Typical Setup #3

Using the Delta 66 and the Delta Control Panel software in this manner may be your choice when using a mixing console to control the monitor and playback levels. If this were a real recording situation and you wished to add other instruments as overdubs, you might want to combine recorded tracks to one stereo pair of outputs (WavOut 1/2 Delta-66, for example). This would ‘free up’ several channels for monitoring the overdubs.

Let’s look at a setup that involves a typical transfer of information from DAT to computer and back to DAT. Here, we’ll be using the Delta 66’s S/PDIF I/O plus one of the analog output stereo pairs.

NOTE: Because improper connections can potentially make very loud noises, it’s a good idea to have monitor levels down while hooking up audio equipment — you may even choose to turn your computer off before making the connections.

In this example, we will connect a DAT to the Delta 66 PCI host card using coaxial S/PDIF cables (75-ohm impedance RCA-to-RCA). We’ll also connect the Delta 66’s analog outputs to a sound system for monitoring purposes. A setup like this might be used to transfer a number of mixes from a DAT into an audio editing program, performing the appropriate edits, and then transferring the edited material back to DAT.

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.