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- SOUND BLASTER PRO LATEST INFORMATION
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- This file contains information not available during the printing of
- the manual. Please read all the sections before you proceed with any
- installation procedure.
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- This file contains the following sections:
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- 1. MIDI files
- 2. Creative WaveStudio
- 3. Creative Soundo'LE
- 4. Talking Scheduler
- 5. READDRV Utility
- 6. Manual Errata
- 7. Acknowledgement
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- 1. MIDI FILES
-
- The MIDI files in the subdirectory \PLAYMIDI are created to
- support the MIDI MAPPER and they comply fully to the Multimedia
- PC rules. When you use MMJBOX in WINDOWS 3.1 to play these files,
- make sure that your MIDI MAPPER is set to either the SBP2 EXT FM
- or SBP2 BASIC FM. Using it with SBP2 ALL FM will cause the
- song to sound "cluttered".
-
- For the PLAYMIDI.EXE program, you have to use the /FMT switch when
- you play these MIDI files. For example:
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- PLAYMIDI Midifile /FMT:Extended
- or PLAYMIDI Midifile /FMT:Basic.
-
-
- Refer to the manual for more information on MIDI file format and
- MIDI Mapper.
-
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- 2. CREATIVE WAVESTUDIO
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- Version 1.0
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- a. Playback capabilities -
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- WaveStudio loads wave files into memory for editing. By default,
- it plays back the wave file directly from your disk drive for
- efficiency reasons.
-
- When you edit a file, in order to play back the changes that you
- have made, WaveStudio will play it back from memory. For smaller
- wave files, this is not a problem. However, you may experience
- "jerky" playback of large wave files.
-
- This applies if you are using Windows in Enhanced Mode and are
- using virtual memory (utilizing the Windows swapfile).
-
- To eliminate this, save your changes and then playback; WaveStudio
- will play back from disk and you will not hear the interruptions.
-
-
- b. Virtual memory -
-
- If you are using Windows in Enhanced Mode, we suggest that you use
- a permanent swap file for your virtual memory. This can be
- configured using the 386 Enhanced applet in the Windows Control
- Panel.
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-
- c. Insufficient memory -
-
- If you do not have sufficient memory to load a wave file into
- memory for editing, WaveStudio will not display the waveform and
- you will not be able to perform any editing on the wave. However
- you can still play back the wave file.
-
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- 3. CREATIVE SOUNDO'LE
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- Creative Soundo'LE uses the hard disk as the working space.
- Recording and playback are done directly to your hard disk.
-
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- 4. TALKING SCHEDULER
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- a. Making appointments
-
- Appointments can only be made on a 1 day time-slot. For example,
- you cannot make an appointment that begins at 11 pm and ends at
- 1 am.
-
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- 5. READDRV UTILITY
-
- A utility READDRV.EXE is provided with this software package.
- This utility identifies the versions of Creative drivers.
-
- The entry format for READDRV is:
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- READDRV [/H | /?] [Driver Path]
-
- where
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- /H or /? - Displays a Help screen
- Driver Path - Specifies the path containing the Creative
- Drivers. If this parameter is not specified, the
- current path is assumed.
-
- READDRV checks for the existence of any command line parameters.
- If a directory is specified, this utility will attempt to scan the
- directory and read the drivers. If no path is specified, the
- current directory will be scanned and the drivers read (If any).
- If no drivers exist in this directory, the program will read SOUND
- environment and search the DRV directory specified in the SOUND
- environment.
-
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- 6. MANUAL ERRATA
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- User Reference Manual
-
- Pg. 3-3 "\SBPRO\VEDIT2 sub-directory" should read
- "\SBPRO\VOCUTIL sub-directory".
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- Pg. 5-3 Ignore the utility VSR.
-
- Pg. 5-4, "/Bxx" should read "/B:xx".
- Pg. 5-5
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- Pg. 5-5 "/Sxx" should read "/S:xx".
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- Pg. 5-5 "/Txx" should read "/T:xx".
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- Pg. 5-6 "[/C:xx] [/R:xx] [/S:xx] [/L:xx]" should read
- "[/Cxx] [/Rxx] [/Sxx] [/Lxx]".
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- Pg. 5-6 "/C:xx" should read "/Cxx".
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- Pg. 5-8 Ignore the /M option.
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- Pg. 7-8 All the "/OUT" should read "/START".
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- Pg. 7-9 All the "/PLAY" should read "/START".
- Pg. 7-10
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- Pg. 8-13 "...can be one of the following:" should read
- "...can be voice, line, CD, music and master".
-
- Getting Started
-
- Pg. 3 "TEST-SBC" should read "TEST-SBP".
-
-
- 7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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- This version of SBP2FM.DRV is from Voyetra Technologies.
-
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- ********* End of README *********
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