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SoundDrive 16 User's Manual

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Orchid Utilities

SCSI CD-ROM Utilities

Key-Z Player

Key-Z Player - Solo

Key-Z Player - Accompanied

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Audio Applications

Using Audio Recorder

Recording an Audio File

Playing an Audio File

Changing the Waveform

Edit Menu Commands

The Recording Control

The Volume Control

The Mixer Control

The Extender Recorder

The Audio Clip Library

Talking Calculator

The Chime

The Audio Reminder

The Talking Clock

Stopwatch

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Technical Help

CompuServe

Summary of Contents for SoundDrive 16

Page 1: ...SoundDrive 16 User s Manual ORCHID ...

Page 2: ...d or translated by any means either mechanical or electronic without prior consent in writing from Orchid Technology Incorporated SoundDrive 16 is a trademark of Orchid Technology All other products mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective manufacturers Orchid Technology 45365 Northport Loop West Fremont CA 94538 9973 ...

Page 3: ...ry of Jumper Settings 14 Jumper JP1 SCSI Memory Address Segment 14 Jumper JP2 CD ROM SCSI IRQ Address 15 Jumper JP4 Mitsumi I O Address 15 Jumper JP5 SoundDrive 16 I O Address 16 External Devices 16 The MIDI Interface 18 Optional WaveBooster Daughtercard Interface 18 Installing a CD ROM Drive 19 CD ROM Device Drivers 20 SCSI CD ROM Device Drivers Installation 20 Configuring the SCSI CD ROM Device ...

Page 4: ... 37 Using Audio Recorder 37 Recording an Audio File 38 Playing an Audio File 39 Changing the Waveform 40 Edit Menu Commands 42 The Recording Control 44 The Volume Control 45 The Mixer Control 46 The Extender Recorder 47 The Audio Clip Library 49 Talking Calculator 50 The Chime 52 The Audio Reminder 53 The Talking Clock 54 Stopwatch 55 APPENDIX A Technical Help 57 CompuServe 57 ...

Page 5: ...Features 65 Additional Features 66 Address Settings and Pin Assignments 68 Sound Blaster Mode Addresses 68 Windows Sound System Mode Addresses 68 CD ROM Audio Cable Connector 68 Joystick MIDI Port Pin Assignments 69 APPENDIX B MIDI 71 MIDI Overview 71 WaveBooster Sounds 72 WaveBooster Percussion Sounds 76 Limitation of Liability 77 FCC Notice 78 Index 79 ...

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Page 7: ...5 ECCELL the first PC Multifunction card with error correction 1987 RamQuest 50 60 the first EMS Expanded Memory Specification product for the IBM PS 2 computers 1990 ProDesigner II the first Super VGA graphics adapter to support 1024 x 768 graphics in 256 colors on inter laced and non interlaced monitors 1991 Fahrenheit 1280 first to ship a Windows accelerator based on S3 s 86C911 chip 1992 Fahre...

Page 8: ...cal instrument sounds A unique feature of the SoundDrive 16 is the optional Orchid Wave Booster wavetable synthesis daughtercard This daughtercard plugs into the SoundDrive 16 and enhances the sound in Windows and multimedia applications with real music instruments Because it is multimedia ready the SoundDrive 16 s hardware and software interfaces turn your 386 or 486 PC into an MPC Level 2 compli...

Page 9: ...tructions on how to con nect external devices to SoundDrive 16 Chapter 2 Orchid Utilities This chapter provides you with several Orchid utili ties Utilities are included to enhance the capabilities of your SoundDrive 16 and your CD ROM drive Chapter 3 Audio Applications Here you are given information on the use of the Orchid Audio Applications to create and control your multimedia environment Appe...

Page 10: ... The SoundDrive 16EZ is an FM Synthesis OPL 3 16 bit sound card It can record and play back 16 bit resolution 44KHz sample frequency stereo audio In addition it provides a Mitsumi CD ROM inter face The SoundDrive 16EZ is also designed for the optional Orchid WaveBooster wavetable synthesis daughtercard SoundDrive 16EZ SCSI The SoundDrive 16EZ has all the features of the SoundDrive 16EZ and adds th...

