Windows 95 Hardware Setup
9.Avoid putting the Direct Pro 24/96 interface box near your computer or TV screen. This may cause interference and degrade the quality of the audio.
10.Keep analog cables connected to the Direct Pro 24/96 away from power cords and monitors.
11.Reconnect the computer’s power supply, then turn on the computer. The Direct Pro 24/96 system is completely powered by your computer. Because of this, you must never detach the shielded inter- face cable without first turning off the computer. Otherwise, damage will occur.
WINDOWS 95 HARDWARE SETUP
1.When windows restarts, it will automatically detect the card you installed. Since it is a PCI card, it will identify itself as a “Plug and Play” device.
Windows will indicate detecting the hardware with these dialogs:
Cakewalk Pro Audio
7.Go to AUDIO MONITOR. This will bring up your monitor mixer. To change inputs for each channel, hold the CTRL key while clicking the input channel button at the top of each channel strip. Set Channel 1 to IN 1 L, Channel 2 to IN 1 R, Channel 3 to IN 2 R and so on. If you click the IN button on each channel, you can see the Cubase mixer metering the corresponding input on the Direct Pro 24/96 .
8.Go to AUDIO MASTER and make sure the master output is set to Aark 1,2. This is located on the lower portion of the strip, and can be changed by right clicking it.
9.Minimize the mixer, and activate the desired audio tracks for recording. Activate a track by highlight- ing it, and clicking the Enable button on the left.
10.Place the left locator at the desired starting point for recording, and click the red record button to begin. (If the Cubase transport controls are not on screen, hit the F12 button to reveal them.) Also, Cubase may bring up a window asking where it should write the audio. This is up to you. Be aware, though, that it is unwise to have it written at the hard drive’s root directory.
11.To add more tracks, disable the tracks just recorded, and enable new ones. The previous tracks will play back, while you add more tracks to the project.
Cakewalk Pro Audio 8.0 +
This is an example of a typical setup for recording multitrack in Cakewalk Pro audio. Cakewalk and the Direct Pro 24/96 are not limited to this configuration. These instructions pertain specifically to Cakewalk 8.x; steps will vary slightly for other versions.
1.Plug outputs
2.Open Cakewalk, go to TOOLS AUDIO OPTIONS. Enter these settings: On the General tab Record and Playback Timing Master should be set to 1,2 Aark24. On the Drivers tab, make sure all of the Aark drivers are enabled. On the Advanced tab, make sure Enable Simultaneous Record/Playback is checked off. Depending on your setup, other settings may need to be changed for optimal perfor- mance. Click OK to save your settings
3.Go to TOOLS AUDIO HARDWARE. Make sure Windows Sound Cards (Direct Show 5.1) is selected.
4.Go to VIEW CONSOLE. This will open up the Cakewalk mixer. Right clicking a blank area of the
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