User manual M-AUDIO DELTA1010 F

[. . . ] Touch your computer's metal chassis to ground yourself before coming in contact with any electronic components inside the computer. Uncontrolled discharge of excess static electricity may cause damage to electronic components. Each unused PCI slot should have a metal bracket that covers the slot's accompanying access hole on the rear of the computer. Select one available PCI slot and remove its metal bracket. [. . . ] Insert your Delta 1010 PCI Host Adapter card into your chosen PCI slot. Secure the Delta 1010 PCI card in place using the bracket screw from the previous step. Connect the rack-mount portion of the interface to the Delta PCI card. Plug in the power adapter into the rear of the rack-mount portion of the Delta 1010, then reconnect the computer's power cord. Finally, turn on the computer. | 3 3 9. 10. When Windows boots up, it will identify the new Delta 1010 hardware and will ask if you want to search the Internet for a driver. Select "No, not this time" and press "Next" 3 . Windows will display a "Found New Hardware" Wizard 4 . Choose "Install software automatically" and click "Next". Once the wizard is completed, click "Finish". Once the installation is complete, you will see a message pop up stating, "Your new hardware is installed and ready to use. " 4 4 | Delta 1010 Quick Start Guide Mac OS X Installation 1. When the computer has restarted, your Delta 1010 interface will be ready to use. Delta 1010 Quick Start Guide | 5 Connecting Your Equipment to the Delta 1010 < Delta 1010 has a total of 10 outputs which can be used for a variety of purposes. By default, analog outputs 1 and 2 serve as your "main" outputs. Connect channels 1 and 2 to the left and right inputs of your mixer, powered speakers, or other audio destination. < Delta 1010 accepts line-level signals. Connect your line-level instruments (keyboards, mixers, etc. ) to any available input on the rack-mount box. If you wish to record microphones or the direct output of an electric guitar, bass, or other instrumentlevel device, you must first raise the signal to line-level using a preamplifier. < If you own any devices with S/PDIF or Word Clock inputs or outputs, connect these devices to the appropriate S/PDIF and Word Clock connectors on the interface. The S/PDIF jacks are located on the PCI Host Adapter Card while the Word Clock connectors are found on the back of the rack-mount portion of the interface. Keyboards, Mixers, etc. Mic Guitar Preamplifier Delta 1010 Delta 1010 and the M-Audio product line are produced by MIDIMAN Wordclock Out In In Out Ins +4 -10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9V AC Outs 9V AC Computer Mixer, Powered Speakers Sound System, etc For more detailed information about all of the available inputs and outputs, please refer to the Delta 1010 User Guide located on the Delta Series CD-ROM. 6 | Delta 1010 Quick Start Guide Opening the Delta Series Control Panel PC users can access the Delta Control Panel by double-clicking the M-Audio icon in the system tray on the lower right of the screen 5 . Mac OS X users can open the Control Panel by clicking the M-Audio icon found in the System Preferences panel 6 . The default settings for the Delta Control Panel will ensure that your software's audio outputs 1/2 are routed to Delta 1010's physical outputs 1/2, software outputs 3/4 are routed to the physical outputs 3/4, and so on. However, the Control Panel will allow you to alter the output routings if necessary as well as to configure various other options (digital sync source, sample rate, buffer size, etc. ) In many cases, there will be no need to change the default settings. [. . . ] This routes the Monitor Mixer's output to the Delta 1010's physical outputs 1/2. You can now use the Monitor Mixer to adjust and mix signals from Delta 1010's analog and digital inputs, as well as signals entering the mixer from your audio software. Note: Adjusting the levels in the Monitor Mixer does not affect the actual level of the signal being recorded into audio application. Adjust the recording level at the sound source and/or use the +4/-10 switches on the back of the rackmount interface. [. . . ]