M-Audio 121002 Bedienungsanleitung

T able of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 What’ s in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 About the Delta 1010L T Digital PCI Audio Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Delta 1010L T PCI Audio Card designed and built by M-Audio. The Delta 1010L T is an excellent choice for audio and MIDI production utilizing your PC or Macintosh computer , and will interface easily with professional and “prosumer” recording gear as well as consumer playback devices. Even if [...]

W ithin the Delta 1010L T’ s PCI chip is a hardware digital mixer . Controlled by the Delta Control Panel software, it may handle all of your mixdown needs, give you extra control of all left, right and stereo levels plus pans, solos, and mutes, or simply give you an alternate or headphone mix. Quick Start Guide There may not be any instant tips [...]

Another way to approach this is by directly monitoring those inputs. This can be done in the Delta Control Panel’ s “Patchbay/Router” page by selecting the Delta input and connecting it directly to the Delta output. Y ou can also use the Delta panel’ s Monitor Mixer to send the signal at the inputs to the Delta outputs, as well as mix those[...]

Macintosh • 128 MB of RAM for 96kHz operation. 64MB SDRAM for 48kHz or less. • Mac G3 with 128 MB of RAM recommended. Some faster Power PCs will perform adequately . • Mac OS 8.5.1 or higher . • UDMA EIDE or fast SCSI HDD recommended. Breakout Cable 1: 1. W ord Clock Input: This female BNC connector is used to input word clock signals from [...]

Breakout Cable 2: 7. Host Cable connector: This 44-pin female D-sub connector is used to attach the breakout cable to the PCI host car d’s male D-sub connector . 8. Analog Inputs 3-8: These jacks input analog audio from a variety of external sources. Each jack is RCA coaxial and is compatible with RCA coaxial (unbalanced) connections. These cable[...]

PCI Host Adapter Card: 11 . Host Cable connector 1: This 15-pin D-sub connector attaches to the supplied breakout cable #1 to allow communication between the PCI host car d and external digital devices. 12. Host Cable connector 2: This 44-pin D-sub connector attaches to the supplied breakout cable #2 to allow communication between the PCI host car [...]

Changing the jumper setting is easy to do when the 1010L T PCI card is not installed in the computer . Since it is usually impossible to change the jumpers while the card is in the computer , it’ s a good idea to make a decision now . If you wish to connect a dynamic or ribbon microphone directly to the Delta 1010L T’ s XLR analog inputs 1&[...]

3. Select the PCI slot where you will install your Delta 1010L T PCI host card. Make sure the slot is a PCI slot. If you don't know what "PCI slot" means, check the owner ’s manual for your computer . PCI slots ar e distinguishable from ISA slots by being shorter and set back farther from the outside of the computer , however some [...]

4. The ‘W izard’ reports that its W indows driver file search has found the M-Audio Delta 1010L T . Click Next>. If announcements that “No Driver Signature” pop up, ignor e them and continue with the installation procedure. 5. W indows is now ready to install the driver files fr om the specified location. Click Next>. W indows will st[...]

to the Delta drivers, which will be D:Delta ProductsDelta98 (these drivers also work in W in95). Click ‘Next>’. 4. W indows will start to copy files, with a progr ess indicator on the screen. Once this process completes itself, your Delta 1010L T will be ready for action. After completion of the driver installation, W indows may require yo[...]

This example shows the M-Audio Delta 1010L T entry in the W indows Device Manager device list. The Delta 1010L T is properly installed with no conflicts. If you do not see your M-Audio Delta 1010L T in your Device Manager in this fashion, please jump ahead to the "T roubleshooting" section of this manual located on pg 56. V erifying Delta[...]

Delta Driver Software Installation on the Mac 1. Open the System folder on your Macintosh hard drive. In the System folder , locate the Extensions folder . 2. On you Drivers CD disk, open the Mac Delta Drivers folder . Place the extension file "Delta 1010L T Driver" in your Extensions folder by clicking on it and dragging it to the Extens[...]

1. In the Opcode folder , which you will find on your hard drive, locate the OMS Applications folder , "then OMS Setup." Double click on OMS Setup. 2. OMS will inform you that it has not yet been configured. Click OK. 3. The Create A New Studio Setup dialog box now appears. Click OK. 4. The "OMS Driver Search" box asks you to ch[...]

approximately 6dB more headroom than does the ‘-10’ setting. Semi-pro and consumer device signal levels vary from manufacturer-to-manufacturer and even product-to- product, so a little experimentation between Consumer and –10 settings may be required for optimal results. NOTE: Analog inputs 3 through 8 on the Delta 1010L T do not have microph[...]

