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1. m Master Volume y Mixer Inputs Save 00 44 0 0 r WavOut 1 2 o WavOut 3 4 HAW In 142 o HW In 3 4 144 0 44 7440 14402 144 0 1440424440 144021 144 0 Delete Load 144 C 2 gt SES Ie e ges Sed C 3 bs qon lere esi aemper onset Cu Sola Solo Solo F Solo f Solo f Solo T Solo f Solo Boe Iv Mutelv Mute v Mute V Mute Iv Mute IY Mute V Mute lv Mute Stereo Gang Stereo Gang Stereo Gang Stereo Gang 144 0 dB The Monitor Mixer is the first page that appears when the Delta Control Panel is opened and controls the digital mixer built into the Delta 44 s PCI controller chip As described in previous sections the output of this mixer may be assigned to the OUT1 OUT2 analog outputs At the same time the mixer outputs may be recorded in stereo by software The Monitor Mixer Page is essentially a collection of volume level faders audio level or peak meters and solo mute controls For each mixer output and input channel there is one of each a volume fader a peak meter a solo control and a mute control LEVEL FADERS Each volume fader may be controlled by dragging its fader handle vertically with the mouse or by clicking on the handle to make it active and then adjusting it with the up down cursor keys of your computer keyboard Because the mixer has no gain these faders only attenuate reduce the signal levels The highest setting is OdB
2. 12 Delta 44 Control Panel Software 00 0 0 002s 14 Monitor Mixer Page 1 2 0 ee eee 15 Patchbay Router Page 6 ee eee 17 S PDIF Page os nc dose ee Ronis a senda ee pea peas Pie eee 21 About Page Fiers 4 tek tins eee ata Rd T EEA as 21 Save Delete Load Buttons H W Installed 22 Delta 44 Recording Tutorials 0 00 0 0 eee eee eee eee 22 Typical Setup 10 e tees 23 Typical Setup 42 i i ee eee eae eas aed 29 Troubleshooting e mee RR RE Wiad dae eS hana RS 32 Troubleshooting Tips for Frequently Asked Questions 35 Appendix A Technical Specs 0 0 0 eee eee ee 36 Appendix B If You Use An External Mixer sees 37 Limited Lifetime Warranty 0 0 0 0 cece ee se 39 introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Delta 44 Digital Recording Interface designed and built by M Audio Even if you are experienced in digital recording please take the time to read this manual It will give you valuable information on installing your new card and the supporting software plus help you to fully understand the function and use of the Delta 44 Once you re up and running you will quickly discover the power and brilliance both in sound and design of your Delta 44 Digital Recording Interface What s in the Box Your Delta 44 box contains e This instruction manual The Delta 44 PCI host adapter card The
3. BREAK Out Box 666 9 636 O 2 v v v y A A A A 0 BO Sound System Guitar MIDIMAN Audio Buddy 23 1 NOTE Because improper connections may potentially make very loud noises it s a good idea to have all monitor levels set low or muted while hooking up audio equipment you may even choose to turn your computer off before making the connections Plug the guitar into the channel 1 Line input of the pre amp Plug the microphone into the channel 2 Mic input Plug the outputs 1 amp 2 of the pre amp into the Delta 44 s analog inputs 1 amp 2 Both are balanced outputs and inputs respectively so use a high quality TRS cable Most balanced lines run at 4dB line level so let s set our 4 Consumer 10 switches to 4dB on inputs 1 amp 2 Open the Delta Control Panel by double clicking the icon in your Windows Control Panel and then click on the Hardware Settings tab Locate the Variable Signal Levels section The 4 setting requires that the 4 radio button be selected Plug the hardware outputs amp 2 of the Delta 44 to a sound system or power amp with speakers If your sound system is a consumer type set the 4 Consumer 10 switch in the Hardware Settings page to the 10 setting The 10 setting requires that the 10 radio button be selected setting all of the outputs to the 10dBV setting Now minimize the Delta Control Panel 4 Tum on your equipment
4. Our main objective is to get the signal we want to record to the Delta 44 and to monitor the outputs from the Delta 44 The Delta 44 has a mixer contained in its PCI chip that allows you to mix hardware inputs and software outputs and send it to an analog stereo output pair The Delta 44 also allows you to record that mix into your music software as a hardware input Still some of you may choose to use a mixing console to achieve your multi tracking goals A mixing console sometimes referred to as mixing board or desk that is designed for multi track recording has the ability to fulfill these two basic functions getting the signal to the recording device and receiving the outputs of that recording device for mixing or monitoring In this sense a recording console is two mixers in one A mixer designed for recording will also have the ability to send to one or more mixdown decks to monitor these mixdown decks to control separate control room and studio listening levels as well as other recording specific functions There are two basic layouts for the recording console split section and in line The split section design is arranged with a recording or channel section to send the signal to the recording device side by side with a monitoring section to receive the outputs of the recording device The in line design has the recording and monitoring sections in line within each channel module so that each
5. 2 The second option Monitor Mixer connects ports OUT1 and OUT2 to the outputs of the Delta 44 monitor mixer For more information of the capabilities of the monitor mixer please see the section Monitor Mixer Page 3 Selections three and four connect the hardware analog inputs 1 amp 2 or 3 amp 4 respectively directly to the Delta 44 s hardware analog outputs 1 amp 2 For example if H W In 1 2 were selected any signal present at the INI port will be copied to OUTI and any signal present at the IN2 port will be copied to OUT2 When H W In 3 4 is selected the routing behaves similarly The next vertical column of the Patchbay Router page H W Out 3 4 connect this hardware analog stereo pair to one of three stereo sources 1 The default setting WavOut 3 4 connects ports OUT3 and OUT4 to your music software or Windows multimedia applet In other words when music software plays audio to the device named WavOut 3 4 Delta 44 it will be routed directly to the hardware outputs 3 amp 4 of your Delta 44 s break out box 2 Options two and three connect the hardware analog inputs 1 amp 2 or 3 amp 4 respectively directly to the Delta 44 s hardware analog outputs 3 amp 4 For example if H W In 1 2 were selected any signal present at the INI port will be copied to OUT3 and any signal present at the IN2 port will be copied to OUT4 When H W In 3 4 is selected the routing behaves similarly At this point you
6. Delta 44 Manual 080 version D44 Table of Contents Introduction Li llselte diye bie eh ee RR RR EE ne UE 2 What s in the Box 0 wach Asa Sa ree LESER AR ERU 2 About the Delta 44 Digital Recording lees 2 Product Features amp Specifications 0 0 eese 3 Minimum System Requirements 00 00 0000 2 eee 3 Break Out Box Front Panel 0 0 0 0 000 c eee eee eee 4 Break Out Box Back Panel 0 0 0 0 00 eee eee eee 4 PCI Host Adapter Card seris seis aodai ee eee 4 Quick Guide to Getting Started llle 4 Hardware Installation llleeeeee I 5 Delta Driver amp Software Installation 0 0 0 0 00 00000 6 Windows 98 Installation 0 2 cee eee eee ee 6 Windows 95 Installation 0 cee eee e 7 Windows NT 4 0 Installation 000 0000 n 7 Windows NT 3 51 Installation 0 0 0 0 000 0 8 Macintosh Installation 0 ee eee 8 Verifying Windows Driver Installation 000 9 Verifying Delta Control Panel Software Installation 10 Delta System Overview 00 p a a aa eee eee 10 Delta s Analog Input Outputs 00 00 2002 ee eee 10 The Digital Monitor Mixer sees 11 The Patchbay Router 0 0 cee eee 11 Synchronization yes wenveeteseiu e UN ea Ee ee ee ur 12 Using the Delta 44 with your Software Application
7. or Unity Gain The default fader setting is the quietest setting 144dB which essentially mutes the audio A pair of level faders may be ganged so that both channels may be adjusted together as a stereo pair Also at the top of each fader and meter is a fader level fine adjustment control Clicking on the small up and down arrows will adjust the corresponding fader setting in 0 5dB increments Next to each fine adjustment control is a numerical fader readout that is always current and active PEAK METERS Each peak meter indicates an audio signal level in dB relative to full scale This means that a full scale signal is referred to as 0 dB and a signal 15 that is 12dB quieter than full scale is referred to as 12dB The meters are vertically color coded into three sections green yellow and red The green section represents a safe zone ranging from approximately 48dB to 12dB Most audio signals should appropriately fill this section of the meter The yellow section ranges from 12dB to 3dB as the signal approaches a hotter level For best capture resolution recording in this area is both safe and advised The red section of the meter ranges from 3dB to OdB On the input level meters a OdB condition indicates overload and audio clipping may occur Therefore be careful to adjust the incoming audio levels so that they do not peak in the red section too long you might use the monitori
8. the fader settings However the input faders do affect the levels of the signals exiting the mixer and you will see the effect of the input faders on the output Master Volume peak meters The two leftmost peak meters are labeled WavOut 1 2 WavOut 3 4 These mixer inputs accept the digital audio streams being sent from your software application or Windows to the driver devices with those same names Each name begins with WavOut to remind you that these are software streams and may not necessarily be routed to any physical outputs see Patchbay Router Page To the right are more channels labeled H W In 1 2 and H W In 3 4 These mixer inputs are audio streams from the physical Delta 44 hardware inputs hence the H W at the front of each label On the Mac these inputs are labeled SM ASIO as these software streams will be receiving their digital audio either from the Sound Manager or the ASIO driver depending on your selection PAN Each mixer input is considered mono and may be individually panned anywhere in the stereo output mix A pan control is positioned directly under each input channel peak meter and has the appearance of a small vertical pointer To make a coarse adjustment click on the pan control with your mouse and drag it to the desired position For finer adjustment in 1 increments you may click on the pan control to make it active and then use the left right or up down cursor key
