***************************************************************************** Important Hints to the Marc 4 Midi driver version 1.10 for Windows 2000/XP **************************************************************************** 1. System Requirements 2. Installation 3. What's new 4. What's to do 5. Attention: Windows System Sounds ------------------------------------------ 1. System Requirements ------------------------------------------ * Windows 2000 SP1 or Windows XP ----------------------------------------- 2. Installation ----------------------------------------- * Ensure that you are logged on with administrator rights at Windows NT * Update: First remove an older Marc 4 Midi driver by use of the device manager of Windows 2000/XP. Then force the device manager to search for new hardware or restart your computer. In this case logon at Windows 2000/XP as an administrator again. * Follow the instructions of the Windows 2000/XP 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/XP requests you to restart your system. In this case - restart your system really. * After the installation the Marc 4 Midi Sound System is ready to operate. ------------------------------------------ 3. What's new ------------------------------------------ Version 1.10 * This version is compatible to MS Windows XP * MME Interface: synchronous buffer return improved * SyncBus: Start/Stop Synchronization improved Version 1.0 to NT4 Version 1.02 * "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 ------------------------------------------ 4. What's to do ------------------------------------------ * WDM Kernel implementation to support DirectSound and WDM based applications * ACPI power management functions ------------------------------------------ 5. Attention: Windows System Sounds ------------------------------------------ * After the first installtion of an audio device driver, Windows 2000/XP 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 Marc 4 Midi. 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 Marc 4 Midi driver. (Taskbar->Marc 4 Midi Icon Doubleclick->Settings) . Leipzig 03-20-02Download 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.
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