/2 strip is used to
playback CDs, Windows
Media Player, and Direct
Sound.
PHYSICAL SOURCE Function
Physical: Dock Mic/Line 24-bit mono or stereo analog inputs on the MicroDock.
Physical: Dock In 2 4 - b i t m o n o o r s t e r e o a n a l o g i n p u t s o n t h e M i c r o D o c k .
Physical: Dock S/PDIF 2 channel digital audio from the S/PDIF input on the
MicroDock.
Physical: Dock ADAT 2 channel (x4 strips) digital audio from the ADAT input on the
MicroDock.
HOST SOURCE Function
Host ASIO Output Source
From software application
Mono or stereo digital audio from an ASIO source (i.e recording
or other software app). ASIO Out 1-16, ASIO Out 1/2, 3/4, etc.
Host Windows Source
From Windows
Direct Sound, WDM, Windows Media
(Sound generated or handled by Windows.)
WAVE 1/2 - Default stereo source such as game sound, CD
player, beep sounds, etc.
WAVE 3/4, WAVE 5/6, WAVE 7/8 - Additional WDM channels