M-AUDIO Delta TDIF - Manual (Page 38)

settings in the Delta Control Panel. We’ll use the same settings as Typical
Setup #1 for the Delta Control Panel’s ‘Hardware Settings’ page, i.e.
"Internal Xtal", "Reset Rate When Idle" and 48kHz idle sampling rate.
This makes the Delta TDIF the master clock, and therefore, you should set
your digital mixer to receive external sync. See Appendix C for more
information on this, and other choices you may have for synchronizing
the Delta TDIF with your digital mixer. We suggest that you use the Delta
TDIF’s Wordclock output on the breakout cable to send clock to the
digital mixer (if it has wordclock input), and set the external sync in the
digital mixer to receive its clock from the wordclock input. Use a good
quality, 75-ohm BNC to BNC cable.
6. Minimize the Delta Control Panel to the Windows taskbar or on your
Macintosh screen.
7. Open your music software program. Set up eight tracks for recording:
Track one -- Left PCM In 1/2 Delta-TDIF
Track two -- Right PCM In 1/2 Delta-TDIF
Track three -- Left PCM In 3/4 Delta-TDIF
Track four -- Right PCM In 3/4 Delta-TDIF
Track five -- Left PCM In 5/6 Delta-TDIF
Track six -- Right PCM In 5/6 Delta-TDIF
Track seven -- Left PCM In 7/8 Delta-TDIF
Track eight -- Right PCM In 7/8 Delta-TDIF
8. Now we want to set up the output ports for the eight tracks.
Track one -- WavOut 1/2 Delta-TDIF, panned hard left.
Track two -- WavOut 1/2 Delta-TDIF, panned hard right.
Track three -- WavOut 3/4 Delta-TDIF, panned hard left.
Track four -- WavOut 3/4 Delta-TDIF, panned hard right.
Track five -- WavOut 5/6 Delta-TDIF, panned hard left.
Track six -- WavOut 5/6 Delta-TDIF, panned hard right.
Track seven -- WavOut 7/8 Delta-TDIF, panned hard left.
Track eight -- WavOut 7/8 Delta-TDIF, panned hard right.
9. Bring up the meter view in your music software, and check your input
levels here. Let’s say that your hardware input 1 is the kick drum mic.
Have the drummer play the kick drum and raise the gain on your
mixer’s input channel 1 until you see a level of –6dB or so. This is your
recording level. At the same time you can begin to raise the faders on
your mixer until you hear the kick drum at a comfortable volume.
This is your monitor level. Do the same for each instrument.
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