Propellerhead ReCycle Operation Manual Download

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WINDOWS INSTALLATION

Audio Settings

After launching ReCycle, you should open the Preferences dialog on the Edit
menu and check the Audio Card Driver settings.

The Audio Preferences with an ASIO driver selected.

Selecting an Audio Card Driver

The first thing to do is to select a driver for your audio card. All available drivers
are listed on the Audio Card Driver pop-up menu. Select after the criteria listed
below:

If you are using audio hardware for which there is a specific ASIO
driver, you should select this.

With an ASIO driver written specifically for the audio hardware, ReCycle can
communicate more or less directly with the audio hardware.

If you select an ASIO driver, some additional items will be available in the Audio
Preferences:

If the card and its driver supports it, the “Clock Source” pop-up al-
lows you to set an external source to which the audio playback can
synchronize its sample rate.

Please refer to the documentation that came with your card for details.

The ASIO Control Panel may contain settings specific to your audio
card.

Please refer to the documentation that came with your card for details.

If you have an audio card with multiple outputs, you can select
which output pair you wish ReCycle to use by clicking the “Output
Channels...” button.

This item will not be selectable if you use a card with only a regular stereo
output.

If there is no specific ASIO driver, you should select the Direct
Sound driver for the audio hardware.

This makes ReCycle communicate with the hardware via Direct Sound (a
part of the Microsoft DirectX package). For this to be possible, you need to
have DirectX installed on your computer, and there must be a Direct Sound
driver for the audio hardware. The Audio Preferences dialog changes ap-
pearance if a Direct Sound (or MME) driver is selected.

The Direct Sound driver for a Creative SoundBlaster PCI card selected.

If the audio hardware doesn’t support Direct Sound (i.e. there is no
Direct Sound driver for the audio hardware), select the MME driver
for the audio hardware.

This makes use of Windows Multimedia Extensions, the part of Windows
that handles audio, MIDI, etc. Using MME may result in a noticeable

latency,

causing the audio playback to be slightly delayed. In the case of ReCycle,
you would notice this in that playback started slightly after you clicked the
Play button, for example.

Regardless of which type of audio hardware or drivers you are using, you should
follow these basic steps:

1. Make sure you have the latest drivers for the audio hardware!

Please check the manufacturer’s website for the latest versions.

2. Install the audio hardware and its drivers as described in its docu-

mentation.

3. Connect the stereo outputs of your audio hardware to your listening

equipment (speakers, mixer, headphones or similar).

4. If possible, test that audio plays back properly with the audio hard-

ware.

In the case of audio hardware with ASIO drivers, you will need some test ap-
plication for this (often included with the audio hardware). If you are using Di-
rectX or MME drivers, you can use Windows’ Media Player application for
this.