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Page 1: ...Sound Getting Started Quick Start for INTERNETed Audio Tools Plug and Play Install Tips Notes for WaveSynth WG Users with Advanced WavEffects Synthesis and Creative WaveSynth WG TM ...

Page 2: ... any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd Copyright 1996 by Creative Technology Ltd All rights reserved Version 1 01 November 1996 Sound Blaster is a registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd Sound Blaster 16 and Wave Blaster are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd IBM is a registered t...

Page 3: ...Compliance This product conforms to the following Council Directive Directive 89 336 EEC 92 31 EEC EMC ...

Page 4: ...udio Card 1 2 Installing the Card and Related Hardware 1 4 2 Installing Software in Windows 95 Setting Up the Audio Card Drivers 2 1 Installing the Applications 2 3 Testing the Installation 2 3 Uninstalling the Applications 2 5 3 Installing Software in DOS Windows 3 1x Installing the Software 3 1 Testing the Installation 3 2 Optimizing Memory Usage 3 3 Using Memory Managers 3 3 Bypassing the Loadi...

Page 5: ...File Settings B 7 C Changing Audio Card Settings Enabling Disabling Creative 3D Stereo Enhancement Effect C 1 In Windows 95 C 1 In MS DOS Windows 3 1x C 2 Enabling Disabling Full Duplex Operation C 2 In Windows 95 C 3 In Windows 3 1x C 3 Enabling Disabling MPU 401 MIDI Emulation C 3 In Windows 95 C 4 In MS DOS Windows 3 1x C 4 Enabling Disabling Joystick Interface C 5 In Windows 95 C 5 In MS DOS W...

Page 6: ...Full duplex operation for simultaneous audio recording and playback Creative WaveSynth WG employs the latest technologies for sound creation and playback in personal computer software sample based wavetable synthesis WaveSynth and physical model based waveguide WG synthesis With your AWE64 Gold audio card installed in an Intel Pentium 90 MHz or higher computer the sample based wavetable synthesize...

Page 7: ...file on the CD ROM contains information and changes not available at the time of printing Read the file before you continue In addition read the following sections Checking System Requirements Using This Guide Getting More Information Document Conventions Checking System Requirements Your audio card requires at least An Intel Pentium 90MHz computer with a VGA or SVGA card installed 8 MB RAM 20 MB ...

Page 8: ...e and identify the information that you need These conventions are described in the following sections Text Conventions The following text conventions are used to help you distinguish elements of the text in this manual see Table i Table i Text Conventions Text Element Use bold Text that must be entered exactly as it appears italic Title of a book Otherwise when presented at the DOS command line i...

Page 9: ...x Icons In this manual icons are used to highlight areas of text that require extra attention see Table ii Table ii Icons Icon Use Tip or useful information Warning ...

Page 10: ...Setting Up Your Audio Card 1 1 1 Setting Up Your Audio Card This chapter is organized as follows Knowing Your Audio Card Installing the Card and Related Hardware ...

Page 11: ...r motherboard s speaker connector refer to Redirecting PC Sounds to External Speakers in the online User s Guide for details Joystick MIDI connector Connects a joystick or a MIDI device You can buy an optional MIDI kit that allows you to plug in the joystick and MIDI device simultaneously Modem connector Connects any modem card that is specifically designed for this interface Line Out Left jack To...

Page 12: ...guide The WaveSynth WG properties sheet appears displaying the Profile tab 2 Click the Performance Settings button 3 In the Settings dialog box select the Enable WaveSynth To Play At CD Quality check box and click the OK button 4 In the WaveSynth WG properties sheet click the Quit button to close it Figure 1 2 Connection of SPDIF Out jack to SPDIF connector SPDIF Out jack on separate metal bracket...

Page 13: ...f your system and all peripheral devices and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet 2 Touch a metal plate on your system to ground yourself and discharge any static electricity 3 Remove your system s cover 4 If you have a memory daughterboard you may want to mount it onto your audio card now as shown in Figure 1 3 5 Find a free 16 bit expansion slot in your system Remove the metal plate from t...

