Lynx Studio Hilo Reference A/D D/A Converter System - Owner's Manual with LT-USB User Manual
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2.5.1
Installation for Macintosh OS X
Hilo will operate as a Core Audio device under OS X automatically without any driver installation required. Core
Audio is the dominant audio driver model for OS X, and is used for media playback applications as well as Pro Audio
applications.
Simply connect the USB cable from Hilo to your Mac OS X computer and Hilo will be immediately available for use.
Please note that Hilo does require OS X version 10.6.4 or above.
2.5.1.1 OSX Audio Applications
Hilo can be used as a playback device for most popular multimedia, home theater and pro audio applications. Some
such applications allow selection of specific playback devices. In these cases, a Lynx Hilo output device can be
selected from the appropriate device selection menu.
In cases where the playback software does not provide access to output selections, the default output devices for the
operating system will be used. In OS X, the audio out default device can be established from Applications > Utilities >
Audio MIDI Setup.
When the Lynx Hilo is selected as the output sound device, channels 1&2 are active by default. In this state, audio will
be sent to ALL Hilo outputs simultaneously. If you wish to mute a stream to a particular output, you can do that from
the Output Mix Routing Page, as describe in section 3.4.2 Output Mix Routing Page.
2.5.1.2 Controlling Latency by Changing the Buffer Size
Latency in an audio interface can be defined as the time required to process a sample from an application to the
interface’s audio output. A number of factors determine the achievable latency performance of a Hilo/LT-USB system:
Processor speed; Operating system; Sample rate; Number of utilized record or play channels; System efficiency; etc.