9. Click on the Hardware Settings tab 6 Under CODEC Sample Rate verify that the Rate Locked checkbox is not activated This will allow your application software to set the Delta 44 sample rate as it pleases 7 Since this example will include the use of the monitor mixer we will activate the Reset Rate When Idle feature This will make sure the monitor mixer is running at a decent sample rate while the system is idle this prevents the mixer sample rate from being set too low and therefore lowering its frequency response Select a sample rate in the CODEC Sample Rate group to use as this idle sample rate Choose a 44 100 Hz or higher setting for best results and select the same sample rate you will be using in your application if possible We ve chosen 48 000 Hz for this example Now click on the Delta Control Panel s Patchbay Router tab In the first column of the Patchbay Router page click the radio button Monitor Mixer to connect the monitor mixer s stereo output directly to Delta analog outputs OUT1 and OUT2 Now everything that we hear at outputs 1 amp 2 will reflect our settings in the Monitor Mixer page lt lt M Audio Delta Control Panel uf x Monitor Mixer Patchbay Router Hardware Settings S PDIF About HAW Out 1 2 HAW Out 3 4 HW TURA 2 Aa Aw Out S PDIF Save C WayDut1 2 S wWavDut 3 4 P wevautyn P wavautyn Dee C Monitor Mixer __ bead H
10. Control Panel and go to the Monitor Mixer page Observe the meters at WavOut 1 2 these are the 27 playback levels of your guitar and mic Adjust the faders and mute controls so that you may hear the guitar and mic at the appropriate levels and mix These are the levels at which you may monitor the pre recorded tracks while you overdub record other tracks while listening to the first additional parts Let s assume that you like this take and wish to overdub an additional guitar and a harmony vocal We can still use hardware inputs 1 amp 2 of the Delta We re set up to do so and there s no reason to change these inputs Let s set ourselves up to overdub these next two tracks We will record the next two tracks of material to tracks 3 amp 4 of the software 18 Back in your music program set the source or input port to Left PCM In 1 2 Delta 44 on track three and Right PCM In 1 2 Delta 44 on track four Arm the tracks for recording Track three is now set up to record the guitar and track four the microphone Usually at this point you would want to return to the Delta Control Panel monitor mixer to set up levels However because you will be recording the same instruments that you did on the first two tracks you probably won t need to adjust input or monitoring levels 19 Press record on your software s transport bar Record a take of your new guitar and vocal tracks Because you have set up the fi
11. Delta 44 break out box e 5 pin D sub to 15 pin D sub cable e CD containing drivers amp Delta Control Panel software for Windows 98 95 NT and Macintosh OS 8 5 1 or higher M Audio Warranty Registration card About the Delta 44 Digital Recording Interface The Delta 44 is a 4 input 4 output digital recording interface Its four analog inputs and outputs give you the highest quality digital audio available all up to 24 bit data width and any sampling rate from 8kHz to 96kHz Connect a line level signal from your instrument mixer or pre amp to the Delta 44 s TRS jacks on the break out box Match the operating levels of your input and output signals using the 4 Consumer or 10 signal level software switches Control all routing and hardware settings with the Delta s comprehensive control panel software Within the Delta 44 s PCI chip is a hardware digital mixer Controlled by the included Delta Control Panel software it may handle all of your routing and monitoring needs giving you extra control of all left right and stereo levels in addition to control of pans solos and mutes Product Features amp Specifications e 4x4 24 bit 96khz full duplex recording interface e PCI host card with external break out box e 4x4 analog I O accepts balanced or unbalanced connections on 1 4 TRS jacks e Analog I O configurable for 4dBu Consumer approximately 4dBV and 10dBV signal levels e Analog dynamic range exce
12. M Audio Delta 44 and Midiman MidiSport 2x2 another product shown here only as an example entries in the Windows Device Manager device list The Delta 44 is properly installed with no conflicts as is the MidiSport 2x2 If you do not see your M Audio Delta 44 in your Device Manager in this fashion please jump ahead to the Troubleshooting section of this manual 9 Verifying Delta Control Panel Software Installation In Windows open the Windows Control Panel do so via Start Settings Control Panel If your Delta 44 hardware and Delta Control Panel software are properly installed the Windows Control Panel should display an M Audio Delta H W icon By double clicking on that icon you may launch the Delta Control Panel software Also for convenience you may create a shortcut on your desktop by dragging a copy of the M Audio Delta H W icon from the Control Panel to your Windows desktop using your mouse or trackball After completing the drag operation a dialog box will ask you if you wish to create a shortcut click on Yes Once the shortcut is installed all you have to do is double click on the shortcut icon on your desktop to launch the Delta Control Panel software On the Macintosh the Delta Control Panel may be placed anywhere on your hard drive or any partition of your hard drive that you find convenient Once the control panel file has been dragged from the CD onto your hard drive you may double click it
13. MIDIMAN dealer and the purchaser has registered his her ownership of the product by sending in the completed warranty card This warranty explicitly excludes power supplies and included cables which may become defective as a result of normal wear and tear In the event that MIDIMAN receives written notice of defects in materials or workmanship from such an original purchaser MIDIMAN will either replace the product repair the product or refund the purchase price at its option In the event any repair is required shipment to and from MIDIMAN and a nominal handling charge shall be born by the purchaser In the event that repair is required a Return Authorization number must be obtained from MIDIMAN After this number is obtained the unit should be shipped back to MIDIMAN in a protective package with a description of the problem and the Return Authorization clearly written on the package In the event that MIDIMAN determines that the product requires repair because of user misuse or regular wear it will assess a fair repair or replacement fee The customer will have the option to pay this fee and have the unit repaired and returned or not pay this fee and have the unit returned unrepaired The remedy for breach of this limited warranty shall not include any other damages MIDIMAN will not be liable for consequential special indirect or similar damages or claims including loss of profit or any other commercial damage even if its agents hav
14. decide that you no longer need a particular configuration click the Delete button Highlight the name of the configuration file that you wish to delete and click the OK button To recall or reload a saved configuration click the Load button Highlight the name of the configuration file that you wish to recall and click OK Those settings will now appear in the Delta Control Panel and the driver will automatically update the hardware H W INSTALLED Up to four Delta cards may be installed in a system at one time Note On the Drivers CD see the Multi card Installation readme file This section displays all installed Delta cards and allows you to select which particular card is under the control of the control panel software To select a card for configuration click the radio button to the left of that particular card in the H W Installed list ON THE MAC To save your Delta control Panel settings go to the File menu and select Save or Save as A dialog box will appear promting you to name the current configuration Once you have done so click the Save button To save the current settings as your default go to the File menu and choose Save as Preferences In the upper righthand corner of the control panel is a H W Installed drop down list Atthe time of this writing the Delta Mac ASIO drivers will support only a single Delta device and of course the Sound Manager will support only one stereo pair
15. icon for Sound In and Sound Out then your Apple system sounds will be routed to the Delta hardware output that you have selected here and Alert Sounds if you choose to record will receive their input from the Delta hardware input that you select here You will want to choose the Delta for input and output in the Sounds control panel if your music program does not use ASIO and the Delta ASIO drivers If you are using the ASIO drivers see Mac Software Installation then leave the Sounds control panel selection to built in With the Sounds control panel set to built in these Sound Manager settings in the Delta Control Panel will have no effect The Sound Manager driver limits you to using only one of the Delta 1010 stereo input pairs for audio input and only one of the stereo output pairs for output These do not need to be matched pairs you can use inputs 1 amp 2 for Sound In and S PDIF for Sound Out for example or any combination that you choose The following screen shot shows the Hardware Settings page on the Mac with the Sound Manager T O set to Analog 1 amp 2 for Input and Analog 1 amp 2 for Output Once you have made a selection go to the File menu and Save as Preferences 20 Delta Control B ii 7 H W Installed D66 15 Monitor Mixer Patchbay Router HW Settings S PDIF About Y Clocks and Sample Rates _ Master Clock E Codec Sample Rate S PDIF Sa
16. in this suggested order pre amp computer then sound system We re now physically set up to monitor record and play back audio The next steps involve further configuring the Delta Control Panel software and also the music software into which you will be recording We ll start with the Delta Control Panel s Hardware Settings page then the Patchbay Router page and finally the Monitor Mixer page Since the S PDIF page does not apply to the Delta 44 we ll ignore it in this example lt M Audio Delta Control Panel Mm E3 Monitor Mizer Patchbay Router Hardware Settings s POIF About m Clocks and Sample Rates Hz Save Master Clock Codec Sample Rate p S F anpe Rate c a ce Ce enos Cim e soo e aoo eee C 16000 C 22050 C 24000 C 32000 onn 28 200 sd C 44100 48000 C 88200 C 96 000 j _ C Se 000 r Hw Installed gt Locked Rate Locked IV Reset Rate When Idle SS E E 6 dg 44 MultiTrack Driver Devices r Variable Signal Levels 1 C 82 Single andIn Sync C Independent I Dutputs Ini 1n2 3 In3 ping G s4dBu 4 C a4 C 4 4 C 3 le Co Cu n sumer C Con C Con C Con C Con C 40dBv C 40 C 10 C 10 C 40 DMA Buffer Sizes Wave 20 milliseconds ASIO 2688 samples per buffer se T al 5 Click on the Delta Control Panel on your Windows taskbar to maximize it
