M-AUDIO Delta 410 - Manual (Page 42)

(you may also choose a different panning scheme). These two
software outputs are connected to the inputs of 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.
18. 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 playback levels of your guitar and
mic. Adjust the faders and mute controls so that you may hear the
guitar and mic at the appropriate levels and mix. These are the levels
at which you may monitor the pre-recorded tracks while you overdub
(record other tracks while listening to the first) additional parts.
Let’s assume that you like this take, and wish to overdub an additional guitar and
a harmony vocal. We can still use hardware inputs 1 & 2 of the Delta. We’re set
up to do so and there’s no reason to change these inputs. Let’s set ourselves up
to overdub these next two tracks. We will record the next two tracks of material
to tracks 3 & 4 of the software:
19. Back in your music program, set the ‘source’ or ‘input port’ to "Left
PCM In 1/2 Delta-410" on track three, and "Right PCM In 1/2
Delta-410" on track four. Arm the tracks for recording. Track three is
now set up to record the guitar, and track four the microphone.
Usually at this point you would want to return to the Delta Control
Panel monitor mixer to set up levels. However, because you will be
recording the same instruments that you did on the first two tracks,
you probably won’t need to adjust input or monitoring levels.
20. Press record on your software’s transport bar. Record a take of your
new guitar and vocal tracks. Because you have set up the first two
tracks to play back through the monitor mixer, you should hear those
original tracks along with the ones that you are now recording.
21. 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 newly recorded tracks to output devices on the Delta 410. In
your software, set the output ports of tracks three and four to
"WavOut 3/4 Delta-410." Pan track three all of the way to the left (hard
left), and pan track four hard right. Now track three (guitar) will be
sent to the Delta software output 3, and track four (mic) to Delta
software output 4.
22. Press play on your software’s transport bar. Understand now that the
four recorded tracks from the software are being sent to WavOut 1,
WavOut 2, WavOut 3, and WavOut 4 simultaneously. Therefore they
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