M-Audio DMAN [33/52] Windows 95 mixer wss mixer

This example shows the Midiman DMAN and Midiman

WINMAN 4x4/S (another Midiman product) entries in the

Windows 95 Device Manager device list. The DMAN is properly

installed with no conflicts. The WINMAN 4x4/S, however, is not

properly installed and this is indicated by the exclamation point

overlapping its icon. If an exclamation point is ever displayed for

the Midiman DMAN, you may go into the Device Manager and

manually make the adjustments necessary to get DMAN up and

running. This should rarely be required and usually is the result

of a non-PnP device being installed in the computer and

conflicting with various PnP devices.

By double-clicking on the DMAN item with the problem, you will

open up a properties sheet for that device. Selecting the Settings

and Resources pages from within the properties sheet will allow

you to manually adjust the DMAN resource settings.

NOTE:

When resolving conflicts between PnP and non-PnP

devices, it is usually easier to readjust the resource settings of

the non-PnP device first. Windows 95 is only aware of the

resource settings of the installed PnP devices and has no

information available to it for adjusting the PnP devices around

the non-PnP devices. The exception to this is when a non-PnP

device has a true Windows 95 driver written for it; in that case

Windows 95 is aware of the non-PnP device’s resource

requirements.

Windows 95 Mixer (WSS Mixer)

The DMAN audio playback and recording mixes are handled by

the Windows Sound System mixer that ships with Windows 95.

With the DMAN drivers properly installed, you should see a

loudspeaker icon on the Windows 95 taskbar. Double clicking

this loudspeaker icon accesses the WSS mixer. (Single clicks will

access the Master Out volume only). An alternate method for

opening the WSS mixer is to select ‘Programs, Accessories,

Multimedia, Volume Control’ via the Windows 95 Start button.

WSS Playback (Master Out) Mixer

The WSS playback mixer provides control over the output

volume levels, mute states, and balances for audio playback. The

Master Out (output) mixer is the default mixer when accessing

the volume control. To use the mixer, simply drag the desired