Control Panel
The FW-1804's Control Panel is where you can display andgreater system stability, and protection against other system
adjust settings which determine how the FW-1804 commu-activities causing clicks, pops and other audio artifacts.
nicates with your computer and other external devices. ToSome experimentation is always required to find the best
open the Control Panel: balance between latency and stability.
Windows: Click on Start-> Control Paneland selecting
the FW-1804 Control Panelicon.OVR Threshold
This setting determines the level at which the FW-1804's
OS X: The FW-1804 Managercan be found inOL indicators register an "over," or clipping level. It can be
Applications.varied between 0.0 and �5.0 dBFS, in .5 dBFS increments.
OS 9: The FW-1804 Control Panelcan be found in
Control Panels.Compensate for Converter delays (WDM)
This setting (Windows only) allows WDM drivers to com-
There are three tabs on the Control Panel: Settings,pensate for converter delays.
Routing, and Quick Start. Under Mac OS X, Core Audio
tab is in place of Quick Start.
Routing Tab
Settings Tab
This is where you make the basic settings to configure the
FW-1804.
Optical Output Source
This menu selects the source of the audio output appearing
at the FW-1804's ADAT optical outputs. The selections are:
Footswitch MessageADAT 1:8- The audio output is determined within your
This is where you select how the FW-1804's footswitchDAW application software. Audio which has been routed to
command is interpreted by the host software application.the FW-1804's ADAT outputs within your DAW will
You can choose between FW-1804 Native or Mackieappear at the ADAT lightpipe output.
Control emulation protocol. Duplicate of Coax Output (TOS)- The audio output is the
same as that being sent to the FW-1804's analog outputs L
Clock Sourceand R, and is sent out the lightpipe in two-channel
This is where you can select the digital clock source. TOSLINK protocol. This can be useful for sending a two-
track mix to a mixdown recorder equipped with an optical
Sample Ratetwo channel input.
This is where you select the expected sample rate to theAnalog Inputs 1:8- The signal present at the eight analog
FW-1804's digital inputs and the internal sampling frequen-inputs is routed directly to the ADAT outputs. This is use-
cy.ful in the event you have an analog source that needs to be
input to another device that only has ADAT inputs.
Audio Latency
This setting is for selecting the buffer size of the FW-1804'sCoax Output Source
audio performance. The FW-1804's driver temporarily
This menu selects the source of the audio output appearing
stores input and output audio samples in buffers. Largerat the FW-1804's coaxial digital output. The selections are:
buffer sizes will produce higher latencies but will result in
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