M-Audio Delta 1010, Manual

Page 1: ...Analog Inputs Outputs 11 The Digital Monitor Mixer 12 The Patchbay Router 12 Synchronization 12 Using the Delta 1010 with your Music Software Application 14 Delta 1010 Control Panel Software 17 Monito...

Page 2: ...input 10 output digital recording interface Eight balanced unbalanced analog inputs and outputs plus coaxial S PDIF I O give you the highest quality digital I O available all up to 24 bit data width...

Page 3: ...A 108dB A D 109dB Low distortion measured THD 0dBFS D A less than 0 0015 A D less than 0 001 All data paths support up to 24bit 96kHz performance no upgrades necessary Comprehensive digital mixing ro...

Page 4: ...yboard or sound module would be connected to the MIDI output jack Rack Unit Back Panel 6 Word Clock In This female BNC connector is used to input word clock signals from external sources The Delta 101...

Page 5: ...connector This 25 pin D sub connector attaches to the supplied host cable to allow communication between the PCI host card and the rack mount unit Hardware Installation To mechanically install the De...

Page 6: ...f 1 Mount the Delta 1010 rack mount unit in your rack or place it on a desktop in a convenient but secure place 2 Connect one end of the supplied host cable to the 25 pin D sub connector on the rack m...

Page 7: ...you a progress report screen 6 The Wizard reports that Windows has finished installing the software Click Finish Your Delta 1010 is ready for action After completion of the driver installation Windows...

Page 8: ...puter for the changes to take effect Choose Restart Now Upon restart your Delta 1010 will be ready for use Macintosh Installation 1 Open the System folder on your Macintosh hard drive In the System fo...

Page 9: ...e in your System folder you will find an OMS Folder Drag the Delta OMS Driver into the OMS Folder 3 Restart your computer To Configure your Delta 1010 MIDI in OMS go to the Apple Talk Control Panel or...

Page 10: ...deo and game controllers to open a list of devices the Delta 1010 being a device of that nature Below is an example view of the Device Manager This example shows the M Audio Delta 1010 and Midiman WIN...

Page 11: ...y highlighting it then holding Apple key M This alias can then be placed on your desktop NOTE When using a music software program that is ASIO capable launch the Delta Control Panel software from with...

Page 12: ...put At the same time the mixer may be used for stereo mix down with the mixer s output recorded into the user s application software The digital audio mixer is configured and controlled by the include...

Page 13: ...ed properly There is one special case to consider however The external unit sending the S PDIF digital audio to the Delta 1010 may be locked to the word clock emitted from the Delta 1010 or both the e...

Page 14: ...e PCM In devices allow recording a stereo stream directly from the specified analog input pairs The S PDIF In device allows you to record a stereo stream directly from the S PDIF input The Mon Mixer d...

Page 15: ...chbay router see the Patchbay Router section of the Delta Control Panel software discussion MACINTOSH SOUND MANAGER INPUTS AND OUTPUTS The Apple Sound Manager limits the user to one stereo pair for in...

Page 16: ...device is stereo you may see left and right references within your software application This allows the application to pan audio left and right under software control To send a signal to a Delta ASIO...

Page 17: ...ktop if you have previously created a shortcut there see Verifying Delta Control Panel Software Installation section for instructions on how to do this Once the Delta Control Panel software has been o...

Page 18: ...he Patchbay Router page At the same time the mixer outputs may be recorded in stereo by software The Monitor Mixer Page is essentially a collection of volume level faders audio level or peak meters an...

Page 19: ...tor Mixer page you will see the Master Volume 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 s...

Page 20: ...t pan 100 represents far left 100 represents far right and 0 represents the center SOLO Each mixer input channel has a Solo checkbox associated with it Clicking on and activating a Solo box will solo...

Page 21: ...the hardware analog inputs 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 8 respectively directly to the 1010 s hardware analog outputs 1 2 For example if H W In 1 2 were selected any signal present at the IN1 port will be copied...

Page 22: ...rth option S PDIF In L R Rev functions identically to the third option except that the left and right channels are swapped Therefore in this mode the left channel of the S PDIF In is routed to the rig...

Page 23: ...rd sample rate as set by application software The sample rate selected here will be used to drive the digital mixer and all outputs The Rate Locked checkbox is used to force a sample rate upon the sys...

Page 24: ...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...

