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SoundWave 32 User's Manual

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NDEX

A

Address Settings - 50
Address Conflicts - 44

C

CD-ROM DISC Handling - 21
CD-ROM Drive

Address Settings - 50
Interfaces - 10
Operation - 19

Changing the Address Settings - 33
Commands

DOS - 33

CompuServe - 37
Configuring

SoundWave 32 - 28
Sound Standards - 27

Connecting External Devices - 16

D

DB-15 port for joystick/MIDI input - 15, 52
Device Drivers - 29, 31
Diagram (SoundWave 32) - 10
DOS Command Line Options - 33

E

External Devices - 16

G

Game Port - 15

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Summary of Contents for SoundWave 32

Page 1: ...SoundWave 32 ORCHID User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...translated by any means either mechanical or electronic without prior consent in writing from Orchid Technology Incorporated SoundWave 32 and Orchid are trademarks of Orchid Technology All other products mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective manufac turers Orchid Technology 45365 Northport Loop West Fremont CA 94538 9973 ...

Page 3: ...Jumper J3 I O Address 12 Figure 1 3 Jumper JP1 Wavetable 12 Wavetable Configuration 13 Step 3 Installing Your SoundWave 32 14 Figure 1 4 Rear Slot Cover 14 Connecting Microphone and External Speakers 14 Figure 1 5 SoundWave 32 Bracket 15 External Devices 16 Installing the Orchid CD ROM Drive 17 Figure 1 6 CD ROM Drive Installation 17 Figure 1 7 CD ROM Back Panel 18 Figure 1 8 Audio Cable 18 Operat...

Page 4: ... 2 1 SINSTALL Main Menu Screen 28 Figure 2 2 SoundWave 32 Configuration Screen 29 Device Drivers 31 Changing the Address Settings 33 SW32 EXE Utility 33 SoundWave 32 Volume Control Utility 34 SoundWave 32 Mixer Console 35 Figure 2 3 Mixer Configuration Screen 35 SECTION 3 Technical Help 37 CompuServe 37 Before You Begin 37 Troubleshooting the SoundWave 32 38 Avoiding Address Conflicts 44 MIDI Usag...

Page 5: ...Sound System Addresses 51 MPU 401 Mode Addresses 51 Table A4 MPU 401 Addresses 51 CD ROM Audio Cable Connector 51 Table A5 CD ROM Audio Cable Pin Outs 51 Joystick MIDI Port Pin Assignments 52 Table A6 Joystick MIDI Pin Assignments 52 Figure A1 Joystick MIDI Pin Outs 52 SoundWave 32 MIDI Port Specifications 53 APPENDIX A MIDI 55 MIDI Overview 55 SoundWave 32 Sounds 56 SoundWave 32 Percussion Sounds...

Page 6: ...4 SoundWave 32 User s Manual ...

Page 7: ...chip 1992 Fahrenheit VA first to ship a Windows accelerator with video audio built in 1993 Celsius VLB first to ship a Windows accelerator based on IIT s award winning AGX015 chip With the introduction of Windows 3 1 and Orchid s experience and successingraphics itisanaturaltransitiontomoveintothemultimedia arena Orchid introduces the SoundWave 32 a high performance 16 bit stereo sound card for 28...

Page 8: ...lMIDIspecification In addition 16 bit stereo audio and ADPCM compres sionallowyoutorecordhigh qualitysoundsdirectly to the hard disk TheSoundWave32isbasedupontheAnalogDevices ADSP2115DSP Thisadvancedchipcanprocessover 20 million instructions per second 20 MIPS en abling the SoundWave 32 to accurately emulate a widenumberofsoundandsynthesizerarchitectures includingYamaha sOPLsynthesizersandtheRolan...

Page 9: ...ndinstructionsonhowtoconnect external devices to the SoundWave 32 Section 2 Software Installation and Setup Here you will be given the information needed to install the sound drivers and software configuration and setup Section 3 Technical Help and Information If you are experiencing installation difficulties or re quire troubleshooting information this section will give you checkpoints to ensure ...

