M-Audio Dman PCI Bedienungsanleitung

Contents

FCC Class B/European CE Compliance ............................... 3

Introduction ...................................................................... 4

What’s In the Box ............................................................... 4

Quick Start ........................................................................ 5

About the DMAN .............................................................. 5

Digital Audio Features of DMAN ....................................... 6

About Plug-and-Play ......................................................... 7

The Solution ................................................................ 7

PnP Theory of Operation .............................................. 8

About Digital Recording .................................................... 8

Digital Recording Dos and Don’ts ................................. 9

DMAN Connections ......................................................... 10

DMAN Block Diagram ............................................... 11

Hardware Installation ...................................................... 12

DMAN Connections ................................................... 12

DMAN Typical Setup ................................................. 13

Daughterboard Installation (optional) ......................... 14

Windows 3.1x Software .................................................... 15

Driver and Utilities Installation ................................... 15

Windows 3.1x Driver Control Panel ............................ 19

Audio Setup for Non-PnP Computers ......................... 19

Audio Setup for Computers with PnP ......................... 20

MIDI (MPU401 ) Setup ............................................... 21

Windows 3.1x Utility Applications .............................. 22

Audio Input Control Panel ......................................... 22

Audio Mixer Control Panel ......................................... 24

The Audio Transport .................................................. 26

Defining a New Audio File ......................................... 28

The User-defined Audio Transport Button ................... 29

Sound Check Application ........................................... 30

Windows 95 Software ...................................................... 31

Driver Installation ...................................................... 31

Windows 95 Configuration ......................................... 32

Windows 95 Mixer (WSS Mixer) ................................. 33

WSS Playback (Master Out) Mixer ........................ 33

WSS Properties Page ............................................ 34

WSS Recording (Wave Input) Mixer ...................... 35

Windows Sound Recorder .......................................... 36

DOS Software Utilities ..................................................... 38

DMAN Diagnostics Utility ......................................... 38

Diagnostics Parameters Box .................................. 38

Diagnostics Test Box ............................................ 39

DMAN DOS Mixer Utility .......................................... 39

DMAN with 3rd Party Applications .................................. 41

Audio Formats ................................................................ 42

Troubleshooting .............................................................. 43

DOS Troubleshooting ....................................................... 45

Windows 3.1x Troubleshooting ......................................... 47

Windows 95 Troubleshooting ........................................... 49

Appendix - Technical Specs .............................................. 51

Limited Lifetime Warranty ............................................... 52

FCC Class B/European CE Compliance

WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with

the limits for a CLASS B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC

Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against

harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment

generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not

installed and used in accordance with the instructions contained in this

manual, may cause harmful interference to radio and television

communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will

not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television

reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and

on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or

more of the following measures: 1) reorient or relocate the receiving

antenna; 2) increase the separation between the equipment and the

receiver; 3) connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different

from that of the receiver; 4) consult the dealer or an experienced audio

television technician.

NOTE: Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply

with CLASS B requirements or using an unshielded peripheral data cable

could also result in harmful interference to radio or television reception.

The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly

approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's

authority to operate this equipment.

To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interference,

it is necessary to use shielded I/O cables.

FCC ID#: IMJDMAN

This product also complies with European CE requirements.

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of a DMAN Digital Audio

Card and welcome to the world of Digital Hard Disk Recording.

Please take the time to read this manual before installing your

new card. There is a lot of valuable information in here about

installing your new card and getting it working. If you take the

time now to familiarize yourself with the installation and features

of the card, it can save a lot of time and frustration. We know that

you're eager to get started recording so we'll try and cover the

important stuff first!

What's in the Box?

Your DMAN box contains:

Instruction Manual

DMAN Adapter Card

MIDI Interface Cable

2 Disks for Windows 3.1x installation

1 Disk for Windows 95 installation

Midiman Warranty Registration Card

IMPORTANT: It's very important that you fill out the included

Warranty Registration Card and mail or fax it to us. Registering

your DMAN will help us to give you the best possible service

and support.

Quick Start Guide

Here's a list of the things you will need to do to get started:

1. Physically install the card in your computer.

(Hardware Installation)

(DMAN Typical Setup)

2. Install drivers and support software.

(Windows 3.1x Software)

(Windows 95 Software)

(DOS Software)

3. If things aren't working, run the diagnostic software.

(DMAN Diagnostics Utility)

(Troubleshooting)

(DOS Troubleshooting)

4. Configure your digital recording software.

(see your software manual)

About the DMAN

The DMAN is a full-featured, yet low-cost digital audio card with

a built-in MPU401 interface and a header for an optional

wavetable synthesis daughterboard. The DMAN features 16-bit

stereo sampling at various frequencies from 5.53 to 48 kHz, full-

duplex digital audio, 64 times oversampled D/A and A/D

converters, and an onboard analog mixer.

