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Setting up your system
When the ASIO DirectX Full Duplex driver is selected in
the Device Setup dialog, you can open the ASIO Control
Panel and adjust the following settings (for more details,
click the Help button in the control panel):
• Direct Sound Output and Input Ports
In the list on the left in the window, all available Direct Sound output and
input ports are listed. In many cases, there will be only one port in each
list. To activate or deactivate a port in the list, click the checkbox in the
left column. If the checkbox is ticked, the port is activated.
• You can edit the Buffer Size and Offset settings in this
list if necessary, by double-clicking on the value and typ-
ing in a new value.
In most cases, the default settings will work fine. Audio buffers are used
when audio data is transferred between Cubase and the audio card.
While larger buffers ensure that playback will occur without glitches, the
latency (the time between the moment Cubase sends out the data and
when it actually reaches the output) will be higher.
• Offset
If a constant offset is audible during playback of Audio and MIDI record-
ings, you can adjust the output or input latency time using this value.
Setting up the input and output ports
Once you have selected the driver and made the settings
as described above, you need to specify which inputs and
outputs will be used and name these:
1. In the Device Setup dialog, select your driver in the
Devices list on the left to display the driver settings for
your audio hardware.
All input and output ports on the audio hardware are listed.
2. To hide a port, click in the “Visible” column for the port
(deselecting the checkbox).
Ports that are not visible cannot be selected in the VST Connections
window where you set up your input and output busses – see the chap
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ter “VST Connections” on page 25.
3. To rename a port, click on its name in the “Show as”
column and type in a new name.
• It is a good idea to give your ports names that are re-
lated to the channel configuration (rather than to the ac-
tual hardware model)!
For example, if you are using a 5.1 surround audio setup (Cubase only),
you could name the six ports Left, Right, Center, Lfe, Left Surround, and
Right Surround. This makes it easier to transfer your projects between
different computers, e.g. in different studios – if the same port names are
used on both computers, Cubase will automatically handle the bus con
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nections properly when you open the project on the other computer.
4. Click OK to close the Device Setup dialog and apply
your changes.
About monitoring
In Cubase, monitoring means listening to the input signal
while preparing to record or while recording. There are
three ways to monitor:
External monitoring
External monitoring (listening to the input signal before it
goes into Cubase) requires an external mixer for mixing
the audio playback with the input signal. This can be a
classic mixing desk or a mixer application for your audio
hardware, if this has a mode in which the input audio is
sent back out again (usually called “Thru”, “Direct Thru” or
similar).
Via Cubase
In this case, the audio passes from the input into Cubase,
possibly through Cubase effects and EQ and then back to
the output. You control monitoring via settings in Cubase.
This allows you to control the monitoring level from Cu-
base and add effects to the monitored signal only.
!
If you attempt to hide a port that is already used by a
bus you will be asked whether this is really what you
want – note that this will disable the port!