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- PLEASE READ
- -------------------------------------------------
- By using the following Windows 3.1 Driver Library
- (the "Software"), you are hereby agreeing to the
- included license agreement. Please review the
- file LICENSE.TXT.
-
-
- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- * Sound Blaster Pro Drivers *
- * for *
- * Windows 3.1 *
- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
-
- Table of Contents
- -----------------
-
- I. Introduction
- II. Diskette/.EXE file contents
- III. Installing the drivers
- IV. What to do if the drivers don't install correctly
- V. If you upgraded from Windows 3.0 to Windows 3.1
- VI. Important notes
-
-
- I. Introduction
- ---------------
-
- This diskette (or self extracting .exe file) contains
- drivers and programs for Windows 3.1 users who have a
- Sound Blaster Pro or Sound Blaster Pro Basic.
-
- If you obtained the drivers and programs mentioned in
- this file as a .EXE file from a bulletin board, please
- unzip the contents into an empty directory or onto a
- formatted diskette before following the installation
- instructions.
-
-
- II. Diskette/.EXE contents
- --------------------------
-
- Filename Size Date Description
- -----------------------------------------------------
- OEMSETUP.INF 5-28-92 Windows setup file
-
- CREATIVE.TXT This document
-
- AUDIO.TXT Basic audio driver
- installation instructions
- LICENSE.TXT WDL license agreement
-
- MIDIMAP.CFG 40962 4-23-92 Windows MIDI Map
- configuration
-
- MMCBOX.EXE 22016 3-28-92 MultiMedia Chatterbox
- (.WAV player)
-
- MMJBOX.EXE 22016 4-10-92 MultiMedia Jukebox
- (.MID player)
-
- SBPAUX.DRV 4304 4-15-92 Sound Blaster Pro
- Auxiliary Audio Driver
-
- SBPFM.DRV 12752 4-28-92 Sound Blaster Pro FM
-
- SBPMIXER.EXE 29024 4-10-92 Sound Blaster Pro Mixer
- Utility
-
- SBPSND.DRV 15552 5-15-92 Sound Blaster Pro Wave
- & MIDI Driver
-
- VSBPD.386 5640 5-15-92 Windows Virtual Device
- Driver
-
-
- III. Installing the drivers
- ---------------------------
-
- 1. Start Windows v3.1.
-
- 2. Open the Control Panel and select the Drivers icon.
-
- 3. You should have the following driver names in the
- Installed Drivers list:
-
- MIDI Mapper
- Timer
- [MCI] CD Audio ;this is only for
- owners of CD-ROM drives
- [MCI] MIDI Sequencer
- [MCI] Sound
-
- If you have other drivers installed, please remove
- them with the REMOVE button and restart Windows before
- continuing. If any of these drivers are not listed,
- please add them before continuing. (See your
- Windows manual for details on adding these drivers.)
- Make sure you restart Windows after making changes to
- the driver list.
-
- 4. Click on the ADD button.
-
- 5. Select Unlisted or Updated driver and click on OK.
-
- 6. Insert the floppy containing the drivers.
-
- 7. Type in the drive letter of the floppy drive
- containing the driver disk.
-
- 8. Select Sound Blaster Pro Auxiliary Audio and click on
- OK.
-
- 9. Windows will prompt you for the Sound Blaster I/O
- address. The default I/O address is 220H. If you
- have changed the jumper on your card to 240H, then
- select 240H.
-
- 10. Windows will ask if you want to restart your system.
- Click on DON'T RESTART, then repeat steps 4, 5, 6,
- and 7.
-
- WARNING! - Steps 11 and 12 will OVERWRITE your existing
- MIDIMAP.CFG configuration. If you want to keep your
- existing configuration, click on CANCEL and make a
- copy of MIDIMAP.CFG before continuing the installation
- process.
-
- 11. Select Sound Blaster Pro MIDI Synthesizer and click
- on OK.
-
- 12. Windows will ask if you want to use the current
- MIDIMAP.CFG or install the new MIDIMAP.CFG - Select
- NEW and continue on.
-
- 13. Windows will prompt you for the Sound Blaster I/O
- address. Repeat the instructions in step 9.
-
- 14. Windows will ask if you want to restart your system.
- Click on DO NOT RESTART, then repeat steps 4, 5, 6,
- and 7.
-
- 15. Select Sound Blaster Pro Wave and MIDI and click on
- OK.
-
- 16. Windows will prompt you for the Sound Blaster I/O
- address, Interrupt, and DMA channel. Choose the
- settings your card is set to and continue on.
-
- 17. Windows will ask if you want to restart your system.
- Click on RESTART. Windows will then restart.
-
- 18. Two additional Windows applications are provided.
- They are MMJBOX.EXE and MMCBOX.EXE, please copy them
- into your Windows directory.
-
- IV. What to do if the drivers don't install correctly
- -----------------------------------------------------
-
- If you are having problems installing the drivers, here
- are some things to check. Also, be sure to read the
- "Important Notes" section below.
-
- ** 1. If you installed Windows 3.1 using the "Express
- Installation," Windows scanned your hard disk for
- programs to be installed. As a result, older
- versions of the Chatterbox, Jukebox, and Mixer were
- installed if they were on your hard disk at the time
- of installation. Please remove these icons. To do
- this, click on the icon once to select it, then press
- the delete key. Windows will ask you for confirmation.
- Repeat for each icon.
-
- 2. Check the size and date of all the driver files in the
- Windows SYSTEM directory against the listing in the
- section "Diskette/.EXE Contents". Make sure that the
- correct drivers have been copied to your hard disk.
