Xonar D1 7.1 Channels Sound Board Manual

ASUS Xonar D1

7. RMAA Test Guide

The Xonar D1 driver CD includes RightMark Audio Analyzer (RMAA) v5.6, a

popular software intended for testing the quality of audio equipment, be it a sound

card, portable MP3 player, consumer CD/DVD player, or a speaker system. The

measurements are conducted by playing and recording test signals, and using

frequency analysis algorithms. The following provides a step-by-step loop-back

test guide for your Xonar D1 audio card.

7.1 Setting Up Xonar D1 Audio Card

Open the Xonar D1 Audio Center. Use the settings below:

1. Select the sample rate you will be using with RMAA (here we set 48KHz for

testing 48KHz/24bit signals).

2. Set analog output to 2-speaker mode (to get rid of any channel processing

over RMAA stereo signals in the driver)

3. Turn off all sound effects including Dolby, 7.1 speaker shifter, EQ,

Environment, etc. A quick way to do so is to enable the “Hi-Fi mode” button in

the Audio Center.