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16.Press record on your software’s transport bar. Record a take of your guitar and vocals. Understand that while recording, you are monitoring the Delta inputs by way of the Monitor Mixer settings for H/W In 1/2, and according to the selection of ‘Monitor Mixer’ within the Patchbay/Router page. At the same time, your software is recording from H/W In 1/2 but at the levels that were set up with the pre-amp.

17.When you are done playing, stop the recording software and rewind the take. Before playing back what you’ve recorded, you will need to assign the recorded tracks to output devices on the Delta 66.

Note: For efficiency’s sake, this step could have taken place while you were setting up the recording track assignments. However, since this step only affects playback and does not affect the recording setup in any way, we’ve placed it here to lessen confusion.

Assign software track one to output device “WavOut 1/2 Delta-66” and pan the track (within your software) all the way to the left (hard left). Then assign track two to output device “WavOut 1/2 Delta-66” and pan the track all the way to the right (hard right). Now, when you start playback, track one (guitar) will be sent to the Delta software (WavOut) output 1, and track two (mic) to the Delta software (WavOut) output 2. These two software outputs are inputs to the monitor mixer, therefore the recorded guitar and mic channels will be sent to the monitor mixer, levels will be modified by the mixer and the output of the mixer will be heard at analog outputs 1 & 2.

18.Start playback from your software’s transport bar. Open the Delta Control Panel and go to the Monitor Mixer page. Observe the meters at “WavOut 1/2” – these are the playback levels of your guitar and mic. Adjust the faders and mute controls so that you may hear the guitar and mic at the appropriate levels and mix. These are the levels at which you may monitor the pre-recorded tracks while you overdub (record other tracks while listening to the first) additional parts.

Let’s assume that you like this take, and wish to overdub an additional guitar and a harmony vocal. We can still use hardware inputs 1 & 2 of the Delta. We’re set up to do so and there’s no reason to change these inputs. Let’s set ourselves up to overdub these next two tracks. We will record the next two tracks of material to tracks 3 & 4 of the software:

19.Back in your music program, set the ‘source’ or ‘input port’ to “Left PCM In 1/2 Delta-66” on track three, and “Right PCM In 1/2 Delta-66” on track four. Arm the tracks for recording. Track three is now set up to record the guitar, and track four the microphone. Usually at this point you would want to return to the Delta Control Panel monitor mixer to set up levels. However, because you will be

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Contents Delta Table of Contents Delta 66 ManualAbout the Delta 66 Digital Recording Interface IntroductionWhat’s in the Box? Product Features & Specifications Minimum System RequirementsBreak-Out Box Front Panel Hardware Installation Quick Guide to Getting StartedDelta Driver & Software Installation Windows 98 InstallationWindows 95 Installation Windows NT Installation Macintosh InstallationVerifying Windows Driver Installation Delta’s Analog Input/Outputs Verifying Delta Control Panel Installation, PC & MacDelta System Overview Digital Monitor Mixer Patchbay / RouterUsing the Delta 66 with your Software Application SynchronizationPage Page Delta 66 Control Panel Software Monitor MixerPage Page Patchbay/Router Page Hardware Settings Page Page Pdif Page Save, Delete, Load Buttons H/W Installed AboutTypical Setup #1 Delta 66 Recording TutorialsPage Page Page Page Page Typical Setup #2 Page Page Page Typical Setup #3 Transferring from DAT to Delta Transferring from Delta 66 to DAT, monitoring with DAT Troubleshooting Page Page Page Page Appendix a Technical Specs Analog AudioDigital Audio Adapter Resource RequirementsAppendix B -If You Use An External Mixer Page Warranty Terms and Registration Warranty Terms Warranty Registration070212Delta66UGEN01