M-Audio Dman PCI [21/29] Using third party applications

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 use DMAN PCI with some of the advanced

audio recording and MIDI sequencing applications currently available from

third-party software developers. It is with these applications that the DMAN

PCI becomes a true multi-track digital audio recording tool. Although there

are various setup parameters built into Windows for selecting audio quality,

etc., the third-party applications usually work around those settings.

IMPORTANT: Third-party digital audio recording software most often

bypasses the general Windows settings and instead has its own means of set-

ting up the DMAN PCI record/playback sample rate, format, full and half-

duplex settings (check your manual for info on how to set up these parame-

ters). For example, you often select the sampling rate (22 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and

even 48 kHz on some products) and format (16-bit stereo, 8-bit mono, etc.)

directly from within the application. However, you will select the recording

source (e.g. Line In, Compact Disc In) and input level from the mixer appli-

cation supplied with Windows.

In addition, the application may require you to explicitly select the audio

device by name for the application to use. In the case of the DMAN PCI, the

audio device you should select is “DMAN PCI Audio.” If the application sup-

ports MIDI, there will most likely also be a MIDI Setup or MIDI Devices page

in which you must select the “DMAN PCI External MIDI” as the MIDI

input/output device, or the “DMAN PCI Synth” for playing the onboard syn-

thesizer only.

There are too many applications to discuss here, so please consult the user’s

manual that shipped with your third-party application for more specific infor-

mation regarding its audio and MIDI configuration and setup.