Troubleshooting - M-Audio Delta TDIF Manual

(WavOut 1/2, WavOut 3/4...). We continually monitor from the Delta
analog outs, via the 'Mon. Mixer' setting as the monitor 'source' in the
Patchbay/Router page, and adjusting our mix of the software outputs
(and the way we monitor our guitar and vocal at the inputs) via the
Monitor Mixer settings.
Notice that if we continue to overdub past track 8, we run out of WavOut
devices to assign to. In this case, you may want to do some of your level
mixing within the software application if it supports it. Most applications
will allow you to assign more than one track to an output device and then
set the relative levels of the tracks within the software, letting the
software do the mixing. In this example you could have assigned all of
the playback tracks to "WavOut SP/ANA" and let the software handle
the mix, which, after you are through recording, may be your choice for
mixing tracks.

Troubleshooting

This section addresses potential problems that can occur in all operating
system environments, with emphasis on hardware troubleshooting.
Within the PC environment there are a limited number of hardware
resources (I/O 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. This is
important enough to repeat:
IMPORTANT: Most sound card installation problems result from
attempting to use system resources (IRQs, address locations)
already in use by other hardware (or software acting as "virtual"
hardware) in the system.
The Delta TDIF has been carefully designed to minimize the number of
resources consumed (it requires just one IRQ and does not require any
DMA channel resources). It is also capable of sharing an IRQ in some
cases. However, the possibility of resource conflicts still exists due to the
nature of the Windows environment.
automatically recognized by Windows' Plug-and-Play (PnP) system.
When a resource conflict is detected, it is displayed in the Windows
Device Manager. The Device Manager places a yellow exclamation point
on top of the icon associated with the problem device. For an example of
how the Device Manager should look when a Delta TDIF is successfully
installed, see the "Verifying Windows Driver Installation" section of this
manual. If a yellow exclamation point does appear over your Delta TDIF
icon, you may have a resource conflict.
approach this problem.
Many resource conflicts are
There are several ways to
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