Page 11: ...ortant information When you see the Magnifying Glass it means the text is referring to some thing you should take a closer look at before proceeding further When you see the Exclamation Mark itgivesimportantinformationtoavoid damage to property Common Names BBS Bulletin Board System DAC Digital Analog Converter DSP Digital Signal Processor MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MPC Multimedia P...

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Page 13: ...lug all power cords and remove the computer cover 3 Install the SoundDrive 16 into a 16 bit expan sion slot 4 If you are connecting external speakers to the SoundDrive 16 connect the speaker cable to the SPEAKER jack on the metal bracket 5 If you are connecting amplified external speak ers to the SoundDrive 16 connect the speaker cable to the LINE OUT jack on the metal bracket 6 If you are connect...

Page 14: ...CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files 7 Atthispoint youmustexitWindowsandreboot your system The CD ROM drive is initialized on bootup If it does not initialize on bootup check for an I O DMA or IRQ address conflict Verifytheaddresssettingsofotherperipheralsin your system to correct the address conflict s 8 If you are installing a Mitsumi compatible CD ROM drive refer to the installation procedures pro...

Page 15: ...r 1 Hardware and Software Installation NOTE Pin 1 on the connectors is indicated by a square The SCSI chip This chip is optional on the SoundDrive 16EZ SPKR Jack Line Out Line In MIC Jack Joystick Connector Figure 1 1 SoundDrive 16 Diagram ...

Page 16: ...tting Default Function JP1 No Connection Set SCSI address CA000 SCSI Memory Connect option 1 Set SCSI address C8000 Segment Connect option 2 Set SCSI address CE000 Connect 1 2 Set SCSI address DE000 JP2 No Connection No Interrupt Used CD ROM SCSI Connect option 1 Set Interrupt 5 IRQ Connect option 2 Set Interrupt 7 Connect option 3 Set Interrupt 10 Connect option 4 Set Interrupt 11 JP4 No Connecti...

Page 17: ... 2 1 Ifyouencounteraconflictwithanotherdeviceinyoursystem you can select IRQ 5 7 10 or 11 Jumper JP4 Mitsumi I O Address If you are not using a Mitsumi CD ROM drive this jumper can be ignored This jumper sets the interrupt address for the Mitsumi interface The default ad dressisOFF whichconfiguresforI Oaddress360H For details on the device driver parameters see CD ROM Device Drivers When installin...

Page 18: ...u will have an additional cable This cable plugs into the 15 pin connector and provides MIDI IN and MIDI OUT connections in addition to a joystick connection Connect this cable to the joystick port and connect any MIDI devices to the appropriate cables See Figure 1 7 for the connection locations of the external devices Jumper JP5 SoundDrive 16 I O Address Jumper JP5 sets the base I O port address ...

Page 19: ...nal mono or stereo audio source to the SoundDrive 16 such as a tape player or radio Use the appropriate converter cable to inter face to your external equipment Line Out Allows you to connect the audio output of your SoundDrive 16 to your home stereo VCR or ampli fied speakers To Speaker jack To Line Out jack To Line In jack To MIC jack To Joystick connector MIDI Keyboard Figure 1 7 SoundDrive 16 ...

Page 20: ...aler or the Orchid Sales department See the Technical Help and Warranty Information card for Orchid telephone numbers Optional WaveBooster Daughtercard Interface An optional WaveBooster daughtercard is avail able for SoundDrive 16 Installation is easy It plugs right into the SoundDrive 16 see Figure 1 1 Refer to Appendix B for a listing of the General MIDI and MT 32 sounds available To purchase th...

Page 21: ...ROM drive interface connector Be sure to match the colored stripe to Pin 1 of the CD ROM drive connector 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the SCSI or Mitsumi connector on the SoundDrive 16 card Pin 1 is located on the bottom right corner of the connectors Make sure that Pin 1 on your cable colored stripe is connected to this pin 3 Connect the audio cable to the CD ROM drive s audio connecto...

