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M-Audio Dman PCI Manual

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Summary of Dman PCI

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    Important! Please read this manual carefully, and fol- low the dman pci driver and directx installation pro- cedure before installing the dman pci card. Table of contents fcc class b and ce compliance ...................................................... 2 introduction ................................

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    Fcc class b and 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 interfer- ence in a residential installation. This ...

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    Introduction congratulations on purchasing a dman pci digital audio card, and wel- come to the world of digital hard disk based recording. Please take the time to read this manual -- it contains valuable information about installing and oper- ating your new card. If you take the time now to familiar...

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    • built-in header for addition of standard wavetable daughter board (option- al). • integrated analog mixer. • high-quality differential cd audio input. • full windows 95/98 plug-and-play compatibility. Product specifications • operates in any pci (2.0 or higher) adaptor slot. • 18-bit delta-sigma a...

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    Figure 1 the dman pci adaptor card (see figure 1.) 1. Line inputs. This pair of rca jacks receives stereo line-level audio from the outside world. Both inputs are high-impedance and are designed for use at -10dbv nominal levels. They can handle peak signals of up to +6dbv (2 vrms). Typical connectio...

  • Page 6: “Playback” Mixer Diagram

    (known as “5-pin din” connectors). Functionally, the midi interface oper- ates as a standard mpu-401 “uart mode” midi interface. 4. Cd-rom headers. This pair of headers accepts line-level audio from a cd-rom player or other source internal to the computer. The two headers are wired in parallel and t...

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    Quick guide to getting started here is the list of steps required to get your dman pci card up and running: 1. Install drivers and support software (see windows software installation). Important: you should run the dman pci setup program before installing the dman pci adaptor card in your system. Th...

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    Important: the dman pci requires the installation of directx drivers, version 5 or higher. Without directx installed, the dman pci driver instal- lation may crash. The dman pci setup program can install directx 6 on your computer before the dman pci drivers are installed. It is very impor- tant to s...

  • Page 9: Installing The Adaptor Card

    Hardware installation after successfully installing all of the dman pci software components (see windows software installation) and powering down your computer, you may install the dman pci adaptor card. Installing the adaptor card to mechanically install the dman pci, do the following: 1. Turn off ...

  • Page 10: Installing A Daughterboard

    Installing a daughterboard the dman pci comes with a built-in general midi compatible wavetable synthesizer. However, a (26-pin header) daughterboard connector is provided for installation of an optional third-party synthesizer daughterboard. The daughterboard header is compatible with most industry...

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    4. If you installed the midi interface cable in step 3, you may now attach any midi devices you may have. Connect the midi device midi out to the dman pci midi in, and connect the midi device midi in to the dman pci midi out. You will most likely need to use standard midi cables to make these connec...

  • Page 12: In Windows 98

    In windows 98 1. After carefully following the “hardware installation” instructions, you may power up your computer (a building driver information database box will appear and then go away). 2. The add new hardware wizard box will ask you “what do you want windows to do?” “search for the best driver...

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    4. Click ok. This will install the dman-pci drivers to their proper locations within the system. 5. A system settings change box now shows up, asking if you want to restart your computer to finish setting up the new hardware. Click “yes.” 6. Reboot your system if asked. Your dman-pci is now ready fo...

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    • soundfusion™ dsound acceleration. This feature allows the dsp to per- form many of the audio duties that would otherwise have to be handled by the host cpu. In other words, it enables audio acceleration. The default setting is “enabled.” • taskbar. Enabling this function places a soundfusion™ icon...

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    This example shows the midiman dman pci and midiman winman 4x4/s (another midiman product) entries in the windows device manager device list. The dman pci is properly installed with no conflicts, as is the winman 4x4/s. If a device in this list is having a resource conflict with another device, or i...

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    If pnp has chosen an irq for the dman pci that is being shared with another device, there might be a device conflict. If the dman pci is sharing an irq with an entry named “irq holder for pci steering,” that is normal and should function properly. If the dman pci is sharing an irq with another pci d...

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    Using dman pci with software applications once the dman pci software is set up, the card is installed, and its drivers are properly loaded, it is ready for use with audio application software. Some of these applications will require manual configuration in order to use the dman pci. There are a few ...

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    Mute is selected, it will completely override the volume and balance settings for that channel. When mute is not active, the volume and balance settings are restored. Note: when the drivers are first installed, the daughterboard and cd- rom channels of the mixer are muted by default. This is to prev...

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    Devices to display in the mixer. If a device’s box is checked, it will appear in the mixer. You can completely customize the look of your mixer by unchecking any device that you do not plan to currently use. Windows “record” mixer the record mixer selects the recording source and provides control ov...

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    Recording mixer and select one of the dman pci devices as the recording source. The sound recorder can apply various effects and processing to your recorded audio. For more information on this, select “help” from the sound recorder menu. Using third-party applications sooner or later you may want to...

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    Troubleshooting this section addresses potential problems that can arise in all operating system environments, with emphasis on hardware troubleshooting. Within the pc environment there is a limited number of hardware resources (addresses, irqs, and dma channels) available for use. Most audio card i...

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    Of one or more devices in your system. Refer to the section windows driver configuration. Problem: installation has not been successful or windows cannot resolve one or more hardware resource conflicts (the devices affected are highlight- ed with an exclamation mark in the windows device manager). P...

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    Midi driver (because there can be more than one in an advanced system) for use with the application. Select the driver named “dman pci synth” and/or “dman pci external midi” as your midi driver(s). The manner in which this selection is made is dependent on the application (see your specific appli- c...

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    Appendix a - about digital recording if your past experience has been limited strictly to analog recording, you're in for a big treat! If you have digital recording experience already, you can skip over this section (our feelings won't be hurt). As taught in high school science class, sound is compo...

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    Tion. The higher the resolution, the better the sound quality. Select 16-bit for higher quality recording. Recording in 8-bit format can sometimes cause dis- tortion, or a hissing sound, during playback. Digital recording dos and don’ts in the digital realm, level meters are not meant to ever go int...

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    Appendix b - digital audio terms 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 sampling rate, the better the audio reproduction. Dman pci specifications are equivalent or better than most audio cd players. Dsp: a...

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    Lifetime limited warranty midiman warrants that this product is free of defects in materials and work- manship under normal use so long as the product is owned by the original purchaser and that purchaser has registered his/her ownership of the product by sending in the completed warranty card. In t...

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    If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this product or any midiman product, we invite you to contact us directly at: midiman u.S. 45 east saint joseph street arcadia, ca 91006-2861 u.S.A. Sales information: 626-445-2842 sales information (email): info@midiman.Net international sale...