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Let's hope they are worth the wait.
What's new
Version 2.07:
System requirements changed
- Windows 2000 service pack 3 solves some problems with the Microsoft Kernel Mixer
- DirectX 9 ensures that DirectSound devices are not shown as "emulated"
Driver's setup procedure cleans some audio related registry keys. Thus, it prevents/solves some effects of a Windows Installer anomaly, which may cause some problems with audio/midi devices
No IRQ usage anymore
- The IRQ number still can be found in the windows device manager but it is not used by the hardware or driver.
- The hardware IRQ can be used exclusively by other system components.
- IRQ incompatibilities with any other system cannot appear anymore
Support of WDM-Audio Kernel Streaming
Thus, "real" WDM-Audio applications like Cakewalk Sonar are able to work with extremely low latencies.
More details you can find at MME, DirectSound and "Classic MME"
Support of DirectSound
Support of Windows Volume Control (Windows Mixer Device)
Support of Tascam GSIF
You can use additional settings within the Marc 2 Manager software to setup the GSIF latency manually.
CPU load during recording/playback reduced once again
ASIO Error Messages reviewed/changed
Marc 2 Manager
- New: The main window, which were used to open the inputs and outputs windows, is now replaced by a menu. Just right click the manager icon in the taskbar to open this menu.
- New: Option to control the sample rate when no audio application (including the Windows system) is using the Marc 2. Now you can choose whether the card should keep the last used sample rate (default) or it should switch to a standard sample rate. Please see the appropriate settings in the manager software at "Synchronization".
- New: Input and Output Level now can be set by dB edit fields (see "Analog Input" and "Analog Output"). These edit field are also used to display the currently set value in dB.
- New: You can double click a fader to set it to 0 dB.
- New: The automatic monitoring (see "Analog Input" and "Digital Input") now can use both outputs as monitor output.
- New: In the "Digital Input" window an active input routing knob shows also whether or not a valid input signal is detected. ("Lock" or "No Lock")
- When changing the preferred device in the recording and playback device lists of the Windows control panel, in some cases the manager loses it's connection to the driver. Thus, the input and output windows could not be opened anymore. Solved.
