M-Audio Delta 66 User Manual page 36

7. Open your music software program. Set up four tracks for recording:
Track one
Track two
Track three —
Track four
8. Now we want to set up the output ports for the four tracks.
Track one
Track two
Track three —
Track four
9. Bring up the meter view in your music software, and let's start to get some
levels here. Let's say that your hardware input 1 is the lead vocal mic. Have
the lead vocalist test the mic while raising the input gain on your pre-amp
channel 1 until you see a level of –6dB or so. This is your recording level. At
the same time you can begin to raise the faders on your mixer until you hear the
voice at a comfortable volume. This is your monitor level. Do the same for the
other vocal mic, and each guitar.
NOTE: You could view the record levels from the Monitor Mixer
page also. The levels appearing in H/W In 1/2 and H/W In 3/4
will represent the signal appearing at the hardware inputs. We
are not monitoring via the Monitor Mixer in this example,
however, so no faders in this page are needed or apply.
Once this is done, we are set up and ready to record. Close or minimize your
software's meter view at this point.
10. Arm tracks one through four for recording and press the record button on your
music software's transport bar.
11. Once you have a take that you think is worth listening to, stop recording and
rewind. Maximize the Delta Control Panel from your Windows taskbar.
12. Click the Patchbay/Router tab. In the first column, H/W Out 1/2, click the radio
button "WavOut 1/2" so that our monitoring source is now the software outputs
from the music program. Set the H/W Out 3/4 column to "WavOut 3/4." Now
all of the software outputs of the music program are connected to the
corresponding hardware outputs. Minimize the control panel.
13. Click play on the transport bar of your music software.
satisfactory, disarm tracks one through four and revel in your success. If you
wish to redo the tracks, "undo" the recording in your software, repeat steps 10
through 13 in this section.
— Left PCM In 1/2 Delta-66
— Right PCM In 1/2 Delta-66
Left PCM In 3/4 Delta-66
— Right PCM In 3/4 Delta-66
— WavOut 1/2 Delta-66, panned hard left.
— WavOut 1/2 Delta-66, panned hard right.
WavOut 3/4 Delta-66, panned hard left.
— WavOut 3/4 Delta-66, panned hard right.
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If the take is