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For example, if you click the SCS.1m Op tions button the

SCS.1mAudioControlPanelwillopensoyouwillbeabletoStartandStop

the streaming process, access the Deferred Procedure Calls (DPC) Latency

Checker (for more information please read the Appendix), and select the

SamplingRate,FireWireLatency,an

dASIOBufferingsettings.(Fig

ure5.4)

Start/StopStreaming–Usethistostartorstoptheaudiostreambetween

thedriverandhardware.Ifstreaminghasbeenstopped,thennoaudiowill

bepassedtothehardware.

DPC Latency Tool – Stanton includes a troubleshooting tool for detecting

highDPClatency.Wh

enthereishighDPClatencya

pparentonamachineit

canaffecttheperformanceofaudioandMIDIstreaming.Youmusthavelow

DPClatencytoachieveconsistentperformanceandlowlatencies.

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Figure5.4

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SamplingRate –Sampling ratewill set theresolution oftheaudio comingfrom theoutputs ofSCS.1m. Higher

samplingratesmeanmoreaudiofidelity butalsomoreprocessingonthecomputerandshouldonlybeusedon

newermachines.Anotherconsiderationisthematerialbeingplayed.Forinstance,96kHzshoul

donlybeusedif

yoursourceaudioishighresolutionwhereas44.

1kHzor48kHzshouldbeusedforMP3’sandCDqualitycontent.

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FireWireLatency–Thissetsthelatencyorspeedinwhichaudioissenttothehardware.Lowlatencywillmakethe

controls feel “

snappier.” However, your computer must be able to su

pport these lowspeeds. If the computer

cannotsupportlowlatency,thenaudiohiccupsor“dropouts”mightbeobserved.Iflowlatencyisnotachieved

withahigh‐endmachine,itissuggestedtousetheDPCtoolandfollowtheinstructionsinAppendixforsystem

optimization.

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ASIOBuffering–Thiscontr

olsthebuffersusedbetweenthedriverandhostapplication.Lowbufferingwillmean

higherspeed/lowerlatencybutrequiresahigh‐endcomputer.

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