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UAD System Manual - 110 - Chapter 11: UAD-2 Satellite
Important: FireWire bandwidth is unrelated to UAD DSP loads. See
“FireWire Bandwidth vs. UAD DSP” on page 111 for details.
Sharing
Bandwidth
If UAD-2 Satellite is the only device on the FireWire bus, UAD processing traf-
fic can use the entire bandwidth of the bus. However, if other FireWire de-
vices are on the bus, the amount of bandwidth used for UAD traffic must be
reduced so those devices will have enough bandwidth for their processes as
well.
Bandwidth
Control
The FireWire bandwidth used for UAD traffic is controlled using the “UAD
Bandwidth Allocation” on page 66. By using the “FireWire Gauge” on
page 69, it’s easy to determine how much bandwidth is being used by the
non-UAD devices, so appropriate choices can be made when setting the UAD
Bandwidth Allocation.
These settings, and all other UAD-2 Satellite FireWire parameters (Figure 37
on page 111), are made in the UAD Meter & Control Panel. See “FireWire
Panel” on page 64 for detailed descriptions of the FireWire controls.
Figure 35. The UAD Meter with UAD-2 Satellite
Figure 36. Elements of the UAD FireWire Gauge
Total available Firewire bus bandwidth
Available FW bandwidth (headroom)
Total allocated
bandwidth
(UAD + other
devices)
Used by
other devices
(orange)
Used by
UAD (blue)
UAD Bandwidth Allocation
(blue + green)
Available for UAD
(green)