Universal Audio UAD User Manual page 142

Figure 40. The UAD Meter with UAD-2 Satellite
Important:
"FireWire Bandwidth vs. UAD DSP" on page 143
If UAD-2 Satellite is the only device on the FireWire bus, UAD processing traf-
Sharing
Bandwidth
fic can use the entire bandwidth of the bus. However, if other FireWire de-
vices are on the bus, the amount of bandwidth used for UAD traffic must be
reduced so those devices will have enough bandwidth for their processes as
well.
Bandwidth The FireWire bandwidth used for UAD traffic is controlled using the
Control
Bandwidth Allocation" on page
page
non-UAD devices, so appropriate choices can be made when setting the UAD
Bandwidth Allocation.
These settings, and all other UAD-2 Satellite FireWire parameters
on page
Panel" on page 78
Figure 41. Elements of the UAD FireWire Gauge
UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual
FireWire bandwidth is unrelated to UAD DSP loads. See
83, it's easy to determine how much bandwidth is being used by the
143), are made in the
for detailed descriptions of the FireWire controls.
Total available Firewire bus bandwidth
UAD Bandwidth Allocation
Used by
other devices
(orange)
UAD (blue)
80. By using the
UAD Meter & Control
Available FW bandwidth (headroom)
(blue + green)
Available for UAD
(green)
Used by
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for details.
"UAD
"FireWire Gauge" on
(Figure 42
Panel. See "FireWire
Total allocated
bandwidth
(UAD + other
devices)
Chapter 11: UAD-2 Satellite