Owner`s manual

Console Settings

Clicking the Settings button at the top of the Console shows a dialog box for

altering console settings. The Settings dialog gives you four different tabs to

choose from: “Driver,” “Console,” “GSIF,” and “About.”

Driver tab

Here you can do two things: lock the sample rate and tell the driver whether

or not to synchronize wave devices.

Locking the sample rate

Locking the sample rate can be very important, since Windows will

frequently try to set the hardware to the highest supported sample rate.

Then, Windows sample rate converts between that rate and the rate at which

you are playing or recording. For instance, you may be trying to play at 44.1

kHz, but Windows sets the hardware to 96 kHz and converts between the

two. This is undesirable because you may be trying to do a digital transfer at

a specific rate. In addition, sample rate conversion will reduce your audio

quality and consume a great deal of CPU power. Locking the sample rate

forces Windows to only use the hardware at the locked rate. In general, we

recommend you set the sample rate first in your audio application. Then,

lock that same rate within the console. Locking the sample rate is not really

necessary for applications that do not use the legacy wave/MME interface

(such as SONAR, Cubase, etc.).