M-Audio Delta TDIF [11/58] Delta system basics

Verifying Delta Control Panel Software

Installation, PC and Mac

In Windows, open the Windows Control Panel (do so via Start | Settings

| Control Panel ). If your Delta TDIF hardware and Delta Control Panel

software are properly installed, the Windows Control Panel should

display an "M Audio Delta H/W" icon. By double-clicking on that icon,

you can launch the Delta Control Panel software. For convenience, you

may also create a shortcut on your desktop by dragging a copy of the "M

Audio Delta H/W" icon from the Control Panel to your Windows

desktop using your mouse or trackball. After completing the drag

operation, a dialog box will ask you if you wish to create a shortcut --

click on ‘Yes’. Once the shortcut is installed, all you have to do is double-

click on the shortcut icon on your desktop to launch the Delta Control

Panel software.

On the Macintosh: The Delta Control Panel may be placed anywhere on

your hard drive, or any partition of your hard drive that you find

convenient. Once the control panel file has been dragged from the CD

onto your hard drive, you may double click it to launch the Delta Control

Panel software. You may create an alias to the control panel by

highlighting it, then holding Apple key+M. This alias can then be placed

on your desktop.

NOTE: When using a music software program that is ASIO capable,

launch the Delta Control Panel software from within that program.

Some of the control panel functions will be controlled from within

that program, such as master clock setting and sample rate, so it

is desirable to launch the music program first, and then the Delta

Control Panel from the the program’s “launch” or “control panel”

button. Without the music program open however, it is okay to

open the Delta panel from your desktop or other location.

Delta System Basics

Delta TDIF’s Inputs/Outputs

The Delta TDIF PCI Audio Card’s inputs and outputs are compatible

with a wide variety of audio products. The 25-pin D-sub connector on the

PCI host card interfaces to one TDIF device via a TDIF approved cable.

One TDIF cable carries 16 channels of audio data (8 “in” and 8 “out”),

plus a TDIF sync signal. TDIF is a digital audio standard created by

Tascam, and is generally associated with Tascam digital audio products

or with devices that provide this TDIF technology. Such devices might