5 OPERATING THE SOFTWARE
The Effect tab controls the various sound effect you can use with your AU300 adaptor.
There are three panels here: Environment Type, Environment Size and Equalizer.
You can also choose from the 16 preset options for different types of music.
Enjoying the extra features of the software.
There are 4 standard environment
types: bathroom, opera house,
underwater and music lounge.
Aside from these four, you can
choose from a drop-down menu
under More Option for 27 other
environment types.
Under environment size, there are
3 selection: small, medium to large
environment.
In the equalizer panel you can
adjust loudness of various
frequencies and save such settings.
Under Karaoke tab, you can adjust
the microphone effect by selecting
the ON button, and checking the
Microphone Echo option.
Various Karaoke functions can be
set in this section, from adjusting
echo loudness to shifting key. You
can even remove the vocal sound
from any song using the Vocal
Cancellation option, so you can
have a music-only track.
These functions are applicable to all
audio programs.
6 VERIFYING SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION OF THE DRIVER
7 CONFIGURING YOUR AUDIO DEVICE
For all Windows operating systems mentioned earlier, to verify that the installation of
the USB driver is successful, you check within the Device Manager:
>
click on Start, Settings, and Control Panel.
>
in control panel, click on the System icon
>
open up the System Properties page
>
click on the Device Manager tab
(or Hardware tab and then Device Manager button for Windows XP)
>
in the Device Manager page, make sure that the View Device by Type is
selected.
(*An alternative way to check whether the USB adaptor is properly installed, make sure the LED
indicator is lit, and press mute, if the light flashes, then the device is properly installed, if not you
should check the details settings as suggested below.)
Checking the drivers within the Device Manager
>
scroll down and find the Universal Serial Bus Controllers category
>
open it up and see if you can find the USB Composite Device
>
if yes close it and look for the Sound Video and Game Controllers category
>
open it up and find the USB Sound Device (or Accutone Audio adaptor)
>
if you see both these drivers installed, then the installation is successful
>
if you cannot locate them, then try to unplug the USB adaptor, re-boot the machine,
and try the installation again or check the troubleshooting section in this manual.
For computers which come with an in-built sound card, your have a choice of using the
USB audio device or the original sound card for your multimedia applications. To
configure the currently selected audio device:
>
go to the Control Panel, click the Multimedia icon or Sounds and Multimedia
icon(for Windows Me, 2000 and XP)
>
select the Audio or Voice tabs, in either one of the pages you will see Preferred
Device selected for Sound Playback or Sound Recording to be Accutone USB
Audio Adaptor or USB Audio Adaptor
>
click the arrow within the selection and you will find your original sound card's name
and choose your preference
(**Remember to close all programs before you change this settings. Restart your audio applications
if the change is not effective.)
accutone USB adaptor - installation guide & user manual
verification and configuration
Double-checking the installation of the driver.
operating the software
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