Allen&Heath Xone 23C - Manual (Page 12)

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Driver installation Mac
Checking the Audio MIDI Setup
To confirm that the Xone:23C is properly installed or to configure the Audio or MIDI. With the mixer
switched on and connected to your computer, open the AUDIO MIDI utility - (to find this utility type
“Audio MIDI” into spotlight (the magnifier at the top left of the desktop) and follow the links.
The driver offers two modes of operation:
Bit Accurate and Core Audio.
Bit accurate - in this mode the Xone:23C controls the
audio clocks and provides the lowest latency and least
jitter. We recommend working in this mode for best
performance.
Core Audio - In this mode the driver is fully class com-
plaint and will allow aggregation with other soundcards
connected to your computer, but will have slightly higher
latency and clock jitter.
The Xone:23C does not send any MIDI on its own, however it is fitted with an A&H proprietary interface
called X:Link. This will allow you to connect an Allen & Heath controller (such as the Xone:K2) to the mix-
er which will both provide power to the device and pass MIDI up the USB connection.
X:LINK
You can confirm that the Xone:23C is also set as a MIDI
device by selecting MIDI Studio where the mixer’s icon will
be listed.
Selecting either driver will bring up the devices properties and will allow you to configure the sample rate
and input/output routing. The sample rate can be set from 44.1kHz up to a maximum of 96kHz. If you
mostly play commercially available music files it is recommended that you set the sample rate to 44.1kHz as
this will save the replay software from have to perform sample rate conversation which can create low level
artefacts.
MIDI