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DigidesignASIODriver(Beta5.
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3b2)—1/24/031ReadMeDigidesignASIODriver(Beta5.
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3b2)IntroductionTheDigidesignASIODriverisamultichannel,multimediasounddriverthatallowsthird-partyaudioprogramswhichsup-porttheASIOstandardtorecordandplaybackthroughthefollowingsystemsonWindowsXPProfessionalorHome:ProTools|HDwithProToolsTDM5.
3.
3ProTools|24MIXwithProToolsTDM5.
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1ProTools|24withProToolsTDM5.
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1Digi002withProToolsLE5.
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2Digi001withProToolsLE5.
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1MboxwithProToolsLE5.
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3ToolBox&AudioMediaIIIwithProToolsLE5.
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1TheASIODrivercanalsobeusedasastand-alonedriver(withoutProToolssoftwareinstalled),withProTools|HD,ProTools|24MIX,ProTools|24,Digi001,andAudioMediaIIIsystems.
Digi002andMboxcanonlyusetheASIODriverifProToolssoftwareisinstalled.
Formoreinformation,see"InstallingtheASIODriver"onpage2.
Full-duplexrecordingandplaybackof24-and16-bitaudioaresupportedatsampleratessupportedbythehardwareandASIOprogramused.
CompatibilityThefollowingprogramshavebeentestedwiththeASIODriver:AbletonLIVEv2.
0ArturiaStormv2.
0EmagicLogicAudiov5.
5Image-LineFruityloopsv3.
5NativeInstrumentsAbsynthv1.
3.
2*NativeInstrumentsB4v1.
1*NativeInstrumentsBatteryv1.
1*NativeInstrumentsFM7v1.
1*NativeInstrumentsKontaktv1.
1*NativeInstrumentsPro-52v2.
5*NativeInstrumentsReaktorv3.
0.
5*PropellerheadReasonv2.
0PropellerheadReCyclev2.
0SonicFoundryAcidv4.
0SteinbergCubaseSXv1.
5SteinbergNuendov1.
5.
2SteinbergWavelabv4.
0STLVaz2010v1.
0.
3VirsynTerav1.
1R1*Plug-inorAudioMediaIIIstand-aloneonly.
Formoreinformation,see"ASIODriverandNativeInstrumentsPrograms"onpage5.
ChecktheDigidesignWebsite(www.
digidesign.
com)forthelatestthird-partydriversforProToolsLEhardware,aswellascurrentknownissues.
DigidesignASIODriver(Beta5.
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3b2)—1/24/032Foradditionstothislist,refertotheDigidesignWebsite(www.
digidesign.
com/download/asio).
InstallingtheASIODriverToinstalltheASIODriver:1Verifyyourhardwareisconnected.
2Turnonyoursystem.
3Afterdownloadingtheinstaller,locateanddouble-click"DigidesignASIODriver5.
3.
3b2setup.
exe.
"4Ifa"LockedFileDetected"messagedisplaysduringinstallation,clickRebootwhenprompted.
5Wheninstallationiscomplete,clickFinishtorestartyourcomputer.
RemovingtheASIODriverIfyouneedtoremovetheASIODriverfromyourcomputer,completethefollowingsteps.
ToremovetheASIODriver:1ChooseStart>ControlPanel.
2Double-clicktheAddorRemoveProgramsicon.
3FromtheCurrentlyinstalledprogramslist,selectDigidesignASIODriver.
4ClicktheChange/Removebutton.
5ClickOKtoremovetheASIODriver.
Somethird-partyprogramsrequirealaterversionfortheASIODrivertoworkproperly.
Forexample,SteinbergNuendov1.
5orhigher,PropellerheadReasonv1.
0.
1orhigher,Vaz2010v1.
0.
3orhigher,andVirSynTERRAv1.
1R1orhigherarerequired.
IfyouplantouseProTools,ProToolsmustbeinstalledbeforetheASIODriverinorderforbothtofunctioncorrectly.
IftheASIODriverwasinstalledbeforeProTools,removebothprogramsfromtheAdd/RemoveControlPanel,re-installProTools,thenre-installtheASIODriver.
OnProTools|HD,ProTools|24MIX,ProTools|24,Digi001,andAudioMediaIIIsystems,theASIODrivercanbeusedasastand-alonedriver(withoutProToolssoftwareinstalled).
