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Sound Getting Started Quick Start for INTERNET ed Audio T ools Plug and Play Install T ips Notes for W a veSynth/WG Users ®.
Gettin g Start ed Information in this d ocument is sub ject to ch ange withou t notice a n d does not represe nt a commitment on the pa rt of Creati ve Technology Ltd. The software described in this do cume n t is furnish ed und er a licen se agree ment and may b e used o r co pied on l y in ac corda nce with th e terms of the license agreemen t.
Compliance This pro duct con forms to th e fo llowing Co uncil Directive : ❑ Directive 89 /336 /EEC, 92/31/ EEC (EMC).
v Co nt en ts Intr oduction ... ........ .... ....... ........ .... ....... ........ .... ....... ..... ....... ....... ..... ....... ....... ... vii B efore You Begi n . .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .
vi Appe nd ice s A General Specifications B Unde rstanding the I nstallation Understanding the Software-Configurable Settings ... ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ..... .... ... .... B-1 Input/Output (I/O) Addresses ..... .. ... .. ... .. .. ..... ..... .. ...
vii Introduc ti on Welcom e to t he exc iting world of Advanced WavEffe cts synthesi s! You are now the owner of a Crea t ive S ound Blaster ® AWE64 Gold, a 16-bit audio card, which comes w ith the stat e-of-the-art Creative WaveSynth/W G soft ware .
viii If you do not want t o use WaveSynth/WG, you can dis able it through the W aveSynt h/W G Control Panel. Then, your MIDI and audio t asks will be han d ed back to the appropriate hardware in your computer.
ix Windows 95 and Windows 3.1x, respecti vely. F or general spec ifica tio ns, inst al latio n ba ckgro und infor ma tion, s ettin gs changes, and troubl eshooti ng tips, s ee the appe ndice s.
x Icons In this manual , ico ns are used to highli ght area s of text that req uire extra a ttent ion (see Ta ble i i). Table ii: Icons . Icon Use Tip or useful information.
Sett ing U p Yo ur Audio C ar d 1- 1 1 Se tting U p Your Audio Card Thi s chapter is orga niz ed as follows: ❑ Knowing Your Audi o Card ❑ In stal li ng the Card an d Relate d Hardwa re.
1-2 S etting Up Y our Aud i o Car d Knowing Your Aud io Card Your audio card ha s the followi ng jacks and conn ectors which al low you to atta ch other devi ce s to your card: Jacks ar e one -hole conn ectin g inte rfa ce s wher ea s conne ct ors consis t of many pairs of pi ns.
Sett ing U p Yo ur Audio C ar d 1- 3 The end o f the ca ble att ac hed to th e S PD IF O ut j ack mu st b e conne cted to t he SP DIF c onnect or o n your a udio card.
1-4 S etting Up Y our Aud i o Car d Ins tal ling t he Car d an d Re lat ed Hard ware If yo u want to install t his P l ug and Pla y (PnP) card in a non-P nP envi ronment suc h as DOS/Wi ndows 3.1 x o r Win dows 95 MS-DOS Mode, you mu st first ins t all a PnP confi gura tio n manage r.
Sett ing U p Yo ur Audio C ar d 1- 5 6. Align your car d’s 1 6-bit slot conne ctor with th e expansion sl ot and ge ntl y lowe r the ca rd into th e free slot a s shown. 7. Sec u r e th e ca r d to th e expa nsion slot wit h the s crew that y ou remove d f rom th e me ta l pl a te .
1-6 S etting Up Y our Aud i o Car d To te s t your DRAM upgrade: 1. Make sure yo u h ave i nstall ed the a udio card’s s of tware. (The ins tall ati on of the sof twar e will be covere d in the next two chap ter s. ) 2. St art the AWE Control Pane l an d downl oad Sou ndF ont bank s.
Inst a lli ng So f twar e in Wind ows 95 2-1 2 Install ing Software in W indows 95 Thi s chapte r shows yo u how to ins tall t he audi o softwa re in Wi ndows 95 a fte r insta ll ing yo ur card.
2-2 Ins t a ll i ng S of tw ar e in Wind ows 95 ❑ If a dial og box s imil ar to Figu re 2-2 ap pears , clic k the se cond op ti on, a nd the n cli ck th e OK butto n. Fi gur e 2-2: Driver i nst all ation d ia log b ox in whi ch the Wi ndow s defa ul t dri ver op tio n is NO T av aila ble.
