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DFD DFD stands for “direct from disk“ and is a technique for playing back large instruments and samples without loading them entirely into RAM. In fact, only the first portion of each sample is loaded into RAM permanently; the rest is read from the computer’s hard disk while playing the instrument.
Driver A driver is a computer program that qualifies the computer to communicate with an external device, such as an audio interface.
DRM Stands for Digital Rights Management and refers to a technical procedure to restrict access orusage of digital data.