Operation And Usage Playback; Operation And Usage 8.1 Playback - RME Audio MADIface USB User Manual

8. Operation and Usage
8.1 Playback
In the audio application being used, MADIface must be selected as output device. This can
often be found in the Options, Preferences or Settings menus as Playback Device, Audio De-
vices, Audio etc.
We recommend switching all system sounds off (via >Control Panel /Sound<). Also MADIface
should not be the Preferred Device for playback, as this could cause loss of synchronization
and unwanted noises. If you feel you cannot do without system sounds, you should consider
using the on-board sound device or buying a cheap Blaster clone and select this as Preferred
Device in > Control Panel /Sound /Playback<.
The screenshot shows a typical configuration dialog. After selecting a device, audio data is sent
to the specified channels of the MADI port, depending on which has been selected as playback
device.
Increasing the number and/or size of audio buffers may prevent the audio signal from breaking
up, but also increases latency i.e. output is delayed. For synchronized playback of audio and
MIDI (or similar), be sure to activate the checkbox 'Get position from audio driver'.
Note: Since Vista the audio application can no longer control the sample rate under WDM.
Therefore the driver of the MADIface USB includes a workaround: the sample rate can be set
globally for all WDM devices within the Settings dialog, see chapter 7.1.
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