Creative AWE64 manual

Sound Getting Started Quick Start for INTERNET ed Audio T ools Plug and Play Install T ips Notes for W a veSynth/WG Users ®[...]

Gettin g Start ed Information in this d ocument is sub ject to ch ange withou t notice a n d does not represe nt a commitment on the pa rt of Creati ve Technology Ltd. The software described in this do cume n t is furnish ed und er a licen se agree ment and may b e used o r co pied on l y in ac corda nce with th e terms of the license agreemen t. I[...]

Compliance This pro duct con forms to th e fo llowing Co uncil Directive : ❑ Directive 89 /336 /EEC, 92/31/ EEC (EMC)[...]

v Co nt en ts Intr oduction ... ........ .... ....... ........ .... ....... ........ .... ....... ..... ....... ....... ..... ....... ....... ... vii B efore You Begi n . .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. .... vii i Che cking Sys te m Require ment s . ... .. .. ..... ..[...]

vi Appe nd ice s A General Specifications B Unde rstanding the I nstallation Understanding the Software-Configurable Settings ... ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ..... .... ... .... B-1 Input/Output (I/O) Addresses ..... .. ... .. ... .. .. ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .... ..... .. ..... .. B-2 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines ... ..... ..... .... ... .... ...[...]

vii Introduc ti on Welcom e to t he exc iting world of Advanced WavEffe cts synthesi s! You are now the owner of a Crea t ive S ound Blaster ® AWE64 Gold, a 16-bit audio card, which comes w ith the stat e-of-the-art Creative WaveSynth/W G soft ware . Your S ound Bl ast er AWE 64 Gold a udio c ard al lows you t o achi eve rea li stic and t hree - d[...]

viii If you do not want t o use WaveSynth/WG, you can dis able it through the W aveSynt h/W G Control Panel. Then, your MIDI and audio t asks will be han d ed back to the appropriate hardware in your computer. The combi nat ion of thes e features, along wi th our award-wi nning EMU8000 hardware w avet able synthesi zer, wil l a llow y ou to enjoy h[...]

ix Windows 95 and Windows 3.1x, respecti vely. F or general spec ifica tio ns, inst al latio n ba ckgro und infor ma tion, s ettin gs changes, and troubl eshooti ng tips, s ee the appe ndice s. Getti ng M ore I nforma ti on Refer to the online User’s Guide for MIDI specifi catio ns and connector pin assignme nts, as wel l as instructions on how t[...]

x Icons In this manual , ico ns are used to highli ght area s of text that req uire extra a ttent ion (see Ta ble i i). Table ii: Icons . Icon Use Tip or useful information. W arning.[...]

Sett ing U p Yo ur Audio C ar d 1- 1 1 Se tting U p Your Audio Card Thi s chapter is orga niz ed as follows: ❑ Knowing Your Audi o Card ❑ In stal li ng the Card an d Relate d Hardwa re[...]

1-2 S etting Up Y our Aud i o Car d Knowing Your Aud io Card Your audio card ha s the followi ng jacks and conn ectors which al low you to atta ch other devi ce s to your card: Jacks ar e one -hole conn ectin g inte rfa ce s wher ea s conne ct ors consis t of many pairs of pi ns. R efer to the o nline User’s Gu ide, “H ard war e Information ”[...]

Sett ing U p Yo ur Audio C ar d 1- 3 The end o f the ca ble att ac hed to th e S PD IF O ut j ack mu st b e conne cted to t he SP DIF c onnect or o n your a udio card. The di git al a udi o si gnals fr om th e SPDIF Out jack c onta in audio outpu t from t he EMU8 000 waveta ble chip m ixed wit h di git al v oic e pla yback if the pla ybac k is in 1[...]

1-4 S etting Up Y our Aud i o Car d Ins tal ling t he Car d an d Re lat ed Hard ware If yo u want to install t his P l ug and Pla y (PnP) card in a non-P nP envi ronment suc h as DOS/Wi ndows 3.1 x o r Win dows 95 MS-DOS Mode, you mu st first ins t all a PnP confi gura tio n manage r. For more d etai ls, re fer to t he document ation that com es wi[...]

