Audio Settings

Introduced in Onyx 4.10

Audio Inputs allow for various types of audio inputs into Onyx for processing.

This menu is where the driver type and input device can be selected.

Menu Option Description

Driver Type and Input Device

Driver Type: 

This defines the protocol used for accessing the audio device. They are ordered from left to right, from the most preferable to the least preferable option. Not all devices support all protocols,

e.g., the built-in audio inputs on the mainboard usually do not support ASIO drivers.

Driver Pro Con
ASIO

  • Lowest latency 

  • No degradation of the signal 

  • Supports unlimited multi-channel inputs 

  • Not all consumer-grade devices support it 

  • Exclusive device usage (some vendors provide ASIO drivers that do not have that limitation) 
Kernel Streaming

  • Low latency 

  • No degradation of the signal 

  • Supported by all devices, which are accessible on Windows

  • Depending on the driver implementation, often only limited access to the channels of the device 

  • Exclusive device usage
WASAPI

  • Best compatibility with existing audio devices 

  • Not exclusive: the same audio device that is opened in Onyx can be used in other Windows applications on the same computer system at the same time 

  • Highest latency 

  • Possible audio artifacts due to Windows mixer and internal resampling or default-enabled noise-filtering for inputs 

  • Possible problems with inconsistent Windows settings like sample rate and bit-depth, that cannot be solved without restarting of Windows

 

Input Device Selection: Shows all available devices for the selected driver type.

Buffer Size

Used with Kernal Streaming to set the audio stream buffer size.

Smaller buffer sizes shorten the latency but increase the risk of dropouts. The smallest buffer size without dropouts is the optimum.

Audio Monitoring

Output Device:  - Select the audio device to be used for monitoring.

*When using the ASIO driver, the same device must be used for the outputs and inputs.*

 

Channel Selection: Enables or disables audio output on the available output channels.

All available channels of the chosen device are shown here. The monitor output will be sent out on all channels enabled in this list.

When enabled audio monitor levels can be adjusted inside the options menu of an input processor.

 

 

 

Driver Support on Consoles

Onyx consoles at this time support the installation of the following 3rd party ASIO drivers:

  • Behringer
  • Focusrite
  • M-Audio
  • MOTU
  • RME

 

Setup control access is supported for the following applications:

  • Focusrite Thunderbolt ASIO
  • Focusrite USB ASIO
  • MOTU Pro Audio
  • ASIO MADIface USB


Supported 3rd party drivers can be installed in the Onyx menu under (MENU > TOOLS > MAINTENANCE)