Inst a lli ng So f twar e in Wind ows 95 2-3 ❑ If the Insta ll From Dis k dialog box appears 1. Inse rt th e insta ll at ion CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive a nd select t he drive . 2. Clic k the Browse butt on and look for a .I NF fil e in the root dire ctory.
2-4 Ins t a ll i ng S of tw ar e in Wind ows 95 3. Clic k the Win dows Se tup ta b. The Windows Set up tabbed page sim i lar t o Figure 2-3 appe a r s.
Inst a lli ng So f twar e in Wind ows 95 2-5 1. Clic k t he St art but ton, poi nt t o Pr ogr a ms, poi nt to Acce s sor ie s, po int t o Mu lti medi a, a nd the n cl ick Media P l ayer . The Media Player appe ars as shown in F igur e 2-4. 2. On the Devi ce menu, cl ic k Sound.
2-6 Ins t a ll i ng S of tw ar e in Wind ows 95 To uni nstal l the applic at ion s: 1 . Click the S tar t button, point t o Sett ings, and then cl ick Contr ol Panel. 2. Double -cl ick t he Add/ Remov e P rograms ic on. The propert ie s she et s imil ar t o Fi gure 2-5 appe ars.
Inst al l in g Sof t w are i n D OS/ Win dow s 3. 1x 3 -1 3 In st al li ng So ft wa r e in D OS / Wind ows 3.1x Thi s ch apter shows you how to ins tall t he a udio soft ware i n DOS/ Windows 3 .
3-2 Ins t a ll i ng S of tw ar e in DOS/ Wi ndo ws 3 .1 x In or de r to use yo ur AWE64 P lug and Pl ay using DOS/Wi ndows 3.x, you must insta ll th e Creat ive Conf ig urat ion Ma nag er fir s t. Th is i s l ocate d on the Cr eativ e CD in th e d ire ct or y <dri ve><lang>c tcmin stall, e.
Inst al l in g Sof t w are i n D OS/ Win dow s 3. 1x 3 -3 Op timizing Memory Usa ge I f you cho ose to insta ll t he l ow-level DOS devic e dr iver s under custom ins tallat ion (see “ T h e CONFIG.S YS File Sett ings” on page B-7), yo ur sys t em wi ll l oad th em i n to m emo r y d u r i ng syst em st art up .
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Ge ner al Sp eci fica t io ns A -1 A G enera l Sp ecif icati on s Thi s append ix li sts t he ge ner a l spe cif ications of your aud io card. Plug and Play ❑ ISA Specifi cati on versi on 1.
A- 2 G ener al S pecifi cati ons Bu ilt -in Di git al/ Analog Mixer ❑ Mixes s ourc es from digit i zed voi ce and inp uts from MIDI devi ces, CD Audio, L ine In, Mi crophone , and P C S peake r ❑ .
Understanding the Install ation B-1 B Und erst anding th e I nstalla tio n Thi s append ix is orga niz ed as fol lows : ❑ Unders ta ndi ng the Sof tware-Co nfigu rabl e Set ti ngs ❑ Unders tandi ng the Envi ronment Va riabl e s ❑ Unders ta ndi ng the Inst al la ti on P rogra m in Windows 3.
B- 2 U nd er stand in g the Inst alla tio n If your card encounter s a confli ct with a perip heral device, you may need t o cha nge it s re sourc e s ettin gs. If you a re us in g Windows 95, run the Devi ce Manag er. If you are using Windows 3.1x, run the confi gura ti on uti lit y that comes with your P nP configura tion manager.
Understanding the Install ation B-3 Interr upt Req ues t (IRQ) Line s An IRQ line i s a s ignal l ine a de vi ce use s t o notif y y our com puter’s cen tra l proc ess or that it wants to s end or receive data for proc essing.
B- 4 U nd er stand in g the Inst alla tio n SOUN D Envi ron me nt Vari abl e The S OUND envi ronmen t va ria ble s pe ci fie s the direc tory loc at ion o f your aud io card’s driv ers and appli c ati ons. The synt ax for this v ar i able is as fo ll ows: SOUND= pa th where path is the drive and dir ectory of th e card’s sof twar e ( e.
Understanding the Install ation B-5 MIDI E n vi ronment V ariabl e The M IDI e nvi ronm en t var iab l e s peci fi es the M ID I fi le fo rma t us ed and whe r e M ID I da ta is se nt to . MI DI da ta c an b e se nt to the in te rna l st ere o music synthe siz er or MIDI port.
