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Yamaha Steinberg FW Driver Installation Guide
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For optimum use of the audio functions, we recommend you make the following settings. These settings minimize possible audio
problems, such as drop outs, glitches and noise.
Set the DMA mode (high-speed
transfer mode) of the hard disk to on
Windows 7/Windows 8
Select [Control Panel]  [Hardware and Sound]  [Device
Manager]  “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers,” then double -click
“ATA Channel 0” and open [Advanced Settings]. Check
(enable) “Enable DMA” in the “Device Properties” section.
Windows Vista
Select [Control Panel]  [Device Manager] ( [Continue] in
the “User Account Control” window)  “IDE ATA/ATAPI con-
trollers”, then double-click “ATA Channel 0” and open
[Advanced Settings]. Check (enable) “Enable DMA” in the
“Device Properties” section.
Windows XP
Select [Control Panel]  [System]  [Hardware]  [Device
Manager]  “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers”, then double-click
“Primary IDE Channel” and “Secondary IDE Channel”, open
[Advanced Settings]. Set “Transfer Mode” in the “Device”
section to “DMA if available.”
Set Processor Scheduling to
“Background services”
Windows 7/Windows 8
Select [Control Panel]  [System and Security]  [System]
 [Advanced system settings] in the upper left of the window
 [Advanced]  [Settings] in the Performance section
 [Advanced] and select the radio button to the left of “Back-
ground services” in the “Processor scheduling” section.
Windows Vista
Select [Control Panel]  [System]  [Advanced system set-
tings] in the upper left of the window ( [Continue] in the
“User Account Control” window)  [Advanced]  [Settings]
in the “Performance” section  [Advanced] and select the
radio button to the left of “Background services” in the “Pro-
cessor scheduling” section.
Windows XP
Select [Control Panel]  [System]  [Advanced]  [Set-
tings] in the “Performance” section  [Advanced] and select
the radio button to the left of “Background services” in the
“Processor scheduling” section.
Set the Visual Effects options to “best
performance”
Windows 7/Windows 8
Select [Control Panel]  [System and Security]  [System]
 [Advanced system settings] in the upper left of the window
 [Advanced]  [Settings] in the “Performance” section
 [Visual Effects] and select the radio button to the left of
“Adjust for best performance.”
Windows Vista
Select [Control Panel]  [System]  [Advanced system set-
tings] in the upper left of the window ( [Continue] in the
“User Account Control” window)  [Advanced]  [Settings]
in the “Performance” section  [Visual Effects] and select the
radio button to the left of “Adjust for best performance.”
Windows XP
Select [Control Panel]  [System]  [Advanced]
 [Settings] in the “Performance” section  [Visual Effects]
and select the radio button to the left of “Adjust for best per-
formance.”
Set Remote Assistance to off
Windows 7/Windows 8
Select [Control Panel]  [System and Security]  [System]
 [Advanced system settings] in the upper left of the window
 [Remote] and uncheck “Allow Remote Assistance connec-
tions....”
Windows Vista
Select [Control Panel]  [System]  [Remote settings] in the
upper left of the window ( [Continue] in the “User Account
Control” window)  [Remote] and uncheck “Allow Remote
Assistance connections....”
Windows XP
Select [Control Panel]  [System]  [Remote] and uncheck
“Allow Remote Assistance invitations....”
Enable the Classic Start menu
Windows Vista/XP
Right-click on an empty space on the task bar and select
[Properties]  [Start Menu], then select the radio button to
the left of “Classic Start menu.”
Disable transition effects
Windows 7/Windows 8
Select [Control Panel]  [Ease of Access]  [Ease of
Access Center]  “Mace it easier to focus on tasks,” then
check (enable) “Turn off all unnecessary animations (when
possible)” in the “Adjust time limits and flashing visuals” sec-
tion.
Windows Vista
Select [Control Panel]  [Ease of Access Center]  “Make it
easier to focus on tasks”, then check (enable)
“Turn off all unnecessary animations (when possible)” in the
“Adjust time limits and flashing visuals” section.
Windows XP
Select [Control Panel]  [Display]  [Appearance]
 [Effects...], and un-check (disable) “Use the following tran-
sition effect for menus and tooltips.”
Disable SpeedStep
TM
Refer to “Troubleshooting.”
Disconnect your computer from the
Internet
Select [Control Panel]  [Network and Sharing Center]/[Man-
age network connections] and right-click “Disable.”
Hints for Using Audio Data (Windows)