Quick Start Guide - M-Audio Delta 1010LT User Manual

Within the Delta 1010LT'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 or tricks for understanding and using an audio interface
that is as versatile as the Delta 1010LT. However, we may be able to include some
"straight talk" to help light the way.
On the PC: Following the installation procedures for both the Delta hardware and
software will enable the 1010LT for use in Windows. The Delta 1010LT will become your
Windows sound card simply by going to My Computer | Control Panel | Multimedia, and
changing Audio settings to one of the Delta stereo pairs. In this way, the Delta card will
be the default audio device for your Windows and other media players.
On the Mac: Following the installation procedures for both the Delta hardware and
software will enable the 1010LT to be configured for use in a music program that utilizes
the ASIO drivers supplied with the Delta. Additionally, the Delta 1010LT can be used in
the Apple Sound Manager for your system sounds or in a music/recording program that
directs itself to the Sound Manager. The Delta 1010LT will become your Macintosh's
audio device simply by going to the Apple menu | Control Panel | Sound, and changing
audio settings from "built-in" to the Delta. In this way, the Delta card will be the default
audio device for your Apple applets and a variety of media players. If you wish only to
use the Delta with an ASIO compliant music program, leave this setting on "built-in."
You will, however, need a music/recording software application to take full advantage of
the Delta 1010LT as a production tool, and most likely that software will need to analyze
and configure the Delta 1010LT--this usually occurs when first launching the program
after the Delta 1010LT has been installed. On the PC, the 1010LT is also capable of
playing an encoded surround sound signal from the S/PDIF output using some of the
DVD player applications that exist on the market. This usually takes some audio output
configuration within the player.
The Delta Control Panel controls many of the card's settings, and includes controls for the
digital mixer that is contained on the Delta card. While all of those settings may seem daunting
at first, it may help to know that by using only the default settings, the card is ready to playback
audio files from your computer (the control panel is set to play audio outputs from software).
This can be done from a media player or from your music application, provided the outputs
are set to a Delta output port and the software and card are properly configured.
You will be able to hear the Delta inputs under certain conditions. Using a recording
program that utilizes the ASIO or EASI drivers with the Delta 1010LT, or (in Windows)
using the Windows WDM drivers with programs that take full advantage of them, will allow
you to monitor the Delta inputs through the program, and thereby continue to use the default
settings in the Delta Control Panel (as mentioned, these are audio outputs from software).
When using the Delta card and monitoring in this fashion, there is always some degree of
latency, or delay between the the actual input signal and the monitoring of that input signal.
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