Using the initial default setting, the master clock is derived from the internal crystal oscillators. Operation in this mode is similar to that of a generic sound card – for instance, when an audio file is played through the Delta drivers, the software application playing the audio file is responsible for setting the sample rate in the sound card[...]

WINDOWS MME AUDIO INPUT DEVICES: All Delta 1010L T analog and S/PDIF inputs may be used simultaneously for a total of 10 input channels. W ithin your software application(s), the names of the Delta 1010L T audio input devices are: PCM In 1/2 Delta-1010L T PCM In 3/4 Delta-1010L T PCM In 5/6 Delta-1010L T PCM In 7/8 Delta-1010L T S/PDIF In Delta-101[...]

ASIO or EASI DRIVER INPUT DEVICES: When using the ASIO or the EASI audio drivers with music programs that support this type of audio, the input devices are displayed as mono devices. W ithin these software applications, the names of the Delta 1010L T audio input devices are: Analog In1 Delta-1010L T Analog In2 Delta-1010L T Analog In3 Delta-1010L T[...]

W indows may also use the Delta 1010L T as its default MIDI device. This allows the Delta 1010L T to be used with the MIDI applications included with W indows. T o set this up, go to Control Panel | Multimedia | MIDI. Set the Delta MIDI driver as the default W indows MIDI driver by clicking on the "MIDI Out Delta-1010L T" entry in the dri[...]

The Monitor Mixer Page is essentially a collection of volume level faders, audio level (or ‘peak’) meters, and solo/mute controls. For each mixer output and input channel there is one of each: a volume fader , a peak meter , a solo control, and a mute control. LEVEL F ADERS: Each volume fader may be controlled by dragging the fader ‘handle’[...]

MASTER VOLUME: At the left side of the Monitor Mixer page, you will see the ‘Master V olume’ faders and peak meters. These faders have the longest ‘throw’ and highest meter resolution of any level controls in the mixer page. They control the overall stereo level of the mixer output. The peak meters indicate the output signal levels with res[...]

Patchbay/Router Page The Patchbay/Router page allows you to connect each of the Delta 1010L T’ s hardware outputs (4 pairs of analog outputs and 1 pair of digital output channels) to specific audio sources within the Delta 1010L T board. T o display this page, click the "Patchbay/Router" tab of the Delta Control Panel. The leftmost vert[...]

mode, the left channel of the S/PDIF In is routed to OUT4 and the right channel of the S/PDIF In is routed to OUT3. 4. Options four through seven connect the hardwar e analog inputs 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, or 7 & 8 (respectively) dir ectly to the 1010L T’s har dware analog outputs 3 & 4. For example, if "H/W In 1/2" wer[...]

MASTER CLOCK: This section allows you to select the source of the board’ s master clock: Internal Xtal (crystal), S/PDIF In, or W ord Clock. Master clock operation is outlined in the Synchronization section of this manual. Internal Xtal is the default setting. Be sure to select "S/PDIF In" if you will be recording or monitoring an S/PDI[...]

WORD CLOCK SAMPLE RA TE: When using W ord Clock In as your master clock, this section tells the driver what the expected word clock input sample rate is. The section is only displayed when the board is set to use W ord Clock In as the master clock source. From the list, select the sample rate closest to that of the incoming word clock. The sample r[...]

At the Delta analog outputs, a +4dBu setting will give the “hottest” output signal level. Generally , this signal level is associated with balanced audio inputs. The Delta 1010L T’ s outputs are unbalanced, but can still interface successfully with balanced inputs. The Consumer and -10dBV settings are typically associated with unbalanced oper[...]

Y ou will notice that the “Input” radio button is selected here, giving us a set of eight faders that control input levels. Click the “Output” radio button to access the output faders. Also, you can click the “Mono” button to control each fader individually , or the “Stereo” button to control faders in stereo pairs. At any time, the[...]

data. Different manufacturers’ products may interpret these codes differently and require you to set these bits by "trial-and-error" until proper operation is achieved. CONSUMER FORMA T ADV ANCED SETTINGS (Emphasis): This status bit is used to indicate if pre-emphasis has been applied to the outgoing digital audio signal. The default is[...]

Delta 1010L T Control Panel Software - Mac The Delta Control Panel must be placed on the hard drive by dragging the application from the Drivers CD. Once this is done, an alias may be created by highlighting the Delta Control Panel on the hard drive and pressing the Apple key+M. Then, this alias may be dragged to the desktop. Double clicking either[...]

