ReCycle Operation Manual
DAW | Rack Plugin | Reason+ Rack Extensions
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After launching ReCycle, open the Preferences dialog from the Edit menu and check the Audio settings:
The Preferences dialog with an ASIO driver selected.
#Selecting an Audio Device
The first thing to do is to select a driver for your audio card/interface. All available drivers are listed on the Audio Device drop-down menu. Select after the criteria listed below:
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If you are using audio hardware for which there is a specific ASIO driver, you should select this.
With an ASIO driver written specifically for the audio hardware, ReCycle can communicate more or less directly with the audio hardware.
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If you are planning to use other audio software (such as Reason) at the same time as ReCycle, use the “DX Primary Sound Driver” to avoid ASIO driver clashes.
If you select an ASIO driver, some additional items will be available in the Audio Preferences:
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If the card and its driver supports it, the “Clock Source” pop-up allows you to set an external source to which the audio playback can synchronize its sample rate.
Please refer to the documentation that came with your card for details.
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The ASIO Control Panel may contain settings specific to your audio card.
Please refer to the documentation that came with your card for details.
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If you have an audio card with multiple outputs, you can select which output pair you wish ReCycle to use by clicking the “Audio channels” Edit button.
This item will not be selectable if you use a card with only a regular stereo output.
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If there is no specific ASIO driver, you should select the “DX Primary Sound Driver” for the audio hardware.
This makes ReCycle communicate with the hardware via Direct Sound (a part of the Microsoft DirectX package). For this to be possible, you need to have DirectX installed on your computer, and there must be a Direct Sound driver for the audio hardware. The Audio Preferences dialog changes appearance if a Direct Sound (or MME) driver is selected.
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If the audio hardware doesn’t support Direct Sound (i.e. there is no “DX Primary Sound Driver” for the audio hardware), select the MME driver for the audio hardware.
This makes use of Windows Multimedia Extensions, the part of Windows that handles audio, MIDI, etc. Using MME may result in a noticeable latency, causing the audio playback to be slightly delayed. In the case of ReCycle, you would notice this in that playback started slightly after you clicked the Play button, for example.
Regardless of which type of audio hardware or drivers you are using, you should follow these basic steps:
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Make sure you have the latest drivers for the audio hardware!
Please check the manufacturer’s website for the latest versions.
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Install the audio hardware and its drivers as described in its documentation.
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Connect the stereo outputs of your audio hardware to your listening equipment (speakers, mixer, headphones or similar).
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If possible, test that audio plays back properly with the audio hardware.
In the case of audio hardware with ASIO drivers, you will need some test application for this (often included with the audio hardware). If you are using DirectX or MME drivers, you can use Windows’ Media Player application for this.
#Setting the Buffer size
It is important that you trim the buffer setting properly. The buffer setting is a balance between fast response to playback commands on one hand and “safe” audio playback on the other.
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Select “Open” from the File menu.
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In the dialog that appears, navigate to the ReCycle folder in your Music > Reason Studios > Demo Songs folder.
Make sure the “All Files” option is selected on the “Files of type” pop-up menu.
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Open the file “Drum Tools Demo.aif”.
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Activate Playback by clicking the Play button.
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Open the Preferences dialog from the Edit menu.
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In the Audio section, locate the Buffer size drop-down and select 512 samples.
The Buffer size drop-down.
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Click the Buffer size drop-down and select a lower buffer size. Try lower and lower values until the sound starts to ”break up”.
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Click the Buffer size drop-down and select a higher number, so that the sound is OK again.
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Close the Preferences dialog.
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If you are using an ASIO driver specifically written for the audio hardware, you can in some cases make settings for the hardware by clicking the Control Panel button.
This opens the hardware’s ASIO Device Control Panel, which may or may not contain parameters for adjusting the number and/or size of the audio buffers - the fewer and smaller the audio buffers, the lower the latency. Please consult the documentation of your audio hardware and its ASIO drivers for details!
You are now finished with your audio settings for ReCycle. The settings you just made are automatically saved.