System Requirements; Device Drivers And Latency - Behringer iAXE393 User Manual

iAXE393 USB-GUITAR

3.2 System requirements

To connect the iAXE393 USB-Guitar to a computer, you need a
free USB slot.
The iAXE393 USB-Guitar is compatible with both PC
and Mac computers. Therefore, no installation
procedure or drivers are required for the correct
functioning of the iAXE393 USB-Guitar. As soon as
you connect the iAXE393 USB-Guitar to a free USB
slot, it will be recognized as generic USB audio
device.
If you want to make use of the included drivers
and applications, please observe the system
requirements of the respective manufacturers.
IIf you want to use the guitar for real-time applications on the PC,
e.g. for recording or to use with the provided "Guitar Combos"
from Native Instruments, we strongly recommend the installation
of the included USB audio driver to ensure a low latency (see
Chapter 3.3).
To work with the software that comes with the guitar, your
computer must meet the following minimum requirements:
PC
Operating system Windows XP
Pentium 700 MHz
Processor
Athlon XP 1.33 GHz
RAM 256 MB
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A device driver is an interface that ensures communication
between the software (audio application) and the hardware
(your iAXE393). In recent years, the PC platform has witnessed
the establishment of several different driver models for sound
cards. Some of these drivers cannot be used for simultaneous
recording and playback or for working with software plug-ins,
since they do not support the full performance provided by
professional sound cards and cause a long time delay (this is
called "latency").
With standard Windows applications, you don't need to worry
about which driver is currently being used by the operating
system. You only need to select the correct playback device via
the Windows "Control Panel".
However, as soon as you start to produce or record computer-
based music and work with special audio software such as
Cubase, Live, Logic, Tracktion, or others, you should make sure
that you selected an ASIO driver. This driver model supports the
full range of functions offered by your hardware and gives you
the best performance. With the USB Audio Driver, we have
already included one of the fastest ASIO drivers currently
available.
You will normally find the selection of a driver model for computer
MAC
hardware in the standard default settings of the software you
are using. If necessary, check the documentation for your
Mac OS X v10.3.x
software. Use the control panel to set up a lower latency. The
G4 733 MHz
smaller the value, the better. If audio dropouts occur, try increasing
the latency in stages.
512 MB
Things are much simpler with the Mac platform. With OS X
operating system, there is only one driver model, the CoreAudio
driver. Thus, there's no need to worry about selecting a driver.
3 SOFTWARE

3.3 Device drivers and latency