Page 14: ...alog joystick with a 15 pin D shell connector It also works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick To use two joysticks you need a Y cable splitter 9 Replace your system s cover 10 Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet Switch on the system Figure 1 4 Audio card Metal plates 16 bit slot 8 bit slot Figure 1 5 Connecting external speakers and other devices ...

Page 15: ...n the next two chapters 2 Start the AWE Control Panel and download SoundFont banks From the memory status bar you should be able to see the changes in the available memory onboard 3 Play your SoundFont banks to make sure your DRAM Upgrade daughterboard is working properly Refer to the online User s Guide for detailed information on how to use the AWE Control Panel ...

Page 16: ...s drivers are already set up Otherwise have your Windows 95 CD ROM or installation diskettes available as they may be needed during the installation You need devicedriversto control thecomponents on your audio card After you have installed the card and switched on your system Windows 95 automatically detects the components and either installs the drivers or prompts you for the drivers You may enco...

Page 17: ...tware in Windows 95 If a dialog box similar to Figure 2 2 appears click the second option and then click the OK button Figure 2 2 Driver installation dialog box in which the Windows default driver option is NOT available ...

Page 18: ...ure your CD ROM drive is installed and working properly Refer to the documentation that comes with it for more details 2 Insert the installation CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The CD ROM supports Windows 95 AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically If it does not see Appendix D Troubleshooting 3 Follow instructions on the screen to complete the installation Testing the Installation After the a...

Page 19: ...ect the Multimedia check box and click the Details button 5 In the Multimedia dialog box select the Media Player checkbox then Volume Control Audio Compression and Sound Recorder and click the OK button 6 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation To test the audio card Figure 2 3 The Windows Setup tabbed page ...

Page 20: ... button 4 On the Media Player click You should hear the selected sound being played If you encounter any problems see Appendix D Troubleshooting Uninstalling the Applications The Windows 95 Uninstall feature allows you to remove applications cleanly and then reinstall them to correct problems change configurations or make version upgrades Quit the card s applications before uninstalling Applicatio...

Page 21: ...Settings and then click Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon The properties sheet similar to Figure 2 5 appears 3 Select Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold and click the Add Remove button 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to uninstall Figure 2 5 The Add Remove Programs Properties sheet ...

Page 22: ...ll the software 1 Insert the installation CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 If you are in Windows exit to DOS The installation will not work if you install from the DOS prompt in Windows 3 At the DOS prompt change to the drive containing your CD ROM For example type D and press Enter to change to drive D 4 Type INSTALL and press Enter 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installat...

Page 23: ...interface of your audio card It then displays a menu to let you test the card s sound and music output To run the test program 1 At the DOS prompt change to the directory containing your audio card s software For example if your directory path is C SB16 type C SB16 and press Enter 2 Type DIAGNOSE and press Enter 3 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the test If the test program stops...

Page 24: ...documentation If you have a memory manager such as QEMM or 386MAX refer to their respective documentation for instructions Bypassing the Loading of the Low Level Drivers You can bypass loading the low level device drivers by using one of the these methods DOS 6 x s multiple boot sessions With this feature several sessions can be made available for selection during bootup One session can contain se...

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Page 26: ...izer 4 operator 11 voice or 2 operator 20 voice stereo music synthesizer Compatible with previous Sound Blaster and Adlib music synthesizer chips Stereo Digitized Voice Channel Full duplex 16 bit and 8 bit digitizing in stereo and mono modes Programmable sampling rates 5 kHz to 44 1 kHz in linear steps Your audio applications may support only selected ranges of sampling rates High and Low DMA chan...

Page 27: ...Speaker at 4 levels in 6 dB steps All sources at 32 levels in 2 dB steps Treble Bass control at 15 levels from 14 dB to 14 dB in 2 dB steps Full software control of fade in fade out and panning 3D Stereo Enhancement Technology Increased depth and breadth in perceived audio Enhances mono and stereo audio output Independent of speaker quality Independent of setup configuration for example placement ...

Page 28: ...sign the necessary resources such as I O addresses interrupt lines and DMA channels to your card when you install it If you are using Windows 95 its PnP configuration manager will automatically set up your card s resources If you are using a non PnP system such as Windows 3 1x you must run your PnP configuration manager to configure the card For details refer to the documentation of your PnP confi...