The DMAN uses the world’s first Plug-and-Play chip set for

digital audio and includes a subset of the Windows Sound

System 2.0 architecture. Also, the Windows ’95 driver software

fully supports DirectSound.

For those of you who don’t speak digital audio tech (yet), we’ll

define some terms here:

A/D and D/A converters: A/D stands for Analog to Digital and

D/A means Digital to Analog. The higher the bit rate and the

greater the oversampling rate, the better the audio

reproduction. DMAN specifications are equivalent to those of

an audio CD.

Full duplex: the ability to record and playback at the same

time. If you are using a multi-track digital recording program,

such as Samplitude, SAW, or Cakewalk Audio, this is a very

important feature. Full duplex would, for example, allow you

to hear previously recorded vocal tracks while you’re recording

the harmonies.

MPU401 : a standard for MIDI interfaces, developed by Roland

Corporation, back in the early days of MIDI. This is the most

common PC MIDI interface under DOS. Under Windows, MPU

type interfaces run in UART (sometimes called “dumb”) mode.

Windows Sound System (WSS): Microsoft released the

Windows Sound System audio adapter in 1992. Its features

include a 16-bit stereo A/D converter, 16-bit stereo D/A

converter, data compression and de-compression, analog audio

mixing, microphone and line-level input, line-level output and

a high-throughput system interface.

Digital Audio Features of DMAN

•16 or 8 bit stereo digital audio recording and playback.

Selectable sampling rates from 5.3 kHz to 48 kHz

•Interrupt and DMA driven simultaneous recording and

playback.

•Dynamic range exceeding 80 dB with digital interpolation

filter and dynamic filtering programmable according to

sampling rate.

•16-bit hardware ADPCM, µLaw and ALaw compression and

de-compression.

•Software-selectable input source with individual mute and

volume control. Mixing of various audio sources (Stereo Line-

in, Stereo Aux Input, Stereo Wave Synthesis music – via

daughterboard connector, and Internal DAC) for recording.

•Software-controlled output mixing of all audio sources with

individual volume controls.

•Master volume control with up to 64 dB of attenuation (in 64

attenuation steps of 1 dB each).

About Plug-and-Play

The PC ISA bus architecture requires allocation of memory and

I/O address spaces, DMA channels, and interrupt request (IRQ)

lines among all peripherals, yet there are no defined hardware or

software mechanisms for allocating these resources. As a result,

configuration of ISA cards is typically done with DIP switches

and jumpers that change the decode maps for memory and I/O

space and steer the DMA and IRQ signals to different pins on the

ISA bus. System configuration files usually need to be manually

updated to reflect these settings for each peripheral device in the

system.

Investigating the many device settings and properly configuring

the system is no small task. Usually when new devices are added

to the system, there are configuration conflicts that cause the

computer to work erratically or not at all. Users typically resolve

configuration conflicts by consulting complicated documentation

provided with the each adapter card, contacting the supplier's

technical support group, consulting a friend, or giving up in

disgust. Even trained engineers can find the ISA configuration

process unreliable and frustrating. Microsoft estimates that nearly

half of its technical support calls relate to this type of hardware

installation problem. As next generation expansion cards are

introduced, including multi-function versions with wavetable

music synthesis, hi-fidelity audio, MPEG audio/video &

FAX/modem capabilities, more systems resources than ever

before will be required, causing even more conflicts over system

resources.

The Solution

In 1993 the Plug-and-Play (PnP) specification was proposed as a

solution to the ISA resource conflict problem. PnP defines a

means for the computer to communicate with its various installed

devices and resolve any potential resource conflicts. In theory,

with a working system PnP, adapter jumpers and DIP switches

are a thing of the past and compliant hardware will be configured

automatically or with little user intervention. PnP works with

existing bus architectures and is widely supported by the

industry. To gain the full benefits of PnP, you will need a PnP

compliant operating system (Windows 95), system BIOS,

motherboard, and adapter card(s). Older non-compliant ISA

expansion cards (called “legacy” cards) will function in PnP

systems as well, but will still require some manual configuration.

PnP Theory of Operation

Think of PnP as digital aspirin. Device configuration occurs

transparently in an all-PnP environment. At bootup, the BIOS and

the operating system detect changes and attempt to allocate

resources, eliminating the need to manually configure resources

such as IRQ lines, DMA channels, I/O ports and memory space.

Peripheral adapter cards are put to "sleep" and are then

individually queried regarding which resources are

programmable and over what ranges they may be programmed.

