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Running the Software Utilities ........................................

5.1 Running ThunderBird 128™ Control Panel .................................

5.2 Running Clef Studio 3.0 .........................................................

5.3 Running Voyetra MIDI Orchestrator Plus

(applicable for Germany only) .................................................

Frequently Asked Questions ..........................................

Technical Specifications ................................................

Sound Card Layout ......................................................

QEM™ .......................................................................

Glossary .................................................................................

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Summary of Contents for PCI368-DSP

Page 1: ...PCI 368DSP SOUND CARD User s Manual Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...tal Modeling Q3D QEM QMSS QXpander QSurround and the Qlogo are trademarks of QSound Labs Inc ThunderBird 128 is a trademark of VLSI Technology Inc Half Life is a trademark of Valve Software and Sierra...

Page 3: ...Your Sound Card Installing 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 Clef Studio...

Page 4: ...ThunderBird 128 Control Panel 5 2 Running Clef Studio 3 0 5 3 Running Voyetra MIDI Orchestrator Plus applicable for Germany only Frequently Asked Questions Technical Specifications Sound Card Layout...

Page 5: ...r For more experienced sound card users we are proud to reveal that PCI 368DSP supports Microsoft DirectSound acceleration of up to 128 channels 320 voice wavetable synthesis and high quality sampling...

Page 6: ...RAM and above for computers with 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 chapter...

Page 7: ...strap 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 come in dif...

Page 8: ...sound card installed 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 fo...

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: ...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 sup...

Page 11: ...ers Microphone Connect to a microphone Example you may want to sing Karaoke through the microphone Sound will be produced from the attached speakers Front Speakers Headphones Connect a pair of active...

Page 12: ...re Utilities 4 1 Installing the Sound Card Drivers 4 1 1 For Windows 95 1 Power on your computer Windows 95 will detect your newly installed sound card and the following Update Device Driver Wizard wi...

Page 13: ...e installation 4 Type D WIN9x Language in the text box Assuming your CD ROM drive is D If not substitute the drive letter accordingly Language You may choose either English German French Italian Spani...

Page 14: ...ications previously Carry out the following i Place your Windows 95 CD in the CD ROM drive and click OK ii Specify where the required files can be found on the Windows 95 CD and click OK 6 Type D WIN9...

Page 15: ...Studio CD i From the Windows taskbar click Start Run ii In the Run text box type D SoftSynt Language Disk1 setup exe Language You may choose either English German French Italian Spanish or Dutch lang...

Page 16: ...rd User s Manual 4 1 2 For Windows 98 1 Power on your computer Windows 98 will run and detect your newly installed sound card Click Next 2 Click the option Search for the best driver for your device R...

Page 17: ...pecify a location In the text box type D Win9x Language Assuming your CD ROM drive is D If not substitute the drive letter accordingly Language You may choose either English German French Italian Span...

Page 18: ...sk1 setup exe Language You may choose either English German French Italian Spanish or Dutch language iii Click OK 7 Upon completion you will be prompted to restart your system Select the option Yes I...

Page 19: ...ge Click OK 5 Follow the on line instructions to complete the installation AThunderBird 128 Control Panel applet will be created To run the application see section5 1 Running ThunderBird Control Panel...

Page 20: ...indows NT 4 0 2 Place the PCI Audio Multimedia Studio CD in the CD ROM drive 3 From the Windowstaskbar click Start Run Type D Apps Vmoplus setup exe in the text box Assuming your CD ROM drive is D If...

Page 21: ...box type D Inst_dos bat and click OK Assuming your CD is still in your CD ROM drive is D Follow the on line instructions to complete the installation Upon completion restart your system Start Shut Do...

Page 22: ...d 128 icon Alternatively you may double click the icon at the corner of the taskbar 3 The ThunderBird 128 Control Panel will be displayed The following sections will describe the settings and options...

Page 23: ...yback of wave files for playing of video and sound files for playing of audio CDs for configuring your sound card and video settings 5 1 2 Demo These programs allows you to perform the 3 dimensional s...

Page 24: ...t wavetable quality more memory required 5 1 4 MIDI 5 1 3 Settings Headphone select this when you are using your headphones 2 Speakers select this when you are using only the front 2 speakers 2D to 3D...

Page 25: ...ning Voyetra MIDI Orchestrator Plus applicable for Germany only 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start Programs Voyetra 2 Double click MIDI Orchestrator Plus 3 The on line help Help Contents will give...

Page 26: ...audio at the same time PCI 368DSP 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...

Page 27: ...ve letter accordingly Click OK DirectX 6 0 will be installed in your system Do I need to connect all 4 speakers at the same time You do not need to connect all 4 speakers to enable your sound output Y...

Page 28: ...comes with your CD See the FAQ What version of DirectX should be installed 5 The Output Mode ThunderBird 128 Control Panel Settings tab must be set to Speaker if you are using only the 2 front speaker...

Page 29: ...l start removing your sound card drivers Upon completion click Finish and restart your system How do I see the resources listings Windows 95 98 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start Settings Control...

Page 30: ...nstalled do the following 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click System icon 3 Click the Device Manager tab 4 Check whether there is a yellow exclamation mark err...

Page 31: ...up to 128 channels 64 in hardware and 64 in MMX host Hardware 64 channel QSound Q3D Positional Sound Hardware 64 voices Wavetable Software 256 voices Wavetable QSurround 2 or 4 speaker virtualization...

Page 32: ...CD In 4 pin PH04 blue connector for AUX In 4 pin PH04 red connector for TAD Audio External 3 5mm jack red for mono microphone input 3 5mm jack blue for stereo Line In 3 5mm jack green for stereo Fron...

Page 33: ...r Wavetable synthesizer daughter board Game Port D SUB 15 connector for joystick and MIDI interface B 6 System Audio Software OS Support Window 95 Window 98 Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 5 0 WDW Real Mode...

Page 34: ...34 PCI 368DSP Sound Card User s Manual Sound Card Layout...

Page 35: ...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 36: ...y 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 ThunderBird 128 Co...

Page 37: ...list this all happens internally so you won t see anything change in the control panel If the player s character then moves into a larger room the game might then call for an Auditorium environment pr...

Page 38: ...38 PCI 368DSP Sound Card User s Manual Figure 3 How to use QEM Remember QEM only works with DirectX Games...

Page 39: ...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 th...

Page 40: ...ur microphone 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 in...

Page 41: ...nvironmental Modeling by QSound Labs Inc SeeAppendix D QEM QMSS QSound Multi Speaker System QMSS redistributes image across all 4 speakers when playing stereo Audio CD DVD This feature can be found in...

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