Page 10: ... important 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 FILENAMES All MS PC DOS filenames and DOS commands will be emphasized by this type style Common Names BBS Bulletin Board System DAC Digital Analog Converter DSP Digital Signal Processor MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MPC Multime...

Page 11: ...u need to change a default setting see Table 1 1 for other options Other addresses used are software configured Step 3 Installing your SoundWave 32 SoundWave 32 allows for connection of various ex ternal devices such as a microphone speakers CD player CD ROM drive joystick and MIDI connec tions See Figures 1 1 and 1 5 for connection loca tions This step also provides installation instructions for ...

Page 12: ...Section 1 Installing SoundWave 32 10 SoundWave 32 User s Manual NOTE Pin 1 on the card is indicated by a square SPKR Jack Line Out Line In MIC Jack Joystick Connector Figure 1 1 SoundWave 32 diagram ...

Page 13: ...elect a 16 bit expansion slot for the SoundWave 32 Step 2 Preparing Your SoundWave 32 Jumper Settings There are two jumper blocks used in the configuration ofSoundWave32 Thejumpersarelocatedatpositions J3 and JP1 The following page explains the use and proper settings Jumper Setting Default Function Jumper J3 Connect 1 2 Enable I O address 240 Connect 2 3 Enable I O address 220 Jumper JP1 Connect ...

Page 14: ...on the card decompresses the sample sounds when it plays them The default setting of 512K gives you 2MB of authen tic instrument recordings The 1MB setting is for the optional 4MB of sample sounds Refer to Table 1 2 Figure 1 2 Jumper J3 pins 2 and 3 connected Default address 1 2 3 If you need to change the default address connect pins 1 and 2 to select the optional address 240 Hex Figure 1 3 Jumpe...

Page 15: ...able configura tion of the SoundWave 32 The configuration is defined as follows where Sample Sound Size actual sample size Compressed Size size of samples ROM Size chips used to store the sample set Sample Sound Size Compressed Size ROM Size 2MB 1MB x 16 1MB 2 x 512KB 4MB 2MB x 16 2MB 2 x 1MB Table 1 2 Wavetable Configuration ...

Page 16: ...t cover bracket if it is present and keep the screw for future use 3 Carefully hold the SoundWave 32 by its top edges and lower it into its expansion slot Ensure that the SoundWave 32 seats firmly into the slot and that it aligns properly with the computer s backplane 4 Secure the SoundWave 32 in place by fastening its metal bracket to the computer backplane use the screw you removed in 2 5 Reconn...

Page 17: ...the speaker cable to the LINE OUT jack on the metal bracket 7 If you are connecting a microphone to the SoundWave 32 connect the microphone cable to the MIC jack on the metal bracket NOTE The microphone should have an impedance of ap proximately 600 10K ohms SoundWave 32 installation is complete Figure 1 5 SoundWave 32 Bracket to Speaker jack to Joystick connector MIDI Keyboard to Line In jack to ...

Page 18: ...andprovidesMIDIINandMIDI OUT connections in addition to a joystick connec tion Connect this cable to the joystick port and con nect any MIDI devices to the appropriate cables Line In You can connect an external mono or stereo audio source to the SoundWave 32 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 th...

Page 19: ...face Cable Audio Cable To Install the CD ROM Drive 1 If needed attach the slide rails to the side of the CD ROM drive screws are included Slide rails are necessary for some computers with large AT style cases 2 Uncover a 5 25 half height drive bay on the com puter and remove the screws and brackets from both sides of the drive bay 3 Slide the CD ROM drive into the half height slot and secure the d...

Page 20: ...Wave32card Pin1islocatedonthe bottomrightcorneroftheconnectors Makesure that Pin 1 on your cable colored stripe is con nected to this pin 6 Connect the three pin end of the audio cable to the CD ROM drive s three pin audio connector 7 Connectthefour pinendoftheaudiocabletothe CD ROM audio connector on the SoundWave 32 see Figure 1 1 Audio Cable Interface Cable Power Cable Figure 1 7 CD ROM Back Pa...

