M-AUDIO Delta RBUS - Manual (Page 12)

desktop using your mouse or trackball. After completing the drag
operation, a dialog box will ask you if you wish to create a shortcut -- click
on ‘Yes’. Once the shortcut is installed, all you have to do is double-click
on the shortcut icon on your desktop to launch the Delta Control Panel
software.
On the Macintosh
: The Delta Control Panel may be placed anywhere on
your hard drive, or any partition of your hard drive that you find
convenient. Once the control panel file has been dragged from the CD
onto your hard drive, you may double click it to launch the Delta Control
Panel software. You may create an alias to the control panel by
highlighting it, then holding Apple key+M. This alias can then be placed
on your desktop.
NOTE: When using a music software program that is ASIO
capable, launch the Delta Control Panel software from within
that program. Some of the control panel functions will be
controlled from within that program, so it is desirable to
launch the music program first, and then the Delta Control
Panel from the the program’s “launch” or “control panel”
button. Without the music program open however, it is okay
to open the Delta panel from your desktop or other location.
Delta System Basics
Delta R-BUS’s Inputs/Outputs
The Delta R-BUS PCI Audio Card’s inputs and outputs are compatible
with a wide variety of audio products. The 25-pin D-sub connector on the
PCI host card interfaces to one R-BUS device via an R-BUS approved
cable. One R-BUS cable carries 16 channels of audio data (8 “in” and 8
“out”), plus an R-BUS sync signal. R-BUS is a digital audio standard
created by Roland, and is generally associated with Roland digital audio
products or with devices that provide this R-BUS technology. Such
devices might include digital multitracks, digital mixers, or a converter
that turns 8 analog signals, 8-channel ADAT optical or TDIF into an
R-BUS format signal.
On the external breakout cable that connects to the PCI card, you will find
connectors for all other inputs and outputs. Coaxial S/PDIF I/O on female
RCA jacks accepts a digital input from a variety of sources, and sends a
digital output from your computer via the Delta software. The Delta
Control Panel software gives you several options for digital output such as
setting copy protection bits, plus advanced settings that will allow the
output of a Dolby Digital 5.1, or “AC3” signal. The breakout cable BNC
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