The PnP BIOS will then build a conflict-free resource assignment

list for all PnP devices, update a stored working-configuration

database, activate the peripheral devices, then start the operating

system (Windows 95 for example) which loads the device drivers

with the provided configuration information.

About Digital Recording

If you've only done analog recording before, you're in for a treat.

If you have done digital recording before, you can skip over this

section (our feelings won't be hurt).

As taught in high school science class, sound is composed of

waves of changing pressure (level) and frequency (pitch). Analog

recording captures these waves in their entirety and records them

as variations in magnetic flux (tape) or variations in depth (good

old fashioned vinyl). On playback, analog recording adds noise

to the recorded sound at relatively high levels (tape has

background hiss, vinyl has surface noise); it therefore causes a

low signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio. Because this noise level is

comparatively high, the dynamic range (soft to loud) of the

recording is decreased.

On the other hand, digital recording samples the sound waves

(typically 44,100 times per second or at a rate of 44.1 kHz) and

records the sounds as digital data. This numeric data can be

stored on a hard or floppy disk, DAT tape, CD, or any other

common data storage media. During digital playback, no noise is

added by the recording medium. This results in a much greater

S/N ratio and greatly increased dynamic range over analog

methods. The end result is cleaner, quieter recordings. The only

noise present in the digital realm is any noise introduced by the

D/A converter and this varies according to the quality of the

converter or the board design. Using quality components and

design practices as in the DMAN, the only way to make a noisy

digital recording is to add the noise yourself!

Digital Recording Dos and Don’ts

Meters are not meant to ever go into the red. Digital recording is

very unforgiving of clipping. Unlike analog systems, where tape

saturation gives a nice smooth compression, digital distortion

sounds like someone is breaking a pane of glass in your ear.

Make sure that you give yourself lots of headroom both when

recording and mixing. You’ve got all that dynamic range -- use it.

Measure twice, cut once. With most hard disk recording

software, like the version of Samplitude that is bundled with the

DMAN Digital Studio, you will be doing your mixing in the

program. Because you won’t be able to run each track to

outboard gear (effects, compression, etc.) when mixing, you want

each track to sound right when you record it. Take your time to

make sure that mic position, EQ, and effects settings are exactly

what you want when tracking. “Fix it in the mix.” hardly ever

works, anyway.

Know your signal chain. Some programs set the levels

internally, others use the Windows level controls. Make sure you

know which is which. If you are not getting the levels you

expect, retrace your signal chain and make sure that you are

adjusting levels in the correct places.

Plan ahead. Think about tracking ahead of time and decide in

what order you are going to record the tracks. Keep a track list.

Use it to make notes when you are recording (where you might

need to punch in and out, etc.). With hard disk recording you

don’t have to worry about the bass track bleeding into the vocal

track or whether the heads have the same response on different

tracks, but you still want to have a plan.

Back up your work. Sure, most editing functions with HDR

systems are non-destructive, but some are not. If you are doing a

lot of editing, (or even if you’re not, but don’t want to take any

chances) back up your audio tracks. Audio takes up a lot of disk

space, so you might want to have a large format removable drive

(Iomega Zip or Jaz, Syquest EZ Flyer for example) on which to

store audio files.

Optimize your disk often. Fragmented audio files can cause

problems.

DMAN Connections (see DMAN Block Diagram below)

1. Aux Line Input – A 10k ohm, stereo, line level 1/8” jack.

Handles input voltages up to 2 volts rms. Normal

connections to this jack would be from the line level outputs

of a mixer, mic preamp, the recording outs of an instrument

amplifier or a CD player. The Aux Input is normally mixed

with the line output and is not recorded when audio

recording is enabled.

2. Line Input – A 10k ohm, stereo, line level 1/8” jack. Handles

input voltages up to 2 volts rms. Normal connections to this

jack could be from the line level outputs of a mixer, external

mic preamp, the recording outs of an instrument amplifier or

a CD player.

3. Mic Input - An unbalanced, mono, 1/8” jack. The

microphone input feeds a preamp with 18 dB signal boost,

allowing for better dynamic range with microphones having

low gain.

4. Line Output – A stereo, line/headphone level 1/8” jack

which provides a maximum output voltage of 2 volts rms.

Normally this jack would be connected to an external

amplifier and speakers, self-powered multimedia speakers, a

DAT or other stereo mixdown recorder or headphones.

5. MIDI Interface – The included MIDI Interface Cable, when

connected to the MIDI Interface connector on the DMAN

board, provides standard MIDI In and MIDI Out (5-pin DIN)

connectors. Normal these MIDI connections will go to a MIDI

keyboard or tone module. Functionally, the MIDI interface

operates as a standard MPU401 “UART mode” MIDI

interface.

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