However,ifyoupreviouslyinstalledProToolssoftwarebeforein-stallingtheASIODriverandatalatertimeremoveProTools,leavingtheASIODriverinstalled,theASIODriverwillnotfunc-tioncorrectly.
YouwillneedtoreruntheASIODriverinstallerifyouplantocontinueusingtheASIODriverwithoutProTools.
Ifyougetthe"LockedFileDetected"message,donotselectIgnoreorRetry.
SelectingIgnoreorRetryresultsinanunsuccessfulinstallationDigidesignASIODriver(Beta5.
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3b2)—1/24/033ConguringASIODriverSettingsConfiguringASIODriversettingsisdoneinyourthirdpartyASIOprogram.
Seeyourprogram'sdocumentation.
Forexample,withPropellerheadReason,clickontheASIOControlPanel(seeFigure1).
ASIODriverControlPanelFromtheASIODriverControlPanel,youcanconfiguretheASIODriverforyourProToolssystem.
TheDigidesignASIODriverControlPanelcannotbeaccessedunderthefollowingcircumstances:WhenProToolsisrunning.
WhenplayingorrecordinginanaudioprogramthatdoesnotsupporttheASIODriver.
Whenusingathird-partyaudioprogramthathasanoptiontokeeptheASIODriver"open"evenwhenyouarenotplay-ingorrecording.
(YoumustclosetheaudioprogrambeforeyoucanopentheASIODriverControlPanel.
)BufferSizeControlWhenyouplayafilefromaclientaudioprogram,theclientprogramdividesthefileintolittlechunks(buffers)andsendseachofthesetotheASIODriver.
TheASIODrivercopiestheclientprogramsbufferstoyourDigidesignhardware'sownbuff-ersinadouble-bufferingscheme.
TheBufferSizecontrolinthisdialogallowsyoutosetthesizeofeachofthetwobufferstheASIODriverusesonDigidesignhardware.
Youmayselectfromthefollowingbuffersizes:128samples256samples512samples1024samples2048samplesFigure1.
SetupExample,usingPropellerheadReasonFigure2.
DigidesignASIOControlPanelASIOControlPanelbuttonDigidesignASIODriver(Beta5.
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3b2)—1/24/034Smallbuffershavetheadvantageoflowlatencyintherecordmonitorpath.
(Latencyisthetimedelaybetweenasignalen-teringtheaudioinputsandleavingtheoutputsduringrecording.
)LargerbuffershavetheadvantageofmakingtheASIODrivermoreimmunetoaudiodropoutsduringplaybackandrecording.
Insomethird-partyaudioprograms,performingvar-ioustaskssuchasmaximizingorminimizingwindowswillinterrupttheASIODriverandcreateglitchesintheaudio.
Choos-ingmediumorlargebuffers(suchas256–1024)canhelpalleviatethisproblem.
PressingtheOKbuttonchangessettingsim-mediately.
PressingCancelrestoressettingstowhattheywerebeforethisdialogwasopened.
ChangingtheBufferSizefortheASIODriverdoesnotaffecttheH/WBufferSizesettingsintheProToolsPlaybackEngineandHardwareSettingsdialogs.
DeviceTheDeviceTypewillalwaysbesettoyourinstalledProToolshardware.
AdvancedButtonTheAdvancedbuttonopenstheHardwareSetupdialogfortheDigidesignhardwarethatyouareusing.
RefertotheGettingStartedGuideforyourDigidesignhardware.
KnownIssuesThefollowingsectionsdocumentknownissuesyoumayencounterinusingtheASIODriver,alongwithworkaroundsiftheyexist.
Reaktorv3.
05CannotBeExited,thenRelaunchedLaunching,exiting,andthenrelaunchingReaktorv3.
05causesReaktortoshutdownwithoutsaving,andthesystemtoau-tomaticallyreboot.
Ifthisoccurs,letthesystemcompleteitsreboot,thenmanuallyrebootthesystemagaintoregainASIOfunctionality.
TomaintainstableASIOfunctionality,donotlaunchandrelaunchReactor.
