SB AWE32 Developer's Information Pack
PART I Introduction
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Copyright
Creative Technology Ltd., 1994-1996
Version 3.00
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other damages, including, without limitation, any interruption of services, lost profits, lost savings, loss
of data, or any other consequential, incidental, special, or punitive damages, arising out of the purchase,
use, inability to use, or operation of the software, and/or licensee application, even if Creative
Technology Ltd. or any authorised Creative Technology Ltd. dealer has been advised of the possibility
of such damages. Licensee accepts said disclaimer as the basis upon which the software is offered at the
current price and acknowledges that the price of the software would be higher in lieu of said disclaimer.
Some states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages
so the above limitations and exclusions may not apply to you.
Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Creative Technology Ltd. shall have no
obligation to update or otherwise correct any errors in the manual and software even if Creative
Technology Ltd. is aware of such errors and Creative Technology Ltd. shall be under no obligation to
provide to Licensee any updates, corrections or bug-fixes which Creative Technology Ltd. may elect to
prepare.
Creative Technology Ltd. does not warrant that the functions contained in the manual and software will
be uninterrupted or error free and Licensee is encouraged to test the software for Licensee's intended use
prior to placing any reliance thereon.
Copyright 1994-96 by Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
Sound Blaster Advanced WavEffects is a trademark of Creative Technology Ltd.
MS-DOS is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
SoundFont is a registered trademark of E-mu Systems, Inc.
All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
This Package
This developer's information pack is made for third party DOS and Microsoft Windows developers who
intend to develop MIDI oriented software programs for Creative's Sound Blaster AWE32. It includes
easy-to-use functions and a complete interface that supports MIDI playback and Sound Blaster AWE32
DRAM downloading.
This document describes the pack's set of low level DOS and Microsoft Windows API to program the
Sound Blaster AWE32. It contains object libraries for common MIDI routines and SB AWE32
SoundFont bank downloading for DOS (real and protected modes) and Microsoft Windows. These
