2. Hardware and Driver Installation
Compatible Windows Versions and Driver Protocols
The SSL MX4 PCIe card and associated software are compatible with the following operating systems and driver protocols:
Platform
Operating System
Driver Protocols
Windows XP SP2 or later
PC with 32 Bit Windows
Windows Vista SP1 or later
ASIO 2.x (32 Bit) ,WDM,MME,GSIF2,DWave, SSL SS V6
Windows 7 or later
PC with 64 Bit Windows
Windows Vista SP1 or later
ASIO 32 Bit, SSL SS V6
PC with 64 Bit Windows
Windows 7 or later
(Support for ASIO64 and WDM 64 coming soon)
Note: MX4 can run under OSX Tiger V10.4.11, OSX Leopard V10.5.4 or greater and OSX Snow Leopard V10.6.1 (32 and 64 Bit) or greater by using
Madixtreme Core Audio Divers. Under MAC OS the MX4 Card works as a MadiXtreme 128. The Mixer Software and DSP Plug-Ins however, do
not work with MAC OS.
The SSL MX4 comes with Low-latency MME drivers, Soundscape V6 Streaming, WDM drivers, ASIO-2 drivers, DWave drivers and
GSIF drivers for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 in 32 Bit. In 64 Bit ASIO 32 Bit and SSL Soundscape V6 streaming is
supported.
The MX4 can be used with any PC based MIDI & Audio sequencer, recording and editing software or other audio applications.
The SSL Soundscape Drivers are truly multiclient, allowing you to share your SSL audio hardware between several applications
that use different driver models.
MADI Converter, Console or Routing Device
As world leader in large format analogue and digital mixing consoles, it was natural for SSL to be among the companies that
initiated the development of MADI (Multichannel Audio Digital Interface).
The MADI standard was finalised by the AES as AES10, first published in 1991 and revised in 1993. A PDF copy of the
specification can be obtained from the AES website.
With outstanding digital audio workstation systems and innovative DSP-powered multichannel audio cards, the SSL product
line has always been at the cutting edge of professional studio technology in terms of sonic performance, processing power
and multiple inputs/outputs.
Featuring SSL’s revolutionary PCIe-Core Audio Pipeline technology and supported by the legendary SSL Soundscape drivers,
MX4 builds on this heritage as one of the first audio devices to take full advantage of the high speeds and incredible
bandwidth offered by the PCIe bus on modern computers.
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