Sett ing U p Yo ur Audio C ar d 1- 5 6. Align your car d’s 1 6-bit slot conne ctor with th e expansion sl ot and ge ntl y lowe r the ca rd into th e free slot a s shown. 7. Sec u r e th e ca r d to th e expa nsion slot wit h the s crew that y ou remove d f rom th e me ta l pl a te . 8. C onnect powere d speak ers or an exte rnal ampli fie r to th[...]

1-6 S etting Up Y our Aud i o Car d To te s t your DRAM upgrade: 1. Make sure yo u h ave i nstall ed the a udio card’s s of tware. (The ins tall ati on of the sof twar e will be covere d in the next two chap ter s. ) 2. St art the AWE Control Pane l an d downl oad Sou ndF ont bank s. From the memory sta tus ba r, you shoul d be able to see the ch[...]

Inst a lli ng So f twar e in Wind ows 95 2-1 2 Install ing Software in W indows 95 Thi s chapte r shows yo u how to ins tall t he audi o softwa re in Wi ndows 95 a fte r insta ll ing yo ur card. It compri ses t he fol lowing sections : ❑ Setti ng Up the Audio Car d Drive rs ❑ In stal ling the App lic at ion s ❑ Test ing the Insta ll ati on ?[...]

2-2 Ins t a ll i ng S of tw ar e in Wind ows 95 ❑ If a dial og box s imil ar to Figu re 2-2 ap pears , clic k the se cond op ti on, a nd the n cli ck th e OK butto n. Fi gur e 2-2: Driver i nst all ation d ia log b ox in whi ch the Wi ndow s defa ul t dri ver op tio n is NO T av aila ble.[...]

Inst a lli ng So f twar e in Wind ows 95 2-3 ❑ If the Insta ll From Dis k dialog box appears 1. Inse rt th e insta ll at ion CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive a nd select t he drive . 2. Clic k the Browse butt on and look for a .I NF fil e in the root dire ctory. If you cann ot find it, selec t th e fold er Lang uage WIN95 DRIV ERS , wh er e La ngu[...]

2-4 Ins t a ll i ng S of tw ar e in Wind ows 95 3. Clic k the Win dows Se tup ta b. The Windows Set up tabbed page sim i lar t o Figure 2-3 appe a r s. 4. Se le ct the Mult im ed ia ch ec k box and clic k the Deta il s button . 5. In t he Mul timed ia di alog box, se lect t he Media Pla yer che ckbox, th en Volu me Co ntro l, Audi o Compressio n an[...]

Inst a lli ng So f twar e in Wind ows 95 2-5 1. Clic k t he St art but ton, poi nt t o Pr ogr a ms, poi nt to Acce s sor ie s, po int t o Mu lti medi a, a nd the n cl ick Media P l ayer . The Media Player appe ars as shown in F igur e 2-4. 2. On the Devi ce menu, cl ic k Sound. 3. In t he Open dial og box, se lect a soun d f rom th e li st, an d t [...]

2-6 Ins t a ll i ng S of tw ar e in Wind ows 95 To uni nstal l the applic at ion s: 1 . Click the S tar t button, point t o Sett ings, and then cl ick Contr ol Panel. 2. Double -cl ick t he Add/ Remov e P rograms ic on. The propert ie s she et s imil ar t o Fi gure 2-5 appe ars. 3. Sele ct Sound Bla ster AWE64 Gold a nd cli ck the Add/ Remove bu tt[...]

Inst al l in g Sof t w are i n D OS/ Win dow s 3. 1x 3 -1 3 In st al li ng So ft wa r e in D OS / Wind ows 3.1x Thi s ch apter shows you how to ins tall t he a udio soft ware i n DOS/ Windows 3 .1x a fte r i nstall ing you r card . I t comprises t he f oll owing sections : ❑ Instal ling the Software ❑ Test ing the Insta ll ati on ❑ Optim izin[...]

3-2 Ins t a ll i ng S of tw ar e in DOS/ Wi ndo ws 3 .1 x In or de r to use yo ur AWE64 P lug and Pl ay using DOS/Wi ndows 3.x, you must insta ll th e Creat ive Conf ig urat ion Ma nag er fir s t. Th is i s l ocate d on the Cr eativ e CD in th e d ire ct or y <dri ve><lang>c tcmin stall, e. g. d :franç ai sc tcm i nsta ll Testing[...]

