Native Instruments AUDIO 8 DJ User Manual (English)

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11.5.2 About Samples and Buffers

Audio cannot be handled continuously by a computer, but has to wait its turn while

other operations are being carried out. As a result, sound cards create a “buffer,”

which can hold a certain number of samples, where data can be stored and released

as needed to create a smooth ow of data. An analogy would be if you had a hose

that does not deliver water continuously, but in bursts. So you use a tank to store

the water coming in from the hose and have a valve in the tank that releases a

steady amount of water in a smooth, continuous ow. If the tank (buffer) is large,

then you can store more water in case the hose goes dry for a bit, but it will take

longer to ll the bucket. A smaller tank takes less time to ll, but the hose needs

to deliver water on a pretty continuous basis. The same is true for audio buffers: A

larger buffer that holds more samples can handle longer interruptions of the audio

data stream, but takes more time to ll. A small buffer is lled quickly, but if the

stream of audio data is interrupted for only a very small amount of time because

of other tasks demanding too much processing time from the CPU, audio dropouts

and other audible artifacts will occur.

All ASIO audio interfaces and sound cards include a Control Panel in which you

can adjust the latency. This may be given as the number of samples per buffer or

just milliseconds.

The AUDIO 8 DJ provides you with six predened settings (in milliseconds) to

choose from and the option to user-dene the values.

Open”Start” > “All Programs” > “Native Instruments” > “Audio 8 DJ Driver” >

“Control Panel”.

Read more about the Control Panel of the AUDIO 8 DJ in chapter 7.2 (Understanding

the Control Panel).

11.5.3 Warning: Different Types of ASIO (Windows only)

Always use the ASIO driver written for the AUDIO 8 DJ. There are also generic ASIO

drivers, typically called “ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver” or “ASIO Multimedia

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