AWE Designer advanced features have been categorized into the following pages:

Diffing Systems

Audio Weaver layouts can be compared using a ‘diffing’ capability. This can be useful for example to figure out changes between different versions of a layout during the design and tuning process. This functionality requires a Diff tool like WinMerge, to be installed. First specify your Diff tool under the ‘File Global Preferences’ menu item, then use the menu item ‘File → Compare Systems’ to make the comparison between two different layouts.

Another way to diff systems is to save the layouts in .AWJ format. Because .AWJs are plaintext JSON representations of a layout, any diff tool or text editor can be used to spot the delta between systems.

Reconnecting to the Server

If you accidentally close the AWE Server or change the connection type, use this menu item to relaunch the Server and reconnect to the target.

If the connection to your target hardware is lost through the AWE Server, you can quickly attempt to re-connect by clicking the ‘Connect’ checkbox at the bottom of the Server window:

Processing Files Menu

The file processing tool can be used to send audio data through a layout and record the output. This feature is useful for batch processing audio files and for quickly testing the output of your audio system. This tool will process files as quickly as possible, so operations are typically faster than real-time. Even more processing speed can sometime be achieved by increasing the block size in your layout.

Multi-Instance Operation

Some Audio Weaver target systems may have more than one instance of AWE Core running. In this case, the different instances can be selected using the drop lists in designer and server. For more information, see the user forum at www.dspconcepts.com.

Example AWDs

Example AWDs are included in the Designer deliverable. See Examples\Designer. There are layouts for both Fract32 and Float layouts.