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- SOUND BLASTER 16 README.TXT
- ===========================
-
- This file contains information not available at the printing of the
- manual. Please read all the sections before you proceed with the
- installation.
-
- This file contains the following sections:
-
- 1. Software Installation
- 2. Hardware Configuration
- 3. CD-ROM Device Drivers Installation
- 4. Sound Blaster 16 Mixer Control
- 5. Creative Soundo'LE
- 6. Voice Utilities
- 7. Sound Drivers Installation Utility (INSTDRV.EXE)
- 8. Maximum Recording Rates For Sound Blaster 16
- 9. Advanced Signal Processor
- 10. Using Windows QSound Control Panel
- 11. Manual Errata
- 12. Acknowledgement
-
-
- 1. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
-
- The installation program, INSTALL.EXE will modify your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. Your original files will be
- renamed with the extension B~K.
-
- WINSETUP will NOT set up the drivers and applications properly if
- your BLASTER environment strings are incorrectly set. Please make
- sure that these environment strings are set properly before
- running WINSETUP.EXE. You may enter "SET" at the DOS prompt to
- check the environment settings. Refer to your Sound Blaster
- manual for more details on the BLASTER and SOUND environment
- strings.
-
- Normally, WINSETUP.EXE needs to be run only once. If the hardware
- settings of your sound card needs to be changed, use the DRIVER
- applet in CONTROL PANEL to change the settings of your Windows
- drivers. Refer to your Windows manual for more details on the
- DRIVER applet.
-
-
- 2. HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
-
- Run SBCONFIG.EXE to configure your card if you change the default
- DMA channels 1 and 5, or interrupt 5. To avoid conflicts with
- Adaptec 1542 card change DMA 5 to 6 or 7.
-
- Remember to REBOOT your system
-
-
- 3. CD-ROM DEVICE DRIVERS INSTALLATION
-
- NOTE
- ====
-
- If you have 3 or more logical or physical drives installed in
- your system, you must specify the LASTDRIVE command in your
- CONFIG.SYS by adding the following line.
-
- LASTDRIVE=?
-
- Where:
- ? specifies the last drive letter available for use
- ranging from A to Z.
-
- An example will be:
-
- LASTDRIVE=P
-
- Please refer to your DOS manual for more details.
-
-
- 4. SOUND BLASTER 16 MIXER CONTROL
-
- SB16MIX.EXE
- -----------
-
- This mixer can only be accessed when you are in video mode 3 (text
- mode - 80x25 lines in 16 colors) or 4 (graphic mode - 40x25 lines
- in 4 colors). If you are using any other video mode, a single
- line version of the mixer will appear. No mixer control is
- available if you select a video mode above 13h (Enhanced video
- mode).
-
- 5. CREATIVE SOUNDO'LE
-
- Creative Soundo'LE uses the hard disk as the working space.
- Recording and playback are done directly to your hard disk.
-
- Creative Soundo'LE also supports compressed wave files. You may
- record or play compressed wave files using Soundo'LE. The
- graphical Signal Indicator will not be updated when you use
- compressed files.
-
-
- 6. VOICE UTILITIES
-
- Below is a list of the limitations and capabilities of the
- following utilities :
-
- WAV2VOC .EXE - Able to support ALAW, uLAW and ADPCM
- compressed files.
-
- VOC2WAV .EXE - Does not support 16-bit compressed files.
-
- VOCN2O .EXE - Does not support 16-bit compressed files.
-
-
- 7. SOUND DRIVERS INSTALLATION UTILITY (INSTDRV.EXE)
-
- The program INSTDRV.EXE will not change the default DMA and IRQ
- settings of the CTWMEM.DRV and CTWDSK.DRV drivers. Current
- applications using these two drivers obtain the card's settings
- from the BLASTER environment string.
-
-
- 8. MAXIMUM RECORDING RATES FOR SOUND BLASTER 16
-
- The sampling rate used for recording is largely influenced by your
- computer's main processor. The following maximum recording rates
- are suggested when you use 16-bit digital audio under Windows:
-
-
- ╔═══════════════════════╤══════════════════════╗
- ║ SYSTEM │ RECORDING RATE ║
- ╠═══════════════════════╪══════════════════════╣
- ║ │ ║
- ║ 386 and above │ Stereo - 44KHz ║
- ║ │ Mono - 44KHz ║
- ║ │ ║
- ╟───────────────────────┼──────────────────────╢
- ║ │ ║
- ║ 386 SX and below │ Stereo - 22KHz ║
- ║ │ Mono - 44KHz ║
- ║ │ ║
- ╚═══════════════════════╧══════════════════════╝
-
- For optimal performance under Windows, configure your audio card
- for 16-bit DMA (Direct Memory Access). Refer to your Sound
- Blaster 16 Getting Started Manual for more information on setting
- up the audio card to use a 16-bit DMA channel.
-
-
- 9. ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSOR
-
- For users with Advanced Signal Processor, the Advanced Signal
- Processor files (*.CSP) MUST be located in the Sound Blaster 16
- CSP sub directory (example C:\SB16\CSP) when you use any
- compression technology.
-
-
- 10. USING WINDOWS QSOUND CONTROL PANEL
-
- The QSound effect cannot be enabled or disabled during a wave
- playback. The enabling or disabling of QSound effect will only
- affect the next wave playback.
-
- The QSound Control window works in low priority mode. When an
- application like Creative Mosaic uses QSound, the control panel
- becomes inactive. When you quit the application that uses QSound,
- the Control window will become active again.
-
- * Note : QSound application program is only available on Sound
- Blaster 16 with Advanced Signal Processor.
-
-
- 11. MANUAL ERRATA
-
- If errors are not found in your manuals, please ignore this
- section.
-
- A. User Reference Manual:
-
- Page 3-4 and 3-5 In "Windows Mixer Menus" section,
-
- - "Save" command in the settings menu should be "Save on exit",
- which allows you to save all changes made to the mixer.
-
- - "Always on top" command is included to make the application
- stay on top all the time.
-
-
- Technical Support for Creative Labs
- The ZIP Code has been changed from 74973 to 74075.
- The BBS number has been change from 408-428-6660 to
- 405-742-6660.
-
- 12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
-
- The current version of SB16FM.DRV is from Voyetra Technologies.
-
-
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