Page 22: ...ile which tells the operating system that a CD ROM drive is installed in the system and what configuration the CD ROM drive is using MSCDEX EXE is a commonly used device driver Thereare other versions of this device driver that perform the same function such as the CORELCDX COM device driver SCSI CD ROM Device Drivers Installation If you have installed a SCSI CD ROM drive in your system or other S...

Page 23: ...ers for a SCSI CD ROM drive FDCD SYS and CORELCDX COM FDCD SYS is added to the CONFIG SYS file This device driver initializes the SCSI CD ROM drive on boot up and configures the settings for the drive CORELCDX COMisaddedtotheAUTOEXEC BAT file This device driver tells the operating system thataCD ROMdriveisinstalled CORELCDX COM is similar to the MSCDEX EXE device driver IfyouneedtoconfiguretheFDCD...

Page 24: ..._size The parameters are defined as follows D driver_name identifies the name of the CD ROM device driver to be used You can enter more than one D driver_name option to iden tify multiple CD ROM device drivers The names you enter must match names used in the D device_name parameters for each device driver entry in the CONFIG SYS file M mem_bufs specifies the approximate num ber of sector buffers a...

Page 25: ...this option may slightly increase the number of specified cache buffers FILES num specifiesthenumberofCD ROM files that you can open at the same time Each file requires approximately 16 bytes By de fault the limit is the number specified by the FILES line in the CONFIG SYS file CACHE pt dir data specifies the number of cache blockstoallocateforthepathtable cache directory cache and data cache Each...

Page 26: ...ne the allocation of cache blocks When adjusting the allocation of cache blocks you cannot exceed the following minimum and maximum sizes for each area path table cache block size 1 sector minimum 2 sectors maximum 64 sectors directory cache block size 1 sector minimum 2 sectors maximum 64 sectors data cache block size 2 sectors minimum 1block Ifyou use DATABLK to alter the block size the minimum ...

Page 27: ...m for its data cache Data read into the cache is read in blocks Setting the data block size to 1 disables read ahead caching but an additional 4K of conventional memory is required Also note that the read ahead caching logic internal of some CD ROM drives isadverselyaffectedbychanging the default data cache block size E emm_val extends the basic MSCDEX com patible Eoptionbyallowingyou to force COR...

Page 28: ... asmallamount ofconventionalmemorymayalso be allocated for storage of re quired tables Also to make effi cient use of expanded memory and due to internal cache align ment requirements the number of cache blocks in use may be adjusted slightly when this op tion is used STACK stack_size causes CORELCDX to switch to its own internal stack while pro cessing software interrupts rather than using the pr...

Page 29: ...o your CD ROM manufacturer s documentation Configuring the MSCDEX EXE Device Driver If you are using the MSCDEX EXE device driver and need to configure the driver the following syntax is used drive path mscdex exe d device_name l m The parameters are defined as follows d SpecifiesthedevicenameoftheCD ROMdrive The driver1 parameter must match the param eter specified by the D switch on the CONFIG S...

Page 30: ... ROM driver use ex panded memory if available to store sector buffers k Specifies that MS DOS should recognize CD ROM volumes encoded in Kanji By default MS DOS does not recognize Kanji CD ROM volumes s Enables sharing of CD ROM drives on MS NET or Windows for Workgroups servers v Directs MSCDEX to display memory statis tics when it starts ...

Page 31: ... be run from the DOS C prompt FDCDTEST This test utility will test the integrity of the CD ROM device driver s and drive FDEJECT Ejects the CD ROM disc from the CD ROM drive If the drive door is locked this utility first unlocks the door and then ejects the disc This function is valid only for CD ROM drives that support a software controlled eject command FDLOCK Locks the door on the CD ROM drive ...

Page 32: ... Reverse skips back 10 seconds into current track Play plays the current track if the CD is not currently playing Fast Forward skips forward 10 seconds into the current track if the CD is currently playing Pause Resume Pauses the current track if the CD is playing or resumes if the CD is paused Stop stops the CD Next CD goes to the next CD player if there is more than one CD in the system for exam...

