If you have more than one sound card installed select the sound card that you want MixPad to use using the Sound Play Device pull down list. If you select an ASIO device you can also choose which output channels to use.

We suggest to use CoreAudio, DirectSound or ASIO device(s) as your playback device, because they have much better performance and quality than MME. If you choose MME device and try to start playing again while MixPad is playing, the delay and interruption is obvious.

Default Playback Sample Rate

Select the sample rate you would like to use as the default for any new project while playing back using MixPad. If you are aiming for CD quality then choose 44100Hz. Use "Auto" to let Mixpad choose the best sample for you. To change the options for your current project, please use "Menu->File->Project Options...".

Default Playback Channels

Select the channels would like to use as the default for any new project while playing back using MixPad. If you want to create a surround sound project, please set up the channels as 5.1 or 7.1 surround.

Default Recording Sample Rate

Select the sample rate you would like to use as the default for any new project while recording a sound clip.

Match content sample rate

If this feature is active and content is added that has a higher sample rate than the selected recording sample rate, the recording sample rate will be adjusted to the highest of any content (to a minimum of 44100 Hz).

Offset recordings for latency

If the recordings you are making with MixPad are not perfectly synchronized with each other, then you may have hardware latency issues. You can specify an offset in milliseconds here which will automatically adjust your recordings. This option is only available if you are using an MME recorder. The issue of latency should not affect you if you are using an ASIO capable sound device and selecting the ASIO drivers for both playback and recording.

Replace underlay clip(s) when recording with new clip

If you are recording over an underlay clip, the default setting is to replace that clip. To change this, go to MixPad Options->General Audio Recording.

Replace underlay clip(s) - The new recording will replace the underlay clip(s).

Note: If this option is unchecked, will keep the underlay clip(s). The new recording will be placed on top of the underlay clip(s).

Punch and Roll Settings

This button will open a window, where you can set how the Punch and Roll recording mode behaves inside a selected recording region. For more details on the Punch and Roll recording mode, see the Recording a Clip topic in this manual.