Page 29: ...iew your system environment by typing SET at the DOS prompt Input Output I O Addresses I O addresses are communication areas used by your computer s central processor to distinguish among various peripheral devices connected to your system when sending or receiving data Table B 1 lists the default I O address ranges assigned by the PnP system to various devices on your audio card Table B 1 Possibl...

Page 30: ... interface transfers data through the Low and High DMA channels Table B 3 shows a possible combination of DMA channels that may be assigned to the audio interface Understanding the Environment Variables Environment variables are used to pass information about how your card is configured to programs in your system This section explains the environment variables of your audio card SOUND Environment ...

Page 31: ...lues shown earlier may be different for your system No space is allowed before and after the equal sign However there must be at least one space between parameters The parameters in the command are described as follows Parameter Description Axxx Specifies the audio interface s base I O address xxx defaults to 220 Ix Specifies the IRQ line used by the audio interface x defaults to 5 Dx Specifies th...

Page 32: ...ic synthesizer 2 specifies the MIDI port MAP x x can be G E or B G specifies the General MIDI file format E default setting specifies the Extended MIDI file format B specifies the Basic MIDI file format MODE x x can be 0 1 or 2 0 factory default specifies General MIDI mode 1 specifies General Standard mode 2 specifies MT 32 mode Understanding the Installation Program in Windows 3 1x When you insta...

Page 33: ...16 DIAGNOSE S W C WINDOWS C SB16 MIXERSET P Q C SB16 AWEUTIL S The first 3 statements set up the environment variables for your audio card The last 3 statements run the DIAGNOSE MIXERSET and AWEUTIL utilities The BLASTER statement is added by the DIAGNOSE utility and the values shown above may differ from those in your system Running DIAGNOSE with the S parameter updates the BLASTER environment wi...

Page 34: ...loper Kit The applications work with the drivers such as CTWDSK DRV CTWMEM DRV CTVDSK DRV and CT VOICE DRV that require the low level drivers The drivers are found in the DRV subdirectory of your audio software directory See Optimizing Memory Usage on page 3 3 to learn how to optimize your memory If your system does not have enough memory when you are using Windows applications or playing DOS game...

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Page 36: ...ther With this effect enabled mono and stereo sounds produced by your speakers will have increased depth and breadth This effect can be enabled or disabled in Windows 95 and MS DOS If your pair of speakers or another device already has a built in 3D sound technology do not activate this feature in both devices The 3D Stereo Enhancement effect when activated with another 3D sound technology may dis...

Page 37: ...ard s software for example C SB16 2 To enable the effect type CT3DSE ON To disable the effect type CT3DSE OFF Enabling Disabling Full Duplex Operation Full duplex is a feature in your audio card that allows you to record and play back audio data simultaneously It is useful for audio conferencing and telephone like applications When it is enabled you can play back and record at the same time Howeve...

Page 38: ...s 3 1x To enable or disable full duplex in Windows 3 1x 1 Launch your File Manager 2 Locate the SYSTEM INI file in your Windows directory 3 Double click the file A text editor appears displaying the contents of the file 4 Under the section sndblst drv look for the line FullDuplex 1 or FullDuplex 0 To enable the feature make sure FullDuplex 1 To disable it make sure FullDuplex 0 5 Save the file 6 R...

Page 39: ...sabled in Windows 95 and MS DOS Windows 3 1x In Windows 95 To enable or disable the feature in Windows 95 1 Start the AWE Control Panel 2 In the AWE Control Panel click the Device button 3 In the Device Selection dialog box select the Allow MPU401 Emulation On This Device check box and then click the Select button 4 In the AWE Control Panel click the Quit button to close the AWE Control Pane In MS...

Page 40: ...rface in Windows 95 1 Click the Start button point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In the Control Panel window double click the System icon 3 In the System Properties sheet click the Device Manager tab 4 To enable or disable the Joystick interface double click Sound Video And Game Controllers and select Gameport Joystick in the Device Manager tabbed page 5 Click the Properties button Fi...

