MediaMonkey Installation Tips

Go to: http://www.mediamonkey.com

Download either Standard or Gold version and follow installation instructions

Media Monkey setup:

1)         Select "Tools" - "Options".

2)         Select "General".

3)         Uncheck "Pop-up track info in tray" to avoid alert tones.

4)         Select "General-File Types"

5)         Check "extensions to be associated with Media Monkey".  Include at least FLAC and WAV  (NOTE:  We recommend using WAV files.)

6)         Select "Player - Output Plugins".

7)         Select "WaveOut".

8)         Click on "Configure" button

9)         In "Device" window select AES16.

10)       Under "Buffering" set "Buffer-ahead on track change" slider to 0 ms. The 200 ms default causes noise problems with high-res material.

11)       Check that "Prebuffer" slider is also set to 0 ms.

12)       Leave "Buffer length" at 2000 ms default.

13)       Under "Volume control" uncheck "Enable".

14)       Click on "OK" in "waveOut"

15)       Click on "OK" in "Options"

NOTE: Verifying data integrity from the hard drive to DAC is easy if you have any HDCD recordings and an Alpha DAC. When playing the file the HDCD light on the Alpha DAC should illuminate. If it doesn’t there is a problem caused by data alteration and you should investigate all of your settings.

NOTE: Do not use the ASIO driver for sound quality reasons.

NOTE: When driving the Berkeley DAC set everything up for "single wire" for playing high resolution recordings.

NOTE: When doing sonic listening tests be very careful at first and start off at very low volumes, as if any firmware or software settings are wrong, or if there is some conflict, you could get full scale white noise which at high volumes could damage your system or even blow up your speakers!   We cannot be responsible for anything untoward that might happen. SO PLEASE USE CAUTION!!

SUGGESTION:  If you want to be conservative use your computer only as a music server. If you follow this advice and do all other computer-based tasks on another computer you may experience more reliable music server operation, especially over the long term.