17. involve the settings in the Delta Control Panel We ll use the same settings as Typical Setup 1 for the Delta Control Panel s Hardware Settings page i e Reset Rate When Idle and 48kHz idle sampling rate The settings that we ll focus on will involve the Patchbay Router page We won t be using the Delta 44 s Monitor Mixer so we ll ignore the Monitor Mixer page 2 M Audio Delta Control Panel cf x Monitor Mixer Patchbay Router Hardware Settings S PDIF About HAW Out 142 HAW Out 3 4 H Gut dos reti Hut 4 4 r HAW Out S PDIF Save C Wavoutt 2 wWavdutara wavae vaut fe arnat Dee Monitor Mixer C Monitor Mixer oed H w Installed C S PDIF In C S PDIF In C RDF fr KA aE C S PDIF In 166 S PDIF In S PDIF In Hokr le S PDI EI S PDIF In LA Rev tun Rev t RBEvJI C Ae UR Rev cup C HAWInt 2 C Haini C Howinz Bon C Haini Pd C HAW In 3 4 CH C HAW In 3 4 ET TC AY nade op PAY rade C B W ee SP Tana CAIRAN Hi 4 Open the Delta Control Panel software and click on the Patchbay Router tab 5 For the first stereo pair H W Out 1 2 click the radio button in that column for H W In 1 2 For the second stereo pair H W Out 3 4 click the radio button in that column to H W In 3 4 Using these settings for the Patchbay Router page connects each hardware input directly to a hardware output These settings will allow us to monitor the input
18. may begin to realize the versatility of the Monitor Mixer and the Patchbay Router and the relationship between the two You may want to re read this section and make some practice adjustments within the Delta Control Panel software to become proficient in routing and mixing If somewhere in the process you become confused you may always restore the default settings to use the card as a straight 4 in 4 out device just choose the topmost option in each of the Patchbay Router columns Hardware Settings Page lt lt M Audio Delta Control Panel Monitor Mixer Patchbay Router Hardware Settings S PDIF About r Clocks and Sample Rates Hz Save Is r Codec Sample Rate o PDE Semple Bete C 80 C o0 C95 C 12000 C 32000 C 4 oee C 16000 C 22050 C 24000 C 32 000 sao cr C 44100 48000 C 88200 C 96 000 36000 H w Installed Locked RateLocked IV Reset Rate When Idle MultiTrack Driver Devices gt Variable Signal Levels f Single andIn Sync C Independent p Outputs Int l I2 In3 Ind G diu C s4 C a4 I ag DMA Buffer Sizes Vs e ls ls e Con X sumer XE ENE Lam aen 40 40 aen ASIO 2688 samples per buffer SS JE Le e dd The Hardware Settings page of the Delta Control Panel gives you control over miscellaneous features of the Delta 44 To display this page click the Hardware Settings tab of the Delta Control Panel MASTER CLOCK Th
19. regardless of how many audio cards are installed in your system The H W Installed list will display Delta 44 as the active device in the control panel 22 Delta 44 Recording Tutorials In this section we will explore two sample setups for recording and playback using the Delta 44 Digital Recording Interface This is by no means an exhaustive tutorial but its intent is to help you understand most of the Delta 44 s feature set Before beginning you should open your music software and profile the Delta 44 enable its drivers or otherwise setup the software for operation with the Delta 44 NOTE All of these examples refer to the Windows MME driver names If you re using ASIO or Apple Sound Manager drivers you ll need to substitute the appropriate driver names when referring to software inputs or outputs On the Macintosh substitute SM ASIO for Delta Control Panel references to WavOut Typical Setup 1 Let s assume for this setup that we re recording a single guitar and vocal then overdubbing another guitar and vocal track while listening to the first tracks The following diagram shows a microphone pre amp and direct box being used in this case the Audio Buddy by Midiman and a stereo sound system The pre amp and direct box are required for the mic and guitar Many instruments such as MIDI modules or keyboards may be connected directly to the Delta 44 s inputs typical set up 1 Computer
20. second repeating itself over and over sometimes completely locking up the computer See the general troubleshooting suggestions at the beginning of this section Problem I m getting some pops and clicks in my audio recording Possible Cause 1 Input levels are too hot causing clipping or input distortion Make sure you have the proper signal levels set in the Delta Control Panel software 4 can handle much hotter signals than Consumer or 10 If you find that you are still clipping at the 4 setting you will need to turn down the audio at the source Possible Cause 2 Your application software may not have the proper audio buffer sizes set Each software application handles this differently but typically there is somewhere in the software s setup to set the size of the playback and recording buffers used by the application Some applications also require you to run a card calibration sometimes called profiling the first time you use the software with a new audio card 35 Possible Cause 3 Some accelerated graphics cards use excessive amounts of system bandwidth preventing the recording buffer of an audio card from keeping up with demand This can cause clicks in the recording Reducing or turning off the graphics card s graphics acceleration feature often resolves this problem In Windows the level of graphics acceleration is accessed from Start Settings Control Panel System Performance Graphics
21. the slot is a PCI slot If you don t know what PCI slot means check the owner s manual for your computer PCI slots are distinguishable from ISA slots by being shorter and set back farther from the outside of the computer however some newer computers have only PCI slots Before removing the Delta 44 PCI host card from its protective anti static bag touch the metal power supply case of the computer in order to dissipate any static electricity your body may have accumulated You might want to pick up a grounding wrist strap available from electronics stores like Radio Shack if you want to be doubly sure you aren t carrying a static charge that could damage the card Remove the metal bracket that covers the access hole on the back of the computer This bracket is usually fastened to the computer with a single screw Position the Delta 44 PCI host card over the target PCI slot and fit the card loosely over it with the card in the upright position Press the card gently but firmly downward into the slot until the card is completely and squarely seated in the slot If the card seems difficult to seat a slight rocking motion may help Screw the Delta 44 PCI host card s metal bracket down into the screw hole on the back of your computer using the screw you removed in step 5 above Place the cover back on your computer Now it is time to connect the Delta 44 break out box to the PCI host card that you have just installed Never attach the
22. then click OK An Install From Disk dialog will prompt you to copy files from the A drive Click browse Insert the Drivers CD into your CD ROM drive Type in the drive letter of your CD drive we will assume here that it is D and the path to the Delta drivers which will be D DeltaSeries Delta9X Click OK Windows will start to copy files with a progress indicator on the screen Once this process completes itself your Delta 44 will be ready for action After completion of the driver installation Windows may require you to restart If it does request a restart remove the Delta Disk from the floppy disk drive and respond by clicking Yes The system will restart and your Delta 44 is ready for use Windows NT 4 0 Installation 1 Power up your computer after physically installing the Delta 44 card 2 Go to Start Settings Control Panel and double click on Multimedia Click the IS Devices tab then click the Add button Unlisted or Updated Driver will be highlighted at the top of the list Click OK You will be prompted to insert the driver disk with the A prompt appearing as the path Insert the Drivers CD into your CD ROM drive Type in the drive letter of your CD drive we will assume here that it is D X and the path to the Delta drivers which will be D DeltaSeries Delta_NT Click OK The M Audio Delta Interface Card driver will appear in the Add Unlisted or Updated Driver dia
23. Delta 44 Right PCM In 3 4 Delta 44 or Left Mon Mixer Delta 44 Right Mon Mixer Delta 44 from within your recording software WINDOWS MME AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICES The Delta 44 analog outputs may all be used simultaneously for a total of 4 output channels Within your software application s the names of the Delta 44 audio output devices are WavOut 1 2 Delta 44 WavOut 3 4 Delta 44 Each WavOut device allows playing a stereo audio stream to the analog hardware outputs and into the hardware router or mixer Your application software may break 12 each of these stereo devices down further to left and right mono devices Most software will handle the outputs as stereo pairs but allow you to pan audio left or right within the pair Therefore to send a mono output to OUTI for example choose WavOut 1 2 then pan that track hard left Note that each device name begins with WavOut This is to remind you that these are software devices and not always connected directly to the Delta 44 s output jacks Instead they are connected to the Delta 44 s internal patchbay router and hardware mixer and may be sent to one of several destinations For more on the patchbay router see the Patchbay Router section of the Delta Control Panel software discussion MACINTOSH SOUND MANAGER INPUTS AND OUTPUTS The Apple Sound Manager limits the user to one stereo pair for input and one stereo pair for output Within your music software the devi
24. Problem The sound from the monitor mixer is muffled It sounds as if it were running through a mixer with the treble control turned all the way down Possible Cause The current Delta 44 sample rate is too low The monitor mixer is a digital device that runs at the current sample rate of the Delta 44 board The frequency response of the mixer is roughly one half of the sample rate There is no way to prevent this lost frequency response while playing back or recording at a low sample rate However it may be prevented when the system is idle See the CODEC SAMPLE RATE paragraph of the section Hardware Settings Page for more information Appendix A Technical Specs Analog Audio Peak Analog Input Signal 14dBu 4dBu setting 6dBV Consumer setting OdBV 10dBV setting Peak Analog Output Signal 14dBu 4dBu setting 6dBV Consumer setting OdBV 10dBV setting Measured Dynamic Range Outputs 103dB a weighted Inputs 99dB a weighted Measured THD at OdBFS Outputs less than 0 001596 Inputs less than 0 002496 Measured Frequency Response 22Hz 22kHz 0 3 0 2dB Input Impedance 10k ohms minimum Input Connectors 1 4 female TRS type balanced or unbalanced Output Connectors 1 4 female TRS type balanced or unbalanced Adapter Resource Requirements IRQ One required I O Addresses Four blocks 32 16 16 and 64 bytes DMA Channels None required 36 Appendix B If You Use An External Mixer
