ESI GIGAPORT HD - Manual (Page 9)

ESI GIGAPORT HD+
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The Output section controls the playback volume of each playback signal from your audio
applications.
There are eight individual faders for each playback channel, divided into the 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8
sections. The M button under each channel pair allows you to mute playback for that specific
channel pair. A colored M button indicates that the mute function is enabled. When disabled, the
button is gray.
The Master section allows you to control the playback volume of the main master signal.
SampleRate mode selection
Under Config > SampleRate, you can select the playback mode
and sample rate. By default, playback with up to 8 channels
and 44.1kHz is selected (at up to 16-bit playback resolution).
You can change this to 6 channels at max 24-bit resolution
with either 44.1 or 48 kHz and you can select 96kHz playback
at 24-bit with maximum 2 simultaneous channels.
Please note that you must change these settings before
launching any audio application accessing GIGAPORT HD+.
You cannot change these settings while any software accesses the hardware, so you need to set up
your requirements before you launch your software.
Latency setting
With the Latency menu entry under Config, you can change the latency
of the driver of GIGAPORT HD+. Depending on the typical application
(e.g. for playback of software synthesizers) a smaller latency is an
advantage. At the same time, the best latency setting indirectly depends
on the performance of your system. For most default applications, a
typical latency buffer size between 128 and 256 is standard. On a slow
system, 512 is an option.
Please note that the latency has to be setup before launching any audio application.