Aphex USB 500 Rack - Manual (Page 12)

USB 500 Rack
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DRIVERS AND FIRMWARE
All drivers required by the USB 500 Rack are available for download from
the Aphex website. Be sure that you download and install the most up-to-
date drivers before you connect the USB 500 Rack to your computer.
If you don’t have Internet access, drivers are on the CD-ROM included in
the box.
MAC OS ONLY:
USB 500 Rack does not require special drivers on OSX. Just connect
USB 500 Rack to the Mac with a high quality USB cable and it will be
recognized automatically.
Your OS should automatically switch the computer’s default audio
outputs to be the USB port to which the USB 500 Rack is connected.
To verify this, go to System Preferences > Sound, and ensure that the
input and output are set to USB 500 Rack. For more detailed setup
options on a Mac, open Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup.
WINDOWS ONLY:
Before connecting USB 500 Rack to your computer, install the driver
from the included CD or from the driver installer you can download
from www.aphex.com. If Windows presents any dialogs during the
installation process, click OK, Accept or Allow. Connect USB 500 Rack
after the driver installation process has completed. Your OS should
automatically switch the computer’s default audio outputs to be
the USB port to which USB 500 Rack is connected. To verify this, go
to Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Manage
Audio Devices and ensure that “Default Playback” and “Recording”
are set to USB 500 Rack.
Some DAWs will not launch the USB 500 Rack control panel. Access it
from the Windows system tray in the lower right of your screen.
Except for Pro Tools, Aphex recommends setting the driver latency
(buffer size) in the Aphex driver control panel rather than in your
DAW. Pro Tools instructions are included on page 14.