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Summary of Contents for Delta 66

Page 1: ...DELTA 66 DELTA 66 U s e r G u i d e th...

Page 2: ...Input Outputs 10 The Digital Monitor Mixer 11 The Patchbay Router 11 Synchronization 11 Using the Delta 66 with your Software Application 12 Delta 66 Control Panel Software 15 Monitor Mixer Page 15 P...

Page 3: ...rd About the Delta 66 Digital Recording Interface The Delta 66 functions as a 6 input 6 output digital recording interface Four analog inputs and outputs plus coaxial S PDIF I O give you the highest q...

Page 4: ...Delta Control Panel software Hardware sample accurate sync will allow linking of multiple Delta units expected November 1999 Windows 95 98 multi card drivers with ASIO1 and ASIO2 multi card GSIF and...

Page 5: ...rnal 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 conn...

Page 6: ...active audio device see Using the Delta 66 with your Software Application and also your software application s manual 5 Hook up your digital and analog audio gear see Delta 66 Recording Tutorials Conf...

Page 7: ...anty With your computer turned off 1 Place the Delta 66 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...

Page 8: ...een 6 The Wizard reports that Windows has finished installing the software Click Finish Your Delta 66 is ready for action After completion of the driver installation Windows may require you to restart...

Page 9: ...NT will require you to restart your computer for the changes to take effect Choose Restart Now Upon restart your Delta 66 will be ready for use Macintosh Installation 1 Open the System folder on your...

Page 10: ...are s documentation and you will be using the Sound Manager to communicate with your Delta 66 set Sound In and Sound Out to Delta See the section Hardware Settings Page in the Delta 66 Control Panel S...

Page 11: ...l 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 cl...

Page 12: ...ver the Delta 66 s analog connections support combinations of balanced and unbalanced 4dBu consumer and 10dBV level signals The Digital Monitor Mixer The Delta 66 Digital Recording System has a hardwa...

Page 13: ...em for that matter If the master clock were set to use the internal crystal then the incoming S PDIF audio would have pops crackles and other undesirable audio artifacts present in it Instead setting...

Page 14: ...avOut 3 4 Delta 66 WavOut S PDIF Delta 66 WavOut devices allow playing a stereo audio stream to the analog hardware outputs for WavOut 1 2 3 4 the S PDIF hardware output for WavOut S PDIF or into the...

Page 15: ...S PDIF In R Delta 66 Mon Mixer L Delta 66 Mon Mixer R Delta 66 Notice the S PDIF In and Monitor Mixer names include L and R characters L indicates the left channel of the stereo stream while R indica...

Page 16: ...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 Withi...

Page 17: ...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 adj...

Page 18: ...ght stereo field Each input also has its own peak meter The peak meters indicate the incoming pre fader levels of the incoming audio and are therefore not affected by the fader settings However the in...

Page 19: ...nel 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 Patc...

Page 20: ...sic software plays audio to the device named WavOut 3 4 Delta 66 it will be routed directly to the hardware analog outputs 3 4 of your Delta 66 s break out box 2 The second option S PDIF In connects p...

Page 21: ...channel of the S PDIF Out This same behavior applies to H W In 3 4 when selected At this point you may begin to realize the versatility of the Monitor Mixer and the Patchbay Router and the relationsh...

Page 22: ...cific 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 k...

Page 23: ...Panel Sound and highlight the Delta 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 choos...

Page 24: ...l is a little too hot for the Delta 66 s 10dBV setting try switching to the Consumer setting Conversely if your 10dBV gear is receiving a signal from the Delta 66 that is too hot try switching the Del...

Page 25: ...S is written into the S PDIF subcode a reserved part of the S PDIF digital stream that is independent of the actual audio data being transmitted It can be used to inhibit the amount of copies that can...

Page 26: ...disk If you 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...

Page 27: ...u 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...

Page 28: ...Locate the Variable Signal Levels section The 4 setting requires that the 4 radio button be selected 3 Plug the hardware outputs 1 2 of the Delta 66 to a sound system or power amp with speakers If you...

Page 29: ...the Delta 66 sample rate as it pleases 8 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...

Page 30: ...Panel The default Master Volume fader settings are 0dB 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 b...

Page 31: ...nough 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 13 Now...

Page 32: ...put 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...

Page 33: ...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 2 At this point you should be able to see how this multi trac...

Page 34: ...ing 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 mo...

Page 35: ...We re now physically set up to monitor record and playback audio with the Delta 66 and related components The next steps involve the settings in the Delta Control Panel We ll use the same settings as...

Page 36: ...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...

Page 37: ...g output stereo pairs 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 even choose to turn...

Page 38: ...l panel software Under Master Clock select S PDIF In 4 Next you will need to tell your application software the expected sample rate We ll use 44 1 kHz in this example Therefore on the Hardware Settin...

Page 39: ...DAT monitoring with DAT 1 Connect the Delta 66 s S PDIF Out to the DAT s coaxial S PDIF Input using a good quality cable 2 Connect the DAT analog outputs to some type of amplified sound system The so...

Page 40: ...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...

Page 41: ...66 from its current PCI slot move it to another available PCI slot and turn your computer back on More often than not this will change the IRQ assignment of the Delta 66 when you re enter Windows Aft...

Page 42: ...e that this is the source of the conflict 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 th...

Page 43: ...the Delta 66 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 n...

Page 44: ...card Possible Cause 4 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 t...

Page 45: ...e 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 Digital Audio Digital I...

Page 46: ...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...

Page 47: ...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 a...

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