Page 33: ...cal instrument that isexhilarating to play Key Z Player incorporates the following features a standard MIDI file song player graphic piano key board display graphic mixer with volume channel patch pan and mutecontrol and over 40 song styles To run Key Z Player 1 From the Orchid Audio Applications program group double clickontheKey ZPlayericon The following screen appears The buttons at the top of ...

Page 34: ...ged or Horizontal Jagged maps the keys so that they progress up the scale alternating rows This mapping also works well for organ solos and arpeggios Horizontal mapsthekeyssothattheyprogressup the scale from left to right from the bottom to the top while increasing the pitch for each row This mapping works great for quick string scale runs and playing blues piano Setting offers the following four ...

Page 35: ...ngFiles Youcanalsomeasurethelengthofasong by using the Bar Control option Bar Control the bar control detects the length of the song how many measures the song consists of Forexample ifyouhavea128barsong thebar control will start at Bar Zero which is the begin ning of the song It will play through the entire song ending at Bar 128 NOTE The song must be stopped before using the bar control slider P...

Page 36: ...r the sound you desire 3 Select the keyboard mapping from the Layout menu 4 Set your Volume and begin playing by tapping out notes on your computer keyboard Keyboard Notes The playable key is shown in white You can play multiple notes and chords by pressing several keys at once this is called polyphony Note Progression Notes begin with the lowest left row the Z row in Horizontal Mapping and the A ...

Page 37: ... real time To play Key Z Player Accompanied 1 Open the Song Player window by clicking on the Player menu button 2 Click on the Open Song button and select a song to play 3 When the file is opened it will use the default settings for Key Scale and Tempo In addition the track structure of the Song File including the instrumentnameandMIDIchannelissetintothe Mixer NOTE Key Z Player can read and play F...

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Page 39: ...or recording editing and playback The Audio Recorder can record and playback in WAV format and AUD format The WAV for mat is Microsoft Windows 3 1 format for audio files The AUD format uses ESPCM ADPCM compression to produce an audio file Different levels of compression are available in the Audio Recorder ESPCM compression at low medium and high levels and linear PCM and ADPCM compressions To star...

Page 40: ... cassette tape player a compact disk player or any other line in source The large area in the center of the window shows the waveform of the current audio file Recording an Audio File To record a new file 1 From the File menu click on New The follow ing screen appears Figure 3 1 Audio Recorder Screen To access Help click on Contents from the Help menu in the Audio Recorder window Figure 3 2 Sound ...

Page 41: ...button 6 From the File menu click on Save As If the file is uncompressed and you wish to save it uncompressed do not click on the Options but ton Choose a directory location enter a name for the audio file then click on OK button to save it The uncompressed audio file is saved as a WAV file If the file is uncompressed and you wish to com press it click on the Options button and select the compress...

Page 42: ...io Recorder s waveform display provides a graphic representation of the audio file currently in memory You can control the display with the vertical and horizontal scroll bars To zoom in on or magnify the waveform move the vertical scroll button down To zoom out move the vertical scroll button up To see more of the waveform ahead or behind the part currently displayed click the right or left area ...

Page 43: ... Audio Recorder s drag and drop feature en ables you to embed audio files in documents 1 LoadyourWindowsapplicationandopenadocu ment 2 Load an audio file 3 Move the cursor to the icon at the top right of the Audio Recorder The cursor changes into a hand Press the mouse button down and drag the icon to the document window Release the button at the place you want the audio icon to appear 4 To play t...

Page 44: ...nd play simultaneously Mixing a file may increase the length of the current audio file The maximum length of the new audio file is determined by the amount of memory available You can also mix with audio from the Clipboard Delete File Deletes the selected portion of the audio file If you wish to save the deleted section use the Cut com mand instead of Delete To restore a deleted audio section choo...

