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Installation and Initialization via UNISOUND Utility
UNISOUND is a Freeware DOS-only tool useful to configure and initialize ISA PnP sound cards from
several brands and models, and some non-PnP, like early SB16 software configurable models that
required tools like DIAGNOSE. It works on all x86 CPUs, including 8088/8086/80286/386, etc.
Note:
All credits and rights for UNISOUND belong to its author, JazeFox. AWE64 Legacy project
team also avails itself of the opportunity to express respect and acknowledgement for the cooperation
and support granted while making this sound card into reality.
Here you can get more info and download UNISOUND:
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72553
We recommend to use version
0.76b
or newer. Download and unzip UNISOUND.EXE to your hard
disk, e.g. C:\UNISOUND\UNISOUND.COM
The most common usage to install and initialize your AWE64 Legacy card is setting a BLASTER variable
in AUTOEXEC.BAT file first. Here is the default configuration example:
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 J200
UNISOUND.COM /V70
When you run UNISOUND.EXE without any options it initializes first PnP card found in the system
with internal default resource settings and the following Mixer volume defaults:
~85% Master vol,
80% Wave vol,
80% FM/Synth vol,
0% Line in vol,
0% Mic vol,
0% CD vol.
And for compatible Creative cards, Treble and Bass levels are 50% by default, and PC Speaker-In 0%.
To install and initialize your card with either CQM or OPL FM-Synthesizer you can just create and run
one of the following .BAT files (should you need to initialize the sound card with some resources
other than the default settings, feel free to modify them accordingly in the SET BLASTER line):
