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PCI 288-Q3D

SOUND CARD

Users Manual

Version 1.0

Summary of Contents for PCI288-Q3D II

Page 1: ...PCI 288 Q3DII SOUND CARD User s Manual Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...Ltd in the US and or other countries Voyetra is a registered trademark of Voyetra Technologies Inc QSound QSound Environmental Modeling Q3D QEM QSurround and the Qlogo are trademarks of QSound Labs I...

Page 3: ...g the Sound Card Drivers Software Utilities 4 1 Installing the Sound Card Drivers 4 1 1 For Windows 95 4 1 2 For Windows 98 4 1 3 For Windows NT 4 0 4 2 Installing Yamaha Soft Synthesizer S YXG50 4 3...

Page 4: ...obe Acrobat Reader 5 7 Running Audio Demo Frequently Asked Questions Technical Specifications Sound Card Layout QEM QSound Labs Inc D 1 What is QEM D 2 What does QEM do D 2a Getting QEM To Work On A N...

Page 5: ...a higher degree of realism than stereo alone can achieve The control panel applet PCI Audio will give you access to the sound and speakers configurations In addition the variety of software applicatio...

Page 6: ...and above for computers with Windows 98 Windows NT Minimum 15MB hard disk space system files and audio drivers only CD ROM drive Active amplified speakers Windows 95 98 NT 4 0 Before You Begin This c...

Page 7: ...p touch any non painted surface of your computer chassis before you begin installation and again every minute or so until the installation is completed 2 3 Installation Notes Computers vary in configu...

Page 8: ...d in your computer If the sound card is non Plug and Play de install its audio drivers before you remove it from your computer Check the documentation on your existing sound card for details 1 Remove...

Page 9: ...plate Keep the mounting screw to secure your sound card later 3 Align your sound card with the selected PCI Bus Slot and firmly push it into the slot If the sound card does not slide in do not force...

Page 10: ...h to connect your CD ROM audio cable to the sound card for CD ROM audio output See Appendix C Sound Card Layout for the location of the CD Audio connector on the sound card The audio cable should be s...

Page 11: ...ple from the Line Audio Out of your external Audio CD ROM or mini hifi Sound will be output from the attached speakers Front Speakers Headphones Connect a pair of active amplified speakers You may als...

Page 12: ...ities 4 1 Installing the Sound Card Drivers 4 1 1 For Windows 95 1 Power on your computer and start Windows 95 Windows 95 will detect your newly installed sound card and the following Update Device Dr...

Page 13: ...Card Drivers Software Utilities ASetup Type Window will appear Choose the language preferred and click Next to continue 3 Windows will prompt that the sound card drivers have been located Click Finis...

Page 14: ...group will be created Select the Yes I want to restart my computer now option and click theFinish button to complete the installation of the sound card drivers Windows 95 may now prompt you for the W...

Page 15: ...es 7 During installation of drivers DirectX 5 2 drivers will also be installed 8 When the installation of DirectX 5 2 drivers is completed you will be prompted to restart your system Select the Yes I...

Page 16: ...Card User s Manual 4 1 2 For Windows 98 2 Click the option Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click Next 1 Power on your computer Windows 98 will run and detect your newly installe...

Page 17: ...ities 3 Place the PCI 288 Q3DII Multimedia Studio CD in the CD ROM drive and select the CD ROM drive option Click theNextbutton to continue 4 Windows 98 will now promptyouthatthesound card drivers hav...

Page 18: ...need to install the DOS drivers 7 If you had chosen to install Clef3 MultimediaApplication Software a Clef Studio 3 0 programgroupwillbecreated You will be prompted to restart your system when the ins...

Page 19: ...e Audio Devices option and click the Add button 7 Select the Unlisted or Updated Driver option Click OK to continue 8 Direct Windows NT to theDRIVERS NT40 directory on the CD and select the preferred...

Page 20: ...Assuming your CD ROM drive is D if not substitute the drive letter accordingly Click OK 4 Follow all on screen instructions to complete the installation of the Soft Synthesizer During registration if...

Page 21: ...o CD in the CD ROM drive 3 From the Windowstaskbar click Start Run Type D cdsetup exe in the text box and click OK Assuming your CD ROM drive is D If not substitute the drive letter accordingly 4 A PC...

