Asus Xonar DX, XONARH6 8. RMAA Test Guide

ASUS Xonar DX

8. RMAA Test Guide

The Xonar DX driver CD includes RightMark Audio Analyzer (RMAA) v5.6, a

popular software intended for testing the quality of audio equipment, be it a sound

card, portable MP3 player, consumer CD/DVD player, or a speaker system. The

measurements are conducted by playing and recording test signals, and using

frequency analysis algorithms. The following provides a step-by-step loop-back

test guide for your Xonar DX audio card.

8.1 Setting Up Xonar DX Audio Card

Open the Xonar DX Audio Center. Use the settings below:

1. Select the sample rate you will be using with RMAA (here we set 48KHz for

testing 48KHz/24bit signals).

2. Set analog output to 2-speaker mode (to get rid of any channel processing

over RMAA stereo signals in the driver)

3. Turn off all sound effects including Dolby, 7.1 speaker shifter, EQ,

Environment, etc. A quick way to do so is to enable the “Hi-Fi mode” button in

the Audio Center.

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]