25. ard to another PCI slot does not cure the Delta 44 s conflict s then you must do some further investigation to determine the exact nature of the conflict s Again go to the Windows Device Manager highlight the Delta 44 or other devices with conflicts and click the Properties button at the bottom of the Device Manager window This will open the properties page for that device Select the Resources tab in order to view the resource assignments plus possible conflicts You may learn more about a conflict by highlighting each item one by one done by clicking on them or scrolling through the list using your keyboard cursor keys and examining the Conflicting resource list at the bottom of the box Computer Properties BE View Resources Reserve Resources C Direct memory access DMA C Memory Hardware using the setting Communications Port COM1 Midiman WINMAN 44 5 Midi Interface Standard Floppy Disk Controller ECP Printer Port LPT 1 System CMOS real time clock IRQ Holder for PCI Steering M Audio Delta 44 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering Sometimes it is possible that a resource problem is not showing up in the conflicting resource list or as a yellow exclamation point in the Device Manager If you have any doubt about the configuration of your device or just want to double check you can view all of the devices and their assigned resources by highlighting Computer at the top of the Device Manag
26. ation and you will be using the Sound Manager to communicate with your Delta 44 set Sound In and Sound Out to Delta See the section Hardware Settings Page in the Delta 44 Control Panel Software section for information on selecting Sound Manger inputs and outputs Your Delta 44 is now ready for use Verifying Windows Driver Installation Windows displays the Delta 44 driver status in the Device Manager page of the System Properties dialog box The Device Manager page is opened via the Windows Start button select Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager With the Device Manager displayed click on the next to Sound video and game controllers to open a list of devices the Delta 44 being a device of that nature Below is an example view of the Device Manager System Properties E 4 34 xl General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection Computer 3 CDROM amp Disk drives ia Display adapters 3 Floppy disk controllers Sy Hard disk controllers F Keyboard EN Monitors gt Mouse S Network adapters E Ports COM amp LPT c SCSI controllers Sound video and game controllers M Audio Delta 44 Midiman USB MidiSport 2x2 Midi Driver bir 3D Accelerator Properties ii Refresh Remove Print Hy FF EH tjit OF E Ee E Cancel This example shows the
27. ay of the Monitor Mixer settings for H W In 1 2 and according to the selection of Monitor Mixer within the Patchbay Router page At the same time your software is recording from H W In 1 2 but at the levels that were set up with the pre amp 16 When you are done playing stop the recording software and rewind the take Before playing back what you ve recorded you will need to assign the recorded tracks to output devices on the Delta 44 Note For efficiency s sake this step could have taken place while you were setting up the recording track assignments However since this step only affects playback and does not affect the recording setup in any way we ve placed it here to lessen confusion Assign software track one to output device WavOut 1 2 Delta 44 and pan the track within your software all the way to the left hard left Then assign track two to output device WavOut 1 2 Delta 44 and pan the track all the way to the right hard right Now when you start playback track one guitar will be sent to the Delta software WavOut output 1 and track two mic to the Delta software WavOut output 2 These two software outputs are inputs to the monitor mixer therefore the recorded guitar and mic channels will be sent to the monitor mixer levels will be modified by the mixer and the output of the mixer will be heard at analog outputs amp 2 17 Start playback from your software s transport bar Open the Delta
28. break out box with the computer turned on Doing so could damage the PCI card and void your warranty With your computer turned off 9 Place the Delta 44 break out box on a desktop in a convenient but secure place or mount the unit in a 19 rack mount chassis Rack mounting may be accomplished with a universal rack mount tray using a 5mm screw through the tray and into the mounting hole on the bottom of the Delta 44 break out box 10 Connect one end of the supplied host cable to the 15 pin D sub connector on the break out box 11 Connect the other end of the host cable to the 15 pin D sub connector on the Delta 44 PCI Host card that now resides in your computer Delta Driver amp Software Installation The Delta 44 system includes a Drivers CD for Windows 98 95 NT and Macintosh containing all Windows drivers Macintosh drivers including all ASIO drivers and Delta Control Panel software To install these on your system please follow these steps Windows 98 Installation 1 After installing the Delta 44 hardware boot your system and start Windows During the Windows boot procedure the new hardware will be automatically detected by the Add New Hardware Wizard as shown here Click Next gt Add New Hardware Wizard This wizard searches for new drivers for PCI Multimedia Audio Device A device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work 2 The Add New Hardware Wizar
29. ce selection when using the Sound Manager drivers for input and output will be Sound Manager both for input source and for output port To select the Sound Manager driver open the Apple Menu and go to Control Panel Sounds For both Sound In and Sound Out click and highlight the Delta icon then exit You may select which Delta hardware stereo input pair and stereo output pair will be used for the Sound Manager s Sound In and Sound Out in the Delta Control Panel Hardware Settings Page see section Hardware Settings Page under Delta Control Panel Whichever stereo pair you select the software input and output device selection within your music program will remain the same ASIO DRIVER INPUT DEVICES When using the ASIO audio drivers with programs that support ASIO style audio the input devices are displayed as mono devices Within ASIO software applications the names of the Delta 44 audio input devices are Analog Inl Delta 44 Analog In2 Delta 44 Analog In3 Delta 44 Analog In4 Delta 44 Mon Mixer L Delta 44 Mon Mixer R Delta 44 Notice the Monitor Mixer input names include L and R characters L indicates the left channel of the stereo stream while R indicates right channel ASIO DRIVER OUTPUT DEVICES The Delta 44 s ASIO output devices appear in stereo pairs Because each device is stereo you may see left and right references within your software application This allows the applicat
30. channel has two line inputs The recording section is distinguished by its bussing system which takes the recording channel signal through a summing matrix to multiple outputs usually in multiples of eight It could be said that an 8 buss system is designed for 8 track recording and a 24 buss system for 24 track recording etc but this is not written in stone What we are describing here is the extreme a professional costly piece of gear that has been purchased for this one specialized purpose There are features inherent in other types of consoles however that will allow us to perform these two separate functions of recording and monitoring A sound reinforcement or a broadcast console and in some cases a recording console might offer a bussing system in the form of sub mix outs These are usually arranged in stereo pairs with a set of level control faders for each pair This configuration can be effectively used for recording as long as the record channels are taken out of the stereo buss The difference here is that there is no real distinction between the recording and monitoring sections 37 Some line mixers have a number of effect or auxiliary sends for each channel These sends will have their own individual level control and will receive the signal either pre fader or post fader i e either independent or dependent on that channel s fader level It is possible to use these aux sends to send a signal to the r
31. d will now ask how to locate the driver Search for the best driver for your device is already selected Click Next gt 3 Windows will give you a selection of locations to search Make sure that only Choose a Path is checked or click on the check box to do so Insert the Drivers CD into your CD ROM drive Type in the drive letter of your CD drive we will assume here that it is D and the path to the Delta drivers which will be D DeltaSeries Delta9X Click Next gt 4 The Wizard reports that its Windows driver file search has found the M Audio Delta 44 Click Next gt 5 Windows is now ready to install the driver files from the specified location Click Next gt Windows will start to copy the files and show you a progress report screen The Wizard reports that Windows has finished installing the software Click Finish Your Delta 44 is ready for action After completion of the driver installation Windows may require you to restart Windows If it does request a restart remove the Delta disk from the floppy disk drive and respond by clicking Yes The system will restart and your Delta 44 is ready for use Windows 95 Installation 1 2 After installation of the Delta 44 hardware boot your system and start Windows During the Windows boot procedure new hardware will be automatically detected Choose the Install of driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer
32. d drive by dragging the application from the Drivers CD Once this is done an alias may be created by highlighting the Delta Control Panel on the hard drive and pressing the Apple key M Then this shortcut may be dragged to the desktop Double clicking either will launch the control panel Once the Delta Control Panel software has been opened you will see the main panel and its several tabs To display a desired page click on its tab Below are functional descriptions of each page Though most of the desciptions are Windows based the functions are identical unless otherwise indicated Within each section you will find the necessary name changes for using the Delta Control Panel ON THE MAC NOTE When using a music software program that is ASIO capable launch the Delta Control Panel software from within that program There will be a button in the ASIO or Audio setup page that will allow you to do so Some of the control panel functions will be controlled from within that program such as master clock setting and sample rate so it is desireable to launch the music program first and then the Delta Control Panel from the the program s launch or control panel button Without the music program open however it is okay to open the Delta panel from your desktop or other location Monitor Mixer Page lt lt M Audio Delta Control Panel oy x Monitor Mixer Patchbay Router Hardware Settings S PDIF About
