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Keep reading the manual Posted by The Men in Black Cannot Stop Yoda! (from: 216.192.133.1) on July 01, 2002 at 07:39:34: In Reply to: mini-disc to hard-disc transfer posted by Allen Brown on June 30, 2002 at 15:37:24: Well, you need the driver files for whatever soundcard you can install that can read optical SPDIF. After those are installed and running, you don't need any other software, the audio is just THERE, like a microphone input or a WAVE file on disk. You don't need software to turn it on. SPDIF is just like your SERIAL data on your SERIAL port. it can be used by a modem or printer or keyboard or MIDI device or whatever. SPDIF is similar, only it's audio data, and it usually only comes in two flavours: optical and coaxial. So basically, if you can plug in a SPDIF cable, then you already have it "turned on". You just need to locate it in your system. On my old MIDIMAN (M-Audio) soundcard, there was a control panel which I could access to mute or unmute the channels. Most soundcards are like that. Of course, Windows makes everything complicated, so if you are having IRQ conflicts or whatever, god knows what happened to your audio (now digital data) signal. This is where analog devices prevail. All analog devices can have their audio signals traced audibly, electrically, and intuitively. Not so with computer audio. However, a few standards help out: ASIO, DirectX, DirectSound, SoundBlaster-compatible, VST, and MIDI. Follow Ups: Re: Keep reading the manual xxx 18:23:31 7/01/02 (0) Re: Keep reading the manual xxx 18:23:26 7/01/02 (0) Re: Keep reading the manual Allen Brown 10:35:16 7/01/02 (2) Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : Well, you need the driver files for whatever soundcard you can install that can read optical SPDIF. After those are installed and running, you don't need any other software, the audio is just THERE, like a microphone input or a WAVE file on disk. You don't need software to turn it on. SPDIF is just like your SERIAL data on your SERIAL port. it can be used by a modem or printer or keyboard or MIDI device or whatever. SPDIF is similar, only it's audio data, and it usually only comes in two flavours: optical and coaxial. So basically, if you can plug in a SPDIF cable, then you already have it "turned on". You just need to locate it in your system. On my old MIDIMAN (M-Audio) soundcard, there was a control panel which I could access to mute or unmute the channels. : Most soundcards are like that. Of course, Windows makes everything complicated, so if you are having IRQ conflicts or whatever, god knows what happened to your audio (now digital data) signal. : This is where analog devices prevail. All analog devices can have their audio signals traced audibly, electrically, and intuitively. Not so with computer audio. : However, a few standards help out: : ASIO, DirectX, DirectSound, SoundBlaster-compatible, VST, and MIDI. Click here to be notified by email when someone replies to your message [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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