Q: What is the recording medium?
A: There is no recording medium on the device itself. This device uses
the computer's Hard Drive (desktop or notebook) or CD-ROM / DVD-ROM
to playback files and store music. It is a *USB Sound Card* replacement
for computers with a poor quality built-on Sound Card or that do not have
a Sound System at all. It also provides Digital Sound (S/PDIF) plus
multichannel (5.1 / 7.1) Surround Sound that your sound card may not have.
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Bundled Software:
Q: It comes with a "lite" version of a music writing program, can we get
a more robust version that will work on it too.
A: Besides the included Applications, there are two music programs *Demo
versions* of the Licensed versions available for purchase on our Web Site
under Software.
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Ogg Vorbis:
Q: Is it possible to play files or record them using Ogg Vorbis codecs?
A: As long as you have a Software program that provides this CODEC it
will work.
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Hard Disk or RAM included?
Q: Does it have a hard disc or is it solid memory, does it store as MP3
and how much capacity does it have?
A: Sorry, there is no hard disk or memory on this little 3" x 2" device.
It is not an iPod. It is a USB Sound Card that uses your computer disk
for storage. It simply replaces your Sound Card (Desktop or Notebook)
using Headphones or External Powered Speakers.
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Batteries or Power Supply?
Q: What kind of battery and/or recharge time or battery life.
A: There are no batteries. It receives Power from your Computer's USB port.
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Connection to a portable device:
Q: This product relies upon the 5.1 decoding of a laptop computer to do its
thing. It's not a Dolby or DTS decoder per se? I see that it has an
Optical/SPDIF Line In: Does that mean it can accept the digital audio
output of a portable DVD player or a game console? Please advise, thanks!
A: You are correct. This device is NOT a Dolby or DTS Decoder. It will accept
a signal from a portable DVD player or a game console, as long as this is
in PCM data format (WAV format).
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Recording - Line In:
Q: I am a musician and want to record my cassette tapes on computer. My
computer does not have a Line In. I want to record from an analogue source
(RCA connections) but my computer only has USB port and a firewire port.
A: The AA SRM would be what you need. It should work with any recording
application because it's a soundcard and it takes over the soundcard
function of the computer.
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Q: I want to use my laptop to play my music through my receiver (a Yamaha
R-V 905). My receiver has a digital input. Can I play my MP3s through
one of your sound cards via the optical line-in? Or, will my receiver
not be able to interpret the mp3 data (do I need a DAC?). Is there a
direct lineout that will not alter the mp3s and allow me to play the
mp3s as recorded without any volume/equalization changes?
A: The audio player software that you use on the computer (e.g. Windows
Media Player) will decode the MP3 files to stereo PCM (like WAV) format,
which should definitely work with your Yamaha receiver's Digital In.
The Yamaha receiver undoubtedly has a DAC built-in downstream from the
Digital In, so you should not need to purchase and install a standalone
DAC.
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Multiple Outputs:
Q: I wanted to know if the hardware/software could handle two distinct
audio outputs (i.e speakers and headphones). I need to be able to play
CD player A to the sound system and CD player B to my headphones
simultaneously. This enables me to set-up the next selection to be played
on CD player A.
A: The SRM is a stereo output device unless you use a Dolby Digital decoder
software that splits the Dolby-encoded audio into the 6 separate channels
of 5.1 surround output.
Usually, music production software does not have this kind of a DD
decoder. However, it can usually choose any set of audio outputs
(soundcards) installed on the system provide the software you use has
the ability to choose to output separate "tracks" on different soundcards
installed in your system.
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Q: I am thinking of purchasing the Audio Advantage SRM USB Audio Adapter but
would like to know how I can use it for a separate 5.1 speaker system.
I see it comes with a 5.1 channel speaker cable - how can I separate the
left and right from the single front and rear connections?
A: The jacks (female connectors) on the included 'splitter' cable are stereo
(3-conductor). You can use adapters to 'split' the L and R audio signals
from each 3.5mm stereo phone jack.
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