Creative SB0060 - Sound Blaster Live, User Manual

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SB Emulation in MS-DOS/ Windows 95/98 B-9
There are games that offer MPU-401/Roland (General MIDI or MT-32/LAPC-1) as an option.
Often these games allow you to set the MIDI port address. Make sure that they match the MIDI
address in the Resources list on Resources tabbed page of the Creative SB Live! SB16 Emulation
Properties dialog box. The same values can be found under “MPU-401 (General MIDI, Roland
MT-32/LAPC-1) Emulation”, displayed by
SBECFG.EXE
in MS-DOS mode. Remember to
enable the MT-32 MIDI patch with the
SBEMIXER
program if you select Roland
MT-32
or
LAPC-
1
for music.
Music Options
Most MS-DOS games offer a menu choice for sound when they start up. If you have a choice
between General MIDI and
MT-32
, always choose General MIDI, since it will provide you with
the best sound quality. If you need to use
MT-32
, you must first switch from the General MIDI
instrument set (the default) to the
MT-32
instrument set using
SBEMIXER
. Be sure to switch back
to the General MIDI set when you are finished using the
MT-32
instrument set.
Digital Audio Options
SB Live! supports Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16, and Adlib digital audio
emulation. If an application provides all these as options, specify the choices in this order:
1. Sound Blaster 16
2. Sound Blaster Pro
3. Sound Blaster
4. Adlib
MS-DOS Mode
Utilities The SB Live! card includes a few MS-DOS utilities. These utilities require the SB Live! DOS
driver
SBEINIT.COM
to be loaded.
SBECFG.EXE
Use the
SBECFG.EXE
utility to obtain the hardware settings and the status of the SB Live!
card.Typing
SBECFG.EXE
at the command prompt displays the following hardware settings:
❑
PCI Hardware Settings: Port, IRQ
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