M-Audio Duo - Manuals

Bottom of Unit: At the bottom of the unit are two DIP switches that will set the sampling ratewhile the Duo is used in standalone mode. The Duo can be used as an A/Dconverter independent of the computer, using either the line inputs or the micpreamp inputs. The relative positions of these DIP switch...

The Duo can be used with the Sound Manager on the Macintosh, or with theWindows Sound System in Windows, and therefore can operate as your systemsound card. If your software is ASIO or EASI compliant, such as Steinberg’sCubase or Emagic’s Logic, we suggest using the ASIO or EASI drivers. Thesedriver...

driver. Note: If the "USB Composite Device" has already been installed thenWindows will skip this step. This will occur if a USB audio device hadpreviously been installed in your system. 3. Windows will report that “USB Duo New Hardware” was found. When the Add New Hardware Wizard reports th...

Double click on the Installer program. The Installer program installs all Duoextensions, and installs the ASIO driver in a folder named “Duo ASIO”onyour desktop. 2. locate the program’s ASIO folder (it will be found within the program’s folder on your Macintosh HD). Drag the ASIO driver (located in ...

speakers, or a headphone amplifier, or to the inputs of a mixing console. Again,check your device’s documentation for information on its operating line level,and see the section, “Using the Input and Output Level Switches.” The Duo’sS/PDIF Out can be connected to any S/PDIF capable device, such as a...

Phantom Power Unlike dynamic microphones, many "condenser microphones" need to receive aDC voltage (generally 48v) from an external source before they can generate anoutput signal. If the condenser mic doesn’t come with its own power supply, thenphantom power must be applied from the pre-amp...

at either the Mic Inputs or the Line Inputs of the Duo. You will, however, not beable to hear the software outputs from your computer in this case, so this optionmay only be useful to you when laying down your first recorded tracks, i.e.,when there is no other audio playing back from your computer. ...

The USB Audio Configuration Manager, when it is first installed, defaults to the“ASIO/EASI” setting. If you are using an ASIO compliant program such asSteinberg’s Cubase or Nuendo, or a program that uses “EASI” drivers such asEmagic’s Logic, then you should leave the configuration manager set to“ASI...

automatically during the normal installation procedure. The USB AudioConfiguration Manager defaults to ASIO/EASI operation, so there’s no need tochange any settings there. NOTE: You may have the Windows sound system set to “USB AudioDevice” while the USB Audio Configuration Manager is set to“ASIO/EA...

In the M-Audio USB ASIO Driver control panel, to the right of the Bitwidthsection, you will see a “Latency” drop-down list that will set the Duo’s buffersize. A lower latency setting represents a smaller buffer size, with the lowersetting being desirable when using the ASIO drivers. How low you can ...

In the Duo Settings control panel, below the Maximum Sample Rate readout, youwill see a drop-down list that will set the “Latency” that you will experience whilemonitoring input through your music program (this is achieved by varying theDuo’s audio buffer size). You should be able to find more infor...

Problem: I hear a ticking sound along with my audio. Possible Cause1: Use the Duo plugged directly into the computer’s USB port. On the other USB port, use only the computer keyboard and mouse with noother USB devices. Possible Cause2: This could be due to an internal device interfering with the USB...

Soundcards, Ethernet adapters embedded on the motherboard, or connected via USB,ISA, or PCI. How many PCI/ISA slots do you have and are you using any USB hubs? 3.Are you recording to IDE or SCSI hard drives? These are extremely important pieces of information to know when calling us.Finally, Mac use...

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