M-AUDIO Delta RBUS - Manual (Page 42)

Once this is done, we are set up and ready to record. Close or minimize
your software’s meter view at this point.
10. Arm tracks one through eight for recording and press the record
button on your music software’s transport bar.
11. Once you have a take that you think is worth listening to, stop
recording and rewind. Maximize the Delta Control Panel from your
Windows taskbar.
12. Click the Patchbay/Router tab. In the first column, H/W Out 1/2,
click the radio button "WavOut 1/2" so that our monitoring source is
now the software output from the music program. Set the H/W Out
3/4 column to "WavOut 3/4," the H/W Out 5/6 column to "WavOut
5/6," and finally, set the H/W Out 7/8 column to "WavOut 7/8." Now
all of the software outputs of the music program are connected to the
corresponding hardware outputs. Minimize the control panel.
13. Click play on the transport bar of your music software. If the take is
satisfactory, disarm tracks one through eight and revel in your
success. If you wish to redo the tracks, "undo" the recording in your
software, repeat steps 10 through 13 in this section.
Using the Delta R-BUS and the Delta Control Panel software in this
manner may be your choice when using a mixing console to control the
monitor and playback levels. By always monitoring from the digital
mixer’s tape return (monitor) channels, setting up levels and adding
effects, we will monitor the exact same sound while recording as we do
when we playback. See Appendix B for more on this subject.
Typical Setup #3
Let’s look at a setup that involves a typical transfer of information from
DAT to computer and back to DAT. Here, we’ll be using the Delta
R-BUS’s S/PDIF I/O, plus the analog output stereo pair.
NOTE: Because improper connections can potentially make
very loud noises, it’s a good idea to have monitor levels down
while hooking up audio equipment -- you may even choose to
turn your computer off before making the connections.
In this example, we will connect a DAT to the Delta R-BUS’s breakout cable
using coaxial S/PDIF cables (75-ohm impedance RCA-to-RCA). We’ll also
connect the Delta R-BUS’s analog outputs to a sound system for monitoring
purposes. A setup like this might be used to transfer a number of mixes from
a DAT into an audio editing program, performing the appropriate edits, and
then transferring the edited material back to DAT.
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