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Important Hints to the Prodif 96 Pro driver version 1.0 for Windows 2000
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1. System Requirements
2. Installation
3. What's new
4. What's to do
5. Attention: Windows System Sounds
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1. System Requirements
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* Windows 2000 SP1
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2. Installation
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* Ensure that you are logged on with administrator rights at Windows NT
* Update:
First remove an older Prodif 96 Pro driver by use of the device manager of Windows 2000.
Then force the device manager to search for new hardware or restart your computer.
In this case logon at Windows 2000 as an administrator again.
* Follow the instructions of the Windows 2000 hardware assistant. Choose the folder where
you have copied the driver before as path to the device drivers.
* In some cases (update and installation of multiple cards) Windows 2000 requests you
to restart your system. In this case - restart your system really.
* After the installation the Prodif 96 Pro Sound System is ready to operate.
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3. What's new
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Version 1.0 to NT4 Version 2.11
* "Plug and Play" Support
* Support of the Windows 2000 computer configurations:
- ACPI Multiprozessor PC
- ACPI PC
- ACPI Uniprozessor PC
- MPS Multiprozessor PC
- MPS Uniprozessor PC
- Standard PC
* ASIO 2.0 Support
* 32 Bit Audio Data Transfer Format for MME applications
* Improved synchronous playback buffer return for MME applications
* ADAT Monitoring works again
NT4 Version 2.11
* DatMarker Support
CD marker/indexes can not be read
* Complete implementation of the SyncBus feature with start/stop sychronization
* Warning/Error messages about Sample/Device Conflicts default changed to disabled.
If you encounter problems like these:
- Your Playback/Reocord doen't start
- Your Playback/Record takes the wrong samplerate
- Your applikation reports an error like "Unknown external error"
the turn the error messages on! (Prodif 96 PRO Manager - Settings -> Misc)
* New option implemented: "Default Samplerate" for clock generators
(see Prodif 96 PRO Manager | Settings | Clock)
This gives you the opportunity to determine a samplerate für the Prodif 96 PRO
devices in case that no application is using the Prodif 96 PRO. This is useful
in the following situations:
- with this samplerate the signal monitoring will be done
- external digital devices will get this samplerate if no audio application
is running with th Prodif 96 PRO. Therefore this devices will keep its clock
also if a previous running application was using a samplerate which was
out of range for the external digital devices.
In case of a ADAT-Setup please determine here the samplerate you want to
use with the external equipment.
That is, after a system start all device will be locked to the samplerate
which you determine (and not an assumed rate which could(!) match).
* A lot of detail improvements
* Known bug: The Adat Monitoring via Analog Out doesn't work.
We will fix this with the next driver version.
NT4 Version 2.06
* Bugs in Version 2.05 fixed
* Prodif 96 PRO Manager - Settings redesigned
* Independent ADAT Record Devices - see Settings|Synchronization
(makes multiple separate recording session with single ADAT record devices possible)
* Settings|Clock
- Sync to ADAT now causes a immediately switch to ADAT operation mode of the card.
(after "Ok2 or "Apply"). After a restart of the operating system the card will
synchronize itself to an incoming ADAT data stream and will be therefore in ADAT
operation mode again. (O2R/O3R users will enjoy this ...)
While in this operation mode, NO S/PDIF or AES/EBU recording/playback is possible!
The new clock setup shows this by visual deactivating the digital wires and devices.
- If you link any device with the clock of the digital input, the card will go into
the S/PDIF or AES/EBU operation mode and synchronizes itself to an incoming
S/PDIF or AES/EBU data stream. While in this operation mode, NO ADAT recording/playback
is possible. The new clock setup show this by visual deactivating the appropriate
ADAT controls.
- If neither the first or the second described sync option is used, the card behaves normal
which means that it chooses the correct operation mode automatically depending on
what you want - record/play using ADAT or S/PDIF or AES/EBU.
NT4 Version 2.05:
* More resistent against any kind of abnormal termination of userapplications
* Work around for a Bug in windows wave driver installer SP3 or higher implemented
(Installer overrides existing wave drivers)
* Work around for a Bug in windows wave driver uninstaller SP5 or higher implemented
(Uninstall failed)
* Operation for extremly small buffers optimized
* New PunchIn- and AutoRecord Monitoring (see Input sections of Prodif96 PRO Manager)
NT4 Version 2.04:
* Why version 2.04 ?
This driver is a part of a new main audio driver model ("Next Generation"),
which is closely the same for Win95/98, NT4 and all other marian audio drivers.
Every published change of this main driver will cause a change of
this version number. This "Next Generation" drivers starting with version 2.0.
In the past we published four driver revisions (to Customers or developers)
for any audio hardware with changes which have effect to all audio cards.
So a ARC88/Prodif PLUS user currently using version 2.03 or earlier will get a
version 2.04 to get the benefits of this Prodif 96 PRO driver release.
* Multicard Support
* Manager (Mixer) Window Application at the taskbar.
* Driver problems after an unsuccessful initialization of the card(s) solved.
* Driver problems belonging to the start/stop synchronization and sample rate conflicts
while running multiple sound applications solved
* Problems with the Stop-Function of some MPEG Players solved.
NT4 Version Beta 1a:
* Default for Digital Output Format changed to AES/EBU
* Default for Digital Input Source changed to Electrical Input
* Audio Device "PD96PRO S/PDIF Playback" renamed to "PD96PRO Digital Playback"
* Audio Device "PD96PRO S/PDIF Record" renamed to "PD96PRO Digital Record"
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3. Installation
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* Ensure that you are logged on with administrator rights at Windows NT
* First remove an older Prodif 96 PRO driver by use of
"Control Panel->Multimedia->Devices" and restart the Windows system.
Once again logon at Windows NT as an administrator.
* Now install the new Prodif 96 PRO driver by use of
"Control Panel->Multimedia->Devices->Add->From Disk".
* Change to the root directory of the driver disk, acknowledge this directory
and choose a driver version from the subsequent appearing list.
* In some cases (update) Windows NT requests you to restart your system.
In this case - restart your system really.
* After the installation the Prodif 96 PRO Sound System is ready to operate.
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4. What's to do
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* WDM Kernel implementation to support DirectSound
and WDM based applications
* ACPI power management functions
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5. Attention: Windows System Sounds
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* After the first installtion of an audio device driver,
Windows 2000 switchs on the Windows System Sounds per default.
The system will playback these sound if a message box appears or
a windows will be minimized or maxminized.
The use of this system sounds may cause some problems in conjuction
with running audio applications.
* Per default the driver takes care of a synchron start and stop of all
analog devices of the Prodif 96 Pro. This is a really important feature for
each multichannel harddiskrecording program but it may cause conflicts
with the windows system sounds.
If a running playback- or recording session will be interrupted by
a system sound (because of a message box or window actions) the
playback- or recording session will STOP too and the related audio
application will hang (under specially circumstances) in a undefined state .
You can solve this behavior by switching off the system sounds
(Control Panel->System Sounds) or by deactivating the Start/Stop
Synchronization Option of the Prodif 96 Pro driver.
(Taskbar->Prodif 96 Pro Icon Doubleclick->Settings) .
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.