Selecting The X-Station As The Midi Device In Cubase; Selecting The X-Station As The Audio Device In Logic - Novation X-Station User Manual

Selecting the X-Station in Cubase and LOGIC
The amount of latency can be set by changing 'System Performance'
drop down box options. The higher the specification (speed of CPU and
RAM memory) of the computer being used, the lower the latency may
be set. The choices are : Highspeed, Rapid, Fast, Normal and Relaxed.
The default setting is 'Medium' however for the best performance the
'Highspeed ' option should be selected.
After setting this option experiment with recording and replaying audio -
see next few pages. If there are click and 'pops' appearing in the audio
signal then try setting the performance to the next lowest setting.
Selecting the X-Station as the MIDI device Cubase SX or SX2
In order to receive MIDI information from the X-Station into Cubase, the
X-Station must be selected as a MIDI device.
In the project window click on the 'In' drop down box and select 'X-
Station' (Emulated).
Now that the X-Station has been setup for Audio and MIDI turn to page
9 'Audio Connection and Setup' for more information on using the
Audio features. Refer to page 7 'Controlling a VST insturment' for more
information on using the MIDI control features.

Selecting the X-Station as the Audio device in LOGIC

In LOGIC open the 'Audio Hardware & Drivers' window from the pull
down menu under 'Audio as illustrated
QUICK START GUIDE
In the 'Audio Driver' preferences window click on the small blue square
box labeled 'Core Audio' and the window will open up similar to the
illustration above. From the drop down box titled 'Driver' select
'Novation X-Station'
NOTE : If just 'X-Station' is listed, turn the power off and then on again
to the X-Station. The computer will then recognise that the unit is con-
nected and will make available as a selection the correct 'Novation X-
Station' driver.
Buffer Size Adjustment
The Core Audio driver temporarily stores input and output audio sam-
ples in buffers. Click on 'I/O buffer size' to adjust the buffer size. Larger
buffer sizes provide 'padding' against system activities that may inter-
rupt the audio stream causing click and pops. Setting a smaller buffer
size will reduce audio latency. Experiment with this setting to optimise
audio performance for the system.
Click on OK and the X-Station will now be selected as the default
Audio device.
Selecting the X-Station as the MIDI device in LOGIC
In order to receive MIDI information from the X-Station into LOGIC, the
X-Station must be selected as a MIDI device. From the Main arrange
page click on the 'Windows' drop down menu and select 'Environment'.
A page similar to the illustration will appear. Click on the drop down
arrow to select 'MIDI Instrument'
Click on 'New' and select 'Instrument' from the drop down menu.
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