User manual M-AUDIO DMAN PCI

[. . . ] PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY, AND FOLLOW THE DMAN PCI DRIVER AND DirectX INSTALLATION PROCEDURE BEFORE INSTALLING THE DMAN PCI CARD. Table of Contents FCC Class B and CE Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What's In the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 About the DMAN PCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If the DMAN PCI is sharing an IRQ with another PCI device (such as a USB Host Controller), it might also do so without problems since the DMAN PCI is capable of sharing an IRQ with many other PCI products. However, IRQ's are rarely shareable between ISA devices that are not PnP-compliant and other cards. If this is the case one of the devices will have to be manually adjusted to use another IRQ. NOTE: When resolving conflicts between PnP and non-PnP devices, it is usually easier to readjust the resource settings of the non-PnP device. 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 around the non-PnP devices. The exception to this is when a non-PnP device has a true Windows 98/95 driver written for it, or if the BIOS allows instructions for an IRQ to receive a legacy device as opposed to a PnP device. In that case Windows is aware of the non-PnP device's resource requirements. If you ever need to change the DMAN PCI card's IRQ, the easiest way is to move the DMAN PCI to another available PCI slot. This will cause the system to recognize it again as new hardware and establish it with another IRQ. Some newer BIOS's (see your computer manual) allow the selection of an IRQ for each PCI slot on the motherboard. However, if there are no IRQs available, some kind of reconfiguring or reprioritizing your system may be required. Also, a second hardware configuration can be created for running two sets of hardware profiles. As mentioned earlier, the Computer Properties list is the best source of information to establish availability of resources. Clicking the Input/Output (I/O) button at the top of the box will give you a list of Addresses in use (as well as DMA channels, although none are used by the DMAN PCI). Usually, there are not address conflicts between PnP devices, but one might note that an address of 300h (the default address of the WINMAN 4x4/S, for instance), will read "0300" in this list (it is a 16-bit hexadecimal representation). 16 Using DMAN PCI with Software Applications Once the DMAN PCI software is set up, the card is installed, and its drivers are properly loaded, it is ready for use with audio application software. Some of these applications will require manual configuration in order to use the DMAN PCI. There are a few audio applications built into Windows that will be common on all PC systems: usually a mixer, sound recorder and media player. Most users may choose to purchase and install third-party software packages that are much more powerful than those provided with Windows. Either way, it is important to understand the name and purpose of each DMAN PCI function. The Various DMAN PCI Windows Devices Since the DMAN PCI is a multi-function board, it appears to Windows software as a collection of different Windows devices: · · · · DMAN PCI Audio DMAN PCI Mixer DMAN PCI Synth DMAN PCI External MIDI Whenever you configure a Windows-supplied or third-party software application to use the DMAN PCI, you will need to look for these devices. The "DMAN PCI Audio" device is responsible for audio recording and playback, such as that contained in WAV files. The "DMAN PCI Mixer" sets the recording and playback levels of the various audio sources on the DMAN PCI board. The "DMAN PCI Synth" is the General MIDI synthesizer that is built into the DMAN PCI board. [. . . ] DSP's are processors that are specially tweaked for computation-intensive applications such as playing and recording audio and audio effects. Dynamic Range: The ratio between the quietest and loudest sounds that can be recorded without distortion. Also known as "simultaneous playback/record. " If you are using a multi-track digital recording program, such as Samplitude, SAW, or Cakewalk Audio, this is a very important feature. Full duplex would, for example, allow you to hear previously recorded vocal tracks while you're recording the harmonies, a must for workable audio recording. [. . . ]