M-Audio DIO2448 [10/24] Dio 2448 control panel software

Using the DiO 2448 with your Software Applications

Once the DiO 2448 is installed and the driver software properly loaded, it is

ready for use with your music application software. Some of these

applications require you to highlight or enable the DiO 2448 drivers within

the program, and others may have a utility that analyzes or “profiles” the

audio cards in your system and enables the drivers.

Within your software application, the DiO 2448 record (input) device

typically appears as “DiO-2448 Record”. Because this device is stereo, it may

appear as “Left DiO-2448 Record, Right DiO-2448 Record”, or even “Stereo

DiO-2448 Record” in some software packages. When selected within your

software, this input device allows recording directly from the DiO 2448’s

S/PDIF inputs (remember, only one S/PDIF input may be active at a time).

The DiO 2448 playback (output) device is named “DiO-2448 Playback.”

Because this device is stereo, it may appear as “Left DiO-2448 Playback,

Right DiO-2448 Playback”, or even “Stereo DiO-2448 Playback” in some

software packages. The “left”, “right”, and “stereo” naming conventions

allow the application to pan audio to the left and right under software

control. When selected within your software, this device makes outgoing

audio data available to the DiO 2448’s Coaxial and Optical S/PDIF outputs

plus the Analog outputs. In order for the application audio to be available

at the S/PDIF outputs, the “SPDIF-OUT Source” option must be set to “WAV

(software)” in the DiO 2448 Control Panel software. In order for the

application audio to be available at the Analog outputs, the “WAV” and

“Master Volume” mute and gain settings should be properly set in the

Windows sound mixer application (see ‘Windows Sound System’).

Windows may be set up to use the DiO 2448 as its default sound card. This

allows the sound applets included with Windows to utilize the DiO 2448,

and also enables Windows system sounds from the DiO 2448. To accomplish

this, go to Settings | Control Panel | Multimedia. In the Audio Properties

page, set the Playback and Record devices to the DiO 2448 playback and

record devices.

DiO 2448 Control Panel Software

Once your DiO 2448 software drivers are properly installed in your system,

you will see a “Dio2448” icon on your Windows desktop. This icon may be

used to launch the DiO 2448 Control Panel software. The DiO 2448 Control

Panel allows you to configure the various DiO 2448 monitoring options, and

also “Analyze” an incoming S/PDIF signal so that the DiO 2448 may record

it properly.