M-AUDIO Delta TDIF - Manual (Page 48)

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 SP/ANA, 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 SP/ANA (with Analog” selected as the active
input) 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 TDIF.
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.
Assign software track 1 to output device "WavOut SP/ANA Delta-
TDIF" and pan the track (within your software) all the way to the left
(hard left), or wherever you find it appropriate between left and
center. Then assign track 2 to output device "WavOut SP/ANA Delta-
TDIF" and pan the track all the way to the hard right, or wherever you
find it appropriate between right and center. Now, when you start
playback, track one (guitar) will be sent to the Delta software
(WavOut SP/ANA Left), and track two (mic) to Delta software output
10 (WavOut SP/ANA Right). These two software outputs are inputs
to 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 the analog outputs.
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 SP/ANA" – 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 analog inputs 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 music
software:
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