Page 45: ...ach audio file To select an other picture more representative of the audio file s contents click on the Set Picture button 4 From the Set Picture screen select the picture to appear with the audio file It can be any graphic saved in a bitmap BMP or DIB wave WAV icon ICO executable EXE or library DLL file The picture selected will appear in the Audio Recorder It will also appear in any document in ...

Page 46: ...er synthesizer or any other Line In source The Recording Control displays the recording level and stereo balance controls for each of your computer s hardware sources 1 To include a recording source click on the check box in front of its name 2 To adjust the stereo balance of any source drag its top horizontal sliding bar left or right 3 To adjust the recording level of a source drag its vertical ...

Page 47: ...Volume Control with the Audio Recorder during playback If you are play ing multiple sources you can use the Mixer to combine them and use the Volume Control as the master regulator The Volume Control can receive input from a microphone cassette tape player compact disk player or any other Line In source 2 To adjust the stereo balance drag the horizontal sliding bar left or right 3 To adjust the vo...

Page 48: ...e Audio Recorder to play an audio file you can open the Mixer to combine audio from the file with audio from other sources The Volume Control acts as a master regulator of the combined signal from the Mixer The Mixer can receive input from a waveform audio file a microphone a compact disk player a synthesizer or other Line In source 1 To adjust the stereo balance of a source drag its top sliding b...

Page 49: ...k space you have available The Extended Recorder can record to and play back from both PCM and AUD formats PCM is the Microsoft Windows 3 1 audio file format The AUD format uses ESPCM compression to pro duce an audio file The Extended Recorder pro vides a choice of linear PCM 8 bits or 16 bits and ESPCM low 4 bits compression System Requirements Use the Extended Recorder with a hard disk com press...

Page 50: ...ations program group double click on the Extended Recorder icon The following screen appears The buttons at the bottom of the Extended Recorder window are from left to right Record Play and Stop This window shows the current file s name the cur rent location in seconds and the total length in sec onds 2 You can display more information on the selected file from the Extended Recorder From the Op ti...

Page 51: ...sic phrases and sounds You can play any audio file in the library by using the Audio Recorder opened au tomatically by the Audio Clip Library the Microsoft Sound Recorder or other recorders compatible with the Windows WAV format You can also add folders and audio files of your own to the Audio Clip Library Starting the Audio Clip Library 1 From the Orchid Audio Applications program group double cl...

Page 52: ...s a variety of mechanical and animal sound clips Talking Calculator The Talking Calculator is an audio visual calcu lator that allows you to perform calculations in Windows 3 1 You can reduce Talking Calculator to an icon so that it is readily available whenever you want to perform calculations To start Talking Calculator 1 From the Orchid Audio Applications window double click onthe Talking Calcu...

Page 53: ...t and its function Button Key Function Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division sqrt Square root of the displayed value Calculates percentages or ENTER performs any operation on the previous numbers F9 Changesthesignofthedisplayednum ber 1 x r Calculates the reciprocal of the dis played number Back Backspace Deletes the rightmost digit of the dis played number AC ESC Clears the current calcula...

Page 54: ...lp click on Contents from the Help menu in the Talking Calculator window The Chime The Chime announces the time musically Chime can announce the time or play audio files at differ ent intervals when enabled To start Chime 1 From the Orchid Audio Applications window double click on the Chime icon The following screen appears Chime continues to make announcements when you reduce it to an icon All Ch...

Page 55: ...ear in analog or digital display Click on the Start button from the Timer window to begin the countdown If there is zero time on the timer click on the Reset button This will reset the timer to the previous countdown To stop the Timer at any time click on Stop the start button switches to stop when the timer is in opera tion To access Help click on Contents from the Help menu in the Timer window T...

Page 56: ...play and set off the alarms as required To access Help click on Con tents from the Help menu in the Audio Reminder window The Talking Clock The Talking Clock helps you keep track of time It announces the time when you select the Say com mand You can display the Talking Clock as an analog or digital clock To start Talking Clock 1 From the Orchid Audio Applications window double click onthe Talking ...

