M-Audio Delta 44

Now is the time to launch your music software and set it up to record and playback

audio tracks. We’re going to speak in general terms here, since setup within software

programs will vary somewhat. Minimize your Delta Control Panel so that you can

easily access it from your Windows taskbar. Then open your music software

program.

13. First set up the sample rate in the software application. This operation will

depend on the software. Choose a sample rate that is high enough to capture the

frequency response of the guitar and vocals. A general rule of thumb is to

multiply the highest frequency you would like to capture by two and add maybe

a little on top of that — that gives you a suitable sample rate. Also keep in mind

that if the final results of your work will end up on a CD-ROM burned from your

WAV file, you probably want to use 44.1kHz, the native sample rate of

“redbook” CD audio.

14. In your software application, set the ‘source’or ‘input port’ to “Left PCM In 1/2

Delta-44” on track one, and “Right PCM In 1/2 Delta-44” on track two. Arm the

tracks for recording. Track one is now set up to record the guitar, and track two

the microphone. If your software requires this, set the software’s clock source to

‘Audio.’

15. 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/WIn 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/WIn 1/2 but at the levels that were set up with the

pre-amp.

16. 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 44.

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-44” 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-44” 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.

17. 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