TC Electronic Desktop Konnekt 6 - Manual (Page 14)

DPC spikes. Such spikes may cause your application
(iTunes, Cubase etc.) to stop playing momentarily.
Therefore it is possible to set a safety buffer level
preventing these spikes.
Select between:
Normal
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Use only as high a buffer level as necessary as the
system latency increases with the buffer level.
9 Check For Software Updates
If your computer has Internet access, you can allow
TC Near to connect to www.tcelectronic.com and
check for relevant software updates. Press “CHECK
NOW” to check for updates.
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NO REFERENCE
External sync on the master Studio Konnekt 48
is unobtainable. Check connections and external
devices.
Studio Konnekt 48 features unique clock handling via
the DICE II™ chip from TC Applied Technologies.
The technology allows for various handling methods
of lost or unstable external clock, ensuring a
continued workflow with no audio dropouts even in
critical situations.
With Clock Recovery enabled, the following status
indications can be given:
AUTO COAST, NO REFERENCE
External reference sync is lost. If, for example, the
reference device has been shut down, a cable has
been removed etc.
In this situation, the Studio Konnekt 48 will “auto
coast” and immediately shift to the latest received
valid clock.
AUTO COAST, BAD REFERENCE
This message appears when receiving a bad
reference sync source. This would occur if the
external device delivers an invalid reference clock
outside the acceptable range of (+/- 1.5%), or after
Studio Konnekt 48 has been in AUTO COAST, NO
REFERENCE mode and a new invalid reference clock
is received. In this situation, Studio Konnekt 48
will “auto coast” and immediately shift to the latest
received valid clock rate.
AUTO INTERNAL, NO REFERENCE
This message appears when a valid external
reference sync source has not been received. Maybe
the reference device has not been turned on, a cable
has been removed etc.
In this situation, Studio Konnekt 48 will go to “auto
internal” and use the internal clock as this is the best
solution under the given circumstances.
AUTO INTERNAL, BAD REFERENCE
This message appears when a valid reference
sync is never received. This situation occurs when
the reference device only has delivered an invalid
reference clock outside the acceptable range (+/-
1.5%) – or when the unit was in AUTO INTERNAL or
NO REFERENCE mode and a new invalid reference
clock source has been attached.
In this situation, Studio Konnekt 48 will go to “auto
internal” and use the internal clock as this is the best
solution under the given circumstances.
7 Prevent from changing sample rate
When any application on your system (e.g. the
operating system’s alert sounds or iTunes) plays a
sound, it will in most cases try to set the sample rate
of your sound card/ Konnekt. If you are trying to make
music, this is not what you want. To prevent these
interruptions, we have therefore made the following
options available:
WDM:
With this option selected, your DAW project sets the
current sample rate, and no Windows alert sounds or
media players will be able to accidentally change the
sample rate.
WDM+ASIO:
With this option selected, the sample rate is set solely
in the TC Near Control Panel (see previous page).
NONE:
With this option selected, any application, Windows
sound, DAW project etc. is allowed to change the
current sample rate.
8 DPC Safety Buffers (PC only)
Numerous things in a computer system may cause
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