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SB16 Emulation in MS-DOS/ Windows 95/98 B-5
The methods used by games to present audio
options can vary greatly. Some may present a
single choice that corresponds to a particular
audio device, that is, Sound Blaster, Sound
Blaster 16, Roland Sound Canvas, and so on.
Others will provide an option for music and
digital audio separately; for example, General
MIDI music with Sound Blaster digital audio.
In such a case, there are often two separate
menus to configure.
Some games allow you to set the MIDI port
address and IRQ for music and sound. Make
sure that these settings correspond to the
values displayed by
SBECFG.EXE
or the
Resources tabbed page of the Creative SB
Live! SB16 Emulation Properties dialog box.
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
❑
Sound Blaster Emulation: Port, IRQ,
DMA
❑
MPU-401 Emulation (GM, Roland
MT-32/LAPC-1) Emulation: Port
❑
Adlib Emulation: Port
The emulation settings appear only if they are
enabled.
SBEMIXER.EXE
Use
SBEMIXER.EXE
to change the volume
levels of the MPU-401 instrument set used on
the SB Live! card. You can use
SBEMIXER.EXE
from the command line—useful for advanced
users who want to set up batch files with
particular volume levels—or within the
SBEMIXER
screen. The settings for
SBEMIXER.EXE
are independent of the Creative
Mixer settings in Windows 95/98.