@@ -38,23 +38,40 @@ Discord server at [https://discord.gg/9rwFdMW](https://discord.gg/9rwFdMW).
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3939## HOWTO
4040
41- Once you've installed SAR, nothing will immediately happen. To configure it,
42- first start your DAW (for beta: as admin!) and open its audio configuration
43- settings. Select the Synchronous Audio Router ASIO driver and open the ASIO
44- configuration dialog. Under Hardware Interface, select the ASIO driver for
45- your physical audio device.
41+ Once you've installed SAR, nothing will immediately happen.
42+ To configure it, either:
43+ * Start your DAW (for beta: as admin!) and open its audio configuration settings.
44+ Select the Synchronous Audio Router ASIO driver and open the ASIO
45+ configuration dialog.
46+ * Start ` SAR Configuration ` tool from Windows' start menu (0.13.99.1 or later).
47+
48+ The SAR Configuration dialog will open.
49+
50+ ![ SAR Endpoints Configuration image] ( https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eiz/SynchronousAudioRouter/master/SarWeb/images/sar_endpoints.png )
51+
52+ Under Hardware Interface, select the ASIO driver for your physical audio
53+ device.
4654
4755You can add an unlimited number of Windows audio endpoints from the SAR
48- configuration dialog. "Playback" endpoints will allow Windows applications
49- to play sound and show up as corresponding input channels on your ASIO device,
50- while "Recording" endpoints allow Windows apps to record output sound and
51- correspond to ASIO output channels. Once you've added your channels, make sure
52- they're enabled in your DAW -- most have a dialog or dropdown where you can
53- select which channels are to be used.
56+ configuration dialog.
57+ * ` Playback ` endpoints allow Windows applications to play sound and show up
58+ as corresponding input channels on your ASIO device.
59+ * ` Recording ` endpoints allow Windows apps to record output sound and
60+ correspond to ASIO output channels.
61+
62+ Once you've added your channels, make sure they're enabled in your DAW --
63+ most have a dialog or dropdown where you can select which channels are to
64+ be used.
65+
66+ SAR will expose more ASIO channels than the underlaying ASIO driver, like this:
67+ * The first ASIO channels are the physical ones from the underlaying ASIO
68+ driver.
69+ * Then, the remaining ASIO channels are mapped to virtual endpoints.
5470
5571If you receive errors initializing the SAR ASIO driver, make sure you are
56- running your DAW as admin. This is a requirement of the SAR beta build and
57- will be relaxed eventually.
72+ running your DAW as admin. This is a requirement of the SAR beta build or
73+ if you choose ` Require Administrator privileges to access SAR ` option in the
74+ SAR installer.
5875
5976Note that the endpoints created by SAR are only active while your DAW is
6077running and has started ASIO. They are automatically disconnected when the
@@ -68,4 +85,10 @@ Make sure you have Windows update [KB3033929](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-u
6885installed prior to installing SAR, otherwise you will receive an error about
6986an unsigned driver.
7087
88+ ## Unsigned prereleased drivers note
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90+ Prereleases of SAR are unsigned. That means that it is required to enable
91+ ` testsigning ` boot option to make Windows load the driver. Else the driver
92+ won't be loaded.
93+ For more information about ` testsigning ` option, see here:
94+ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/the-testsigning-boot-configuration-option#enable-or-disable-use-of-test-signed-code
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