Page 25: ...Installation then leave the Sound control panel selection to built in With the Sound control panel set to built in these Sound Manager settings in the Delta Control Panel will have no effect The Sound...

Page 26: ...ll 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 lo...

Page 27: ...n copyright will link you to the M Audio Midiman web site PC only Save Delete Load Buttons H W Installed On the PC at the rightmost side of the Delta Control Panel are the Save Load and Delete buttons...

Page 28: ...re installed in your system The H W Installed list will display Delta 1010 as the active device in the control panel Delta 1010 Recording Tutorials In this section we will explore a few sample setups...

Page 29: ...speakers If your sound system is a consumer type set the 4 10 switches on outputs 1 2 to the 10 setting The 10 setting requires the 4 10 button to be pressed and locked to the in position 4 Turn on y...

Page 30: ...ll activate the Reset Rate When Idle feature This will make sure the monitor mixer is running at a decent sample rate while the system is idle this prevents the mixer sample rate from being set too lo...

Page 31: ...The default Master Volume fader settings are 0dB and unmuted and all other faders are set to full attenuation 144dB and muted We will need to adjust these to our preference The screen capture on the...

Page 32: ...he loudest parts this is playing it a safe because you don t want to hit 0dB and clip Make similar adjustments for the microphone using the right fader These are the levels at which the signals will b...

Page 33: ...inputs by way of the Monitor Mixer settings for H W In 1 2 and according to the selection of Monitor Mixer within the Patchbay Router page At the same time your software is recording from H W In 1 2 b...

Page 34: ...ftware and rewind the take Before playing back what you ve recorded you will need to assign the newly recorded tracks to output devices on the Delta 1010 In your software set the output ports of track...

Page 35: ...es and their use will follow in Appendix B For simplicity in this example we ll use pre amps to get the signal to the Delta 1010 and a mixer connected to a sound system to handle the multiple outputs...

Page 36: ...s involve the settings in the Delta Control Panel We ll use the same settings as Typical Setup 1 for the Delta Control Panel s Hardware Settings page i e Internal Xtal Reset Rate When Idle and 48kHz i...

Page 37: ...en WavOut 7 8 Delta 1010 panned hard left Track eight WavOut 7 8 Delta 1010 panned hard right 9 Bring up the meter view in your music software and let s start to get some levels here Let s say that yo...

Page 38: ...when using a mixing console to control the monitor and playback levels If this were a real recording situation and you wished to add vocals or other instruments as overdubs you might want to combine a...

Page 39: ...his open the Hardware Settings page of the control 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...

Page 40: ...ou should be able to hear the DAT material through your sound system Transferring from 1010 to DAT monitoring with DAT 1 Connect the Delta 1010 s S PDIF Out to the DAT s coaxial S PDIF Input using a g...

Page 41: ...PDIF output and consequently to the DAT 5 Next let s make sure the S PDIF output format is correct Open the S PDIF page of the control panel software Under Digital Output Format choose Consumer Unche...

Page 42: ...w the Device Manager should look when a Delta 1010 is successfully installed see the Verifying Windows Driver Installation section of this manual If a yellow exclamation point does appear over your De...

Page 43: ...n the Device Manager If you have any doubt about the configuration of your device or just want to double check you can view all of the devices and their assigned resources by highlighting Computer at...

Page 44: ...ometimes a BIOS is configured to direct a particular IRQ to an ISA legacy device non PnP ISA card and needs to be told to look for a PCI ISA PnP device some systems default to this especially with IRQ...

Page 45: ...that the mixer s faders solo and mute controls are set up properly Possible Cause 5 Improper connections of the audio accessories Verify that the Delta 1010 analog audio outputs are properly connecte...

Page 46: ...ndwidth preventing the recording buffer of an audio card from keeping up with demand This can cause clicks in the recording Reducing or turning off the graphics card s graphics acceleration feature of...

Page 47: ...Response 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 Di...

Page 48: ...these mixdown decks to control separate control room and studio listening levels as well as other recording specific functions There are two basic layouts for the recording console split section and...

Page 49: ...m line here is that you can not use the main output of your mixer to send a signal to the recording device and then take the outputs of that recording device back into the mixer whose signal also goes...

Page 50: ...roduct requires repair because of user misuse or regular wear it will assess a fair repair or replacement fee The customer will have the option to pay this fee and have the unit repaired and returned...

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