Page 41: ...lready in use Ignore this warning The new device should function perfectly despite the warning In MS DOS Windows 3 1x To enable or disable the interface in MS DOS 1 Exit to MS DOS if you are in Windows 3 1x 2 Change to the directory where your CTCM and CTCU programs are installed The default directory is C CTCM Type CTCU and press Enter 3 On the Menu menu of the Creative Plug and Play Configuratio...

Page 42: ... drive Cause The AutoPlay notification setting in your Windows 95 system may not be enabled Solution Try one of the following Select the Auto Insert Notification check box To do this 1 Click the Start button point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In the Control Panel window double click the System icon 3 In the System Properties sheet click the Device Manager tab and select your CD ROM d...

Page 43: ... program Causes 1 The volume knob on the speakers is not set properly 2 The external amplifier or speakers are connected to the wrong jack 3 The speaker amplifiers are in the On position If you are using powered speakers in a non powered state turn off their amplifiers 4 There is hardware conflict Solution Verify the following Volume control knob of the speakers if any is set at mid range External...

Page 44: ... BLASTER environment in the respective system files run DIAGNOSE See Understanding the Installation on page B 1 To set up the SOUND environment insert the statement SET SOUND C SB16 into the AUTOEXEC BAT file using a text editor Reboot your system Problem Error message Out of environment space Cause The system environment space is used up Solution Add the statement SHELL C COMMAND COM E 512 P to t...

Page 45: ...ion utility and select Low DMA in place of the High DMA channel 16 bit audio data will then be transferred through the Low DMA channel When you set your High DMA channel to Low DMA you will lose the full duplex operation which requires two separate DMA channels Problems in Windows 3 1x The following are problems you might encounter when in Windows 3 1x Problem No sound is heard when running your a...

Page 46: ...ort 330 Int 5 DmaChannel 1 HDmaChannel 5 The values shown in the sndblst drv group may be different in your system If one or more of the statements are missing run INSTALL in DOS INSTALL rewrites SYSTEM INI to set up the drivers and the Windows applications Resolving Conflicts Conflicts occur when two or more peripheral devices contend for the same resources Conflicts between your audio card and a...

Page 47: ...ick the Resources tab 7 Select the Use Automatic Settings check box If this check box is already selected open the properties sheet of the conflicting device and select the same check box there 8 Reboot your system to allow Windows 95 to reassign resources to your audio card and or the conflicting device The Conflicting Device List box shows you which peripheral device is conflicting with your aud...

Page 48: ...our card and other devices Error message on the screen and how it came about Information on the adapter card that conflicts with your card Hardware configuration information such as the base I O address IRQ line or DMA channel used Please ensure to retain your purchase receipt plus all packaging and contents until such time that all components of the product are functioning to your satisfaction Th...

Page 49: ...is section shows where you can contact us Inside Europe Through CompuServe By Fax Table E 1 Model and Serial Numbers of your hardware Hardware Model Number Serial Number Audio Card Video Card Fax Modem CD ROM Drive MIDI Device Others See label on underside of card Table E 2 Hardware Configuration Information Hardware Base I O Address IRQ DMA Audio Card Video Card Fax Modem CD ROM Drive MIDI Device...

Page 50: ...n software updates and fixes to common problems We will also welcome your recommendations and suggestions for new products and for improving our products in future releases See Creative Technical Services leaflet for details By Fax For fast and efficient Technical Support solutions please use our telephone service in the first instance If you decide to write or fax us then please send your corresp...

Page 51: ...o 3 A Creative Webphone Guide to help you get on line Installing Software for Windows 95 To install the accompanying applications for Windows 95 1 Ensure that your CD ROM drive is installed and working properly If not refer to the document that comes with your drive to solve the problem 2 Load the installation CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The installation CD ROM supports Windows 95 AutoPlay mode ...

Page 52: ...ice Provider Before you proceed to set up Microsoft Internet Explorer get the following ready 1 Windows 95 CD ROM to install the required drivers when prompted 2 Information from your Internet Service Provider The name of your Internet Service Provider Your user or account name Your password The phone number to dial up your Internet Service Provider Your DNS server address Your IP address and subn...