Page 21: ... Be very careful that the cables attached to the card do not get tangled or pinched 10 Secure the SoundWave 32 in place by fastening its metal bracket to the computer backplane with the screws that were removed 11 If you are connecting a microphone and external speakers to the SoundWave 32 see Figure 1 5 for connection locations 12 Reconnectpreviouslyremovedcablesandpower cords and replace the cov...

Page 22: ...peration Volume Control adjusts headphone sound level QuickSelect therightbuttonhasthreemodes EJECT CLOSE and STOP The left button has two modes PLAY and SKIP to the next track Back Panel Operation The controls for the back panel of the Orchid CD ROM Drive are as follows refer to Figure 1 7 Audio Out three pin connector ToInterfaceCard connectorfor34 pinribbon interface cable Power provides power ...

Page 23: ...damage For best results periodically wipe each disc with a soft dry cloth gently rubbing outward from the center Installing SoundWave 32 Device Drivers You are now ready to install the software and test the drive In order to access the CD ROM drive three device drivers are required SWCD SYS CDD SYS MSCDEX EXE Installing the device drivers and other software is a simple task Refer to Section 2 for ...

Page 24: ...and screw it to the drive frame 4 Attach the power interface connector cable and audio cable to the CD ROM drive Refer to your CD ROM Drive s Installation manual for these steps 5 Connect the interface connector cable to the Mitsumi J1 or Sony J2 interface connector on the SoundWave 32 6 Connect the audio cable to the CD ROM audio connector on the SoundWave 32 7 At this point carefully hold the So...

Page 25: ...Mitsumi CD ROM drivers To access the CD ROM drive the MSCDEX EXE driver must be added to your AUTOEXEC BAT file Refer to Section 2 Device Drivers for infor mation on installing the MSCDEX EXE driver and for details on the device driver parameters NOTE Refer to your CD ROM drive documentation for installing appropriate device driver s and pa rameters for your drive For example the following lines m...

Page 26: ...I software To purchase the kit call our Customer Service department Connecting the MIDI cable To connect the SoundWave 32 to a MIDI keyboard or synthesizer you need to plug the MIDI adapter cable to the SoundWave joystick connector Follow the instructions below 1 Connect the Joystick MIDI adapter cable to the joystick port on the SoundWave 32 bracket see Figure 1 5 The MIDI input connector goes to...

Page 27: ...lling SoundWave 32 SoundWave 32 User s Manual 25 2 If you are using a joystick connect it to the 15 pin joystick connector on the adapter cable 3 Connect the MIDI device s to the MIDI connec tors on the adapter cable ...

Page 28: ...Section 1 Installing SoundWave 32 26 SoundWave 32 User s Manual ...

Page 29: ...undWave 32 software settings and recommendations for use with network servers Software applications are included for use in the Windows Multimedia environment Install the indi vidual diskette s for each application For details on the software applications refer to the Audio Utilities User s Manual Before You Begin ItisrecommendedthatyouinstalltheSoundWave32 software on your hard drive The software...

Page 30: ...INSTALL program The SoundWave 32 Installation option copies the SoundWave drivers and configuration utilities to your hard drive You are prompted to answer YES or NO to whether you have installed a CD ROM drive Responding NO only copies over the SoundWave 32 drivers and configuration utilities and the following screen appears Orchid Technology SoundWave 32 Installation Configuration Software CD RO...

Page 31: ...rd drive A screen will appear and list the statements that need to be added to your CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files You can select the option to modify these files automatically Once this is complete the program will exit to the SoundWave 32 Configuration screen The CD ROM Driver Installation selection should be used if you are adding a CD ROM drive later This selection will copy over the CD ROM...

Page 32: ...iles SeetheREADMEfileontheSoundWave 32 software disk for the file names SINSTALL pro vides a DEINSTALL feature to remove the SoundWave32files driversandmodificationsmade Once the software setup is complete youmust reboot 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 Verify the address settings of other periphe...

Page 33: ...g CD ROM device driver The MSCDEX command must include at least one D switch To install additional CD ROM device drivers specify an additional D switch for each device driver l Specifies the drive letter of the first CD ROM drive If you have more than one CD ROM drive MS DOS assigns additional CD ROM drives subsequent available drive letters m Specifies the number of sector buffers e Specifiesthat...

