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Asus Xonar DX, XONARH6 7. Portable Music Processor Software Guide

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7. Portable Music Processor™ Software

Guide

7.1 Introduction

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

software tool that contains the following features:

• Converts MP3, WMA, 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

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

(Windows Media Player 9 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.

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

completed:

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

2. The Xonar DX driver has been installed (Xonar DX audio converter driver is

installed for PMP utility)

3. You will also need an MP3 encoder installed to encode music into MP3

format (If you don’t have this already, the Xonar U1 installer will provide a

guide message to download a free MP3 encoder)

After PMP is installed, you will find a PMP shortcut icon on the desktop. Double

click the icon and PMP will show up as below.

Contents

Main ii E3549 First Edition V1 January 2008 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 DX 1.3 Specications summary (continued on the next page) 3 ASUS Xonar DX *Specications are subject to change without notice. 4ASUS Xonar DX 2. About Hardware 2.1 Xonar DX Audio Processing Card Page 3. Installing the Xonar Hardware 3.1 Preparing Your Computer 3.2 Installing the Audio Processing Card Page 3.3 Connecting TV Tuner Card 1. 4. Installing Software 4.1 Installing the Audio Card Driver Page 4.3 Uninstalling or Reinstalling Software 4.3.1 Uninstalling Software 4.3.2 Reinstalling Software 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 6. Xonar DX Driver Guide 6.1 Introduction to the Xonar DX 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 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 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 VocalFX Page Page Page 6.11 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 8. RMAA Test Guide 8.1 Setting Up Xonar DX Audio Card Page Page 8.2 Conguration and Test with RMAA Page Page Page Page Page 9. RightMark Audio Analyzer test Testing chain: External loopback (line-out - line-in) Sampling mode: 24-bit, 48 kHz Page THD + Noise (at -3 dB FS) Page IMD (swept tones) 10. Troubleshooting and FAQs [Troubleshooting] Page Page [FAQs]