Asus D2X 7. Portable Music Processor Software Guide

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ASUS Xonar D2X

7. Portable Music Processor™ Software Guide

7.1 Introduction

Xonar D2X provides the Portable Music ProcessorTM (referred to as PMP hereafter)

software tool that contains the following features:

• Converts MP3, WMA, AAC (iTunes required), Audio CD, WAVE into WMA or

MP3 files with the same ID3 information and post processor effects

• Adds Dolby Headphone processing to regular music content for a better

listening experience over stereo headphones

• Adds Dolby Virtual Speaker (w/ Pro-Logic II) effect to regular music for virtual

5.1 surround over stereo speakers

• Normalizes the volume level of your music collection with Smart Volume

Normalization (SVN) effect

• Provides Analog Loopback Transformation (ALT) technology for high-quality

(118dB SNR) accelerated analog recording

• Supports MP3 and WMA encoding formats for 128~320Kbps data rates

(Windows Media Player 10 or later version and MP3, WMA codecs are

required)

• Supports transformation speed up to a maximum of 40 times of the normal

playback speed (High Speed mode). (The maximum speed is just for your

reference because it’s related to your PC’s performance and the sound effects

you choose to add. Using ALT recording technology will be limited up to 2X

speed on Windows XP. On Vista, the speed will be currently limited to normal

1X all the time.)

• As of this writing, iTunes is not available for Windows Vista. As a result,

converting iTunes music on Vista is not supported.

• If you are going to convert copyright protected music with ALT, you must

have valid and legal right to access and play the content. PMP is just a

software tool to record the playback analog output signal. Please be careful

to abide by the agreement with your content provider.

Before you use PMP software, make sure the following items have been

completed:

1. Xonar D2X Audio Card has been installed in your PC.

2. The Xonar D2X driver has been installed (Xonar D2X audio converter driver

is installed for PMP utility)

3. Windows Media Player Ver. 10 or above has been installed on your PC (If it

hasn’t, Xonar D2X installer will provide a guide to downloading WMP 10)

Contents

Main ii E3359 First Edition V1 August 2007 Page Contents Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Safety information Trademarks License 1. Introduction 1.1 Package Contents 1.2 System Requirements 2ASUS Xonar D2X 1.3 Specications summary (continued on the next page) 3 ASUS Xonar D2X (continued on the next page) 4ASUS Xonar D2X *Specications are subject to change without notice. 5 ASUS Xonar D2X 2. About Hardware 2.1 Xonar D2X Audio Processing Card LED color denition Page 2.2 MIDI Board/Cable 3. Installing the Xonar Hardware 3.1 Preparing Your Computer 3.2 Installing the Audio Processing Card Page Page 3.5 Connecting TV Tuner Card 4. Installing Software 4.1 Installing the Audio Card Driver Page Page 4.4 Installing the Cakewalk Production Plus Pack 4.4.1 Installing SONAR LE 4.4.2 Installing Dimension LE 4.4.3 Installing Project5 LE 4.5 Uninstalling or Reinstalling Software 4.5.1 Uninstalling Software Page 5. Connecting Speakers and Peripherals 5.1 Connecting Digital Speaker Systems (Home Theater) 5.2 Connecting Headphones 5.2.1 Connecting Stereo Headphones 5.2.2 Connecting 5.1 channel Headphones 5.3 Connecting Analog Speaker Systems 5.3.1 Connecting Analog Power Amplier 5.3.2 Connecting 2/2.1 Channel Speakers 5.3.3 Connecting 4/4.1 Channel Speakers 4 Speakers 4.1 Speakers 5.3.4 Connecting 5.1 Channel Speakers 5.3.5 Connecting 6.1/7.1 Channel Speakers 6.1 Speakers 5.1 Speakers 7.1 Speakers 5.4 Connecting Microphone 5.5 Connecting Line-In Audio Sources 5.6 Connecting Digital Audio Sources 6. Xonar D2X Driver Guide 6.1 Introduction to the Xonar D2X Audio Center GUI Page 6.2 Main Setting 6.2.1 Sample Rate 6.2.2 Analog Out/Speaker Test 6.2.3 SPDIF Out/DDL/DTS Interactive 6.2.4 Audio Channels (For Vista only) 6.2.5 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter 6.2.6 Dolby Pro-Logic IIx 6.2.7 DTS Neo:PC 6.2.8 Dolby Headphone 6.2.8 Dolby Virtual Speaker 6.3 Mixer/Volume 6.3.1 Playback Volume 6.3.2 Recording/Monitoring Volume Page 6.4 Effects 6.4.1 Environment Effects 6.4.2 10-Band Equalizer 6.5 Karaoke/Magic Voice 6.6 FlexBass 6.7 AEC (Acoustic Echo Cancellation) 6.8 Smart Volume Normalization Page 6.9 DS3D GX (for Vista Only) and DSP Modes 6.10 ASIO 2 Driver When Using Ableton Live When Using Sonar LE Page Page 7. Portable Music Processor Software Guide 7.1 Introduction Page 7.2 Converting music in Main Setting Page Click the main setting page to start the PMP music conversion process. Page 7.3 Find Converted Music in PMP Music Page Page 10. RMAA Test Guide 10.1 Setting Up Xonar D2X Audio Card Page Page 10.2 Conguration and Test with RMAA Page Page Page Page Page Xonar D2X Audio Card Page THD + Noise (at -3 dB FS) Page IMD (swept tones) 11. Troubleshooting and FAQs [Troubleshooting] Page Page [FAQs]