M-AUDIO Delta 410 - Manual (Page 41)

13. Now fine-tune your monitor levels. Sing and play guitar, adjusting
your listening levels using the H/W In 1/2 faders so that you have a
comfortable blend of guitar and mic levels.
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.
14. 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.
15. In your software application, set the ‘source’ or ‘input port’ to "Left
PCM In 1/2 Delta-410" on track one, and "Right PCM In 1/2
Delta-410" 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.’
16. 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/W In 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/W In 1/2 but at the levels that were set up with the pre-amp.
17. 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 410.
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. This setting only needs to be made once, but may be
changed if necessary.
Assign software track 1 to output device "WavOut 1/2 Delta-410" and
pan the track (within your software) all the way to the left (hard left).
Then assign track 2 to output device "WavOut 1/2 Delta-410" and
pan the track all the way to the 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 Delta software output 2
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