B- 6 U nd er stand in g the Inst alla tio n You ca n also choose to s et up yo ur W indows a ppli cati ons at a lat e r time by running INS TALL in the audi o software di re ctory on your ha rd disk. INSTALL also a llows yo u to sel e ctiv ely set up com pone nts tha t were not ins t al led pr evi ously.
Understanding the Install ation B-7 The CON FI G.S YS F il e S etti ngs I f you cho ose to insta ll t he l ow-level DOS devic e dr iver s under custom ins tall at ion, the ins tal la ti on program also adds the foll owing st atemen t s to th e CO N FI G.
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Chan gi ng Audi o Car d S etting s C- 1 C Chan gin g Audio Card Setti ngs Thi s chapter is orga niz ed as follows: ❑ Ena bli ng/Disa bling Creative 3 D Stereo E nha ncement Effe ct ❑ Ena bli ng/Di.
C-2 Ch ang ing Audi o C ard Se tti ng s 4. In the Dev ice Manager tab, doubl e-c li ck Sound, Video And Game C ontr ollers. 5. Sele ct Cr ea tiv e AWE64 16-bi t Audi o (SB 16-c ompati ble) and cli ck th e Prope rties butt on. 6. In th e p r ope rti es s he et , c li ck th e Se tt ing s ta b.
Chan gi ng Audi o Car d S etting s C- 3 When full duple x is disabl ed, you ca n pla y a Wave file (or other sou nds) toge the r with Cre at ive WaveSyn th/ WG, or add rev erb to the pla yback but you cannot rec ord at the same tim e. T h e full duple x f ea ture can be enabl ed or disabled i n Wi ndows 95 a nd Win dows 3.
C-4 Ch ang ing Audi o C ard Se tti ng s You must ins t al l the DOS AWEUTIL uti lit y for the MIDI Emula tio n feat ure to fun ction prope rly. For mor e infor mati on, refe r to the AWEUTIL.TXT file in your audi o car d’s ins tall ati on dir ectory.
Chan gi ng Audi o Car d S etting s C- 5 2. Ena ble or dis able the MFB EN jum per a ccordi ng to the se ttings shown i n Fi gure C- 1. E nab li ng/ D isab l in g J oy s tick I nte rf ac e The Gamepad J oyst ick i nte rfa ce c an be e nable d o r di sabl ed in Windows 9 5 and MS-DOS/W indows 3.
C-6 Ch ang ing Audi o C ard Se tti ng s 6. To dis a ble the in te r f ac e, cle ar the Orig inal Configura ti on (Curre nt) chec k box in the Gene ral tabbed pag e of the propert i es shee t. To ena ble it, sele ct the c hec k box. 7. Clic k t he OK but ton and re start Wind ows 95 for the change to take effe ct .
T rou b les ho ot in g D-1 D Tro ubl esh oot in g Thi s appen dix provides some tips for solv ing some problems you m ay enc ount er wit h your audi o card durin g insta ll ation or norm al use.
D-2 Troubl esh oot ing ❑ Alter nat ively, if you do not want to sel ec t the Auto Inse rt Notifi cati on c heck box, perform the fol lowi ng 1. Double -cl ic k the My Compute r ic on on your Windows 95 de s ktop. 2. In th e My C ompute r wi ndow, r ight-cl ic k the CD-ROM dri ve icon.
T rou b les ho ot in g D-3 Problems in MS- DOS Prob lem SOUND or BLASTER envi ronment c ould not be found. Cause The c omman d to set up the SOUND or BLASTER envir onment might not be incl ude d in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. When yo u i nsta ll yo ur a udi o ca rd’s s oft ware, the com m an d s ar e aut o ma ti ca ll y add e d to th e AUTOEXEC.
D-4 Troubl esh oot ing Probl e m Syste m ha ngs duri ng the 16 -bit di git ized sound t est, but it works f ine during the 8-bit te st. Cause You r system ’s mothe r boa rd cannot handl e High DMA at fu l l sp ee d. On so me m ac hi n es, th e DM A co nt r o ll er on the mothe rboa rd doe s not funct ion pro perl y durin g High D M A tran sfers.
T rou b les ho ot in g D-5 3. Ma k e s ur e t he fol l o w in g st atement s are pr e s ent : [boot] driver s=m msys te m.dl l msmixmgr. dll [3 86 e nh] devic e=vs bpd.386 devic e=vs bawe. 386 [drive rs] ti mer= tim er .d rv midi mapper=midi map.drv Aux=s b16snd.