Page 57: ...king Clock is set to Always Minimize it will continue to display and an nounce the time when you reduce it to an icon To access Help click on Contents from the Help menu in the Talking Clock window Stopwatch The Stopwatch allows you to measure duration of time You can set the Stopwatch to sound a tick each second and announce the amount of time elapsed from the time it was activated When you start...

Page 58: ...t and select a font You can change the size of the Stopwatch window and move it wherever you wish so that the time lapsed including minutes and seconds appear on the screen Stopwatch continues to display and keep time when you reduce it to an icon To access Help click on Contents from the Help menu in the Stopwatch window Figure 3 16 Stopwatch Screen ...

Page 59: ...MULTIBVEN to get into the Multi media Vendor Forum B Once you are in this forum select Message Section 10 The mes sage and library sections are labeled Orchid or You may type GO ORCHID to get immediate access to the Orchid section 3 If you would like to leave private mail for Orchid type GO MAIL Address your letters to our technical support account number 72662 2672 Troubleshooting the SoundDrive ...

Page 60: ...d for you Symptom 1 SystemlocksuponbootupwiththeSoundDrive16 installed Check 1 Check whether another peripheral in your sys tem is using the same I O address configured by Jumper JP5 on the SoundDrive 16 Symptom 2 No sound output Check 1 Is the external speaker properly connected to the SoundDrive 16 SPEAKER jack 2 Is there another adapter in your system that may be using the same address I O Addr...

Page 61: ...n 3 Verify that the SET BLASTER statement is in the AUTOEXEC BAT file 4 Make sure the application is configured for the same IRQ I O or DMA as the SoundDrive 16 Symptom 4 Certain applications do not play digitized sound such as speech or sound effects Check 1 Check for a conflict with the Sound Blaster inter face configuration settings Digitized sounds are played back through this interface 2 Veri...

Page 62: ...ce driver lines are correct refer to Chapter 1 Device Drivers 3 If there is a LASTDRIVE statement in the CONFIG SYS file verify that the drive letter used is set to a letter after the CD ROM drive refer to your DOS manual for more informa tion 4 Verify that the colored stripe on ribbon cable is correctly installed on Pin 1 on both the SoundDrive 16 and the CD ROM drive Symptom 6 My CD ROM drive do...

Page 63: ...r card Symptom 8 My microphone recording level is too soft or un able to record properly Check 1 Verify that your microphone has the proper im pedance or is too sensitive The SoundDrive 16 expects a microphone with an impedance of ap proximately 600 10K ohms 2 Verify that the software used to record and the Windows temporary directory are not on a drive that is using a disk doubling utility 3 Turn...

Page 64: ...ver From the Control Panel window click on the Drivers icon click on Add and reload the SoundDrive 16 WAVE MIDI driver Restart Windows and check the sound again 2 Did you change the default address settings If so you need to reset the address settings in Win dows Symptom 11 I received the error message Disk Could Not Keep Up with Digital Audio Rate Check 1 Were you recording when you received this...

Page 65: ...u defragmented your hard drive lately Your software applicaton may have encountered a performance problem with your hard drive Use one of the commercial disk optimizing utili ties available Excellent digital audio perfor mancerequiresthatyouoptimizeyourharddrive often ...

Page 66: ...s please note the follow ing information A BUS mouse commonly uses I O address 240H Network cards commonly use the following addresses IRQ 10 or 11 I O 300H 320H 340H or 360H Other devices such as SCSI cards hard disks andCD ROM drives commonly use the fol lowing addresses IRQ 10 11 14 or 15 I O 330H or 340H When you encounter an IRQ conflict you will normally hear a continuous noise from the spea...

Page 67: ...nd multimedia standards Sound Blaster AdLib Microsoft Windows Sound System MPC Level I and II Chipsets ESS688 Audio Drive Yamaha OPL3 FM Synthesis Computers Supported ISA machines IBM ATs 286 386 486 and compatibles Card Size 6 x 4 5 Interfaces Optional SCSI 2 CD ROM interface Optional Wave Booster daughtercard Mitsumi CD ROM interface DB 15 port for Joystick MIDI Port 3 5 mm mono jack for microph...