Inst al l in g Sof t w are i n D OS/ Win dow s 3. 1x 3 -3 Op timizing Memory Usa ge I f you cho ose to insta ll t he l ow-level DOS devic e dr iver s under custom ins tallat ion (see “ T h e CONFIG.S YS File Sett ings” on page B-7), yo ur sys t em wi ll l oad th em i n to m emo r y d u r i ng syst em st art up . Howeve r, if you do not nee d th[...]

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Ge ner al Sp eci fica t io ns A -1 A G enera l Sp ecif icati on s Thi s append ix li sts t he ge ner a l spe cif ications of your aud io card. Plug and Play ❑ ISA Specifi cati on versi on 1.0 a compl iant Ad v a nc e d Wa v Eff e cts Sy nt he siz er ❑ 32-voi c e po lypho ny ❑ 16 pa rts multi -ti mbral ❑ 1 MB ROM of General MIDI sampl es ❑[...]

A- 2 G ener al S pecifi cati ons Bu ilt -in Di git al/ Analog Mixer ❑ Mixes s ourc es from digit i zed voi ce and inp uts from MIDI devi ces, CD Audio, L ine In, Mi crophone , and P C S peake r ❑ Sele ctabl e input source or m ixi ng of var ious a udi o sources fo r recordin g Volume Contr ol ❑ Soft ware volu me cont rol of Maste r Volum e , [...]

Understanding the Install ation B-1 B Und erst anding th e I nstalla tio n Thi s append ix is orga niz ed as fol lows : ❑ Unders ta ndi ng the Sof tware-Co nfigu rabl e Set ti ngs ❑ Unders tandi ng the Envi ronment Va riabl e s ❑ Unders ta ndi ng the Inst al la ti on P rogra m in Windows 3. 1x Un der stan ding t he Sof twa r e- Conf igu rabl [...]

B- 2 U nd er stand in g the Inst alla tio n If your card encounter s a confli ct with a perip heral device, you may need t o cha nge it s re sourc e s ettin gs. If you a re us in g Windows 95, run the Devi ce Manag er. If you are using Windows 3.1x, run the confi gura ti on uti lit y that comes with your P nP configura tion manager. For deta ils, s[...]

Understanding the Install ation B-3 Interr upt Req ues t (IRQ) Line s An IRQ line i s a s ignal l ine a de vi ce use s t o notif y y our com puter’s cen tra l proc ess or that it wants to s end or receive data for proc essing. Tab le B-2 li sts a n e xam pl e o f a n IR Q li ne tha t may b e as signe d t o t he audi o i nterfa ce o n yo ur audio [...]

B- 4 U nd er stand in g the Inst alla tio n SOUN D Envi ron me nt Vari abl e The S OUND envi ronmen t va ria ble s pe ci fie s the direc tory loc at ion o f your aud io card’s driv ers and appli c ati ons. The synt ax for this v ar i able is as fo ll ows: SOUND= pa th where path is the drive and dir ectory of th e card’s sof twar e ( e. g., C:[...]

Understanding the Install ation B-5 MIDI E n vi ronment V ariabl e The M IDI e nvi ronm en t var iab l e s peci fi es the M ID I fi le fo rma t us ed and whe r e M ID I da ta is se nt to . MI DI da ta c an b e se nt to the in te rna l st ere o music synthe siz er or MIDI port. Gene ra lly, t here ar e three MIDI fil e formats: Genera l MIDI, Ext e [...]

B- 6 U nd er stand in g the Inst alla tio n You ca n also choose to s et up yo ur W indows a ppli cati ons at a lat e r time by running INS TALL in the audi o software di re ctory on your ha rd disk. INSTALL also a llows yo u to sel e ctiv ely set up com pone nts tha t were not ins t al led pr evi ously. The ins talla ti on progr am also modifi e s[...]

Understanding the Install ation B-7 The CON FI G.S YS F il e S etti ngs I f you cho ose to insta ll t he l ow-level DOS devic e dr iver s under custom ins tall at ion, the ins tal la ti on program also adds the foll owing st atemen t s to th e CO N FI G. SYS f il e: DEVI CE = C :S B1 6 DR V CT SB 16 .SY S /U NI T= 0 /BLA ST ER =A:2 20 I :5 D: 1 [...]