LoopPointsinPropellerheadReasonCannotBeAdjustedDuringPlaybackwhenReasonisSlavedtoAbletonLIVEWhenPropellerheadReasonistheslaveprogramforAbletonLIVE,adjustingthelooppointsinReason'sMIDIsequencerdur-ingplaybackcausesLIVEtoshutdownwithoutsaving,andthesystemtoautomaticallyreboot.
Ifthisoccurs,letthesystemcompleteitsreboot,thenmanuallyrebootthesystemagaintoregainASIOfunctionality.
TomaintainstableASIOfunction-alitywhenReasonisslavedtoLIVE,donotadjustthelooppointsinReasonduringplayback.
Instead,stopplaybackfirst,thenadjustthelooppoints.
Digi001andDigi002MIDIPortsareNotSupportedwiththeASIODriverTheASIODrivercannotbeusedwiththeMIDIportsofDigi001andDigi002.
Asaworkaround,youcanuseathird-partyMIDIinterface(suchasMIDIMAN4x4).
DigidesignWaveDriverNotSupportedwithASIODriverTheASIODrivercannotbeinstalledonsystemswhichalsohavetheDigidesignWaveDriverinstalled.
TheASIODriverin-stallerwillremovethisfunctionality.
IfyouwouldliketoregainWaveDriverfunctionalityatalaterdate,removetheASIODriver,thenre-installtheWaveDriver.
Also,checkforupdatesoftheASIODriverattheDigidesignWebsite(www.
digide-sign.
com).
Popsusing128BufferSizeSettingsandMovingWindowsYoumayalsohearpopsandclicksusingthe128BufferSizesettingwhilemovingwindows.
Shouldthishappen,useahigherBufferSizesetting.
TheMIDIportsonDigi001&Digi002canbeusedbyProToolssoftware,asProToolsdoesnotusetheASIODriver.
DigidesignASIODriver(Beta5.
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3b2)—1/24/03564BufferSizeSettingisNotSupportedforDigi002WhilethesmallestBufferSizeforDigi002is64,thisbuffersettingiscurrentlynotsupportedwiththeASIODriver.
DigidesignASIOControlPanelisInaccessiblethroughSteinberg'sWaveLabv4.
0WhenusingSteinberg'sWaveLabv4.
0,attemptingtoaccesstheDigidesignASIOControlPanelwillresultinthedefaultdriverbeingsetbacktotheonboardMMEdriverafterawarningmessageisdisplayed:"Thisdriverdoesn'tseemtomatchanyhardwareonthismachine.
"InordertoaccesstheDigidesignASIOControlPanel,useanASIOapplicationotherthanWave-lab.
ReasonOutputsSilenceusing128BufferSizeSettingandHighSampleRatesWhenusingPropellerheadReasonwitha96korhighersamplerate,switchingtheBufferSizeto128willcausetheoutputtogosilent.
OtherBufferSizesettingsdonotmutetheoutput.
InordertoresetReason,switchtoaBufferSizesettingotherthan128,closeReason,rebootyourcomputer,andlaunchReason.
ASIODriverandNativeInstrumentsProgramsTheASIODrivercannotsupporttheaudioinputfunctionalityofNativeInstrumentsprograms,exceptwhenusedwithAu-dioMediaIII(asastand-alonedriver),orwhenusedasaplug-inwithinanotherprogram(suchasNuendo)withotherDigide-signhardware.
ThisisbecauseNativeInstrumentsPrograminputsonlyworkwithhardwarethatreportsa32-bitdatapath.
(AllDigidesignhardwareexceptAudioMediaIIIreportsa24-bitdatapath.
)Audiooutputisnoteffected.
UnpluggingMboxwhileUsingtheASIODriverUnpluggingMboxwhiletheASIODriverisactiveisnotsupported.
Doingsowillcauseunexpectederrorstooccur.
ASIOSystemOverloadwithLogicAudioShouldyoureceiveanASIOSystemOverloaddialogwhenusingtheASIODriverwithEmagicLogicAudio,tryturningoffthetransitioneffectinyourWindowsDisplayProperties.
Toturnofftransitioneffect:1Right-clickyourdesktopandchooseProperties.
2ChoosetheAppearancetabandclicktheEffectsbutton.
3Uncheck"Usethefollowingtransitioneffectformenusandtooltips.
"4ClickOKtwice.
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ASIOisatrademarkofSteinbergSoft-undHardwareGmbH.
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