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M-AUDIO Dman PCI User Manual

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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 familiarize yourself with the
installation and features of the card, it can potentially save a lot of time and
frustration. We know that you’re eager to get started recording so we will try
to cover the important information first!

What’s in the Box?

Your DMAN PCI box contains:

• This Instruction Manual
• DMAN PCI Adaptor Card
• MIDI Interface Cable
• Diskettes for Windows 98/95 installation
• Midiman Warranty Registration Card

IMPORTANT: Please fill out the included Warranty Registration Card and
mail or fax it to us as soon as possible. Registering your DMAN PCI will
help us to give you the best possible service and support.

About the DMAN PCI

The DMAN PCI is a full-featured, yet low-cost adaptor card that turns your
computer into a digital audio workstation. The DMAN PCI offers high-quality
audio on gold-plated line inputs and outputs, MIDI input/output, General
MIDI wavetable synthesizer, CD-ROM audio input, and expansion header for
optional third-party synthesizer daughterboards.

The DMAN PCI is a “PCI audio accelerator” that actually offloads the comput-
er of many of its CPU-intensive audio duties. The DMAN PCI adaptor card
and supplied Windows driver software are fully DirectX compatible.

Product Features

PCI 2.1 compliant card. Requires one IRQ and no DMA channels.

High quality audio specs: 90 dB dynamic range.

Full-duplex for simultaneous stereo record and playback.

Stereo line-level inputs and outputs on gold-plated RCA jacks.

MIDI In and MIDI Out on 5-pin DIN connectors.

Built-in 64-voice General MIDI Wavetable Synthesis with GS reverb and
chorus effects, independent of hardware MIDI I/O.

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