TC Electronic Impact Twin - Manual (Page 20)

WDM is Windows’ audio driver system. It is used
for Windows’ own sounds, media players and other
applications that do not support ASIO. Also, applications
such as PowerDVD use WDM as their audio driver
system.
If your audio application supports ASIO, we
recommend using the ASIO driver.
General
Speaker Setup
The Speaker setup is selected in Windows’ “Sounds and
Audio Devices” properties:
Go to Control Panel / “Sounds and Audio Devices
Properties” / “Audio” and select “Advanced” in the “Sound
Playback” section:
In the “Advanced Audio Properties” dialog, select the
type of setup you are using.
In the following example: “5.1 surround” is selected:
Your TC audio interface can handle both WDM
and ASIO at the same time. If you wish, you can
listen to background music from your media
player or watch a DVD movie while working with
your audio application at the same time.
Routing
In WDM mode, TC audio interfaces provide eight audio
inputs/outputs. Each input/output has a drop-down
menu where you can select from the available FireWire
channels.
ABOUT PAGE / FIRMWARE UPDATE
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WDM PAGE (WINDOWS ONLY)
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Firmware Updates
• Once you have run the installer (see above), the
latest version of firmware is placed in the “TC Near”
folder on your hard disk.
• You will now need to update the firmware for each
Impact Twin unit in the setup.
• Go to the “About” page for the unit you wish to
update.
Example
• Click “UPDATE FIRMWARE”. You will now be
directed to the folder where the firmware is located.
Example:
• Select the “xxx.tca” file relevant for your unit. This is
the latest released firmware.
• Now click “Open” and wait while the firmware is being
updated.
• Important: After the firmware update, you are asked
restart the TC Near Control panel AND to power off/
power on you Impact Twin.
These instructions MUST be followed!
Reset to Defaults
The Reset to Default function will reset the selected
Impact Twin unit to factory default settings for the
currently loaded software.
Important: After you have reset your unit to defaults,
we recommend quitting the TC Near Control Panel,
powering your Impact Twin off and on again, then finally
re-launching the TC Near Control Panel.
During this procedure, the software will not be
degraded to previous software versions, and no
presets are affected.