Page 68: ... Analog Mixer built in Selectable input and mixing of all audio sources for recording Line in Stereo CD Audio Mono Microphone Synthesizer Digital Audio Stereo Digitized Audio Playback 8 bit and 16 bit sample modes Sampling Rate of 2KHz to 44 1KHz mono or stereo Hardware audio decompression ESPCM ratios of 2 1 3 1 and 4 1 Audio Amplifier Frequency Response 20Hz to 22KHz Stereo Digitized Audio Recor...

Page 69: ...Joystick MIDI cable Wavetable Interface for optional Wave Booster daughtercard Joystick Port MIDI Interface Standard built in 15 pin D sub connector Game I O port for PC analog joystick Built in interface for Sound Blaster MIDI cable with MIDI IN and MIDI OUT connectors MIDI time stamp for Multimedia extension Sound Blaster MIDI compatible 64 byte FIFO buffer Mono Microphone Input Automatic Gain C...

Page 70: ... hardware configured see Chapter 1 The fol lowing addresses are available for SoundDrive 16 DMA 0 1 3 IRQ 3 4 5 7 I O 220 240 Table A 2 Sound System Addresses CD ROM Audio Cable Connector Pin Assignment 1 Left Channel 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Default Setting Table A 3 CD ROM Audio Cable Pin Outs Pin 1 IRQ 3 4 5 7 I O 220 240 DMA 0 1 3 Table A 1 Sound Blaster Mode Addresses Windows Sound S...

Page 71: ...e standard PC Game Control adapter The 15 pin D sub connector is also used as the built in MIDI interface The pin out assignments are as follows Pin Function Pin Function 1 5V 9 5V 2 A 1 10 B 1 3 A X 11 B X 4 GND 12 MIDI OUT 5 GND 13 B Y 6 A Y 14 B 2 7 A 2 15 MIDI IN 8 5V Figure A 1 Joystick MIDI Pin Outs Table A 4 Joystick MIDI Pin Assignments ...

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Page 73: ...ses by allowing many instruments to be centrally con trolled like one electronic orchestra The MIDI Manufacturers Association MMA is responsible for the development and evolution of MIDI MIDI contains instructions controlling how and when devices like digital synthesizers produce sound You can think of MIDI as a sort of Post script for music Postscript describes objects rather than casting them in...

Page 74: ...avinet 9 Electric Organ 1 Celesta 10 Electric Organ 2 Glockenspiel 11 Electric Organ 3 Music Box 12 Electric Organ 4 Vibraphone 13 Pipe Organ 1 Marimba 14 Pipe Organ 2 Xylophone 15 Pipe Organ 3 Tubular Bells 16 Accordion Dulcimer 17 Harpsichord 1 Hammond Organ 18 Harpsichord 2 Percussive Organ 19 Harpsichord 3 Rock Organ 20 Clavinet 1 Church Organ 21 Clavinet 2 Reed Organ 22 Clavinet 3 Accordion 2...

Page 75: ...ection 1 50 String Section 2 String Section 2 51 String Section 3 Synth Strings 1 52 Pizzicato Synth String 2 53 Violin 1 Choir Aahs 54 Violin 2 Voice Oohs 55 Cello 1 Synth Voice 56 Cello 2 Orchestra Hit 57 Contrabass Trumpet 58 Harp 1 Trombone 59 Harp 2 Tuba 60 Guitar 1 Muted Trumpet 61 Guitar 2 French Horn 62 Electric Guitar 1 Brass Section 63 Electric Guitar 2 Synth Brass 1 64 Sitar Synth Brass...

