The Software; The Drivers - TerraTec Aureon 7.1 Universe Manual

The software.

The drivers.

The SoundSystem Aureon 7.1 Universe features a range of drivers for a variety of applications.
The drivers support all bit rates between 8 and 32 bits with all common sample rates between
8 and 192 kHz. As a rule, the sample rates are not "interpolated". In other words, the Aureon
7.1 Universe always automatically sets itself to the sample rate with which an application is
recording or playing back. This prevents quality losses due to internal sample rate conver-
sions. There are exceptions, however, which we will be covering below. And now to the indi-
vidual drivers.
The Aureon Wave driver.
In most Windows programs, you will encounter drivers with the designation "Aureon Wave"
for recording and playback. Signals which are output via this driver can generally be heard via
the analog outputs of the system, and analog signals (from the line, microphone, tape or
phono inputs, as well as the internal analog connections) can be recorded.
The ASIO driver.
Programs that support Steinberg's ASIO (or ASIO 2.0) interface will display the ASIO driver of
the SoundSystem Aureon 7.1 Universe in the relevant dialogs. With ASIO, programs achieve
extremely short delays (latency) during audio recording and playback. With Cubase VST, for
example, a latency averaging 7 to 20 ms should be achievable. On fast, cleanly set up sys-
tems, latency can be reduced to 1.5 ms at a sample rate of 96 kHz!
The MIDI driver.
A separate driver is available for transferring MIDI information via the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT
jacks of the MIDI cable whip of the Aureon 7.1 Universe. The driver, which is designated as
"Aureon MIDI" in the system, can be selected in any situation in which its use is appropriate.
If MIDI files being played using the Windows Media Player are also to be forwarded to external
devices, open the "Sounds and Multimedia Properties" dialog in the Windows Control Panel
and set the MIDI output to the driver specified above (see also the "Multimedia settings."
chapter, page 20).
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