33. done we are set up and ready to record Close or minimize your software s meter view at this point 10 11 Arm tracks one through four for recording and press the record button on your music software s transport bar Once you have a take that you think is worth listening to stop recording and rewind Maximize the Delta Control Panel from your Windows taskbar 12 Click the Patchbay Router tab In the first column H W Out 1 2 click the radio 13 button WavOut 1 2 so that our monitoring source is now the software outputs from the music program Set the H W Out 3 4 column to WavOut 3 4 Now all of the software outputs of the music program are connected to the corresponding hardware outputs Minimize the control panel Click play on the transport bar of your music software If the take is satisfactory disarm tracks one through four and revel in your success If you wish to redo the tracks undo the recording in your software repeat steps 10 through 13 in this section Using the Delta 44 and the Delta Control Panel software in this manner may be your choice when using a mixing console to control the monitor and playback levels If 31 this were a real recording situation and you wished to add other instruments as overdubs you might want to combine recorded tracks to one stereo pair of outputs WavOut 1 2 Delta 44 for example This would free up several channels for monitoring the overdubs Troublesho
34. e been advised of the possibility of such damages and in no event will MIDIMAN s liability for any damages to the purchaser or any other person exceed the price paid for the product regardless of any form of the claim MIDIMAN specifically disclaims all other warranties expressed or implied Specifically MIDIMAN makes no warranty that the product is fit for any particular purpose This warranty shall be construed interpreted and governed by the laws of the state of California If any provision of this warranty is found void invalid or unenforceable it will not affect the validity of the balance of the warranty which shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms In the event any remedy hereunder is determined to have failed of its essential purpose all limitations of liability and exclusion of damages set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect 39
35. e set them to the next pair of Delta software outputs and bring up the faders of those software inputs in the monitor mixer We continually monitor from the Delta hardware outs 1 amp 2 via the Mon Mixer setting as the monitor source in the Patchbay Router page and adjusting our mix of the software outputs and the way we monitor our guitar and vocal at the inputs via the Monitor Mixer settings 28 Notice that if we continue to overdub past track 4 we run out of WavOut devices to assign to In this case you may want to do some of your level mixing within the software application if it supports it Most applications will allow you to assign more than one track to an output device and then set the relative levels of the tracks within the software letting the software do the mixing In this example you could have assigned all of the playback tracks to WavOut 1 2 and let the software handle the mix Typical Setup 2 This section contains a multi tracking example illustrating another way to use the Delta 44 and its control panel software We re going to use it with an external mixing console that will handle multiple inputs and outputs A discussion of mixing consoles and their use will follow in Appendix B For simplicity in this example we ll use pre amps to get the signal to the Delta 44 and a mixer connected to a sound system to handle the multiple outputs typical set up 2 Computer Delta 44
36. ecording device A pre fader send is certainly preferable since this will allow for a recording level that is separate from the monitoring level The bottom line here is that you can not use the main output of your mixer to send a signal to the recording device and then take the outputs of that recording device back into the mixer whose signal also goes to the main out This creates a feedback loop bad for your eardrums and bad for your equipment One modern console design gets around that by offering an alt out which is an alternate stereo buss or output When selecting alt out on a channel it mutes that channel to the stereo buss and redirects it to the alt out buss This could be viewed as a 2 buss system and can be used effectively for recording purposes In our Typical Setup and 2 in the previous section we used pre amps to handle the recording A line mixer that simply received the outputs from the Delta 44 and mixed them to stereo could handle the monitoring needs Hopefully the information here will give you some insight into how to use the gear that you own or what to look for if you are seeking additional equipment to facilitate your hard disk recording 38 Limited Lifetime Warranty MIDIMAN warrants that this product is free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use so long as the product is owned by the original purchaser the original purchaser has proof of purchase from an authorized
37. eding 103dB e All data paths support up to 24bit 96kHz performance no upgrades necessary Comprehensive digital mixing routing and monitoring capabilities controlled by included Delta Control Panel software e Windows 95 98 multi card drivers with ASIO1 and ASIO2 multi card GSIF and EASI drivers included Windows NT multi card and Mac OS drivers with ASIO 1 amp 2 also included Minimum System Requirements Windows 95 or Windows 98 e Pentium II 266MHz for 96kHz operation Pentium 200 MMX for 48kHz or less e 128 MB of PC100 RAM for 96kHz operation 64MB SDRAM for 48kHz or less Mac G3 or G3 accelerator with 64 MB of RAM 128 recommended Some faster Power PCs will perform adequately e UDMA EIDE or SCSI HDD recommended e ad eee eee eee Break Out Box Front Panel 1 Analog OUTS 1 4 These jacks output analog audio to a variety of external sources Each jack is 1 4 TRS Tip Ring Sleeve and is compatible with 1 4 TRS balanced or TS Tip Sleeve unbalanced connections 2 Analog INS 1 4 These jacks input analog audio from a variety of external sources Each jack is 1 4 TRS Tip Ring Sleeve and is compatible with 1 4 TRS balanced or TS Tip sleeve unbalanced connections Break Out Box Back Panel 3 Host Cable connector This 15 pin D sub connector is used to attach the external break out box to the PCI host card using the supplied host cable PCI Host Adapter Card 4 Host Cable connector Thi
38. er list and clicking the Properties button This will allow you to view a list of assigned IRQ numbers on the left and the associated devices on the right If a number does not show up in this list it means that it is available for use Look also for IRQs that are shared by more than one device While the Delta 44 may share an IRQ with some devices not all devices are capable of sharing IRQs An entry that reads IRQ Holder for PCI Steering along with an installed PCI device such as the Delta 44 is normal If you see another device showing up on the same IRQ as the Delta 44 such as a video card SCSI adapter or USB Host Controller then it is possible that this is the source of the conflict 33 Typically if you move one of the conflicting cards to another PCI slot an IRQ conflict will disappear Address conflicts are rare amongst PCI devices but if there is no obvious IRQ conflict why not check for I O Address conflicts while in the Device Manager You may view the list of assigned I O addresses by selecting the Input output I O radio button below the Interrupt Request RQ radio button at the top of the Device Manager page I O addresses are displayed as 16 bit hexadecimal numbers therefore one might note that an address of 300h the default address of the Winman 4X4 s for instance will read 0300 in this list If scanning all the resource lists in the Device Manager does not provide an answer or clue to the reso
39. fortable blend of guitar and mic levels 26 Now is the time to launch your music software and set it up to record and playback audio tracks We re going to speak in general terms here since setup within software programs will vary somewhat Minimize your Delta Control Panel so that you can easily access it from your Windows taskbar Then open your music software program 13 First set up the sample rate in the software application This operation will depend on the software Choose a sample rate that is high enough to capture the frequency response of the guitar and vocals A general rule of thumb is to multiply the highest frequency you would like to capture by two and add maybe a little on top of that that gives you a suitable sample rate Also keep in mind that if the final results of your work will end up on a CD ROM burned from your WAV file you probably want to use 44 1kHz the native sample rate of redbook CD audio 14 In your software application set the source or input port to Left PCM In 1 2 Delta 44 on track one and Right PCM In 1 2 Delta 44 on track two Arm the tracks for recording Track one is now set up to record the guitar and track two the microphone If your software requires this set the software s clock source to Audio 15 Press record on your software s transport bar Record a take of your guitar and vocals Understand that while recording you are monitoring the Delta inputs by w
40. h 36 bit internal precision and then provides the mixed output to one or more locations For the purpose of monitoring the output of the mixer may be routed to the first set of Delta 44 analog outputs H W OUT1 OUT2 as a stereo pair At the same time the mixer may be used for stereo mix down with the mixer s output recorded into the user s application software The digital audio mixer is configured and controlled by the included Delta Control Panel Software The Patchbay Router In addition to the built in monitor mixer the Delta 44 Digital Recording Interface includes an output patchbay router The patchbay router allows each output to be connected to several input sources The Delta 44 s outputs may accept audio from software sources the output devices visible in your audio software applications or from hardware sources such as the analog inputs or the monitor mixer This capability makes the Delta 44 quite flexible for WAV output monitoring or directly connecting inputs to outputs for system test purposes Synchronization For proper operation the entire Delta 44 system is always synchronized to a single master clock This master clock is derived from the internal crystal oscillators When a WAV file is played through the Delta drivers the software application playing the WAV file is responsible for setting the sample rate in the sound card hardware The Delta 44 supports these sample rates by using either of its internal c
