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Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Darla24 24-bit Multitrack Digital Audio
Recorder. We think you’ll find Darla24 to be an extremely flexible, high-
performance tool for your computer-based hard disk recording system.
What You Should Have Received in the Darla24 Box
When you opened the Darla24 box, you should have found the following:
• A Darla24 PCI card wrapped in an anti-static cover
• A Darla24 audio breakout box
• A Darla24 audio connector cable (
Please note: The cable included
with your Darla24 system is a shielded audio cable that has been
custom manufactured to exacting standards. Use of any other cable,
such as a computer printer cable, will substantially reduce the
system’s overall audio quality. See “Installing the Darla24
hardware” for further details
.)
• A compact disc containing the Darla24 Windows 95/Windows 98
Drivers, the Echo Reporter
system analysis software, Syntrillium
Software’s Cool Edit Pro
Special Edition multitrack recording
and editing software, and demo versions of digital audio recording,
editing, and processing software from a variety of manufacturers
• The Darla24 Owner’s Manual
System Requirements
In order to use Darla24 you’ll need the following:
• An IBM-PC or compatible computer with PCI architecture
expansion slots (version 2.1 PCI BIOS), a genuine Intel Pentium or
faster CPU, a motherboard with an Intel chipset, and minimum
64Mb RAM (more highly recommended) running Windows 95 or
Windows 98
• A fast, high-capacity IDE or SCSI hard disk drive
• Peripheral audio equipment, such as a mixer, power amplifier, DAT
recorder, musical instruments, etc.