D-6 Troubl esh oot ing Res o lving Co nfl icts in Wind o ws 95 To resol ve c onfl icts in Wi ndows 9 5, run Dev ice Manage r to c ha nge the resourc e sett ing s of your audio card or the con fli cting pe riphe ra l devi ce in your sys tem. To change the res ourc e sett ing : 1.
Techn i cal S upport E -1 E Te chni ca l Su p por t For the late st tec hni ca l s upport inform a tio n, pl ea se refe r to the ‘ Creati ve T echnic al S ervic e s’ le af let, suppl ie d with you r p roduct. We are commit te d to givi ng you the best prod uct as well as the best tec hni ca l support .
E-2 Tech ni cal Sup po r t For qu ick a nd eas y re ferenc e, it is a dvisab le that yo u wri te d own the f ollowing numbers of you r c ard a nd oth er har dware d e vices, if ins tall ed in you r syst e m in T able E -1 and T able E- 2. Thi s secti on shows wher e you c an co nta ct us.
Techn i cal S upport E -3 Inside Europe Se e ‘Cre at ive Te chni ca l Ser v ices’ lea fle t fo r de tails. Thr ou gh C omp uS er ve To serve you bette r, we have cr eated a Creati ve Labs Fo rum on CompuS erve .
1 Thi s lea flet c ont ains abbre viated inform atio n to get y ou sta rted ri ght a way . Thi s info rmat ion is organ ize d as follow s: 1. Instal latio n instruc tio ns for Windo w s 95. ❑ Se tti ng up Mic roso ft Int erne t Ex plore r ❑ Sett ing up Di al ing and S ervi ce P rovi de r I nfo rmation ❑ Settin g up a Di al Up Script 2.
2 To in sta ll Real Audi o as a compone n t of Micro soft Intern et Expl or er 3. 0, Mic ros of t I nte r net Ex pl orer 3. 0 mus t be ful l y inst al led. To do this , fo llow the in stru ctio ns a bove with Real Audio n ot che cked, and reboo t you r comput er.
3 ❑ If you i ntend to use Mi crosoft Exchan ge to handl e your e- mail, you w o uld need t he fo llow ing a ddi ti onal inf ormat ion : a. Your e-mai l addr es s . b. Y our Intern et ma il se rver. If you do no t ha ve t he abo ve inf or mat i on , call you r Inte r net Ser vice Provi de r to ob ta in the m .
4 10. Enter y our user name and p assword and click Next. 11. In th e IP Ad dres s dialog bo x, selec t “My I n te rnet S e r vi ce Pro vider automa tical ly assi gn me o ne” and click Ne xt. 12. Enter th e addresses for DNS Server a nd Alternate DNS Server.
5 To Set Up a Di al-Up Sc ri pt Igno re thi s s ect i on i f your S ervice Pro vi der doe s not re quir e a dial - up scr i pt . If us i ng D ia l-U p Scr i pti ng, do n ot c heck t he “B rin g Up T e rminal Wi ndow ” opti on. To set up a d ial-up script: 1.
6 4. Fin ally , mak e s ure th at TC P/I P i s the onl y optio n s elec ted as th e allo w e d net wor k prot oco l: a. R ig ht- clic k The Inte rnet ic on on your desk top b. Select Pro pert ies c. Select Prop erties a second time fr om t he Dial ing bo x unde r the Conne ct io n ta b.
7 5. Typ e th e dr ive le tt er of your CD -ROM driv e, follo we d by t he direct ory and inst alla tion co mmand f or the desi red app lica tio n (see tabl e bel ow) . Fo r examp le , to ins tall We bP h one , type D:WEB PHO NEW PSETUP.EXE . 6. Fo llow the in stru ctio ns o n th e scr een to fi nish inst allin g you r applicat i on.
8 ❑ Your DNS server address. ❑ Your I .P . addr es s and subn et mask . Thi s may no t be requi r ed by yo ur Int er net Ser v ice P r ovide r as they may automa t ica lly assi gn on e each t ime you log on. ❑ Your pr ox y server an d port num ber.
9 8. Ente r the na me of your Ser vi ce Pro vider and c lic k Next. 9. Ente r the ph one numbe r to dial up yo ur I nte r net Serv i c e Pr ov i d er an d c li c k Ne xt .
