ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS

Wave Settings

The Wave Settings page contains options and settings concerning the wave output of FruityLoops.

• Output - The device chosen here will be used for wave output in FruityLoops. DirectSound and ASIO standards are supported. DirectSound devices have "(DS)" in the beginning of their names, ASIO drivers start with "(ASIO)". It's recommended that if your sound card has ASIO drivers you use them instead DirectSound, because this usually leads to better performance. When you use DirectSound drivers, try to avoid drivers which have "(emulated)" at the end of the name. Using such driver leads to worse performance compared to a native DirectSound/ASIO driver.
• Auto Close Device - Releases the wave output device when FruityLoops looses focus, so other applications may use the same output.

DirectSound streaming buffer:

• Buffer Length - This is the length of the DirectSound buffer FruityLoops will use. Setting this buffer longer will avoid underruns that may occur while playing songs in FruityLoops. Longer buffer, however, means also that there will be lagged response while tweaking wheels and pushing sliders (this does NOT affect already recorded wheels and sliders movements). Lag length is equal to the buffer length.
• Use Polling - Polling is a technique for managing DirectSound's audio buffer, which usually allows much smaller buffer without underruns. On some PC-s, however, it can have the opposite effect.
• Use Hardware Buffer - Uses the hardware buffer of DirectSound enabled sound cards.
• Underruns - Shows the amount of underruns occurred in the current session.

ASIO streaming buffer:

• Buffer Length - Shows information about the buffer length the ASIO device will use. This is a read-only property.
• ASIO Panel - Brings up the ASIO driver settings panel.

Mixer:

• Reset Plugins on Transport - Resets all plugins when changing song position, starting playback etc. Uncheck for faster response when changing song position.
• Sample Rate - Lets you set the sample rate that will be used by the mixer. Have in mind that most generators and effects are optimized to run in the default sample rate of 44100Hz and you might experience problems while running in other sample rate, or some effects or generators might sounds differently. It is recommended that you use 44100Hz unless it is really necessary to change it.