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Chan gi ng Audi o Car d S etting s C- 1 C Chan gin g Audio Card Setti ngs Thi s chapter is orga niz ed as follows: ❑ Ena bli ng/Disa bling Creative 3 D Stereo E nha ncement Effe ct ❑ Ena bli ng/Di sabl ing Full Du ple x Op eratio n ❑ Ena bli ng/Disabling MP U-401 MIDI Emula ti on ❑ Ena bli ng/Disabling J oysti ck Int erf ac e Ena blin g/Di [...]

C-2 Ch ang ing Audi o C ard Se tti ng s 4. In the Dev ice Manager tab, doubl e-c li ck Sound, Video And Game C ontr ollers. 5. Sele ct Cr ea tiv e AWE64 16-bi t Audi o (SB 16-c ompati ble) and cli ck th e Prope rties butt on. 6. In th e p r ope rti es s he et , c li ck th e Se tt ing s ta b. 7. To en a ble the Crea tive 3D St ere o En h ancem en t [...]

Chan gi ng Audi o Car d S etting s C- 3 When full duple x is disabl ed, you ca n pla y a Wave file (or other sou nds) toge the r with Cre at ive WaveSyn th/ WG, or add rev erb to the pla yback but you cannot rec ord at the same tim e. T h e full duple x f ea ture can be enabl ed or disabled i n Wi ndows 95 a nd Win dows 3.1x. In Wind ows 95 To enab[...]

C-4 Ch ang ing Audi o C ard Se tti ng s You must ins t al l the DOS AWEUTIL uti lit y for the MIDI Emula tio n feat ure to fun ction prope rly. For mor e infor mati on, refe r to the AWEUTIL.TXT file in your audi o car d’s ins tall ati on dir ectory. Prot ec ted mod e softwa re does not sup port MIDI E mul ation. You can sti ll pl ay music from s[...]

Chan gi ng Audi o Car d S etting s C- 5 2. Ena ble or dis able the MFB EN jum per a ccordi ng to the se ttings shown i n Fi gure C- 1. E nab li ng/ D isab l in g J oy s tick I nte rf ac e The Gamepad J oyst ick i nte rfa ce c an be e nable d o r di sabl ed in Windows 9 5 and MS-DOS/W indows 3. 1x. In Wind ows 95 To enabl e or disab le the interf a [...]

C-6 Ch ang ing Audi o C ard Se tti ng s 6. To dis a ble the in te r f ac e, cle ar the Orig inal Configura ti on (Curre nt) chec k box in the Gene ral tabbed pag e of the propert i es shee t. To ena ble it, sele ct the c hec k box. 7. Clic k t he OK but ton and re start Wind ows 95 for the change to take effe ct . After re star tin g Win dows 95 t [...]

T rou b les ho ot in g D-1 D Tro ubl esh oot in g Thi s appen dix provides some tips for solv ing some problems you m ay enc ount er wit h your audi o card durin g insta ll ation or norm al use. Problems Instal lin g Au dio Ca rd Soft ware fro m CD -R OM Prob lem In Windows 95, the ins ta lla ti on program does not run autom a tical ly when y ou in[...]

D-2 Troubl esh oot ing ❑ Alter nat ively, if you do not want to sel ec t the Auto Inse rt Notifi cati on c heck box, perform the fol lowi ng 1. Double -cl ic k the My Compute r ic on on your Windows 95 de s ktop. 2. In th e My C ompute r wi ndow, r ight-cl ic k the CD-ROM dri ve icon. 3. On the s hortcut menu, clic k AutoPl ay a nd follow t h e i[...]

T rou b les ho ot in g D-3 Problems in MS- DOS Prob lem SOUND or BLASTER envi ronment c ould not be found. Cause The c omman d to set up the SOUND or BLASTER envir onment might not be incl ude d in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. When yo u i nsta ll yo ur a udi o ca rd’s s oft ware, the com m an d s ar e aut o ma ti ca ll y add e d to th e AUTOEXEC.B AT f[...]

D-4 Troubl esh oot ing Probl e m Syste m ha ngs duri ng the 16 -bit di git ized sound t est, but it works f ine during the 8-bit te st. Cause You r system ’s mothe r boa rd cannot handl e High DMA at fu l l sp ee d. On so me m ac hi n es, th e DM A co nt r o ll er on the mothe rboa rd doe s not funct ion pro perl y durin g High D M A tran sfers. [...]

