
Thanks for trying Radium!


Radium requires Jack. If you haven't used Jack before,
it's a good idea to read this text before starting Radium.



JACK
====

Jack is an audio server which takes care of sending sound in and out of Radium.
In addition, Jack gives you the ability to send audio between any
ASIO or Jack application, and route sound any way you like.

If Jack isn't already installed on your computer, the simplest way
to get it is to install the included package:

    Jack_v1.9.10_64_setup.exe
    (Go to http://jackaudio.org/downloads/ if you need a 32 bit version)


After Jack is installed:

  1. From the Windows start menu, launch "Jack" -> "Jack Control"
  2. Go to "Setup" -> "Settings"

     Configure jack according to the picture "jack_settings.png".

     The important fields to change in the jack settings are described
     in [1]. (The end of this text file.)

  3. Start Jack by pressing the Start button.


If Jack doesn't start, try starting jack again. Jack often fails to start the first time
you press "Start" in Windows 7. Remember to quit all programs making sound first.

You might also want to try increasing the jack "Start Delay" value found
in the bottom of "Settings". The default value of 2 seconds is probably too low.

If that doesn't help, try selecting different input and output devices.
The MME drivers usually works, but doesn't perform as well as other drivers.

More information about running Jack in Windows is found here:
http://jackaudio.org/jack_on_windows

Now you can launch Radium.



32 bit vs. 64 bit version of Radium
===================================

This version of radium is 32 bit. Subscribers should contact me
and request a 64 bit version.

The only reason there is no 64 bit version available
for Windows yet, is because it takes a bit of time to gather the
source codes and compile all dependencies for 64 bit.
Radium runs in 64 bit mode on Linux without problems.



CONTACT
=======

Please report any problems to k.s.matheussen@notam02.no


[1] 
  * Change "Server Prefix" from
        "jackd"
    to
        "jackd -S"
  * Set "Driver" to "Portaudio"
  * Set "input device" to "Windows Directsound::Primary Sound Capture Driver"
  * Set "output device" to "Windows Directsound::Primary Sound Driver"

  Note that if you have an ASIO soundcard, you might want to change
  "input device" and "output device" to the ASIO driver instead of
  using the Windows Directsound driver.

  If you don't have an ASIO driver for your soundcard, it might also work better to use the
  Asio4All ASIO driver instead of the Directsound driver or the MME sound driver:
  http://www.asio4all.com/