10 The int errupt s ett ing ca n only be set to interru pt 3 or 4. You sh ould ensu re you r modem is u sin g on e of these in te rru pts .If y ou have an inte rnal mode m that uses COM3 or C OM4, suc h as a Creativ e L a bs Ph one Bla ster or a Crea tive Labs Mode m Bl aster , it m ay sele ct inte rru pt 10 or 11 as its def aul t sett i ng .
11 Creative We bPhone Guide Enteri ng your activati on key When yo u start y our Creativ e WebPh one for the fir st time, you will be as ked to e nt er an “Act ivat ion Key”. The act ivat ion k ey is a 16 -char a cter co de prov ided w i th your C D-ROM .
12 En tering y our Ne t work Para me ters The N et work P aramete rs required in t his release are you r: ❑ E-mail addre ss tha t serv es as y our Creati ve WebPh one n umbe r ❑ WebPhon e password.
13 If you forget your p assword, please call “support@netspeak.co m” on your WebPh one or sen d e- mai l to “su ppo rt@ net spea k. com” descr i bing yo ur prob le m. S upp or t agent s wil l re s et your pas sword onc e you r iden t ity i s confirmed.
14 Changing your E-Mail Addr ess In the e vent yo u c han ge you r e-mail address ( e. g. , y ou ch ange y our I nt ernet servi ce pro v ider ), you wi l l ne ed to chan ge your E-Ma il add r es s in the Netw ork Par a meters se ction of t he Cr eati ve W ebP hon e C on f ig ure window.
15 Mode ms and yo ur Cr ea ti ve W ebP hon e If you have a modem connect ion ( di a l up) t o yo ur Int e r ne t se rvi ce pro vi der , make sur e your mod em has er ror cor r ec tio n and da ta compress i o n enab le d (thi s is the d efault fo r al most every modem we kn ow of).
16 2. You can not hea r the remo t e par ty If Creat ive We bPh one alway s di spl ays T ALK and never di sp l ay s IN USE or L IST EN, then y ou must raise you r Voic e A cti vati on Level ( t he VOX.
17 No part o f th is publicati on ma y be repr oduced o r tr ansmitted in a ny form o r by any means without th e prior writte n consent o f Creative Technology L td. Cop yr ig ht © 199 6 Creat i ve Te c h no logy Lt d. Al l r ig hts res erve d. We bp hone is a trad emark of t he NetS pe ak Co rp orat io n.
1 Welc ome to the world of Plug an d Play (PnP). I f you are going to in st all your Cre at ive PnP card in a PnP system like Windows 95, you only need to “p lug” the card in to your pers onal c omput er and t he card wi ll “pl ay” s hortly a ft er the system r eboots .
2 Ins ta l ling CT CM & CTC U To i nstall Cr eative PnP Configur at i on Manag er (CTCM) and Cre ative PnP Conf igur a tion Uti lit y (CT CU) in DOS/Windows 3.1 x: 1 . Loa d the in stal lation CD- ROM int o your CD-ROM dr ive . 2. Exit to DOS if you are in Windows 3.
3 After the ins t allat io n, CTCM a nd CTCU wi ll be i nvok ed each t ime you boot you r syst em. CTCM will scan for and confi gure any un configu red Creat ive PnP c ards. CT CU will run in sile nt mode a nd updat e the p aramete rs neede d by your Cre ative and Windows drivers.
4 Using CT CU Crea ti ve PnP Confi gura tio n Util ity (CTCU) allows you to vi ew, fr ee or re -a llocate res ources reser ved for a card. So yo u sho uld run Crea ti ve PnP Confi gura tio n Util ity (CTCU) when one of the f oll owing situat ion s happe ns: ❑ Your PnP cards ’ sett ing s do not work proper l y.
5 The CTCU Interface When you run CT CU in ful l-sc reen mode, you can pul l down the menu to se le ct one of the f oll owing sections : ❑ PnP Ca rds se ction ❑ Lega cy Ca rd s secti on ❑ System Dev ice s section ❑ PCI Devices s ection You c an use you r mous e or keyboard to move a round and s ele ct an ite m or acti on in CTCU.
6 ❑ To move your scre en cursor from box to box wit hin th e same window, press <TAB>. To see more deta ils ab out the item , double -c lic k the ite m or press <ENTER> afte r you hav e moved y our sc r e en cu rs o r to tha t ite m.
