TerraTec PHASE 24fw Manual
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TerraTec Electronic GmbH, Herrenpfad 38, D-41334 Nettetal, Germany
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PHASE 24 FW
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From opening the package to installation..........................................................................8
Scope of delivery............................................................................................................8
Windows installation—step by step ...................................................................................9
Which operating system?...............................................................................................9
Power supply..................................................................................................................9
Installing the PHASE 24 FW drivers in Windows XP .....................................................9
The PHASE 24 FW as a system audio device (Windows)...........................................14
Updating the firmware (Windows)................................................................................14
Mac installation—step by step.........................................................................................15
Which operating system?.............................................................................................15
Power supply................................................................................................................15
Installing the PHASE 24 FW driver in OS X.................................................................15
The PHASE 24 FW as a system audio device (Mac OS X).........................................15
Updating the firmware (Mac OS X) ..............................................................................15
The FireWire™ port .........................................................................................................16
The connections of the PHASE 24 FW system ...............................................................17
Analog outputs .............................................................................................................18
Analog inputs ...............................................................................................................19
Digital interface (S/PDIF) .............................................................................................20
MIDI interface...............................................................................................................21
Drivers .............................................................................................................................22
The Windows drivers....................................................................................................22
The MME wave driver...............................................................................................22
The ASIO driver and the ASIO Control Panel ..........................................................22
The GSIF driver........................................................................................................24
The MIDI driver.........................................................................................................24
In detail—special properties of the drivers...................................................................25
DirectSound & WDM ................................................................................................25
WDM sample rate (SR) interpolation........................................................................25
WDM kernel streaming.............................................................................................25
The Mac OS X drivers..................................................................................................26
The PHASE Control Panel...............................................................................................28
Inputs (Analog In, Digital In) .....................................................................................29
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Outputs (Wave Play 1/2, 3/4, Digital Play)............................................................... 29
Master ...................................................................................................................... 29
Master Clock ............................................................................................................ 29
Routing..................................................................................................................... 30
Analog Out 3/4 (Line / Headphone) ......................................................................... 30
The ASIO panel........................................................................................................ 30
Colors....................................................................................................................... 31
Scenes ..................................................................................................................... 32
About........................................................................................................................ 33
Appendix A—Technical Data .......................................................................................... 34
Technical data.......................................................................................................... 34
Software................................................................................................................... 34
Bundle software ....................................................................................................... 34
System requirements / recommendations................................................................ 35
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