T rou b les ho ot in g D-5 3. Ma k e s ur e t he fol l o w in g st atement s are pr e s ent : [boot] driver s=m msys te m.dl l msmixmgr. dll [3 86 e nh] devic e=vs bpd.386 devic e=vs bawe. 386 [drive rs] ti mer= tim er .d rv midi mapper=midi map.drv Aux=s b16snd. drv Mixer= sb16snd. drv Wave=sb1 6snd. drv MIDI=sbawe 32.drv MIDI1=sb16fm .drv MIDI2=s[...]

D-6 Troubl esh oot ing Res o lving Co nfl icts in Wind o ws 95 To resol ve c onfl icts in Wi ndows 9 5, run Dev ice Manage r to c ha nge the resourc e sett ing s of your audio card or the con fli cting pe riphe ra l devi ce in your sys tem. To change the res ourc e sett ing : 1. Clic k th e Star t butto n, po int to Setti ngs , and t hen cli ck Con[...]

Techn i cal S upport E -1 E Te chni ca l Su p por t For the late st tec hni ca l s upport inform a tio n, pl ea se refe r to the ‘ Creati ve T echnic al S ervic e s’ le af let, suppl ie d with you r p roduct. We are commit te d to givi ng you the best prod uct as well as the best tec hni ca l support . Ple as e e nte r the followi ng info rmati[...]

E-2 Tech ni cal Sup po r t For qu ick a nd eas y re ferenc e, it is a dvisab le that yo u wri te d own the f ollowing numbers of you r c ard a nd oth er har dware d e vices, if ins tall ed in you r syst e m in T able E -1 and T able E- 2. Thi s secti on shows wher e you c an co nta ct us. ❑ Insi de E urope ❑ Throu gh CompuS erv e ❑ By F ax Ta[...]

Techn i cal S upport E -3 Inside Europe Se e ‘Cre at ive Te chni ca l Ser v ices’ lea fle t fo r de tails. Thr ou gh C omp uS er ve To serve you bette r, we have cr eated a Creati ve Labs Fo rum on CompuS erve . Through thi s forum: ❑ You will ha ve di rec t acces s to our company re pre senta ti ves who will be there to ans we r your que sti[...]

1 Thi s lea flet c ont ains abbre viated inform atio n to get y ou sta rted ri ght a way . Thi s info rmat ion is organ ize d as follow s: 1. Instal latio n instruc tio ns for Windo w s 95. ❑ Se tti ng up Mic roso ft Int erne t Ex plore r ❑ Sett ing up Di al ing and S ervi ce P rovi de r I nfo rmation ❑ Settin g up a Di al Up Script 2. Inst a[...]

2 To in sta ll Real Audi o as a compone n t of Micro soft Intern et Expl or er 3. 0, Mic ros of t I nte r net Ex pl orer 3. 0 mus t be ful l y inst al led. To do this , fo llow the in stru ctio ns a bove with Real Audio n ot che cked, and reboo t you r comput er. Then f ollow t he instru ct io ns abo ve and ins tal l Real Audi o onl y. Setting U p [...]

3 ❑ If you i ntend to use Mi crosoft Exchan ge to handl e your e- mail, you w o uld need t he fo llow ing a ddi ti onal inf ormat ion : a. Your e-mai l addr es s . b. Y our Intern et ma il se rver. If you do no t ha ve t he abo ve inf or mat i on , call you r Inte r net Ser vice Provi de r to ob ta in the m . To set up Micr osof t Int ernet Ex pl[...]

4 10. Enter y our user name and p assword and click Next. 11. In th e IP Ad dres s dialog bo x, selec t “My I n te rnet S e r vi ce Pro vider automa tical ly assi gn me o ne” and click Ne xt. 12. Enter th e addresses for DNS Server a nd Alternate DNS Server. T he ad dr es s is ma d e of fo ur nu m be r s s ep a r a te d by pe ri o d s , e.g . ,[...]

5 To Set Up a Di al-Up Sc ri pt Igno re thi s s ect i on i f your S ervice Pro vi der doe s not re quir e a dial - up scr i pt . If us i ng D ia l-U p Scr i pti ng, do n ot c heck t he “B rin g Up T e rminal Wi ndow ” opti on. To set up a d ial-up script: 1. If you hav e not inst all e d th e Dial -U p Sc r ip ting Too l, fol low th e st eps b [...]

