Using Audio Programs - Korg Soundlink DRS OASYS PCI User Manual

Using Audio Programs

Using Audio Programs
The OASYS PCI is designed for seamless use with all MacOS and Windows
ASIO-or MME-compatible digital audio programs, such as Acid, Cakewalk Pro
Audio, Sonar, and Metro, Cool Edit Pro, Cubase VST, Digital Performer, Logic
Audio, Peak, SAW, Sound Forge, Spark, Studio Vision Pro, and Vision DSP.
OASYS PCI also supports two-channel audio I/O via the Apple Sound Manager.
For more information, please see "Using Sound Manager (MacOS)" on page 50.
For details on specific programs, see the OASYS PCI FAQ
Please see the OASYS PCI FAQ for details on setting up and using OASYS PCI
with specific audio programs. These instructions include important information,
so if you have not already read them, please do so before proceeding!
Basic concepts
OASYS PCI works with audio and MIDI programs in three ways: as audio I/O
hardware, as a synthesizer, and as an effects processor.
As an audio I/O card, OASYS PCI provides audio software with 12 hardware
inputs and outputs, plus eight additional "stream" outputs to OASYS PCI effects.
Within audio software, "stream" outputs act just like regular outputs.
As a synthesizer, OASYS PCI appears to MIDI programs like an external, rack-
mount synth with 32 MIDI inputs (two 16-channel MIDI devices) and a dedicated
MIDI interface. So, instead of needing to send MIDI data to a port on an external
interface, you just assign it to OASYS PCI A or B. Due to its integration with audio
I/O hardware, you can also record OASYS PCI directly via ASIO or MME, without
any external connections.
As an effects processor, OASYS PCI appears to audio/MIDI programs as a rack of
external effects, hooked up to physical audio inputs and outputs. It interacts with
the audio/MIDI program just as those external effects would, using audio inputs,
audio outputs, sends, and busses. As with OASYS PCI synths, the integration with
audio I/O hardware means that all connections to the effects can be made directly
via ASIO or MME, without need for any external connections.
Only one ASIO program at a time can use OASYS PCI
Only one ASIO program can use OASYS PCI at any one time. For instance, let's
say that Cubase VST is running and using OASYS PCI via ASIO. With Cubase VST
still running, you start up a second ASIO program, such as BIAS Peak. Peak will be
unable to use OASYS PCI, because OASYS PCI is currently "owned" by Cubase
VST.
If you quit Cubase VST first, or set it to use different hardware for audio I/O, it
will release OASYS PCI for use by other programs. In the case described above,
after quitting Cubase VST, Peak will then be able to use OASYS PCI for audio I/O.
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