Syncing multiple M-Audio Delta Series Cards in one computer.

This one is for the files. It seems to me that more and more people will be
looking for info about how to synchronize multiple M-Audio Delta series
cards in the future. It's not that easy to find, right now.

I had the problem, but the documentation that came with the cards, as well
as google web and newsgroup searching came up empty. Ironically, there are
virtually 100's of instances of sales blurbs trumpeting this feature, but
very few descriptions of how to actually do it.

For example:

http://www.midiman.net/products/m-audio/delta.php

"Flexibility in combining and syncing multiple cards"

*All* of the Delta card documentation I just downloaded from their web site
that I examined (Delta 44, 66, DIO2496, AP 2496, 1010, 1010lt, etc.) lacks
this critical paragraph. I finally found it by going through the
documentation for the entire product line. Unfortunately the Delta 44 lacks
SP/DIF I/O and can't synchronize with other cards.

Here's how to sync multiple Delta cards in the same computer:

http://www.midiman.net/support/manua...410_manual.pdf

"The selection "Multi-card Sync " will remain grayed out until a second
Delta PCI card (of which there are a variety) is installed in the
system.When you wish to synchronize two (or more,up to four) Delta
cards,select Multi-card Sync on the second and successive cards. Then,select
S/PDIF as your master clock,and connect the S/PDIF output of the first card
to the S/PDIF input of the second card,etc.This ensures that when the
application goes into record or playback,it waits until all audio ports are
open before it commences with recording or playback of audio."

Hopefully, it will now will take others a lot less searching to find this
information about how to synch multiple Midiman Delta sound cards.
Obviously, M-Audio needs to update *every* Delta-series PDF file on their
web site so they contain this critical information about using more than one
Delta cards in the same computer.