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This diskette contains DOS utilities for Aria-based sound card.
The following is the file name followed by the description of
each utility:
ARIATEST.EXE Tests for presence of Aria board and reports
base address port, IRQ number and version numbers.
Board capabilities are also listed.
PLAYWAVE.EXE Plays Microsoft .WAV format files direct from hard
disk. Specify up to 4 different sample files as
command line arguments.
RECWAVE.EXE Records a Microsoft .WAV format file direct to
hard disk. Specify a file name (.WAV) as command
line argument. Will prompt for set up information.
PLAYMIDI.EXE Plays a Standard MIDI File (SMF) from the DOS
command line. The MIDI file must be format 0 or
format 1. The syntax is:
PLAYMIDI midifile <bankfile> </Qqfile> </R>
where, midifile is the Standard MIDI File to play,
bankfile is an optional Aria patch bank file,
qfile is an optional path to the QSound DSP
application,
/R is an option to active reverb
If no bankfile is specified, GENMIDI1.BNK
will be used for 512 Kbyte Sound ROM systems,
GENMIDI2.BNK will be used for 1 Mb Sound ROM
systems. If an 'ARIABANK' environment variable
is set to a DOS path, the bank files will be
used from that directory.
VOLUME.EXE Adjusts master volume for SD8026 (mixer chip board)
only. Type:
VOLUME vol
where vol is a value from 0 to 63.
CDVOL.EXE Adjusts CD-ROM audio volume. The syntax is:
CDVOL vol
where vol is a value from 0 to 127.
SBVOL.COM Adjusts Sound Blaster synthesizer and digital
audio volume. This program will only work with
SD8025 boards that have installed SB196.COM and
above, plus all SD8026 boards. The syntax is:
SBVOL synth wave
where synth is the Sound Blaster synth volume from
0 to 63,
wave is the Sound Blaster digital audio
volume from 0 to 63.