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- Page 1 MARC 4 DIGI User's Guide...
- Page 2 Marian GbR. All trademarks are the property of the respective owners. Marian is not liable for any damage to the software, hardware and data and other damages resulting from it, which are caused by improper handling or installation of the hardware.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
4.5. Windows NT 4.0 Ports 5.1. External Audio Ports 5.2. Internal Ports 5.3. SyncBus Connector 5.4. Extender MARC 4 DIGI-Manager 6.1. Analog and Digital Inputs 6.2. Analog and Digital Outputs 6.3. Monitor Settings 6.4. Driver Settings 6.4.1. "Synchronisation" Tab 6.4.2. -
Page 4: Scope Of Supply
Please consider taking 15 minutes to study this guide. Besides traditional installation and operation instructions it contains information that will make the handling with the MARC 4 DIGI and possibly the MARC Extender easier for you. Your MARC 4 DIGI provides some special characteristics. In the... -
Page 5: System Requirements
System Requirements In order to be able to operate the MARC 4 DIGI, your PC should meet the following requirements: - AT compatible PC with a spare PCI slot - for MARC Extender a spare case slot - Pentium or AMD processor... -
Page 6: Driver Installation
MARC 4 DIGI driver after it is installed on Windows 95/98/ME. On Windows NT and Windows 2000 only MME is available. This way you can use MARC 4 DIGI with all common audio applications. If you use an ASIO compatible audio software, you will achieve extremely higher performance of the system as well as shorter latency periods. -
Page 7: Windows 95 (Release 95B And 95C)
During this process you are asked again for the driver's directory. Select the directory as described previously in step 5. After finishing the installation, your MARC 4 DIGI is ready to be operated without having to restart the system. 4.4. -
Page 8: Windows Nt 4.0
Confirm your selection by clicking "OK". Windows shows the recognized drivers in the “Unlisted or Updated Driver” window. Confirm the window by clicking "OK". The driver files are then copied. Then the MARC 4 DIGI is available without having to restart the system. Ports 5.1. -
Page 9: Internal Ports
You can purchase a SyncBus cable from Media Assistance, telephone +49 7946 94 16 80. The SyncBus of your MARC 4 DIGI has two jobs: on one side it synchronizes the digital clock and ensures that several cards run synchronously when they are operated parallel. -
Page 10: Extender
5.4. Extender The pictures on the right show the slot bracket MARC Extender's board. Using the Wordclock input implement the bond consisting of MARC 4 DIGI MARC Extender Wordclock environment. extender is connected at the end of the Wordclock bus, the Wordclock input of the extender will have to be terminated. -
Page 11: Marc 4 Digi-Manager
MARC 4 DIGI-Manager After successful driver installation the symbol shown on the right appears for the MARC-Manager in the Windows taskbar. You open the MARC-Manager by double- clicking the taskbar symbol. The dialog box is displayed on the right. By enabling the checkboxes "Analog Inputs", "Digital Inputs", "Analog Outputs",... -
Page 12: Analog And Digital Inputs
6.1. Analog and Digital Inputs The settings window for the analog and digital inputs is divided from the top to the bottom into the sections "Input Signal", "Monitor" and "Level Meter". For analog inputs you can further see the "Fader" section. Using faders you can adjust the input level by –40 to +18 dB. -
Page 13: Analog And Digital Outputs
AES/EBU or S/PDIF signal. If you use the MARC Extender together with the MARC 4 DIGI, the AES/EBU output and the S/PDIF RCA output of the extender always carries the same signal like the optical output of the MARC 4 DIGI. -
Page 14: Monitor Settings
"OnRec" means, that the signal at the input of the MARC 4 DIGI is switched to the chosen output only during recording. This way you can check the signal during recording. "On Punch"... -
Page 15: Driver Settings
DIGI. 6.4.1.1. "SyncBus" Section "Card is Master" means that the MARC 4 DIGI provides the clock for the SyncBus, which is responsible for the record and playback sample rate, and consequently synchronises other cards. If several cards are to be synchronised using the SyncBus, exactly one card has to be configured as master. - Page 16 "Word Clock Sync." If you enable this checkbox the MARC 4 DIGI synchronises the internal clock to an externally connected Wordclock and operates as slave. All...
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Page 17: Directsound / Gsif" Tab
6.4.2. "DirectSound / GSIF" Tab In this tab you determine the settings for applications which use DirectSound or NemeSys GigaSampler Interface (GSIF) as driver interface. 6.4.2.1. "DirectSound" Section In this section you determine the settings for applications, which use DirectSound as driver interface. Here are some information in advance: the ideal settings for the DirectSound usage depend on some factors in your PC. - Page 18 "Restrict playback format to:" When using certain audio programs with DirectSound it may happen, that the DirectX system attempts to open the driver using a different sample format, than the audio programs intends to use. This results in a real time conversion of the signal format by the DirectX system. This conversion may have negative influence on the sound and system performance.
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Page 19: Misc. / About" Tab
6.4.3. "Misc. / About" Tab "Disable messages about samplerate conflicts" and "Disable messages about device conflicts" Here we provide you with the possibility to display error messages of clock and sample rate problems as well as device problems. By standard the display of error messages is suppressed. We recommend to enable the display only when you meet problems during the start of the recording or playback, or your audio software outputs error messages which refer to unknown... -
Page 20: Asio Settings
ASIO Settings device control of the ASIO application you can see the windows shown on the right. enabling checkboxes in front of the entries of the inputs and outputs you can determine which devices can be "seen" and be used by the ASIO application. -
Page 21: Technical Data
Technical Data - 4 analog input (1/4" TRS jacks) - 4 analog output (1/4" TRS jacks) - 1 digital input S/PDIF (optical) - 1 digital output S/PDIF (optical) - Sample formats: 8, 16, 20, 24, 32 Bit mono/stereo - Sample rates, analog: 6–112 kHz - Sample rates, digital: 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96 kHz +/- 10% pitch - Frequency response @ 44.1 kHz: 20 Hz to 20 kHz - Frequency response @ 96 kHz: 20 Hz to 40 kHz... -
Page 22: Service And Support
Service and Support Should you have any questions or problems during the installation or operation of your MARC 4 DIGI please perform the following steps: Ensure that you always have the latest driver installed. You find the current driver files on the following internet page: http://www.marian.de/english/downloads.htm...
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