X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=_manual%2F03_setting-up-your-system%2F07_using_more_than_one_audio_device.html;h=3e23252fed78f48ed27aa5942e80cdf35268288c;hb=299ab4dfd737c310be37aea23cade94c4fc89a92;hp=027748f4a9127a1d295e3be32d9678ec1a9be1a3;hpb=f2be6701947d39fee3e9065ad6cb35fa42197cef;p=ardour-manual-diverged diff --git a/_manual/03_setting-up-your-system/07_using_more_than_one_audio_device.html b/_manual/03_setting-up-your-system/07_using_more_than_one_audio_device.html index 027748f..3e23252 100644 --- a/_manual/03_setting-up-your-system/07_using_more_than_one_audio_device.html +++ b/_manual/03_setting-up-your-system/07_using_more_than_one_audio_device.html @@ -43,21 +43,34 @@ that some people might not care about them.

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You will need to set up what Apple refers to as an "aggregate - device" if any of the following conditions are true: +

+Aggregate devices provide a method to use multiple soundcards as +a single device. For example, you can "aggregate" 2 different +8-channel devices so that you can record 16 channels into Ardour. +

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+ If you are using a single typical 3rd party + audio interface (such as those from Apogee, RME, Presonus, and many + others), OR you are using JackPilot or a similar + application to start JACK, you do not need to worry about this. +

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You will need to set up an aggregate device ONLY if either of the following conditions are true:

- -If instead you are using a single typical 3rd party - audio interface (such as those from Apogee, RME, Presonus, and many - others), you do not need to worry about this -

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In the case of your builtin audio device, you will need to create + an aggregate device that combines "Builtin Input" and "Builtin + Output" into one device. +

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The precise instructions for creating an "aggregate device" on OS X have varied from one released to another.

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-Aggregate devices also provide a method to use multiple soundcards as -a single device. For example, you can "aggregate" 2 different -8-channel devices so that you can record 16 channels into Mixbus. -

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