Page 34: ...a Specifies the I O address The following syntax is used for the CDD SYS device driver device drive path cdd sys d device_name The parameters are defined as follows drive path specifies the drive and path name where you copied the CDD SYS file d SpecifiesthedevicenameoftheCD ROMdrive and must be identical to the device name speci fied by MSCDEX p Specifies the I O address i Specifies the interrupt...

Page 35: ...ice driver line in your CONFIG SYS file that includes the ad dress settings and emulation modes of your SoundWave 32 You have the option of changing the hardware settings and the operating mode of the SoundWave 32 from the DOS command line For example to change the hardware setup values from the SW32 subdirectory type the following C SW32 C The command line options are as follows A listing of opti...

Page 36: ...mand line The DOS command line options are I Installs the TSR S or Display Status D Disables the Hot Keys E Enables the Hot Keys K Key Down Up Defines the Hot Keys Key is either C CTRL or A ALT key Down and Up can be any printable character For example C SWVOLUME I KAXC This installs the TSR and redefines the Hot Keys as ALT X to turn Down the volume ALT C to turn Up the volume Some software appli...

Page 37: ...tion 2 From the Orchid group double click on Orchid Mixer The following menu appears Volume Controls To adjust the volume for the Wave MIDI or CD options move the scroll bar to the desired level Mute Control Click on this button to Mute all sound output Click on it again to UnMute all sound output Input This selection adjusts the input level for the selected recording device Select Input Use this ...

Page 38: ...Section 2 Software Installation 36 SoundWave 32 User s Manual ...

Page 39: ... the Multimedia Vendor Forum B Once you are in this forum select Message Section 10 The message 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 Before You Begin Because of the unique hardware design...

Page 40: ...blems you may have with the SoundWave 32 Following these simple steps serves a two fold pur pose You may be able to fix your problem and avoid having to contact the Orchid Technol ogy Technical Support Department or if these steps do not help you solve your problem they will most certainly give you a better handle on what to tell Technical Support once you do contact them The information provided ...

Page 41: ...ured by Jumper J3 on the SoundWave 32 Symptom 2 No startup sounds when running the SW32 EXE program Check 1 Verify that the external speaker is properly con nected to the SoundWave 32 stereo speaker jack 2 VerifythattheStartupMusicisonandthevolume is turned up in the SW32 EXE program 3 Since the SoundWave 32 uses the SoundBlaster interface to play the Startup Music check for possible conflicts wit...

Page 42: ...for each of the device driver lines SWCD SYS and CDD SYS or other CD ROM device driver and the MSCDEX EXE file is correct refer to Section 2 Device Drivers 4 If there is an 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 information 5 Verify that the colored stripe on ribbon cable is correctlyi...

Page 43: ...at is using a disk doubling utility 3 Turn up the microphone input level 4 Make sure that the microphone is selected as the recording source Symptom 6 Wave files do not play correctly in Windows Check 1 In the SYSTEM INI file in the Windows directory under the drivers portion of the file verify that the WAVE SW32 DRV and AUX SW32 DRV lines are present 2 Verify that the settings for the SoundWave 3...

Page 44: ...he SoundWave 32 and the software application are configured for the same sound emulation modes for example SoundBlaster for digitizedsoundandeitherMT 32orGeneralMIDI for music 2 Many software applications require a large amount of base memory such as 640KB and are unable to operate if any drivers or TSR programs are installed Try removing all unnecessary driv ers and TSRs or load them in high memo...

Page 45: ...Wave 32 and the software application 3 Verify that there is sufficient base memory to run the software application If you are configuring thesoftwareapplicationforSoundBlasterfordigi tized sound and MIDI for Music the software application may omit digitized sound if there is not enough base memory available Symptom 9 My joystick does not work when connected to the SoundWave 32 Check 1 Verify that ...

Page 46: ... information A BUS mouse commonly uses I O address 240H Network cards commonly use the following ad dresses IRQ 10 or 11 I O 300H 320H 340H and 360H Other devices such as SCSI cards hard disks and CD ROM drives commonly use the following addresses IRQ 10 11 14 and 15 I O 330H and 340H When you encounter an IRQ conflict you will normallyhearacontinuousnoisefromthespeak ers I O and DMA conflicts nor...