41. io equipment and some consumer equipment that is too hot for the 10 setting The Consumer setting offers approximately 6dB more headroom than does the 10 setting Semi pro and consumer devices signal levels vary from manufacturer to manufacturer and even product to product so a little experimentation between Consumer and 10 settings may be required for optimal results NOTE In order to preserve its high dynamic range and minimize distortion the Delta 44 does not have microphone pre amplifiers built into it Therefore direct connection to a microphone is not recommended Instead run the microphone signal into a microphone pre amp such as the Midiman Audio Buddy and then connect the pre amp output to the input of the Delta 44 All jacks on the Delta 44 break out box are of the 1 4 TRS Tip Ring Sleeve variety The TRS jacks allow connection to either balanced typically professional or unbalanced typically consumer or semi pro equipment 4dBu balanced configurations provide the highest performance and should be used whenever possible The Delta 44 s analog connections support combinations of balanced and unbalanced 4dBu consumer and 10dBV level signals The Digital Monitor Mixer The Delta 44 Digital Recording System has a hardware digital audio mixer built into its PCI controller chip It accepts digital audio streams from all hardware inputs and all outgoing software audio devices mixes them wit
42. ion to pan audio left and right under software control To send a signal to a Delta ASIO output 1 for example as a mono output send one would choose Analog 1 2 Delta 44 for that track s output port and then pan that output hard left The ASIO outputs are named as follows 18 Analog 1 2 Delta 44 Analog 3 4 Delta 44 WINDOWS MULTIMEDIA SETTINGS Windows may be set up to use the Delta 44 as its default audio device allowing system sounds to be sent out the Delta 44 This also enables you to use the Delta 44 with the sound applets included with Windows To set this up go to Control Panel Multimedia In the Audio Properties page set the Playback and Recording devices to the Delta 44 input and output devices of your choice Delta 44 Control Panel Software ON THE PC Once the Delta 44 is properly installed an M Audio Delta H W icon will be displayed in your Windows Control Panel By double clicking on that icon you will launch the Delta Control Panel software You may also launch the Delta Control Panel software from the desktop if you have previously created a shortcut there see Verifying Delta Control Panel Software Installation section for instructions on how to do this Once the Delta Control Panel software has been opened you will see the main panel and its several tabs To display a desired page click on its tab Below are functional descriptions of each page ON THE MAC The Delta Control Panel must be placed on the har
43. is section displays the source of the board s master clock Internal Xtal crystal Master clock operation is outlined in the Synchronization section of this manual Internal Xtal is the default and only setting The status display will always say Locked as the Delta will always be synchronized to its own internal clock CODEC SAMPLE RATE This section indicates the present board sample rate as set by application software The sample rate displayed here is used to drive the digital mixer and all converters The Rate Locked checkbox is used to force a sample rate upon the system It is disabled by default to allow software access to all supported sample rates When checked it causes the driver to only operate at the selected sample rate This means that any application that attempts to open the Delta 44 driver at a sample rate other than the one selected here will fail to do so and will post an error message Reset Rate When Idle is selected when you want the sample rate to return to a particular setting when a software application is not actively using the board This is particularly handy for keeping the digital mixer running at a specific sample rate NOTE Because the digital monitor mixer runs at the sample rate of the rest of the board and because sample rate directly affects frequency response it may sometimes be desirable to keep the sample rate at or above 44 1 kHz while using the monitor mixer This is accomplished by enabli
44. log box Click OK Windows NT will require you to restart your computer for the changes to take effect Choose Restart Now Upon restart your Delta 44 will be ready for use Windows NT 3 51 Installation 1 TI QW ee oN Install the hardware in your system then power up your system amp boot Windows NT Ver 3 51 Click and open the Main group Click and open the Control Panel Click on the Drivers icon Click on the Add button Select the Unlisted or Updated Driver entry and push OK You will be prompted to insert the driver disk with the A prompt appearing as the path Insert the Drivers CD into your CD ROM drive Type in the drive letter of your CD drive we will assume here that it is D and the path to the Delta drivers which will be D DeltaSeries Delta_NT Click OK When the Add Unlisted or Updated Driver window pops up select the M Audio Delta Interface Card entry and click OK In order for the driver installation to be completed you will be required to exit and restart Windows Macintosh Installation 1 2 Open the System folder on your Macintosh hard drive In the System folder locate the Extensions folder On your Drivers CD disk open the Delta Products folder then the Delta 44 folder Place the extension file Delta 44 Driver in your Extensions folder by clicking on it and dragging it to the Extensions folder If you are using a music program tha
45. mple Rate _ Q e000 32000 amp Internal Xtal a sr S PDIF Q 11025 44100 12000 Word Clock dem 48000 do 88200 24000 Ed 32000 96000 QO 44100 4s000 Rate Locked 88200 Qe Reset Rate When Idle DMA Buffer Sizes Variable Signal Levels Sound Manager ASIO 1k T Outputs Int In2 Ind In4 amp 4dBu 4 4 4 4 Sound Manager 1 0 Qi Consumer con con QCon con Input Analog1 amp 2 Q Coa Bono QoOto Qcto ol Output Analog 1 amp 2 VARIABLE SIGNAL LEVELS The software switches in this section allow the user to match individual input levels and global as in all or across the board output levels to the operating signal levels of the external audio equipment Three level selections are available 4dBu Consumer and 10dBV The 4dBu setting is the least sensitive of the three settings and TOdBV the most sensitive Therefore the 4dBu setting has the most headroom and can accept the hottest signals of the three settings Consult the user guide of your external audio equipment regarding your equipment s line level If for instance your audio equipment is consumer or semi pro and you find that its input level is a little too hot for the Delta 44 s 10dBV setting try switching to the Consumer setting Conversely if your 10dBV gear is receiving a signal from the Delta 44 that is too hot try swi
46. music software program to hear those software outputs upon playback Locate the pair of meters labeled H W In 1 2 Strum the guitar and you should see an indication in the left meter of the pair which represents signal levels from the Delta analog input 1 Test the mic and you should see an indication in the right meter which represents signal levels from Delta hardware input 2 Adjust the gain on the pre amp so that you re seeing a good level on the input meters about 6dB to 3dB in the loudest parts this is playing it a safe because you don t want to hit OdB and clip Make similar adjustments for the microphone using the right fader These are the levels at which the signals will be recorded Now let s set the levels at which you will monitor the mic and guitar while recording These are not to be confused with the levels that are recorded by the software these levels are merely monitor levels that appear in the mixer outputs in this case at Delta 44 analog outs 1 amp 2 Click on the left fader handle of H W In 1 2 and drag it about halfway up Strum the guitar If it s not loud enough bring it up all of the way If it is still not loud enough you will have to raise the listening level of your sound system Make similar adjustments for the microphone using the right fader 12 Now fine tune your monitor levels Sing and play guitar adjusting your listening levels using the H W In 1 2 faders so that you have a com
47. ng Reset Rate When Idle and selecting a sample rate of 44 1 kHz or greater MULTITRACK DRIVER DEVICES The Delta 44 drivers may intelligently synchronize the beginning of recording and playback across all audio devices on the board When using application software that is capable of using multiple channels simultaneously select Single and In Sync to ensure that all audio channels will begin playback and or recording at the same time Otherwise select Independent to allow the audio channels to play independently this setting may be desirable if more than one application needs to access the Delta 44 simultaneously DMA BUFFER SIZES This section specifies the amount of system memory dedicated to digital audio buffering Setting a buffer size that is too small may result in clicks or pops in the audio stream as some data may be lost Larger buffers cause slightly more latency but prevent the pops and clicks that might occur with smaller buffer sizes the default settings are recommended but you may desire to tweak these default settings to suit your tastes ON THE MAC The Hardware Settings Page in the Macintosh version of the Delta Control Panel also contains software switches that allow you to select which Delta input and output stereo pair will be used by the Sound Manager if and when you choose the Delta as the Sound Manager input and output device If you go to the Apple menu Control Panel lSounds and highlight the Delta
