Echo AUDIOFIRE 2 Owner's Manual

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Console Software36Console SoftwareSample RateThe sample rate for your AudioFire hardware is set here. The sample rate, alsoknown as clock rate, affects recording and playback. For more information pleaserefer to Appendix C: An Introduction to Digital Recording. The application oraudio software you are using may change the sample rate. The settings tab givesyou an easy way to see exactly what sample rate your audio is set to.The “Locked” setting allows you to lock the sample rate. If you want to alwaysrun at a particular sample rate and block software from changing the sample rate,select the “Locked” setting.Clock SourceUnder clock source you may select the input clock source. The clock sourcesetting is used to synchronize your AudioFire hardware to another piece of audiohardware. If a given synchronization source (input clock) is not detected, that clocksource will be grayed out. You will only be allowed to select input clocks that arecurrently connected. For more information please refer to “SynchronizingMultiple Devices” later in this manual.If an external clock is selected and that clock is disconnected, the button will turnred. You will either need to reconnect the clock source or select the internal clockbutton.S/PDIF FormatAudioFire2, AudioFire4 and AudioFire8 can transmit digital information in twoformats: “professional” or “consumer.” The primary difference between the two isin the implementation of the SCMS copy protection bit, which, in the Consumerformat, prevents the user from making digital copies of a digital copy.