ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS
Wave Settings
The Wave Settings page contains options and settings concerning the wave output
of FruityLoops.
- Output DirectSound Driver - The device chosen
here will be used for wave output in FruityLoops. Try to avoid drivers which
have "(emulated)" at the end of the name. Using such driver leads
to worse performance compared to native DirectSound driver.
- Auto Close DirectSound - Releases DirectSound
device when FruityLoops looses focus, so other applications may use the same
wave output.
Mixing 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.
Mixer:
- Linear Interpolation - Linear interpolation
improves quality of stretched samples in the Sampler, but requires more CPU
power.
- Reset Plugins on Transport - Resets all plugins
when changing song position, starting playback etc. Uncheck for faster response
when changing song position.