User manual YAMAHA AIC128-D DRIVER INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver Installation Guide Contents Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Information • This Installation Guide is the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation. [. . . ] • Apple, Mac and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Inc. , registered in the U. S. • The company names and product names in this manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. • Copying of the commercially available musical data including but not limited to MIDI data and/or audio data is strictly prohibited except for your personal use. What is DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver? Dante Accelerator Driver enables the Dante Accelerator (AIC128-D audio interface card) to be used on your computer. DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver Installation Guide 1 Installing DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver NOTE • You are only permitted to use this software pursuant to the terms and conditions of the “License Agreement” shown during the installation. • If the same software components have already been installed in your computer, you can use the same procedure as described in the installation instructions here to update the software. Windows Preparation If the following warning messages appear during the installation, follow the on-screen instructions to continue with installation. Examples of warning message Installation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Confirm that the Dante Accelerator is installed on the computer. Double-click “yaic128-d_***. exe” in the compressed file you have downloaded. *** represents the version number. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software. When installation has been completed, click [Close]. Confirmation of Installation 7 8 9 Open the “Device Manager” window as follows. Click [Control Panel]  ([Hardware and Sound])  [Device Manager] Click on the [+] or [>] mark next to "Sound, video and game controllers. " Confirm that the "Yamaha AIC128-D Card" appears in the list. Installation of the Dante Accelerator Driver is now complete. DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver Installation Guide 2 Mac Installation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Confirm that Dante Accelerator is installed on the computer. Double-click "yaic128-d_***. pkg" in the compressed file you have downloaded. *** represents the version number. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software. When installation has been completed, click [Restart] to restart the computer. Confirmation of Installation 7 8 Open the "Audio MIDI Setup" window as follows. Double-click [Applications]  [Utilities]  [Audio MIDI Setup] Confirm that the "Yamaha AIC128-D Card" appears in the left column. Installation of the Dante Accelerator Driver is now complete. DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver Installation Guide 3 Selecting the General Settings (Buffer Size) Windows Select the buffer size in the control panel of the driver. How to Open the Control Panel From the Nuendo menu, select [Devices]  [Device Setup. . . ]  [Yamaha AIC128-D]  [Control Panel] 1 ASIO Buffer Size Select the buffer size for the ASIO driver. Setting value: 32 to 2048 samples Panel Controls 1 2 DMA Transaction Size Select the buffer size for the card. Setting value: 16, 32 samples 2 Mac Select the buffer size in the buffer size selecting window, which is opened from an application such as DAW software. How to Open the Control Panel From the Nuendo menu, select [Devices]  [Device Setup. . . ]  [Yamaha AIC128-D]  [Control Panel] TIP Setting the audio driver buffer size Noise produced when using audio applications such as DAW software may affect audio recording and/or playback. In most cases, you can solve these problems by adjusting the audio driver buffer size (the size of memory used to temporarily hold data to avoid intermittent playback). [. . . ] Double-click "Uninstall_yaic128-d. app" in the compressed file you have downloaded. 4 Click [Continue] when the "Uninstall Yamaha AIC128-D" window appears. After that, follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the software. 5 After completing the uninstallation, a message "Done. " appears. Click [OK]. Uninstallation of the Dante Accelerator Driver is now complete. C. S. G. , Pro Audio Division © 2012 Yamaha Corporation 212AB-A0 [. . . ]