7 Re configure B utton To vie w or chan ge a resource se tt ing, double-c li ck th e sett ing you want, or alter native ly, s e lec t the se tting and the n click t he Reconfi gure butt on in the Res ourc es wind ow.
8 Test B u tto n Once you h a ve re configure d t he r esourc e sett ings of your card, sele ct the set ti ng and c lic k the T est b utt on in the resourc es windo w. CTCU will test th e s ett ings allo ca ted to your dev ice and in f or m you of the out co m e .
9 View B ut ton Clic ki ng thi s button in the L ega cy win dow opens the View wind ow which lists the resourc es rese rved for a sele ct ed legac y ca rd in your system.
10 Chan ge But ton Cli cking this butt on in the Legac y w indow op e ns the Change window which displa ys the curren t resour ces th at have been reserve d for a se lect e d lega cy c ard. You can also cha nge any of th e resources a s well as th e car d ’s nam e h e re.
11 PCI Devices Section You c an use th is s ect ion to vi ew but not cha nge t he re source se tti ngs of the PCI devices in your compute r . When you sele ct the PCI Devices se ct ion from the CTCU menu, the PCI Devic es windo w appe ars.
12 PnP Conc epts When you add a hardware card to you r persona l comput er (PC), you must re serve s ome syste m re sources — s uch as i nput /ou tput a ddre ss spa ces , inte rru pt s , Direct Me mor y Acce ss chan nels or m emory s paces — f or t he c ard.
13 PnP System BIOS The PnP sys tem BI OS is the low est leve l of your P nP sy stem. It s m ain f unct ion s are to prov ide informat ion on the resou r ce sett ings of your syst e m devi ce s an d to conf igur e PnP cards. Some PnP system BIOS c onfigure PnP cards auto matically.
14 PnP Configuration Drivers and Utilities I f yo u d o n ot hav e a PnP op erati ng syst em, you need t o i ns tall a PnP confi gura ti on driv er and util ity t o perfo rm the al loc at ion an d confi gura tion functions of a P nP ope rating sys tem.
15 However , du e to the compa ti bil ity probl em ment ioned earl ier (ple ase refer to the note in the sec ti on “PnP Conc epts on pa ge 12), you may enco unter one of th e foll owin g error mess age or proble ms when you use ICM ve rsion 1.
16 Why Use CTCM and CTCU? The re ar e several reason s why we offer CTCM and CTCU: 1. CTCM prov ides a consis te nt method for co nfigu ring all Crea ti ve PnP card s. It works with or without PnP BIOS or ICM. If your PnP BIOS or ICM has alre ady c onfig ure d your PnP card(s), CTCM will simply retain those setti ngs .
17 Commo n Questi ons and Answers Thi s s ecti on gives t he an swers t o some c ommon que s tions t hat y ou ma y have while insta lli ng a Cre ative PnP card in th e DOS/Windows 3.1x e nvir onment . General Questions Question I have a PnP BIOS as wel l as a PnP ope rating sys tem or a PnP con f igur ation driver a nd uti lit y.
18 CTCU Question Question Can I run CTCU to chan ge or disa ble my card se tt ing s if I have ICM in my sy stem ? Answer No, do not use CT CU to cha nge or dis abl e your card se tti ngs since CTCU does not acce ss or update the res ourc e sett in gs da ta base used by ICM.
19 Question My syste m hangs or reboot s whenev er I load CTCM. What should I do? Answer The memory are a of your PnP BIOS machi ne is probab ly mappe d b y EMM386 us in g the HIGHSCAN optio n and thus, can ge t c orrupted easi ly . When it does, CTCM wil l not work prop erl y.
20 No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written con sent of Creative Techno logy Ltd. Copyright 1 996 Cre ative Technolog y Ltd. All r ights r eserved. Mic r osof t , MS -D O S, Wi nd ow s 3.
1 F or t he pa st few yea rs , ha rdw a re wavet ab le synthes i s has be en the high- en d alt er nat i ve to F M sy nt hes is f or audi o repro ducti on i n per sonal comput er s.
2 Fo r so m e audi o ca rds , Wave Syn th/ WG can out pu t sou nds at 4 4 kHz i f yo u selec t thi s op tion in th e Wave Synth/ WG cont ro l pa nel . In additi on, for S ound Bl as te r ca rds th at .
An important point after buying a device Creative AWE64 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Creative AWE64 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Creative AWE64 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Creative AWE64 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Creative AWE64 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Creative AWE64, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Creative AWE64.
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