Page 53: ...ider information 1 Click Start on the taskbar 2 Select Programs followed by Accessories and then Internet Tools to run Get On The Internet 3 Under Setup Options choose Manual and click Next 4 Click Next on the Welcome to Internet Setup dialog box to access the How to Connect dialog box 5 Select Connect using my phone line and click Next 6 You will be prompted to select whether you would like to us...

Page 54: ...lick Next b Click Next in the Exchange Profile dialog box 14 Click Finish to complete the setup 15 If your Service Provider requires a proxy server follow the steps below to configure it a Click Start on the taskbar b Select Settings followed by Control Panel c Double click the Internet icon d Select the Connection tab e Ensure that the User Proxy Server box is checked f Click the Settings button ...

Page 55: ...S DSCRIPT e Click OK and follow the instructions on screen to complete the installation 2 You will need a dial up script filename SCP in the directory Program Files Accessories of your system This is usually provided by your Internet Service Provider If you do not have a dial up script check with your Internet Service Provider whether you need one and where can you download one to your system 3 On...

Page 56: ...tocol Running Microsoft Internet Explorer Once you have set up Microsoft Internet Explorer you are ready to connect to your Internet Service Provider To do so double click The Internet icon on your desktop Installing Software for Windows 3 x To install the accompanying software for Windows 3 x 1 Ensure that your CD ROM drive is installed and working properly If not refer to the document that comes...

Page 57: ...Microsoft Internet Explorer you need to configure your modem to be recognized under Windows 3 x and set up Microsoft Internet Explorer for your Internet Service Provider Before you set up Microsoft Internet Explorer have the following ready 1 Windows 3 x disks or CD ROM and your modem configuration software 2 Information from your Internet Service Provider The name of your Internet Service Provide...

Page 58: ...ces This should be done before installing Microsoft Internet Explorer as the first part of the setup involves detecting your modem 2 Click Next on the Install New Modem dialog box Windows will query all COM ports for the presence of a modem This may take a few minutes to complete 3 Windows should detect your modem on the correct port If it cannot uniquely identify the modem select the manufacturer...

Page 59: ...ws account Select your choice fill in the necessary details and click Next 15 Click Finish to complete the setup 16 Select the group you wish the icon for this connection to appear in at the Choose Program Manager Group dialog box and click OK 17 By double clicking on this icon the Connect To dialog box appears Click on the Properties button in this dialog box 18 Under the General tab the telephon...

Page 60: ...Internet Explorer installation directory which is IEXPLORE by default and you should change the COM3 or the COM4 section depending on which COM port your modem uses so that the interrupt line reads IRQ 10 or IRQ 11 again depending on the interrupt your modem uses Connecting to Your Internet Service Provider 1 Click Connect on the Connect to dialog box to dial your provider 2 When you are logging o...

Page 61: ...nformation and Network Parameters This information is very important If you enter erroneous data chances are your Creative WebPhone will not operate properly Once you enter your User Information and Network Parameters press the CONFIGURE text located on top of the Configure window to save the information Entering your User Information Please enter all your User Information If it is inaccurate you ...

Page 62: ...ssword prevents other users from using their WebPhone to assume your identity Once you have configured your WebPhone with your e mail address no one else can configure a WebPhone with your e mail address Then only the e mail address is protected i e other users can still configure their phones with whatever first and last names they desire You will not need to enter your password each time you use...

Page 63: ...ternet Service Provider ISP which has a domain name of provider net Roger s E Mail Login is rwilco which he defined when he established his Internet account with his ISP The E Mail login is used along with his provider s domain name to construct his E Mail address rwilco provider net His ISP s POP Server retains e mail sent to you by other users and SMTP Server used to send e mail from you to othe...

Page 64: ...forming you Sound Card Already In Use If this occurs during an active conversation the call will be placed on hold Correct the problem stop using the sound card with the other application and take the call off hold to resume your conversation Sound Cards and your Creative WebPhone Make sure your Voice Activation Level located in the Creative WebPhone flip door is set to recognize silence Otherwise...