Page 76: ...n Lead Fifths 88 Harmonica Lead Bass 89 Trumpet 1 New Age Pad 90 Trumpet 2 Warm Pad 91 Trombone 1 Polysynth Pad 92 Trombone 2 Choir Pad 93 French Horn 1 Bowed Pad 94 French Horn 2 Metallic Pad 95 Tuba Halo Pad 96 Brass Section 1 Sweep Pad 97 Brass Section 2 Rain 98 Vibe 1 Soundtrack 99 Vibe 2 Crystal 100 Synth Mallet Atmosphere 101 Windbell Brightness 102 Glockenshpiel Goblins 103 Tube Bell Echoes...

Page 77: ... Steel Drums 116 Electric Percussion 1 Woodblock 117 Electric Percussion 2 Taiko Drum 118 Taiko Melodic Tom 119 Taiko Rim Synth Drum 120 Cymbal Reverse Cymbal 121 Castanets Guitar Fret Noise 122 Triangle Breath Noise 123 Orchestra Hit Seashore 124 Telephone Bird Tweet 125 Bird Tweet Telephone Ring 126 One Note Jam Helicopter 127 Water Bells Applause 128 Jungle Tune Gunshot ...

Page 78: ...Stick 38 D1 Acoustic Snare 39 D1 Hand Clap 40 E1 Electric Snare 41 F1 Low Floor Tom 42 F1 Closed Hi Hat 43 G1 High Floor Tom 44 G1 Pedal Hi Hat 45 A1 Low Tom 46 A1 Open Hi Hat 47 B1 Low Mid Tom 48 C2 Hi Mid Tom 49 C2 Crash Cymbal 1 50 D2 High Tom 51 D2 Ride Cymbal 1 52 E2 Chinese Cymbal 53 F2 Ride Bell 54 F2 Tambourine 55 G2 Splash Cymbal 56 G2 Cow Bell 57 A2 Crash Cymbal 2 58 A2 Vibraslap 59 B2 R...

Page 79: ...stle 72 C4 Long Whistle 73 C4 Short Guiro 74 D4 Long Guiro 75 D4 Claves 76 E4 High Wood Black 77 F4 Low Wood Bock 78 F4 Mute Cuica 79 G4 Open Cuica 80 G4 Mute Triangle 81 A4 Open Triangle NOTE C1 refers to the lowest C key on a standard 5 octave keyboard The sign refers to a half step sharp ...

Page 80: ...ness interruption loss of business information and the like arising out of the use of or inability to use this product even if Orchid Technology has been ad vised of the possibility of such damages Because some states do not allow the exclusion of liability for consequential or incidental damages the above limitation may not apply to you In any event Orchid Technology s liability arising in any ma...

Page 81: ...r is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient the receiving antenna 2 Relocate the computer with respect to the receiver 3 Move the computer away from the receiver 4 Plug the computer into an outlet which resides on a different circuit breaker than the receiver 5 If necessary consult your dealer or an experienced radio or television technic...

Page 82: ...evice Drivers 20 22 CompuServe 57 Configuring MSCDEX EXE Device Driver 27 SCSI CD ROM Device Drivers 21 SoundDrive 16 14 Connecting External Devices 16 D D sub connector for joystick MIDI input 17 69 Device Drivers 20 Diagram SoundDrive 16 10 E External Devices 16 G Game Port 17 69 H Help Troubleshooting 57 Index ...

Page 83: ...t Pin Assignments 17 69 Jumpers Locations of Jumpers 14 Jumper Settings JP1 SCSI Memory Address Segment 14 JP2 CD ROM SCSI IRQ Address 15 JP4 Mitsumi I O Address 15 JP5 SoundDrive 16 I O Address 16 Summary 14 K Key Z Player 31 Key Z Player Solo 34 Key Z Player Accompanied 35 L Line input jack 17 M Microphone input jack 17 MIDI General MIDI 71 Interface 17 Overview 71 Specifications 69 Index ...

Page 84: ...tware Installation 11 20 Sounds General MIDI 71 MT 32 72 Percussion 76 Speaker output jack 17 Summary of Jumpers Settings 14 T Technical Help 57 Technical Information 65 Technical Specifications 65 Troubleshooting 57 U Utilities Key Z player 31 SCSI CD ROM Utilities 29 ...

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