6 4. Fin ally , mak e s ure th at TC P/I P i s the onl y optio n s elec ted as th e allo w e d net wor k prot oco l: a. R ig ht- clic k The Inte rnet ic on on your desk top b. Select Pro pert ies c. Select Prop erties a second time fr om t he Dial ing bo x unde r the Conne ct io n ta b. c. Select Ser v er Ty pe d. Ensur e th at TCP/ IP i s th e onl[...]

7 5. Typ e th e dr ive le tt er of your CD -ROM driv e, follo we d by t he direct ory and inst alla tion co mmand f or the desi red app lica tio n (see tabl e bel ow) . Fo r examp le , to ins tall We bP h one , type D:WEB PHO NEW PSETUP.EXE . 6. Fo llow the in stru ctio ns o n th e scr een to fi nish inst allin g you r applicat i on. 7. Repeat s [...]

8 ❑ Your DNS server address. ❑ Your I .P . addr es s and subn et mask . Thi s may no t be requi r ed by yo ur Int er net Ser v ice P r ovide r as they may automa t ica lly assi gn on e each t ime you log on. ❑ Your pr ox y server an d port num ber. This i s req uir ed by so me I nternet S ervice Providers. To set up Micr osof t Int ernet Ex p[...]

9 8. Ente r the na me of your Ser vi ce Pro vider and c lic k Next. 9. Ente r the ph one numbe r to dial up yo ur I nte r net Serv i c e Pr ov i d er an d c li c k Ne xt . 10. Enter the u ser name and password a nd click Next. 11. In th e IP Ad dres s dialog bo x, selec t “My I n te rnet S e r vi ce Pro vider automa tical ly assi gn me o ne” an[...]

10 The int errupt s ett ing ca n only be set to interru pt 3 or 4. You sh ould ensu re you r modem is u sin g on e of these in te rru pts .If y ou have an inte rnal mode m that uses COM3 or C OM4, suc h as a Creativ e L a bs Ph one Bla ster or a Crea tive Labs Mode m Bl aster , it m ay sele ct inte rru pt 10 or 11 as its def aul t sett i ng . If yo[...]

11 Creative We bPhone Guide Enteri ng your activati on key When yo u start y our Creativ e WebPh one for the fir st time, you will be as ked to e nt er an “Act ivat ion Key”. The act ivat ion k ey is a 16 -char a cter co de prov ided w i th your C D-ROM . Ent e r th e 16-ch ar act er act ivat i on ke y i n the dial og bo x and se le ct “OK”[...]

12 En tering y our Ne t work Para me ters The N et work P aramete rs required in t his release are you r: ❑ E-mail addre ss tha t serv es as y our Creati ve WebPh one n umbe r ❑ WebPhon e password prote cts others from using your Cre ative W ebP ho n e ❑ Password C onfirmation used to confirm your Creative WebPhone Password ❑ E-Ma il L ogi [...]

13 If you forget your p assword, please call “support@netspeak.co m” on your WebPh one or sen d e- mai l to “su ppo rt@ net spea k. com” descr i bing yo ur prob le m. S upp or t agent s wil l re s et your pas sword onc e you r iden t ity i s confirmed. If you enter an in valid password, your WebPhone will ONLY be able t o cal l “sa le s@n[...]

14 Changing your E-Mail Addr ess In the e vent yo u c han ge you r e-mail address ( e. g. , y ou ch ange y our I nt ernet servi ce pro v ider ), you wi l l ne ed to chan ge your E-Ma il add r es s in the Netw ork Par a meters se ction of t he Cr eati ve W ebP hon e C on f ig ure window. A message w i l l be disp la yed whe n you r e-mail add ress c[...]

15 Mode ms and yo ur Cr ea ti ve W ebP hon e If you have a modem connect ion ( di a l up) t o yo ur Int e r ne t se rvi ce pro vi der , make sur e your mod em has er ror cor r ec tio n and da ta compress i o n enab le d (thi s is the d efault fo r al most every modem we kn ow of). If your 1 4.4 kb modem does no t su ppo rt data co mpression , yo u [...]

16 2. You can not hea r the remo t e par ty If Creat ive We bPh one alway s di spl ays T ALK and never di sp l ay s IN USE or L IST EN, then y ou must raise you r Voic e A cti vati on Level ( t he VOX sl ider in t he f l ip d oor ) s o Creative W ebPho ne can de tect s ilence and all ow the r emote pa rty to talk (this is will n ot be the case i f [...]

