Delta 1010 for surround???

AFSDMS wrote on 11/25/2003, 8:59 AM

I have a Delta 1010 that I'm thinking of using to monitor 5.1 (maybe >) surround sound projects in Vegas 4. I wondered if anyone is doing this and could share setup tips, suggestions, warnings, etc.

I also have a 6-month-old Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Sound Card that I might be able to use for this. In some ways it seems like a waste to dedicate the Delta 1010 for just monitoring surround but I don't know if the SB would work with Vegas.

Any recommendations appreciated.

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tmrpro wrote on 11/28/2003, 6:10 AM

I'd like to know about this topic, also .... so here's a little "Bump" on the subject...

AFSDMS wrote on 12/1/2003, 6:58 PM

Guess we're the only ones who want to know :-) I'm getting ready to reconfigure a couple workstations so I don't know when I'll get time to reinvent this wheel.

Any thoughts and experiences greatly appreciated.

SonyIMC wrote on 12/2/2003, 8:53 AM

A Delta 1010 for surround works well. All you need to do is send 6 outs to a multichannel amp and route accordingly in Vegas (how-to in the manual).

ScottW wrote on 12/4/2003, 1:21 PM

I just set this up with my 1010LT - it wasn't a major issue. Just went into Vegas preferences, clicked on the audio device tab, selected M-Delta ASIO as the output driver and specified which mappings I wanted (that is, told Vegas which channel to map to which 1010 output).

Then did a little test with creating a new project in 5.1, and verified everything worked.

The only problem I ran into was that if I launch the M-Audio Delta control panel from Vegas, when I close the panel, audio stops working in Vegas until I restart Vegas. If I launch the control panel externally (from the system tray for example), then I don't have this problem.

AFSDMS wrote on 12/4/2003, 4:54 PM

Thanks for all the replies. My unit is the 1010 outboard unit with PCI card. Looking forward to setting it all up and running some tests.

Thanks again.

Wayne