-
- 3. Open the Driver applet in Control panel. You should at
- least have the following driver names in the Installed
- Drivers list:
-
- Creative Sound Blaster Pro Auxiliary Audio
- Creative Sound Blaster Pro MIDI Synthesizer
- Creative Sound Blaster Pro Wave and MIDI
- MIDI Mapper
- Timer
- [MCI] CD Audio ;this is only for owners
- of CD-ROM drives
- [MCI] MIDI Sequencer
- [MCI] Sound
-
- If one or more of these drivers do not exist, you must
- install the driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control
- Panel (See the Windows manual for more details).
-
- 4. Check your SYSTEM.INI by choosing RUN from the File menu
- of the Program Manager, and typing SYSEDIT in the command
- line box. Examine the [drivers] and [sndblst.drv]
- sections. They should look something like
- this:
-
- [drivers]
- Timer=timer.drv
- Midimapper=midimap.drv
- Aux=sbpaux.drv
- MIDI=sbpfm.drv
- Wave=sbpsnd.drv
- MIDI1=sbpsnd.drv
-
- [sndblst.drv]
- port=220
- int=7
- dmachannel=1
-
- 5. If Windows won't install a device driver or you get the
- error message "Device not found" when playing a Wave or
- MIDI file or a CD, be sure you have the following settings
- in the [mci] section of SYSTEM.INI
-
- [mci]
- WaveAudio=mciwave.drv
- Sequencer=mciseq.drv
- CDAudio=mcicda.drv ;this is only for owners
- of CD-ROM drives
-
- If one or more of these do not exist, you must install
- the driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control Panel
- (See the Windows manual for instructions). Do not type
- in the entries into the SYSTEM.INI because the files have
- to be installed into your SYSTEM directory by Windows.
-
-
- V. If you upgraded from Windows 3.0 to Windows 3.1
- --------------------------------------------------
-
- If you upgraded an existing copy of Windows 3.0 or Windows
- 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions to Windows 3.1, here are some
- special notes to consider.
-
- 1. If you have a line which reads "device=vsbd.386" in the
- [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI, please delete it. This
- is an old driver which has been replaced by VSBPD.386.
- The new driver will not work correctly until this
- line is removed.
-
- 2. Delete the file SBPMIXER.CPL in the Windows SYSTEM
- directory. It is no longer being supported. The new
- SBPMIXER.EXE is now used instead and is loaded
- automatically when you install the Sound Blaster drivers.
-
- 3. After installing Windows 3.1, verify that the latest
- SBPMIXER.EXE, MMCBOX.EXE, MMJBOX.EXE, SBPFM.DRV,
- SBPAUX.DRV and SBPSND.DRV have been copied to your hard
- disk. Check the size and date of these files against
- the listing in the section "Diskette Contents". You can
- delete any older versions that you find in your system.
-
-
- VI. Important notes
- -------------------
- * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- * I M P O R T A N T *
- * * * * * * * * * * * * *
-
- 1. The drivers that are included with the Windows 3.1
- Resource Kit are not the lastest drivers and may not
- work properly. Please do not use them.
-
- 2. We are including drivers that make use of Device
- Virtualization. These drivers will allow DOS Apps
- that use the Sound Blaster to run in Enhanced Mode.
-
- Please make sure that a line reading
- "device=vsbpd.386" exists under the [386Enh] section
- in your SYSTEM.INI. If you have a line which reads
- "device=vsbd.386", please delete it. Also, make sure
- the file VSBPD.386 is in your Windows SYSTEM directory.
- If it is not, copy it from the Drivers Disk.
-
- 3. The Windows 3.1 drivers can now be used in both Windows
- 3.0 with Multimedia extensions as well as Windows 3.1.
- They will check the Windows version and use the correct
- Sound Blaster section name to access the settings in the
- SYSTEM.INI.
-
- 4. A MIDI-MAP has been created to make use of the
- SBPFM.DRV, please use the MIDI MAPPER icon under Control
- Panel to customize it to your requirements.
-
- Under Windows 3.1, MIDI channel 10 is referenced as the
- drum channel. If you are having problems with the FM
- synth not sounding "right", try modifying the
- configuration with the MIDI Mapper.
-
- The following is a list of the existing MIDI Map
- configurations and how they are mapped:
-
- Map Input Output Output Input Output Output
- Name Channel Channel Port Map Name Channel Channel Port
- ------ ------- ------- ------ -------- ------- ------- ------
- All FM 1 1 FM All MIDI 1 1 MIDI
- 2 2 FM 2 2 MIDI
- 3 3 FM 3 3 MIDI
- 4 4 FM 4 4 MIDI
- 5 5 FM 5 5 MIDI
- 6 6 FM 6 6 MIDI
- 7 7 FM 7 7 MIDI
- 8 8 FM 8 8 MIDI
- 9 9 FM 9 9 MIDI
- 10 10 FM 10 10 MIDI
- 11 11 FM 11 11 MIDI
- 12 12 FM 12 12 MIDI
- 13 13 FM 13 13 MIDI
- 14 14 FM 14 14 MIDI
- 15 15 FM 15 15 MIDI
- 16 16 FM 16 16 MIDI
- Ext FM 1 1 FM Ext MIDI 1 1 MIDI
- 2 2 FM 2 2 MIDI
- 3 3 FM 3 3 MIDI
- 4 4 FM 4 4 MIDI
- 5 5 FM 5 5 MIDI
- 6 6 FM 6 6 MIDI
- 7 7 FM 7 7 MIDI
- 8 8 FM 8 8 MIDI
- 9 9 FM 9 9 MIDI
- 10 10 FM 10 10 MIDI
- Basic FM 13 13 FM 14 14 FM
- 15 15 FM 16 10 FM
-
- NOTE: Channel 16 in the Basic FM mapping has been routed to
- channel 10 for proper access to the drum channel based
- on Microsoft standards for MIDI authoring.
-
-
-