17 No part o f th is publicati on ma y be repr oduced o r tr ansmitted in a ny form o r by any means without th e prior writte n consent o f Creative Technology L td. Cop yr ig ht © 199 6 Creat i ve Te c h no logy Lt d. Al l r ig hts res erve d. We bp hone is a trad emark of t he NetS pe ak Co rp orat io n. Rea l Au di o is a tr ad ema rk of Pr og[...]

1 Welc ome to the world of Plug an d Play (PnP). I f you are going to in st all your Cre at ive PnP card in a PnP system like Windows 95, you only need to “p lug” the card in to your pers onal c omput er and t he card wi ll “pl ay” s hortly a ft er the system r eboots . Howeve r, if you want to in stal l thi s card in a non-PnP envi ronmen [...]

2 Ins ta l ling CT CM & CTC U To i nstall Cr eative PnP Configur at i on Manag er (CTCM) and Cre ative PnP Conf igur a tion Uti lit y (CT CU) in DOS/Windows 3.1 x: 1 . Loa d the in stal lation CD- ROM int o your CD-ROM dr ive . 2. Exit to DOS if you are in Windows 3.1x. 3. At the DOS promp t, chan ge to the driv e contai ni ng your CD -RO M. Fo[...]

3 After the ins t allat io n, CTCM a nd CTCU wi ll be i nvok ed each t ime you boot you r syst em. CTCM will scan for and confi gure any un configu red Creat ive PnP c ards. CT CU will run in sile nt mode a nd updat e the p aramete rs neede d by your Cre ative and Windows drivers. I t will also upda te the BL ASTER envi ronmen t vari ab le i f it d[...]

4 Using CT CU Crea ti ve PnP Confi gura tio n Util ity (CTCU) allows you to vi ew, fr ee or re -a llocate res ources reser ved for a card. So yo u sho uld run Crea ti ve PnP Confi gura tio n Util ity (CTCU) when one of the f oll owing situat ion s happe ns: ❑ Your PnP cards ’ sett ing s do not work proper l y. For exa mple, some sy st ems do no[...]

5 The CTCU Interface When you run CT CU in ful l-sc reen mode, you can pul l down the menu to se le ct one of the f oll owing sections : ❑ PnP Ca rds se ction ❑ Lega cy Ca rd s secti on ❑ System Dev ice s section ❑ PCI Devices s ection You c an use you r mous e or keyboard to move a round and s ele ct an ite m or acti on in CTCU. Mouse Acti[...]

6 ❑ To move your scre en cursor from box to box wit hin th e same window, press <TAB>. To see more deta ils ab out the item , double -c lic k the ite m or press <ENTER> afte r you hav e moved y our sc r e en cu rs o r to tha t ite m. The i nstruc tions i n the fo llo wing sec ti ons a re wri tten with t he as sumption t hat you wi ll [...]

7 Re configure B utton To vie w or chan ge a resource se tt ing, double-c li ck th e sett ing you want, or alter native ly, s e lec t the se tting and the n click t he Reconfi gure butt on in the Res ourc es wind ow. Dependi ng on the setti ng that you have chose n, one of the fol lowi ng windows wil l appear : ❑ I/O R ange w indow ❑ Inte rrupt[...]

8 Test B u tto n Once you h a ve re configure d t he r esourc e sett ings of your card, sele ct the set ti ng and c lic k the T est b utt on in the resourc es windo w. CTCU will test th e s ett ings allo ca ted to your dev ice and in f or m you of the out co m e . I f the te s ti ng is not s uccess ful , you shoul d reconfig ure and test the se tt [...]

9 View B ut ton Clic ki ng thi s button in the L ega cy win dow opens the View wind ow which lists the resourc es rese rved for a sele ct ed legac y ca rd in your system. Add Bu tt on Clic ki ng thi s but ton in the L ega cy window opens the Add window where you can en ter the foll owing detail s for a ne w or existi ng le gacy car d in your sys te[...]

10 Chan ge But ton Cli cking this butt on in the Legac y w indow op e ns the Change window which displa ys the curren t resour ces th at have been reserve d for a se lect e d lega cy c ard. You can also cha nge any of th e resources a s well as th e car d ’s nam e h e re. To stor e a card’s system set tings for fut ure use, select the Card Remo[...]

