Os X / Macos Control Panel - ESI GIGAPORT eX User Manual

ESI GIGAPORT eX

4. OS X / macOS Control Panel

This chapter describes the GIGAPORT eX Control Panel and its functions on the Mac. Under OS X
/ macOS, you can find a GIGAPORT eX icon in the Applications folder. Double click on this to
launch the control panel software and the following dialog will appear:
The File menu provides an option called Always on Top that makes sure the Control Panel stays
visible even when working in other software and you can launch the macOS Audio Settings there.
The Config menu allows you to load the Factory Defaults for the panel parameters and the Help >
About entry shows current version information. The main dialog has these sections under OUTPUTS:
1 / 2, 3 / 4, 5 / 6 and 7 / 8
This section contains volume control sliders for all the playback channels, arranged in (stereo)
channel pairs. Under each slider you can find a mute button (M) to mute that channel. To control both
and left channels simultaneously (stereo), the LINK switch under it must be activated. If LINK is not
active, each channel is controlled independently.
MASTER
This section contains volume control sliders for the sum of all playback channels. Under each slider
you can find a mute button (M) to mute that channel. To control both and left channels simultaneously
(stereo), the LINK switch under it must be activated. If LINK is not active, each channel is controlled
independently.
SAMPLERATE
At the bottom section the currently selected sample rate is shown. You can change it (as long as no
audio is being played back) by selecting it via the menu under Config > Samplerate. As GIGAPORT
eX is a digital audio interface, all applications and audio data will be processed with the same sample
rate at a given time. The hardware natively supports rates between 44.1 kHz and 192 kHz.
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