User manual M-AUDIO DELTA1010 F

[. . . ] Each unused PCI slot should have a metal bracket that covers the slot's accompanying access hole on the rear of the computer. Be sure to save the bracket screw (brackets are usually held in place by one screw) as you will need it later. Note: Note: Some of your motherboard's PCI slots may be sharing resources with some of your computer's other components (e. g. This may result in performance issues that are often difficult to pin down and resolve. [. . . ] Insert your Delta 1010 PCI Host Adapter card into your chosen PCI slot. Secure the Delta 1010 PCI card in place using the bracket screw from the previous step. Connect the rack-mount portion of the interface to the Delta PCI card. Plug in the power adapter into the rear of the rack-mount portion of the Delta 1010, then reconnect the computer's power cord. When Windows boots up, it will identify the new Delta 1010 hardware and will ask if you want to search the Internet for a driver. Choose "Install software automatically" and click "Next". Once the installation is complete, you will see a message pop up stating, "Your new hardware is installed and ready to use. " 4 4 | Delta 1010 Quick Start Guide Mac OS X Installation 1. If possible, we recommend that you download the most recent Delta 1010 drivers by going to the Support > Drivers page at www. m-audio. com. If you do not have Internet access, insert the Delta Series CD-ROM into your computer to install the drivers that came with your Delta 1010 interface. If you are installing drivers from the Delta Series CD-ROM, a CD-ROM icon will appear on your desktop once the disc is inserted into your computer. < If you own any devices with S/PDIF or Word Clock inputs or outputs, connect these devices to the appropriate S/PDIF and Word Clock connectors on the interface. The S/PDIF jacks are located on the PCI Host Adapter Card while the Word Clock connectors are found on the back of the rack-mount portion of the interface. Keyboards, Mixers, etc. Mic Guitar Preamplifier Delta 1010 Delta 1010 and the M-Audio product line are produced by MIDIMAN Wordclock Out In In Out Ins +4 -10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9V AC Outs 9V AC Computer Mixer, Powered Speakers Sound System, etc For more detailed information about all of the available inputs and outputs, please refer to the Delta 1010 User Guide located on the Delta Series CD-ROM. 6 | Delta 1010 Quick Start Guide Opening the Delta Series Control Panel PC users can access the Delta Control Panel by double-clicking the M-Audio icon in the system tray on the lower right of the screen 5 . Mac OS X users can open the Control Panel by clicking the M-Audio icon found in the System Preferences panel 6 . The default settings for the Delta Control Panel will ensure that your software's audio outputs 1/2 are routed to Delta 1010's physical outputs 1/2, software outputs 3/4 are routed to the physical outputs 3/4, and so on. However, the Control Panel will allow you to alter the output routings if necessary as well as to configure various other options (digital sync source, sample rate, buffer size, etc. ) In many cases, there will be no need to change the default settings. When it's time to record an external source, such as a vocal, guitar track, or keyboard part, you will want to monitor your input. Monitoring will allow you to hear the signal being fed into the inputs while blending it with the output signals coming from the computer. This way, you can hear your own performance in the headphones as you play along to previously recorded parts playing back from your computer. Start by selecting the Monitor Mixer radio button in the leftmost column of the Control Panel's Patchbay/Router tab. This routes the Monitor Mixer's output to the Delta 1010's physical outputs 1/2. [. . . ] This routes the Monitor Mixer's output to the Delta 1010's physical outputs 1/2. You can now use the Monitor Mixer to adjust and mix signals from Delta 1010's analog and digital inputs, as well as signals entering the mixer from your audio software. Note: Adjusting the levels in the Monitor Mixer does not affect the actual level of the signal being recorded into audio application. Adjust the recording level at the sound source and/or use the +4/-10 switches on the back of the rackmount interface. [. . . ]