Ricoh MP7060A Specifications download pdf (Page 18)

4. Select Disable in this hardware profile in the Device usage section

and then click on the OK button to close the dialog box.

Windows disables your network card without your having to restart.

Then you can simply close the System Properties dialog box, and you’re

done.

Sound Card

As far as sound cards are concerned, there are a couple of things that you

should know. PCI-based sound cards perform much better than older

ISA-based sound cards. The newer PCI-based cards usually include more

advanced audio circuitry, which is designed to take more of the audio

processing workload off your computer’s CPU. It’s also nice to have a

card that supports the DirectSound features of Microsoft’s DirectX

technology. This type of card provides greater application compatibility

and sometimes better performance, too.

In addition, SONAR supports a new Microsoft technology called WDM

(Windows Driver Model). If you have a sound card that has WDM drivers,

SONAR will give you much better performance in terms of audio latency.

Basically, latency is a form of audio delay that occurs when a software

program like SONAR can’t “communicate” with your sound card fast

enough while processing audio data, which results in an audible delay.

This only occurs with features that use real-time processing though. In

SONAR, these include input monitor and real-time DXi performance. I’ll

talk more about latency in Chapter 3, input monitoring in Chapter 6, and

DXis in Chapter 10. In the meantime, when looking for a sound card, be

sure to ask the manufacturer if the card comes with WDM drivers. If not,

that’s okay, but you won’t get the proper performance from the input

monitoring or real-time DXi performance features in SONAR.

TIP

For really in-depth technical information about WDM, check out this Web

page: http://www.microsoft.com/HWDEV/desinit/wdm.htm.

TIP

For a list of sound card manufacturers who currently support (or plan

to support in the future) WDM technology, check out this Web page:

http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SR/WDM.html.

http://www.muskalipman.com

Getting Started with SONAR — Chapter 2

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