11 PCI Devices Section You c an use th is s ect ion to vi ew but not cha nge t he re source se tti ngs of the PCI devices in your compute r . When you sele ct the PCI Devices se ct ion from the CTCU menu, the PCI Devic es windo w appe ars. You c an view one or a ll of exis ting PCI car ds' re source set ti ngs b y c licki ng one of t hese bu t[...]

12 PnP Conc epts When you add a hardware card to you r persona l comput er (PC), you must re serve s ome syste m re sources — s uch as i nput /ou tput a ddre ss spa ces , inte rru pt s , Direct Me mor y Acce ss chan nels or m emory s paces — f or t he c ard. You must a lso make s ure t hat t her e is n o hardware confl ict, that is , th e resou[...]

13 PnP System BIOS The PnP sys tem BI OS is the low est leve l of your P nP sy stem. It s m ain f unct ion s are to prov ide informat ion on the resou r ce sett ings of your syst e m devi ce s an d to conf igur e PnP cards. Some PnP system BIOS c onfigure PnP cards auto matically. Other BIOS gi ve you a n o pti on in their set up uti li ties t o di[...]

14 PnP Configuration Drivers and Utilities I f yo u d o n ot hav e a PnP op erati ng syst em, you need t o i ns tall a PnP confi gura ti on driv er and util ity t o perfo rm the al loc at ion an d confi gura tion functions of a P nP ope rating sys tem. A PnP configura ti on driver det ermin es the res ource sett ing s of all your syst e m devi ces [...]

15 However , du e to the compa ti bil ity probl em ment ioned earl ier (ple ase refer to the note in the sec ti on “PnP Conc epts on pa ge 12), you may enco unter one of th e foll owin g error mess age or proble ms when you use ICM ve rsion 1. 43 to confi gure you r PnP card: ❑ “Erro r: F ai led NVS write, Error=82h” ❑ Failure to detect P[...]

16 Why Use CTCM and CTCU? The re ar e several reason s why we offer CTCM and CTCU: 1. CTCM prov ides a consis te nt method for co nfigu ring all Crea ti ve PnP card s. It works with or without PnP BIOS or ICM. If your PnP BIOS or ICM has alre ady c onfig ure d your PnP card(s), CTCM will simply retain those setti ngs . 2. If the PnP BIOS or ICM did[...]

17 Commo n Questi ons and Answers Thi s s ecti on gives t he an swers t o some c ommon que s tions t hat y ou ma y have while insta lli ng a Cre ative PnP card in th e DOS/Windows 3.1x e nvir onment . General Questions Question I have a PnP BIOS as wel l as a PnP ope rating sys tem or a PnP con f igur ation driver a nd uti lit y. Which one shoul d [...]

18 CTCU Question Question Can I run CTCU to chan ge or disa ble my card se tt ing s if I have ICM in my sy stem ? Answer No, do not use CT CU to cha nge or dis abl e your card se tti ngs since CTCU does not acce ss or update the res ourc e sett in gs da ta base used by ICM. You shoul d use ICU inste ad to cha nge or di sable your card s ett ing s i[...]

19 Question My syste m hangs or reboot s whenev er I load CTCM. What should I do? Answer The memory are a of your PnP BIOS machi ne is probab ly mappe d b y EMM386 us in g the HIGHSCAN optio n and thus, can ge t c orrupted easi ly . When it does, CTCM wil l not work prop erl y. To solve thi s probl e m, r emove the HIGHSCAN o pti on in the E MM386 [...]

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1 F or t he pa st few yea rs , ha rdw a re wavet ab le synthes i s has be en the high- en d alt er nat i ve to F M sy nt hes is f or audi o repro ducti on i n per sonal comput er s. Wi th e v er -i ncr ea si ng CPU power and Int el ’s new mu lt imedi a-e xtend ed ins tructi ons , so ft war e wave table synt hesis is now fea sibl e and can be p ow[...]

2 Fo r so m e audi o ca rds , Wave Syn th/ WG can out pu t sou nds at 4 4 kHz i f yo u selec t thi s op tion in th e Wave Synth/ WG cont ro l pa nel . In additi on, for S ound Bl as te r ca rds th at use one 8-bit and one 1 6-b it D MA chan nels f or ei ther p laybac k or re cording, the f ollowing c onstr aint s also apply: ❑ wh il e you a re re[...]