Page 47: ...is causes SoundWave 32 sounds to play in a staccato fashion Holding down one key while playing other notes will correct this Windows Sound System The Windows Sound System applications that come withtheWindowsSoundSystemhardwarewillcause a WindowsSoundSystemboardnotinstalled error Thiserroroccursbecausetheapplicationsrequirethe actual Microsoft hardware to run You can correct this by loading the Mi...

Page 48: ...s may be restricted The fol lowing are keyboards that may have sound access limitations Korg M1 The Korg M1 can access sounds 0 100 SwitchingtotheROMcardaddressingrestartsthe patch numbering from 0 not 101 YamahaDX 7 Thissynthesizercanaccesssounds 0 64 internal and cartridge If your DX 7 has the E retrofit then cycling through the upper banks will provide access to sounds 64 128 ...

Page 49: ... Sound System General MIDI Roland MPU 401 interface Roland MT 32 sound module Chipsets Analog Devices 20MHz ADSP 2115 DSP Analog Devices 1848 CODEC and Gate Array Video Standards Supported MDA CGA EGA and VGA Computers Supported ISA machines IBM ATs 286 386 486 andcompatibles Card Size 6 x 4 5 Connectors DB 15 port for joystick MIDI input output 3 5 mm mono jack for microphone input 3 5 mm stereo ...

Page 50: ...sizer 11 voice Stereo Synthesizer Stereo Digital Analog Mixer built in Selectable input and mixing of all audio sources for recording Line in Stereo CD Audio Mono Microphone Stereo Digitized Audio Playback 8 bit and 16 bit sample modes Sampling Rate of 2KHz to 44 1KHz mono or stereo Hardware audio decompression ADPCM ratios of 2 1 3 1 and 4 1 Synthesizer Emulations General MIDI Mode 24 simultaneou...

Page 51: ...built in AT Bus CD ROM interfaces Optional Orchid dual speed CD ROM drive with 350ms access time and 307KB seconds transfer rate MIDI Kit Sound Blaster type Joystick MIDI cable 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 ...

Page 52: ...d see Section 1 All other address settings are software configured using the INSTALL EXE and SW32 EXE setup programs see Section 2 The information that follows lists all of the addresses available for the SoundWave 32 CD ROM Addresses I O 300 310 320 330 340 360 Sound Blaster Mode Addresses DMA 1 IRQ 3 5 7 I O 220 240 Default Setting IRQ 3 5 7 9 10 11 12 Table A 2 Sound Blaster Mode Addresses Tabl...

Page 53: ...DMA 0 1 3 IRQ 7 9 10 11 I O 530 640 E80 F40 Table A 3 Sound System Addresses MPU 401 Mode Addresses IRQ 3 5 7 9 I O 300 320 330 Table A 4 MPU 401 Addresses Default Setting Pin 1 CD ROM Audio Cable Connector Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 Left Channel 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Table A 5 CD ROM Audio Cable Pin outs ...

Page 54: ...or is also used as the built in MIDI inter face 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 If you want to use the joystick port on your PC you can disable the joystick port on the SoundWave 32 refer to Section 2 Table A 6 Joystick MIDI Pin As...

Page 55: ...Default No Messages No Altered No Note Number True Voice 21 108 Velocity Note ON Yes Note OFF Yes After Touch Key Yes Channel Yes Pitch Blender Yes Control Change 1 Mod Wheel 4 Foot Pedal 7 Volume 10 Pan 64 Sustain Program Change True Number 0 127 System Exclusive Yes System Common Song Position No Song Select No Tune No System Read Time Clocks No Commands No Auxiliary Messages Local ON OFF No All...

Page 56: ...Section 3 Technical Help and Information 54 SoundWave 32 User s Manual ...

Page 57: ...rsAsso ciation MMA is responsible for the development and evolution of MIDI MIDIcontainsinstructionscontrollinghowandwhen deviceslikedigitalsynthesizersproducesound You can think of MIDI as a sort of Postscript for music Postscriptdescribesobjects ratherthancastingthem into bitmapped form MIDI describes the elements ofthemusicalperformance ratherthancastingthem into the bitstreams of digital audio...

