M-AUDIO Delta RBUS User Manual

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CONSUMER FORMAT ADVANCED SETTINGS (Emphasis)
This status bit is used to indicate if pre-emphasis has been applied to the
outgoing digital audio signal. The default is "None" and rarely will any
user want to set the value to "50/15uSec" unless the transmitted audio
has been encoded with 50/15uSec pre-emphasis.

PROFESSIONAL FORMAT ADVANCED SETTINGS (Data Type)
The user may assign the outgoing data as audio or non-audio data. Many
devices ignore this setting. The obvious default is "audio," however, choosing
“non-audio” is appropriate if you wish to send an AC3 signal (Dolby Digital
5.1 surround sound) out of the S/PDIF output. Some software DVD players
are capable of this, as well as AC3 or Dolby Digital encoding software.

PROFESSIONAL FORMAT ADVANCED SETTINGS (Emphasis)
The user may choose to indicate or not indicate if pre-emphasis has been
applied to the outgoing digital audio signal. The default is "None" and rarely
will any user want to set the value to "CCITT" or "50/15uSec" unless the
transmitted audio has been encoded with one of those types of pre-emphasis.

About Page

The "About" page, while displaying the handsome M Audio logo and
applicable copyright information, also reports the driver version and
control panel software version. If you have Internet browsing capabilities
and are currently connected to the Internet, clicking on the Midiman
copyright will link you to the M Audio / Midiman web site (PC only).

Save, Delete, Load Buttons; H/W Installed

On the PC, at the rightmost side of the Delta Control Panel are the Save,
Load and Delete buttons as well as an "installed hardware" set of radio
buttons. These controls appear regardless of what Delta Control Panel
page is being displayed. To save your settings.

SAVE, DELETE, LOAD
The Delta Control Panel always retains the last settings entered. However the
Save, Delete, and Load functions expand this capability to store different sets
of control panel settings using different configuration file names. These
configurations are then available for recall at a later date and time.

Clicking the ‘Save’ button brings up a dialog box prompting you to name
the current configuration. Once you have done this, click ‘OK’, and your
current configuration has been saved to disk. If you decide that you no

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