LEVEL F ADERS: Each volume fader may be controlled by dragging the fader ‘handle’ vertically with the mouse, or by clicking on the ‘handle’ to make it active and then adjusting it with the up/down cursor keys of your computer keyboard. Because the mixer has no gain, these faders only attenuate (reduce) the signal levels. The highest setting[...]

Further to the right are more channels, labeled "H/W In S/PDIF" and "H/W In 1/2." These mixer inputs are audio streams from the physical Delta 1010L T hardware inputs, hence the "H/W" at the front of each label. P AN: Each mixer input may be individually panned anywhere in the stereo output mix. A pan control is positi[...]

3. The third option, "S/PDIF In," connects ports OUT1 and OUT2 dir ectly to the hardwar e S/PDIF input on the Delta 1010L T PCI host car d. The left channel of the S/PDIF In is routed to OUT1 and the right channel of the S/PDIF In is r outed to OUT2. 4. The fourth option, "S/PDIF In (L/R Rev .)," functions identically to the thi[...]

hardwar e S/PDIF output on your Delta 1010L T PCI host car d. 2. The second option, "Monitor Mixer ," connects the S/PDIF Out port to the outputs of the Delta 1010L T monitor mixer . For more information on the capabilities of the monitor mixer , please see the section "Monitor Mixer Page.” 3. The third option, "S/PDIF In,&quo[...]

W ord Clock is selected as the master clock source, the control panel will display "Locked" only when a valid S/PDIF or W ord Clock signal is detected. It will display "Unlocked" when there is no signal at the selected input, or when the signal is corrupt or invalid for any reason. CODEC SAMPLE RA TE: This section indicates the [...]

MUL TITRACK DRIVER DEVICES: The Delta 1010L T drivers intelligently synchronize the beginning of recording and playback across all audio devices on the board. When using application software that is capable of using multiple channels simultaneously , select "Single and In-Sync" to ensure that all audio channels will begin playback and/or [...]

V ARIABLE OUTPUT LEVELS: This section has two layers, providing extremely versatile control of your Delta 1010L T’ s input and output operating line levels. In the first layer there are three selections available for globally setting the operating line levels for the Delta 1010L T’ s analog input and output ports. These selections are labeled ?[...]

A unique case here are the Delta 1010L T’ s inputs 1&2. While all of the other inputs and all of the outputs are unbalanced on RCA connectors (single conductor with a shield), inputs 1&2 will accept balanced cables on XLR jacks (two conductor with a shield). Y ou may want to set these inputs to a +4dBu signal level setting while setting t[...]

For both consumer and professional output formats, the "Advanced" checkbox will allow you to force a few particular status bits in the outgoing S/PDIF signal. The advanced option is for expert users only; however , if you decide to go exploring, change a few bit settings and get lost, you can always select the "Restore Defaults"[...]

In the upper righthand corner of the control panel is a “H/W Installed” drop-down list. At the time of this writing, the Delta Mac ASIO drivers will support only a single Delta device, and of course the Sound Manager will support only one stereo pair regardless of how many audio cards are installed in your system. The H/W Installed list will di[...]

NOTE: Because improper connections may potentially make very loud noises, it’ s a good idea to have all monitor levels set low or muted while hooking up audio equipment -- you may even choose to turn your computer off before making the connections. 1. Plug the first microphone into the 1010L T’s Analog Input 1 XLR jack. Plug the second micropho[...]

mixer sample rate from being set too low and ther efore lowering its frequency r esponse. Select a sample rate in the "CODEC Sample Rate" gr oup to use as this idle sample rate. Choose a 44.1kHz or higher setting for best results, and select the same sample rate you will be using in your application if possible. W e’ve chosen 48,000kHz [...]

9. In the Mixer Input column labeled "W avOut 1/2," click on each fader handle and drag it up to the 0dB setting. Also, deactivate (uncheck) each W avOut 1/2 mute box to unmute the channels. This will allow us, once we’ve recor ded into a music software pr ogram, to hear those software outputs upon playback. 10. Using the scroll bar at [...]

1 1. Y ou want to be seeing a good level on the input meters, about –6dB to –3dB in the loudest parts (this is playing it a safe because you don’t want to hit 0dB and “clip” the signal). These are the levels at which the signals will be r ecor ded. If your signal is too hot, i.e, clipping in the red, then go into the V ariable Signal Leve[...]

