TASCAM US-200 owners manual - Page 17

4 - US-200 control panel settings Overview The Control Panel lets you make various settings for the US-200's functionality. On Windows, the US-200 Control Panel shortcut can be found in the Windows Start menu > Control Panel or the Start menu > All Programs > TASCAM. On Mac OS X, the US-200 Control Panel is located in the Applications folder. Other useful audio and MIDI settings for Mac OS X can be found in Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup. The Control Panel is divided into the following two sections. Status section This shows the current status of the driver and the connected hardware. You cannot edit the settings from this section. Setting section You can edit the various settings of the driver. Control panel menus and settings Audio Performance The US-200 driver temporarily stores input and output audio sample in buffers. The size of these buffers can be adjusted. A smaller buffer size will reduce the delay when monitoring the audio signal, but will require your computer to perform the processing faster. If the processing does not occur in time (e.g., if other system operations are occurring), you may hear clicks, pops, or dropouts in the audio signal. A larger buffer size provides more safety against such problems caused by other system activities, but will produce greater delay when monitoring the audio signal. You should select the buffer size that works best for your system. On the Windows version of the US-200 Control Panel, the Audio Performance setting permits you to adjust the buffer size that will be used by all audio applications. The lowest latency setting is the minimum buffer size, and the highest latency setting is the maximum buffer size. On Mac OS X, the buffer size is determined by each audio application. Consequently, there is no Audio Performance setting on the Mac OS X version of the US-200 Control Panel. Some applications select the buffer size automatically while others permit the user to select the buffer size. Please consult your audio application's documentation for details. TASCAM US-200 17