Page 65: ...ering machine enabled when you are talking to a party on a Line and one or more parties call and engage your answering machine your answering machine will play an OGM to each of the parties in the background This will degrade the audio performance of your conversation It is recommended that you disable your answering machine while talking on your Creative WebPhone Troubleshooting 1 Received audio ...

Page 66: ...h the Text Board and tell them to adjust their MIC and or Voice Activation Level 3 The remote party cannot hear you If Creative WebPhone always displays LISTEN the remote party s MIC volume is too high and or their Voice Activation Level is set incorrectly so their Creative WebPhone cannot detect silence and is constantly transmitting not giving you an opportunity to talk If this is not the case a...

Page 67: ...ative Technology Ltd Copyright 1996 Creative Technology Ltd All rights reserved Webphone is a trademark of the NetSpeak Corporation Real Audio is a trademark of Progressive Networks Sound Blaster is a registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners ...

Page 68: ... prepared this leaflet to show you how to install and use CTCM and CTCU in your system We have also provided some information here from page 12 to page 17 to help you understand basic PnP concepts as well as Creative s PnP solution for non PnP environments And to find out how to solve some common PnP installation problems just flip to the last section which starts from page 17 The information here...

Page 69: ...IG SYS file DEVICE C CTCM CTCM EXE where C CTCM is the directory where you have installed CTCM This CTCM statement will be placed before all the statements that load other low level device drivers such as CTSB16 SYS and SBIDE SYS so that your Creative PnP cards will be configured before these device drivers try to use them If you add this line to CONFIG SYS manually please make sure that this line...

Page 70: ... system you may want to configure a Creative PnP card again You can do so by running Creative PnP Configuration Manager CTCM from the DOS prompt 1 Exit to DOS if you are in Windows 3 1x 2 Change to the directory of your CTCM files The default directory is C CTCM 3 Type CTCM and press ENTER CTCM will configure your Creative PnP card s and update the BLASTER environment variable if it detects a Crea...

Page 71: ...ved a legacy card from your system CTCU does not access the resource settings database used by Intel Configuration Manager ICM So do not use CTCU to change or disable your card settings if you already have ICM installed Use ISA Configuration Utility ICU instead For more details please refer to the section PnP in DOS Windows 3 1x in page 14 To run CTCU in DOS Windows 3 1x 1 Exit to DOS if you are i...

Page 72: ...oard press ALT followed by a key For example to pull down the Menu press ALT M To select an item in a menu or box use the arrow keys to move your screen cursor to that item Parameter Description S Notifies CTCU to run in silent mode This means that CTCU will not display any messages or screens It will simply update the parameters required by the Creative drivers If you do not use the S switch CTCU...

Page 73: ...f logical devices on that particular card To view the resources for a PnP device double click the device you want Alternatively select the device from the list and then click the Resources button The Resources window will appear Resources Window The Resources window displays the current resource settings of a particular logical device The settings shown may include input output I O ranges interrup...

Page 74: ...the list Make sure that it will not conflict with the other cards settings Then double click the new setting or click the OK button The Direct Memory Access window displays the current DMA resource setting and a list of possible settings To change this setting select one from the list Make sure it will not conflict with the other cards settings Then double click the new setting or click the OK but...

Page 75: ...l the legacy non PnP cards in your system When you select the Legacy Cards section from the CTCU menu the Legacy window will appear displaying the resources taken up by the legacy cards in your system You can view alter or add a legacy non PnP card s resource settings by clicking one of these buttons below View All button View button Add button Remove button Change button View All Button Clicking ...

Page 76: ...Q Direct Memory Access channel DMA 32 bit Memory Range Mem You must enter the card s name in the Card Name field The other fields can be left blank if the card does not use that resource s Remove Button Clicking this button in the Legacy window removes a selected card s settings from your system Once the settings are removed you can proceed to remove the card from your system To re install the sam...

Page 77: ...gacy card Verify all the hardware settings of the legacy cards in your system Filling in incorrect data may reserve resources which will not be used by any device In addition CTCM would not be informed of resource s actually reserved by the legacy card This may in turn lead to resource conflicts System Devices Section You can use this section to view but not change the resource settings of the sys...