48. ng capability of the Delta 44 to let your ears be the judge On all output level meters OdB indicates full scale output Unlike the inputs hardware clipping is impossible on the outputs because of the 36 bit resolution built into the mixer hardware However please note that it is possible to mix multiple tracks within your software application and cause clipping to occur in the output stream before it reaches the Delta output hardware or monitor mixer MASTER VOLUME At the left side of the Monitor Mixer page you will see the Master Volume faders and peak meters These faders have the longest throw and highest meter resolution of any level controls in the mixer page They control the overall stereo level of the mixer output The peak meters indicate the output signal levels with respect to full scale and are directly affected by the settings of the master volume faders MIXER INPUTS The Mixer Inputs are inputs to the monitor mixer These inputs accept hardware audio streams directly from the Delta s analog input ports and software audio streams digital audio generated in software to be output This combination of streams makes the monitor mixer extremely flexible Each mixer input channel has its own level fader and may be panned anywhere in the left right stereo field Also each input has its own peak meter The peak meters indicate the incoming pre fader levels of the incoming audio and are therefore not affected by
49. oes appear over your Delta 44 icon you may have a resource conflict There are several ways to approach this problem NOTE When resolving conflicts between PnP and non PnP devices it is recommended to re adjust the resource settings of the non PnP device first Typically Windows is only aware of the resource settings of the installed PnP devices and has no information available to it for adjusting the PnP devices resources around those of the non PnP devices The exceptions to this are when 1 a non PnP device has a true Windows 95 98 driver written for it 2 the BIOS setup allows reserving an IRQ for a legacy device as opposed to a PnP device or 3 resource requirements for the non PnP device have been manually entered into the Windows Device Manager In these cases Windows is aware of the non PnP device s resource requirements One of the quickest ways to change the resources assigned to a PCI card like the Delta 44 is to merely relocate the card to another PCI slot With the computer s power off remove the Delta 44 from its current PCI slot move it to 32 another available PCI slot and turn your computer back on More often than not this will change the IRQ assignment of the Delta 44 when you re enter Windows After returning to Windows follow the steps outlined in the Verifying Windows Driver Installation section of this manual It might take more than one PCI slot relocation to find an open IRQ If relocating your c
50. oting This section addresses potential problems that can occur in all operating system environments with emphasis on hardware troubleshooting Within the PC environment there are a limited number of hardware resources I O addresses IRQs and DMA channels available for use Since audio cards require many resources most audio card installation problems arise from unavailable or improperly set resources This is important enough to repeat IMPORTANT Most sound card installation problems result from attempting to use system resources IRQs address locations already in use by other hardware or software acting as virtual hardware in the system The Delta 44 has been carefully designed to minimize the number of resources consumed it requires just one IRQ and does not require any DMA channel resources It is also capable of sharing an IRQ in some cases However the possibility of resource conflicts still exists due to the nature of the Windows environment Many resource conflicts are automatically recognized by Windows Plug and Play PnP system When a resource conflict is detected it is displayed in the Windows Device Manager The Device Manager places a yellow exclamation point on top of the icon associated with the problem device For an example of how the Device Manager should look when a Delta 44 is successfully installed see the Verifying Windows Driver Installation section of this manual If a yellow exclamation point d
51. rst two tracks to play back through the monitor mixer you should hear those original tracks along with the ones that you are now recording 20 When you are done playing stop the recording software and rewind the take Before playing back what you ve recorded you will need to assign the newly recorded tracks to output devices on the Delta 44 In your software set the output ports of tracks three and four to WavOut 3 4 Delta 44 Pan track three all of the way to the left hard left and pan track four all of the way to the right hard right Now track three guitar will be sent to the Delta software output 3 and track four mic to Delta software output 4 Press play on your software s transport bar Understand now that the four recorded tracks from the software are being sent to WavOut 1 WavOut 2 WavOut 3 and WavOut 4 simultaneously Therefore they are all being input to the monitor mixer and their playback levels can be controlled at the corresponding channels of the monitor mixer Open the Monitor Mixer page of the Delta Control Panel and adjust the levels of the four channels according to your taste You may also experiment with the Mute and Solo controls while listening to the playback Note also that the mixer continues to monitor the guitar and mic at analog inputs 1 amp 2 2 At this point you should be able to see how this multi tracking session is developing As we add more tracks within our music software w
52. rystal oscillators and dividing the rate of that oscillator by some value to derive the proper sample rate Using the Delta 44 with your Software Application Once the Delta 44 s hardware and driver software are properly installed it is ready for use with your music application software Some of these applications may require you to highlight or enable the Delta 44 drivers within the program and others may have a utility that analyzes or profiles the audio cards in your system and enables the drivers Your software should have an audio device driver setup page WINDOWS MME AUDIO INPUT DEVICES The Delta 44 analog inputs may be used simultaneously for a total of 4 input channels Within your software application s the names of the Delta 44 audio input devices are PCM In 1 2 Delta 44 PCM In 3 4 Delta 44 Mon Mixer Delta 44 The PCM In devices allow recording a stereo stream directly from the specified analog input pairs The Mon Mixer device allows stereo recording from the digital monitor mixer built into the Delta 44 The audio data recorded from this device is the mix of input and output streams set up in the Delta Control Panel software see Delta 44 Control Panel Software section Note that the input devices are stereo Your application software may break these down further to left and right mono devices Therefore you may see them as Left PCM In 1 2 Delta 44 Right PCM In 1 2 Delta 44 Left PCM In 3 4
53. s 15 pin D sub connector attaches to the supplied host cable to allow communication between the PCI host card and the break out box Quick Guide to Getting Started Here is a list of the steps required to get your Delta 44 up and running 1 Physically install the card in your computer and connect it to the Delta 44 break out box see Hardware Installation Start Windows and allow Windows Plug and Play to prompt you for the Delta 44 drivers via the Add New Hardware wizard Install drivers and support software see Windows Software Installation On the Mac drag the Delta extension to the Extensions folder and the appropriate ASIO driver to your application s ASIO folder Restart If not using ASIO set the Sound Manager to Delta see Mac Installation Configure your digital recording software to use the Delta 44 as its active audio device see Using the Delta 44 with your Software Application and also your software application s manual Hook up your digital and analog audio gear see Delta 44 Recording Tutorials Configure your Delta Control Panel software for proper monitoring and playback Hardware Installation To mechanically install the Delta 44 do the following 1 T 8 Turn off your computer Remove the computer s cover and position the computer so that you may easily access its PCI slots Select the PCI slot where you will install your Delta 44 PCI host card Make sure
54. s on your computer keyboard Either way while the pan setting is being adjusted its value will appear numerically in the Master Volume s status box below the Master Volume Stereo Gang control as a percentage from left pan to right pan 100 represents far left 100 represents far right and 0 represents the center SOLO Each mixer input channel has a Solo checkbox associated with it Clicking on and activating a Solo box will solo the selected channel by essentially muting all other signals When more than one channel has Solo selected all solo channels will be summed to the solo buss path which is what one might consider an in place solo as opposed to a PFL or pre fader listen levels and pans still apply Deactivating all solo boxes will return all input channels to their previous mute unmute states MUTE Every mixer input channel has a Mute checkbox associated with it Clicking on and activating the Mute box will remove that signal from the stereo buss Deactivating the Mute box will add the signal back into the stereo buss STEREO GANG All input channel pairs have a Stereo Gang capability Clicking on and activating the Stereo Gang checkbox will link or gang the left right faders so that both channels may be adjusted together as a stereo pair Patchbay Router Page 2 M Audio Delta Control Panel of x Monitor Mixer Patchbay Router Hardware Settings S PDIF About HAW Ou
55. s to the Delta 44 vocals and guitar while we are recording 30 a Minimize the Delta Control Panel to the Windows taskbar Open your music software program Set up four tracks for recording Track one Left PCM In 1 2 Delta 44 Track two Right PCM In 1 2 Delta 44 Track three Left PCM In 3 4 Delta 44 Track four Right PCM In 3 4 Delta 44 Now we want to set up the output ports for the four tracks Track one WavOut 1 2 Delta 44 panned hard left Track two WavOut 1 2 Delta 44 panned hard right Track three WavOut 3 4 Delta 44 panned hard left Track four WavOut 3 4 Delta 44 panned hard right Bring up the meter view in your music software and let s start to get some levels here Let s say that your hardware input 1 is the lead vocal mic Have the lead vocalist test the mic while raising the input gain on your pre amp channel 1 until you see a level of 6dB or so This is your recording level At the same time you can begin to raise the faders on your mixer until you hear the voice at a comfortable volume This is your monitor level Do the same for the other vocal mic and each guitar NOTE You could view the record levels from the Monitor Mixer page also The levels appearing in H W In 1 2 and H W In 3 4 will represent the signal appearing at the hardware inputs We are not monitoring via the Monitor Mixer in this example however so no faders in this page are needed or apply Once this is
