If your system allows full duplex input and output, please choose an input device from the Devices tab so you can use crusher-X as a real-time effects unit. You can select more than one Stereo Output Device to use the additional multichannel outputs from the crusher.

If your system has enough power, choose the 44100Hz Sampling Rate option. 

PC 400MHz and above: 44100Hz
PC 300MHz and below: 22050Hz

Windows Mixer

Use the Mixer buttons on the right of the dialog to set up the Windows mixer. If you use more than one sound device, you will have to assign the desired mixer to the specified device (see Options in the Windows mixer menu). 

If you use an input device, you should pull up the record master volume and one or more sources (e.g. Mic) in the Windows mixer.  For the output device, pull up the master volume and the Wave Volume. In some cases you may have to unmute the desired channels in the Windows mixer. 

If the Windows mixer doesn't appear when you press Mixer, you will have to open the Windows mixer manually. Make sure that you have opened the Wave line out in the Volume Control of your specified sound device. Open one Source (e.g. Mic) in the Recording Control for the real-time input. If you have more than one soundcard installed, you'll need to assign the mixer to the corresponding device.

Optimize Performance

To optimize performance, you should set the device buffer size for your soundcard. To reduce the delay between input and output you should optimize the buffer by decreasing it until the overload sign flashes. If this occurs choose a bigger buffer size and press Apply. You can leave the DSP running while adjusting the buffers. Good soundcards under recent versions of Windows allow a minimal delay of about 0.020 sec.

Choose the Crusher DSP | DSP Setup dialog:

Power

Select the Power of the DSP Thread. If it is high it is not interrupted by interface actions. Use this for slower systems if you like to have good sound quality. But the interface reactions becomes a bad performance on slower Systems. "Weak" means  faster Interface reaction, but DSP-Thread may be interrupted on slower Systems. Please use it if you like to use crusher-X together with other applications like sequencers.

All settings in this dialog will be saved after closing and will reload next time you start crusher-X.

Startup Errors

If you get a DirectX error message, you may have to close other applications that are using the soundcard. To remedy startup errors, go to the Crusher DSP | DSP Setup dialog: Try other input or output combinations or other modes. Press Apply and start the DSP again by clicking Start DSP. 

Note: 
Most of the reported startup errors in crusher-X result from an improperly installed Sound System or old drivers that are not supported by DirectX! Please try also the ASIO Setup, even if you have no special ASIO-Soundcard. In this case you can use Steinbergs DirectX- and MME-ASIO Drivers.

crusher-X is a real-time application that takes advantage of the DirectX interface, so please verify that you are using certified DirectX drivers in your Windows system! Check for DirectX drivers by opening the DirectX panel inside the Windows Control Panel. If there is no DirectX panel then you may need to install a new DirectX version from the DirectX page: http://microsoft.com/directx/

Note: Win98 already has DirectX installed, but you cannot view the DirectX panel!

Please contact your hardware distributor for the latest DirectX drivers. 

If there is no DirectX driver available, then try newer versions of regular Windows drivers. DirectX will try to emulate the functions in a special software layer.

Use another sound application (e.g. Cool Edit) to check the input and output functions: in Cool Edit you can check the duplex mode by recording and monitoring a file simultaneously. 

Some applications (such as Cubase) use ASIO drivers. It is not known whether full duplex mode is available under the Windows drivers, so you may need to contact your hardware distributor for adapted Windows drivers.

If the error persists, please send us a note with the complete text of the error message and a detailed description of your system. We will do our best to help you!