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M-Audio Delta DiO 2496 Manual

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Delta DiO-2496 Manual
D2496-102799
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
What's in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
About the Delta DiO 2496 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Product Features & Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Quick Guide to Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Windows 95/98 Driver Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Windows 98 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Windows 95 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Windows Driver Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Delta Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Digital Monitor Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Delta DiO 2496 Control Panel Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Monitor Mixer Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Patchbay/Router Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hardware Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
S/PDIF Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
About Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Save, Delete, Load Buttons; H/W Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Typical Delta DiO Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lifetime Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    About the Delta DiO 2496 ........

  • Page 2: Introduction

    Delta DiO 2496. Once you’re up and running, you will quickly discover the Delta DiO 2496 is the backbone of your digital record- ing system.

  • Page 3: Product Features & Specifications

    Product Features & Specifications • 2-in, 4-out 24-bit/96kHz full-duplex audio interface on a half-size PCI card. • S/PDIF inputs and outputs on Coaxial (gold-plated RCA) and Optical (TOSlink) jacks. • High-quality stereo analog output on gold-plated RCA jacks, individually con- figurable for +4dB or -10dB signal levels.

  • Page 4: Quick Guide To Getting Started

    +4dBu or –10dBV via jumpers on the PCI card. Quick Guide to Getting Started Here is a list of the steps required to get your Delta DiO 2496 up and running: 1. Physically install the card in your computer (see ‘Hardware Installation’).

  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    + 4dB (better for pro audio equipment). 7. Position the Delta DiO 2496 card over the target PCI slot and fit the card loose- ly over it with the Delta DiO card upright. Press the card gently but firmly down- ward into the slot until the card is completely and squarely seated in the slot.

  • Page 6: Windows 95/98 Driver Software Installation

    Windows 95/98 Driver Software Installation Included with the Delta DiO 2496 is a series of Windows driver diskettes, contain- ing the Windows drivers and control panel software. To install the Windows drivers, please follow these steps: Windows 98 Installation 1. After installing the Delta DiO hardware, boot your system and start Windows.

  • Page 7: Windows 95 Installation

    Windows 95 Installation After installation of the Delta DiO hardware, boot your system and start Windows. During the Windows boot procedure, new hardware will be automatically detected. Choose the Install of "driver from disk provided by hardware manufac- turer," then click OK. An ‘Install From Disk’...

  • Page 8: Delta Theory Of Operation

    Delta Theory of Operation The Digital Monitor Mixer The Delta DiO 2496 has a hardware digital audio mixer built into its PCI controller chip. It accepts digital audio streams from the active digital input and outgoing software audio devices, mixes them with 36-bit internal resolution and then provides the mixed output to one or more locations.

  • Page 9: Delta Dio 2496 Control Panel Software

    Delta DiO input and output devices of your choice. Delta DiO 2496 Control Panel Software Once your Delta DiO 2496 is properly installed in your system, you will see a "M Audio Delta H/W" icon in your Windows Control Panel. You can launch the con- trol panel software by double clicking on that icon.
  • Page 10 MASTER VOLUME: At the left side of the Monitor Mixer page, you will see the left and right ‘Master Volume’ faders. These faders control the overall volume of the mixer output and have the longest ‘throw’ and highest meter resolution of any level controls in the mixer page.

  • Page 11: Patchbay/Router Page

    channels will be summed to the solo ‘buss’ (path), which is what one might consid- er an ‘in place’ solo as opposed to a PFL, or pre-fader listen (levels and pans still apply). Unchecking all solo boxes will again send all signals to both output paths (analog and S/PDIF).

  • Page 12: Hardware Settings Page

    The rightmost vertical column of Patchbay/Router page, "H/W Out S/PDIF," con- nects the S/PDIF outputs of the DiO to one of four sources: 1. The default setting, "WavOut S/PDIF", connects the DiO’s S/PDIF outputs to your music software or Windows multimedia applet. In other words, when music software plays audio to the device named "Delta-DiO WavOut S/PDIF"...
  • Page 13 CODEC SAMPLE RATE: This section is enabled only when the board is set to use the internal crystal (Internal Xtal) as the source of its master clock. It is disabled (greyed-out) when the master clock is set to S/PDIF In. This section indicates the present board sample rate, as set by application software.

  • Page 14: S/Pdif Page

    S/PDIF Page The S/PDIF page of the Delta DiO Control Panel gives you control of the S/PDIF inputs and outputs. This is also where you set up the digital audio format, and select between the coaxial and optical inputs, choosing which is the current active digital input.

  • Page 15: About Page

    digital audio signal. The default is "None" and rarely will any user want to set the value to "50/15uSec" which indicates an S/PDIF emphasis mode. Professional Format Advanced Settings (Data Type): The user may assign the outgoing data as audio or non-audio data. Many devices ignore this setting.

  • Page 16: Typical Delta Dio Setup

    The example below may at first look long and laborious, but you will find that most of the settings are factory defaults and will rarely need to be modified. Coaxial Analog Coaxial DELTA DiO 2496 SOUND SYSTEM Typical Setup 1...
  • Page 17 Transferring from DAT to DiO 1. Connect the DAT coaxial S/PDIF Output to the DiO coaxial S/PDIF Input using a good quality digital cable. 2. Connect the DiO analog outputs to some type of amplified sound system. The sound system should be equipped with speakers or headphones. 3.
  • Page 18 2. Connect the DAT analog outputs to some type of amplified sound system. The sound system should be equipped with speakers or headphones. Coaxial In Analog Out Coaxial DELTA DiO 2496 SOUND SYSTEM Typical Setup 2...
  • Page 19 3. Because you will be playing back at the recorded sample rate, you will want to set the DiO’s master clock to use the DiO internal crystal. Do this by opening the Hardware Settings page of the Delta Control Panel software and under Master Clock, selecting "Internal Xtal."...

  • Page 20: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting This section addresses potential problems that can occur in all operating system environments, with emphasis on hardware troubleshooting. Within the PC environ- ment there are a limited number of hardware resources (Addresses, IRQs, and DMA channels) available for use. Since audio cards require many resources, most audio card installation problems arise from unavailable or improperly set resources.
  • Page 21 If the Delta DiO has requested an IRQ in use by another PCI device, but there are other IRQs available, moving the Delta DiO card to an alternate PCI slot may help. Changing PCI slots will cause the PnP system to recognize the card as new hardware and re-establish it with a different IRQ.
  • Page 22 Possible Cause 1: There is a resource conflict with another device in your computer. Check the Delta DiO 2496 configuration (Address, IRQ) against those of the other devices on your computer. If necessary, change the settings for the one or more of the devices...
  • Page 23 Problem: I’m getting some pops and clicks in my audio recording. Possible Solution: Some accelerated graphics cards use excessive amounts of system bandwidth, preventing the recording buffer of an audio card from keeping up with demand. This can cause clicks in the recording. This problem may often be solved by reducing or turning off the graphics acceleration feature of the graphics card.

  • Page 24: Lifetime Limited Warranty

    Lifetime Limited Warranty MIDIMAN warrants that this product is free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use so long as the product is owned by the orig- inal purchaser and that purchaser has registered his/her ownership of the product by sending in the completed warranty card.

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