User guide

Contents v
Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................... xi
System Requirements ............................................................................................................................... xii
Before You Begin ......................................................................................................................... xii
Getting More Information ............................................................................................................ xii
Document Conventions................................................................................................................ xii
1 Installing Sound Blaster Live! Value.......................................................1
What You Need............................................................................................................................................1
Installing the Audio Card.............................................................................................................................2
Configuring the Speakers ............................................................................................................................5
Creative’s Cambridge SoundWorks PCWorks FourPointSurround..............................................5
Creative PC-DVD and FourPointSurround....................................................................................6
Two Speakers or Headphones.........................................................................................................7
Installing the Creative Software ..................................................................................................................9
Windows 95 .....................................................................................................................................9
Windows 98 ...................................................................................................................................13
Windows NT..................................................................................................................................13
Testing the Installation...............................................................................................................................14
2 Using Sound Blaster Live! Value ..........................................................15
SB Live! Tour.............................................................................................................................................15
Creative Launcher......................................................................................................................................16
Options ...........................................................................................................................................16
Groups ............................................................................................................................................16
AudioHQ ....................................................................................................................................................17
SoundFonts ....................................................................................................................................18
Configure a MIDI Bank....................................................................................................18
Configure an Instrument ...................................................................................................19
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