56. t 1 2 HAW Out 3 4 Hi Gut 4 9 Hin Gut 2 2 Pau SPA Save C Wavoutt 2 Wavoutaza P evo P wavous C vere Delete i EM Hber Load r Hw Installed S7EDIEIR S PBIEIn S PDBIEIn y Hi f Cs ees de dg 44 geb d SPUlFIn f y SUIF oul Ue lr Bey R Rev DARE HRE C 92 Chwin i hwn I henw E Hwnw Ile Hy ae CIBAVIRSA C HZ n 3 4 Wie awna We Hwa C BW IRI mu HV lainey HY ad or C ZWAR C BTE WW awn CBAR We AP The Patchbay Router page allows you to connect each of the Delta 44 s hardware outputs 2 pairs of analog output channels to specific audio sources within the 17 Delta 44 board To display this page click the Patchbay Router tab of the Delta Control Panel ON THE MAC Please substitute the name SM ASIO where referrences are made to WavOut SM ASIO are the software outputs on the Mac while WavOut are the software outputs on the PC Substitute Windows multimedia applet with Sound Manager Applet The leftmost vertical column of Patchbay Router page H W Out 1 2 connects this hardware analog stereo pair to one of four stereo sources 1 The default setting WavOut 1 2 connects ports OUT and OUT2 to your music software or Windows multimedia applet In other words when music software plays audio to the device named WavOut 1 2 Delta 44 it will be routed directly to the hardware outputs 1 amp 2 of your Delta 44 s break out box
57. t uses ASIO drivers it will also have an ASIO folder within the application s folder In your Mac Delta Drivers folder you will find three Delta 44 ASIO drivers For Cubase versions 4 x use the ASIO2 Delta44 driver For Metro or earlier versions of Cubase use the ASIO Delta44v3 driver For any music program that is not ASIO2 capable use the ASIO Delta 44 driver instead check your program s documentation Place the file ASIO Delta in your program s ASIO folder by clicking on it and dragging it to the ASIO folder Drag the DeltaPanel PPC file onto your Macintosh hard drive You can run the Delta Control Panel from any place that s convenient though music software applications that use ASIO will allow you to launch the Delta panel from within the program If not we suggest creating a alias to the control panel by highlighting it and pressing Command Apple key M Then drag the alias to the desktop With the Delta 44 PCI card installed restarting the computer will load the Delta 44 extension You will be able to visually see the Delta extension icon pass by as your system loads extension Go to the Apple menu Control Panel Sound You should see the built in sound icon plus the Delta icon if your Delta 44 is properly installed If your music program does use ASIO leave the Sound Manager driver set to built in for both Sound In and Sound Out If your program does not use ASIO check 8 your software s document
58. tching the Delta 44 s output levels from Consumer to the 10dBV setting S PDIF Page The Delta 44 card does not support S PDIF digital I O as some other Delta series cards do Therefore this page is accessible yet all of its features are grayed out for the Delta 44 About Page The About page while displaying the handsome M Audio logo and applicable copyright information also reports the driver version and control panel software 21 version If you have Internet browsing capabilities and are currently connected to the Internet clicking on the Midiman copyright will link you to the M Audio Midiman web site PC only Save Delete Load Buttons H W Installed On the PC at the rightmost side of the Delta Control Panel are the Save Load and Delete buttons as well as an installed hardware set of radio buttons These controls appear regardless of what Delta Control Panel page is being displayed SAVE DELETE LOAD The Delta Control Panel always retains the last settings entered However the Save Delete and Load functions expand this capability to store different sets of control panel settings using different configuration file names These configurations are then available for recall at a later date and time Clicking the Save button brings up a dialog box prompting you to name the current configuration Once you have done this click OK and your current configuration has been saved to disk If you
59. tion sections of this manual for further information Possible Cause 2 There is a resource conflict between the Delta 44 and another device in your computer Check the Delta 44 configuration Address IRQ against those of the other installed devices If necessary change the settings for the one or more of the devices Possible Cause 3 Your application software has not been properly configured to use the Delta 44 as its audio output device Possible Cause 4 Misrouted outputs in the Delta Control Panel Check the Delta Control Panel s Patchbay Router page to verify output routing assignments Also make sure that if the output is routed from the digital mixer that the mixer s faders solo and mute controls are set up properly Possible Cause 5 Improper connections of the audio accessories Verify that the Delta 44 analog audio outputs are properly connected to a mix deck or external mixer amplifier Problem No visual activity on Audio Input volume VU meters of user software Possible Cause 1 The Delta 44 input devices are not properly selected in the user s application software Possible Cause 2 If the software is recording from the Delta 44 s monitor mixer device be sure that the mixer s faders solo and mute controls are set up properly Possible Cause 3 Improper connections to audio accessories Problem Repetitious Sound Possible Cause An IRQ resource conflict Often this will result in a small segment of sound 0 5 to 1
60. to launch the Delta Control Panel software You may create a alias to the control panel by highlighting it then holding Apple key M This alias can then be placed on your desktop NOTE When using a music software program that is ASIO capable launch the Delta Control Panel software from within that program Some of the control panel functions will be controlled from within that program such as master clock setting and sample rate so it is desireable to launch the music program first and then the Delta Control Panel from the the program s launch or control panel button Without the music program open however it is okay to open the Delta panelfrom your desktop or otherlocation Delta System Overview Delta s Analog Input Outputs The Delta 44 Digital Recording Interface s analog inputs and outputs are compatible with a wide variety of audio products The Delta Control Panel software allows you to configure the signal levels of each input individually and all outputs as a group Signal level settings of 4 Consumer 10 are available Selecting the 4 radio button configures the channel s for use with 4dBu signal levels compatible with most musical instruments and professional mixers Selecting the 10 setting sets up the channel s for 10dBV nominal signal levels commonly used with consumer equipment such as CD MiniDisc cassette tape and DAT players The Consumer setting is preferred for semi pro aud
61. urce conflict you might want to exit Windows and do a final inspection of your computer s BIOS setup Some newer BIOS s see your computer manual allow the reservation of an IRQ for each PCI slot on the motherboard This may be very handy in resolving IRQ assignments for PCI devices Also sometimes a BIOS is configured to direct a particular IRQ to an ISA legacy device non PnP ISA card and needs to be told to look for a PCI ISA PnP device some systems default to this especially with IRQs 3 and 4 Consult your computer or motherboard manual for advice on how to do this Finally with some systems you will reach the dead end realization that you have no available IRQ s every one of them is assigned to some device in the system This most typically occurs with pre packaged computers made by the big name O E M computer companies These computers have so many features packed into them that every IRQ is consumed In this type of situation some kind of reconfiguring or reprioritizing your system is in order Optionally Windows may allow you to create a second hardware configuration which disables some of the installed devices and makes their resources available for general use See your Windows documentation for information on this subject 34 Troubleshooting Tips for Frequently Asked Questions Problem No Sound Possible Cause 1 The Delta 44 hardware or software device drivers are not properly installed See the installa
62. vov ov Y Mixer Let s say that we re recording a guitar vocal duo We ve got a mic on each voice with the guitars going direct into the pre amps NOTE Because improper connections can potentially make very loud noises it s a good idea to have monitor levels down while hooking up audio equipment you may choose to turn your computer off before making the connections 29 1 Plug the microphones into the mic inputs amp 2 of the pre amps Plug the guitars into the high impedance inputs 3 amp 4 of the pre amps 2 Plug the outputs of the pre amps 1 4 into the hardware inputs 1 4 of the Delta 44 Usually pre amp outputs are balanced so if they are use TRS cables and set the Delta 4 Consumer 10 input switches to the 4dB setting in the Hardware Settings page of the Delta Control Panel 3 Plug the hardware outputs 1 4 of the Delta 44 into your mixer s inputs 1 4 using 1 4 is recommended for convenience but not necessary Some mixers run at 10 line level and some at 4 Many mixers may be set either way and actually have their own 4 10 switch es Let s assume that our mixer runs at 4 so set the Delta 4 Consumer 10 output switch to 4 in the control panel At this point we ll assume that all mixer faders are down We re now physically set up to monitor record and playback audio with the Delta 44 and related components The next steps
63. w Installed C S PDIF In C S PDIF In CIEE S PDIRI C S PDIF In l 1 66 Cimon C tan carey f LR Fev P C HAMM C RIS e awie eren C hwn dus C H In3 4 C HAW In 324 OA Wihe s Ne By a A IG HZW In 3 4 Cu CHW inde S UC aana UE HRS UC Pin O Hr TE C AN a BY Wl ele BY Wl ee CH Ir 25 2 M Audio Delta Control Panel Bm x Monitor Mixer Patchbay Router Hardware Settings S PDIF About gt Master Volume Mixer Inputs Save 00 44 0 0 WavOut 1 2 p WavDut 3 4 p H W In 142 5 HW In 3 4 00 44 oo 144024 1440 oo da 00 14402 144 0 Delete Eea ee uel a a i cam Solo Solo Solo Solo Solo Solo Sola T Solo Mute Mute Mute v Mute V Mute T Mute Mute Iv Mute IV Mute StereoGang Stereo Gang Stereo Gang M Stereo Gang Stereo Gang 0 0 dB Select the Monitor Mixer tab of the Delta Control Panel The default Master Volume fader settings are OdB and un muted and all other faders are set to full attenuation 144dB and muted We will need to adjust these to our preference The screen capture below shows the settings that we wish to achieve In the Mixer Input column labeled WavOut 1 2 click on each fader handle and drag it up to the OdB setting Also deactivate uncheck each WavOut 1 2 mute box to unmute the channels This will allow us once we ve recorded into a

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