Page 78: ...utton View button Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI local bus is a newly developed bus system that utilizes a 33MHz 32 bit data path This bus architecture transfers data at a much faster rate than standard ISA bus View All Button Clicking this button in the PCI Devices window opens the View All window which lists all the resources used by the PCI cards in your system View Button Clicking this ...

Page 79: ...onfigured without any hardware conflict With the emergence of Plug and Play PnP a revolutionary design philosophy and a new PC architecture specification finalized recently the PC hardware cards drivers and the operating system can now work together without such user intervention You no longer need to change any hardware settings on your card before it can work properly in a PC Instead a PnP BIOS ...

Page 80: ...m BIOS Its main functions are to determine which resources have been reserved by the legacy and PnP cards in your system and then dynamically allocate free resources to newly added PnP cards Windows 95 is an example of a PnP operating system When you install or upgrade to Windows 95 for the first time it will automatically determine the resource settings of the existing cards in your system and al...

Page 81: ...configure new PnP cards Intel Configuration Manager ICM and ISA Configuration Utility ICU are examples of a PnP configuration driver and a PnP configuration utility For more details please read the next section PnP in DOS Windows 3 1x PnP in DOS Windows 3 1x DOS Windows 3 1x is not a PnP operating system So to configure PnP cards you need to install a PnP configuration driver and a PnP configurati...

Page 82: ... based PnP configuration driver and utility for the DOS Windows 3 1x environment They are called Creative PnP Configuration Manager CTCM and Creative PnP Configuration Utility CTCU CTCM can be loaded as a device driver through a statement in the CONFIG SYS file It can also be run from the DOS prompt It configures Creative PnP cards only and provides configuration information to other drivers or DO...

Page 83: ...Limitations of CTCM and CTCU If you use a non PnP operating system like DOS Windows 3 1x and do not have a PnP BIOS or ICM your PnP card works like a software configurable card In such an environment CTCM needs to know which resources have been reserved by all the legacy and PnP cards and system devices in your system before it can allocate conflict free resources to your new Creative PnP card CTC...

Page 84: ...etting information of your legacy non PnP cards and thus may give your PnP card some settings that would conflict with those of existing legacy cards ICM or other Configuration Manager Questions Question Must I remove ICM or another configuration manager in order to use CTCM Answer No you do not have to remove ICM or another configuration manager to use CTCM If both CTCM and ICM are installed in y...

Page 85: ...U to add the information on the hardware resource used by your legacy cards Next run CTCM to configure your PnP card Alternatively if you do not know your legacy cards settings use CTCU to change the settings of your PnP card Then run CTCM and test whether your card works properly This is a trial and error method since CTCM will not be informed about the resources that have been reserved by your l...

Page 86: ...asily When it does CTCM will not work properly To solve this problem remove the HIGHSCAN option in the EMM386 statement in the CONFIG SYS file For example change the statement DEVICE C dir EMM386 EXE HIGHSCAN other parameters to DEVICE C dir EMM386 EXE other parameters where C dir is the directory in which your EMM386 program is installed and other parameters are the other parameters in the EMM386...

Page 87: ...s without the prior written consent of Creative Technology Ltd Copyright 1996 Creative Technology Ltd All rights reserved Microsoft MS DOS Windows 3 1x and Windows 95 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners ...

Page 88: ...aveSynth WG MIDI playback because currently the Sound Blaster hardware and driver do not support this While WaveSynth WG is playing a MIDI file you cannot enable Creative Mixer s LED display And vice versa Some of the constraints explained in this leaflet may not apply to your audio card For details refer to the Readme file in you audio package Full Duplex Mode When you select this mode you can pl...

Page 89: ...traints in this mode You cannot play an audio file and record another one at the same time Creative FastSpeech playback is not supported Wave playback is restricted to the sampling rate conversions that Microsoft s Audio Compression Manager ACM supports ACM will do the necessary sampling rate conversion during playback Thus if you do not have ACM you cannot play 8 kHz wave files You cannot play wa...

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