AIC128-D DRIVER - Audio Interface YAMAHA - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL AIC128-D DRIVER YAMAHA

DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver Installation Guide Contents Information. What is DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver? … Installing DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver . Selecting the General Settings (Buffer Size)... 4 Uninstalling DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver... This Installation Guide is the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation + Copying or reproduction of this Installation Guide in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer. Steinberg/Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this Installation Guide. The screen displays as illustrated in this manual are for instructional purposes, and may appear somewhat different from the screens which appear on your computer. Steinberg and Nuendo are the registered trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Dante and Dante Controller are the registered trademarks of Audinate Pty Ltd Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft® Corporation Apple, Mac and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries The company names and product names in this manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies: Copying of the commercially available musical data including but not limited to MIDI data and/or audio data is stictly prohibited except for your personal use at is DANTE ACCELERATOR Drive Dante Accelerator Driver enables the Dante Accelerator (AIC128-D audio interface card) to be used on your computer. DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver Installation Guide Ô

nstalling DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver NOTE + You are only permitted to use this software pursuant to the terms and conditions of the “License Agreement” shown during the installation + Ifthe same software components have already been installed in your computer, you can use the same procedure as described in the installation instructions here to update the software. Windows Preparation Installation Ithe following warning messages appear during the installation, follow the on-screen instructions to continue with installation. Examples of warning message # User Account Control (en) 3] Program name: Vamahs AIC128-D ol Vesified publisher. Yamaha Corporation File origin Hard drive on this computer (ES) Change when these notifications appear ) Show details ves E:TMindons Seau ee) Would you like to install this device software? = Name: Yamaha Corportion Sound video and game. @ rubisher audinatePryLid A roro Dante @ Youshould only install driver softwere from publishers you trust. How con! decide which device sofrware E safe to install? Confirm that the Dante Accelerator is installed on the computer. Start the computer and log on to the Administrator account. Close all running applications and unnecessary windows. B © D Double-click “yaic128-d_***.exe” in the compressed file you have downloaded. represents the version number 5 Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software. 6 When installation has been completed, click [Close]. Confirmation of Installation 7 Open the “Device Manager” window as follows. Click [Control Panel] > ([Hardware and Sound]) > [Device Manager] 8 Click on the [+] or [>] mark next to "Sound, video and game controllers." 9 Contirm that the "Yamaha AIC128-D Card" appears in the list. Installation of the Dante Accelerator Driver is now complete. DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver Installation Guide Ô

Mac Installation BR © D — œ u Confirm that Dante Accelerator is installed on the computer. Start the computer and log in to the Administrator account. Close all running applications and unnecessary windows. Double-click "yaic128-d_***.pkg" in the compressed file you have downloaded. *** represents the version number Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software. When installation has been completed, click [Restart] to restart the computer. Confirmation of Installation

Open the "Audio MIDI Setup" window as follows. Double-click [Applications] > [Utilities] > [Audio MIDI Setup] Confirm that the "Yamaha AIC128-D Card" appears in the left column. Installation of the Dante Accelerator Driver is now complete. DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver Installation Guide ©

Selecting the General Settings (Buffer Size) Windows Select the buffer size in the control panel of the driver. How to Open the Control Panel © ASI0 Buffer Size Select the buffer size for the ASIO driver. From the Nuendo menu, select [Devices] > [Device Setup...] 2 [Yamaha AIC128-D] > [Control Panel] Setting value: 32 to 2048 samples Panel Controls © DMA Transaction Size Select the buffer size for the card

BA Yaaha AIC128-D Control Panel Setting value: 16, 32 samples ASIO Buffer Size [128 +) DMA Transaction Size [32 | Mac Select the buffer size in the buffer size selecting window, which is opened from an application such as DAW software How to Open the Control Panel From the Nuendo menu, select [Devices] > [Device Setup...] > [Yamaha AIC128-D] > [Control Panel] TIP Setting the audio driver buffer size Noise produced when using audio applications such as DAW software may affect audio recording and/or playback. In most cases, you can solve these problems by adjusting the audio driver buffer size (the size of memory used to temporarily hold data to avoid intermittent playback) While the higher buffer size reduces load to the computer CPU but produces latency (time lag) during recording/playback, the smaller buffer size may result in noise or the sound cutting off. Make sure to set the buffer size to an appropriate value depending on the performance of your computer, the number of audio/MIDI tracks being recorded/played back on the DAW software, the number of plug-in software, and so on DANTE ACCELERATOR Driver Installation Guide ©

Start the computer and log on to the Administrator account. Close all running applications and unnecessary windows. Select [Control Panel] > [Uninstall a Program] to call up the "Uninstall or change a program" panel. Mac

Select "Yamaha AIC128-D" from the list. 5 Click [Uninstall] / [Uninstall / Change]. If the "User Account Control" window appears, click [Continue] or [Yes] Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the software. Uninstallation of the Dante Accelerator Driver is now complete Start the computer and log in to the Administrator account. Close all running applications and unnecessary windows. Double-click "Uninstall_yaic128-d.app" in the compressed file you have downloaded. ue] when the "Uninstall Yamaha window appears. After that, follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the software 5 After completing the uninstallation, a message "Done." appears. Click [OK]. Uninstallation of the Dante Accelerator Driver is now complete C.S.G., Pro Audio Division © 2012 Yamaha Corporation 212AB-A0