Note: For efficiency’ s sake, this step could have taken place while you were setting up the r ecording track assignments. However , since this step only affects playback and does not af fect the r ecor ding setup in any way , we’ve placed it here to lessen confusion. This setting only needs to be made once, but may be changed if necessary . As[...]

r ecor ded tracks from the software ar e being sent to W avOut 1, W avOut 2, W avOut 3, and W avOut 4 simultaneously . Ther efore they are all being input to the monitor mixer and their playback levels can be controlled at the corresponding channels of the monitor mixer . Open the Monitor Mixer page of the Delta Control Panel and adjust the levels [...]

Tr ansferring from DA T to Delta 1010L T 1. Connect the DA T’s coaxial S/PDIF output to the S/PDIF In of the Delta 1010L T PCI host card, using a good quality cable. 2. Connect the 1010L T analog outputs 1 & 2 to some type of amplified sound system. The sound system should be equipped with speakers or head-phones. 3. Because you will be recor[...]

5. In order to monitor the digital signal coming into the 1010L T , switch to the Patchbay/Router page of the control panel softwar e. In the "H/W Out 1/2" column, select the radio button named "S/PDIF In." This will copy all S/PDIF input audio directly over to the analog outputs – ther efore in this example, the monitor mixer[...]

1. Connect the Delta 1010L T’s S/PDIF Out to the DA T’s coaxial S/PDIF Input using a good quality cable. 2. Connect the DA T analog outputs to some type of amplified sound system. The sound system should be equipped with speakers or headphones. 3. Because you will be playing back at the recorded sample rate, you will want to set the Delta 1010L[...]

Tr oubleshooting This section addresses potential problems that can occur in all operating system environments, with emphasis on hardware troubleshooting. W ithin the PC environment there are a limited number of hardware resources (I/O addresses, IRQs, and DMA channels) available for use. Since audio cards require many resources, most audio card in[...]

If relocating your card to another PCI slot does not cure the Delta 1010L T’ s conflict(s), then you must do some further investigation to determine the exact nature of the conflict(s). Again, go to the W indows Device Manager , highlight the Delta 1010L T or other devices with conflicts and click the "Properties" button at the bottom o[...]

Address conflicts are rare amongst PCI devices, but if there is no obvious IRQ conflict, why not check for I/O Address conflicts while in the Device Manager? Y ou may view the list of assigned I/O addresses by selecting the "Input/output (I/O)" radio button below the "Interrupt Request (IRQ)" radio button at the top of the Devic[...]

To change your system to Standard PC mode: 1. Boot into W indows and open the Device Manager . Right-click the + sign next to “Computer .” 2. Double-click the entry that appears under Computer , which should indicate that the computer is in ACPI mode. Click the Driver tab, then click the “Update Driver” button. 3. The Upgrade Device Driver [...]

Problem: Repetitious Sound. Possible Cause: An IRQ resource conflict. Often this will result in a small segment of sound (0.5 to 1 second) repeating itself over and over , sometimes completely locking up the computer . See the general troubleshooting suggestions at the beginning of this section. Problem: I’m getting some pops and clicks in my aud[...]

Use Midiman/M-Audio Resources In addition to your manuals, we also provide you with the following sources of information: Read Me Files : In your CD ROM, locate the Midiman/M-Audio product you own and open that folder . Find the appropriate Platform (W indows 95, 98, ME, 2000, Mac OS 9, X, etc.) that the folder may contain for your product. The Rea[...]

Symptoms: Please be ready to describe the symptoms to the best of your abilities (crackle, stuck notes, jitter , etc.) and whether or not they are consistent (Do they happen at the same place at the same time —each time? Etc.). Y ou may also want to note when you started experiencing these problems and whether it was related to any specific incid[...]

Appendix A - T echnical Specs Analog Audio Peak Analog Input Signal: +14.2 dBu (+4dBu setting +2.1dBV (-10dBV setting) Peak Analog Output Signal: +14.0dBu (+4dBu setting), +2.0dBV (-10dBV setting) Dynamic Range: Outputs: 101.5 dB (a-weighted), Inputs: 99.6 dB (a-weighted) THD (at 0dBFS): Outputs: less than 0.002%, Inputs: less than 0.002% Frequency[...]

Appendix B-If Y ou Use An External Mixer ... Our main objective is to get the signal we want to record to the Delta 1010L T , and to monitor the outputs from the Delta 1010L T . The 1010L T has a mixer contained on its chip that allows you to mix hardware inputs and software outputs and send it to an analog stereo output pair and/or the S/PDIF out.[...]

stereo buss or output. When selecting ‘alt out’ on a channel, it mutes that channel to the stereo buss and redirects it to the alt out buss. This could be viewed as a 2-buss system, and can be used effectively for recording purposes. In our T ypical Setup 1 and 2 in the previous section, we used pre-amps to handle the recording. A line mixer th[...]

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