Page 22: ...YXG50 for enhancing the quality of MIDI files Clef Studio 3 0 for creating and editing of sound files Audio Catalyst for encoding MP3 files MIDI Orchestrator Plus for creating and playing of MIDI fil...

Page 23: ...provide better quality but requires more system memory Alternatively a User Selectable Sample Set can be used 5 1 2 AC97 Controls The 3D Enhancement button will enable an analog 3D feature that will...

Page 24: ...speakers setup When the 4 speakers button is checked you can adjust the available sliders to change the fading towards the front or rear speakers If a S PDIF device is connected to the S PDIF Output...

Page 25: ...y checking this box you will filter out the low frequency content from the 3D processing With closely spaced PC speakers due to acoustic cross talk and in subwoofer systems 3D processing can cause som...

Page 26: ...vourite Audio CD you are also able to create record and edit sound files using this utility 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start Programs Clef Studio 3 0 2 Select Clef Studio 3 0 3 Avirtual mini hif...

Page 27: ...ve a detailed description on running the MIDI Orchestrator Plus 5 6 Running Adobe Acrobat Reader 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start Programs Adobe Acrobat 2 Select Acrobat Reader 5 7 Running Audio...

Page 28: ...at the same time PCI 288 Q3DII is able to do this while maintaining full 16 bit 48KHz quality Why is it that some of my games do not seem to work with the Q3D Positional Sound feature Not all games es...

Page 29: ...Why isn t there any sound from the speakers Go through the following steps 1 Make sure that the connections from your speakers to your computer are as described in section 3 2 Connecting Your Sound C...

Page 30: ...uses IRQ 5 and IRQ 10 Depending on the type of motherboard you have there may be 2 possible ways to solve this problem 1 Reserve IRQ 5 for ISA slots configurable in the BIOS 2 Disable COM Port 2 confi...

Page 31: ...ommon 2 Click Windows NT Diagnostics From the Diagnostics Window click the Resources tab Devices tab 3 Double click WinAcPci The IRQ and memory range used by the card will be listed If IRQ5 is not bei...

Page 32: ...rror on any of the PCI288 Q3D II PCI Audio PCI Legacy Audio PCI288 Direct Input Driver devices If there is remove all devices by selecting each device one at a time and click Remove and re installthe...

Page 33: ...Sound Card Features B 2 1 PCI PERIPHERAL PCI Bus Master for optimized multiple streams operation Compliance with PCI Bus Specifications Revision 2 1 Compliance with PCI Power Management Revision 1 0 B...

Page 34: ...interpreter for wavetable and effect synthesis via VirtualGM VirtualGS technology Supports Legacy Address MPU401 MIDI and Joystick B 2 6 MULTI CHANNEL OUTPUT Supports two and or four speaker output Su...

Page 35: ...ting CPU overhead B 3 3 CONNECTORS ON BOARD Audio Internal 4 pin MPC connector Black for CD In 4 pin MPC White connector for AUX In 4 pin MPC Green connector for TAD Optional 4 pin friction lock heade...

Page 36: ...used for connection to a compatible modem card to provide audio Line In and Microphone output This connector is used for connection to other card s with a compatible Line Out connector to provide aud...

Page 37: ...lso work with your sound card D 2 What does QEM do In real life every room or environment you enter has some sort of reverberant quality depending on different factors like itssize and thematerialthe...

Page 38: ...lay has not been programmed to take advantage of QEM i e non EAX Enabled DirectSound games all you need to do is select a suitable environment from the Default Environment list in the PCI Audio Proper...

Page 39: ...list this all happens internally so you won t see anything changing in the control panel If the player s character then moves into a larger room the game might then call for an Auditorium environment...

Page 40: ...e EAX Enhanced NO YE S O pen PCI Audio Properties O pen PCI Audio Properties Select see Figure 2 QEM Select the m ost appropriate Env ironm ent from box for the gam e you want to play see Figure 2 Def...

Page 41: ...t s set of standardized APIs application programming interfaces for games and multimedia applications With these standards programmers are able to write programs that access the hardware features of t...

Page 42: ...icrophone such that you can do voice recording or playback MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface It is a musical communication standard that lets you with the help of a MIDI keyboard guitar instru...

Page 43: ...irect Memory Access settings as well as I O and memory addresses when adding new peripherals Windows will automatically configure your new device to work properly on your system QEM QSound Environment...

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