Page 58: ...a 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 23 Celesta 1 Harmonica 24 Celesta...

Page 59: ...ction 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 2 65 Acoustic Bass 1...

Page 60: ... 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 61: ...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 62: ...1 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 Ride Cymbal 2 60 C3 Hi Bongo 61 C3 Low Bongo 62 D3 Mute Hi Conga 6...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...Appendix A MIDI 62 SoundWave 32 User s Manual ...

Page 65: ...nd delta modulation ADPCM Adaptive Digital Pulse Code Modulation A data compression routine that reduces the disk space used when sampling sound Sampled sounds use a lot of disk space For example one minute of recorded voice annotation requires 660K of disk space WhenusingADPCMthediskspaceishalfthe amount or 330K ADPCM allows for 2 1 3 1 and 4 1 compression ratios when sampling sound audio A range...

Page 66: ...re recorded to this standard 44 1KHZ and 16 bit PCM CDI Compact Disc Interactive An interactive sys tem that combines live video still images text and digital graphics on the same storage media CD ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory A compact disc format used to hold text graphics and hi fi stereo sound CD ROM players can play music entertainmentandotherCDs andusuallyhavehead phone and amplifier jac...

Page 67: ...reases DSP Digital Signal Processing A category of tech niques that analyze signals from a wide range of sources such as voice and sound It converts the signalsintodigitaldataandanalyzesitusingvarious algorithms TheDSPchipontheSoundWave32card is programmable to allow control of the sound gen eration dynamic filtering Helpseliminateelectronicemis sions from the PC that can show up as noise in the s...

Page 68: ...am locations M Microsoft Sound System The Microsoft sound standard that is mostly used for business audio and games MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface Stan dard protocol for the interchange of musical infor mation between musical instruments synthesizers and sound cards MIDI is commonly used to syn chronizenotesproducedonseveralsynthesizers Its control messages can orchestrate a series of s...

Page 69: ...ultimedia Communicating information in digi tal and electronic form Includes the use of text audio graphics animated graphics and full motion video multi session Photo CD A format that allows you to view photos stored on a CD ROM MT32 Multi Timbral 32 A Roland sound standard used by most game developers to score original music All the sound effects are stored on the sound tracks O Object Linking a...

Page 70: ... Recordingaparticularinstrument to create a true model of the waveforms generated by that instrument This generally produces a more realistic synthesized sound sequencing software Software used to handle en tiremulti instrumentcompositions notjustsinglenotes Sound Blaster The Creative Labs sound standard that is mostly used for business audio and business applications V voice annotation A verbal n...

Page 71: ...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 advised 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 man...

Page 72: ... 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 technician for additio...

Page 73: ...ngs 50 Interfaces 10 Operation 19 Changing the Address Settings 33 Commands DOS 33 CompuServe 37 Configuring SoundWave 32 28 Sound Standards 27 Connecting External Devices 16 D DB 15 port for joystick MIDI input 15 52 Device Drivers 29 31 Diagram SoundWave 32 10 DOS Command Line Options 33 E External Devices 16 G Game Port 15 Index ...

Page 74: ...Installing the SoundWave 32 14 Microphone 14 Other CD ROM Drives 21 Preparing Your Computer 11 Preparing your SoundWave 32 11 J Joystick port MIDI Port Pin Assignments 15 52 Jumpers Locations of Jumpers 10 Jumper Settings Jumper J3 I O Address 12 Jumper JP1 Wavetable 12 L Line input jack 15 M Microphone input jack 10 15 MIDI Cable 24 52 General MIDI 55 Index ...

Page 75: ... Console 35 Volume Control Utility 34 Sounds General MIDI 56 MT 32 56 Percussion 60 Sound Standards Configuration 27 Speaker output jack 10 15 Summary of Jumpers Settings 11 SW32 EXE Utility 33 T Technical Help 37 Technical Information 47 Technical Specifications 47 Troubleshooting 38 U Utility SW32 EXE 33 Volume Control 34 V Volume Control Utility 34 Index ...

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