NOTE : Pyramix 14 - Ovation 10 - VCube 10 - AMR 14 - Merging Audio Device are not supported on Windows 7.
Windows has been designed for a wide variety of applications. Unfortunately that means that, out-of-the-box, it works correctly for office or entertainment applications, but for DAW applications, several settings and features have to be fine-tuned.
Windows 7 SP1 is mandatory to run Merging software.
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2.WINDOWS CONFIGURATION
DEVICE DRIVERS
Merging recommends to install WHQL (Driver certified by Microsoft) or if not available, the latest drivers from the manufacturer website.
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Format block size: if you only use audio files, the best size is 64 Kb when formatting the drive.
But if you also need to use video files, 64Kb is not the optimal size, in that case keep the Default Allocation size (128Kb).
The best way is to use separate drives for video and audio, if possible.
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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION (MSCONFIG)
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