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SoundBlaster Live!

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SoundBlaster Live! User Guide On-line Version
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SBLMPC.book Page 2 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.
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SBLMPC.book Page 3 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM Creative End-User Software License Agreement PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE. BY USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, DO NOT OPEN THE SEALED DISK PACKAGE, INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE. PROMPTLY RETURN, WITHIN 15 DAYS, THE SOFTWARE, ALL RELATED DOCUMENTATION AND ACCOMPANYING ITEMS TO THE PLACE OF ACQUISITION FOR A FULL REFUND.
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SBLMPC.book Page 4 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM Data and Computer Software Clause at 252.227-7013. If you are sublicensing or using the Software outside of the United States, you will comply with the applicable local laws of your country, U.S. export control law, and the English version of this Agreement.
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SBLMPC.book Page v Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &RQWHQWV ,QWURGXFWLRQ L[ System Requirements......................................................................................................................x Live!Ware Benefits..........................................................................................................................x Getting More Information.....................................
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SBLMPC.book Page vi Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM Creative MediaRing Talk ..........................................................................................................................21 Creative Keytar ..........................................................................................................................................22 Creative Rhythmania.................................................................................................................................
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SBLMPC.book Page vii Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 'HWDLOV 'HWDLOV Creative Sound Blaster Live! MP3+ 5.1........................................................................................Details-1 General Specifications: Sound Blaster Live! MP3+ 5.1..................................................Details-3 Contacting Creative Labs ..............................................................................
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SBLMPC.book Page ix Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM ,QWURGXFWLRQ Sound Blaster Live! is the top audio solution for games, movies, CDs, MP3 music, and Internet entertainment. With its support for today’s leading audio standard—EAX—Sound Blaster Live! creates real-life, multidimensional sound and multi-textured acoustical environments for the most realistic 3D audio experience. Its powerful EMU10K1 audio processor delivers audio at optimum CPU performance with the highest fidelity and absolute clarity.
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SBLMPC.book Page x Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 6\VWHP 5HTXLUHPHQWV For Creative software, your card requires at least: T Genuine Intel® Pentium® class processor: 166 MHz for Windows 95/98/Me 200 MHz for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 T Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chipset T Windows 95, 98, or Me; Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 T 16 MB RAM for Windows 95/98 (32 MB RAM recommended), 32 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.
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SBLMPC.book Page 2 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM ,QVWDOOLQJ WKH $XGLR &DUG Before you remove the computer cover, touch a grounded metal surface to discharge static electricity. To install the audio card: 1. Turn off your computer, and disconnect the power cable. 2. Disconnect the monitor and other devices that are connected to the computer. 3. Remove the computer cover. 3 2 1 Remove or disable any existing audio card and its driver from your computer.
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SBLMPC.book Page 3 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 5. Align the gold-striped tabs on the bottom of the audio card with the PCI slot, and firmly press the card into place until it fits snugly. 6. Use the screw from the slot cover to secure the audio card to the frame of the computer—securing the card assures proper grounding. 5 6 CD audio connector 7. Connect the CD audio cable from your CD-ROM drive to the audio card’s CD audio connector.
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SBLMPC.book Page 4 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 8. Connect your speakers, headphones, microphone, joystick, MIDI devices, or other devices to the back panel of the audio card. Use the MIDI In jack of the audio extension card to connect a MIDI input device; connect a gamepad to the audio card. You can connect only one MIDI device to Sound Blaster Live! at a time. CD-ROM drive Connects to digital speakers*, minidisc, or DAT via minijack-to-DIN cable or Digital Output Module.
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SBLMPC.book Page 5 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM ,QVWDOOLQJ WKH &UHDWLYH 6RIWZDUH The Sound Blaster Live! software CD contains drivers necessary for operation and utilities to make the most of the audio card. When you turn on your computer, Windows automatically detects the new hardware, and prompts for the installation disk. To install in Windows: This manual reflects a software installation in an unmodified version of the operating system.
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SBLMPC.book Page 6 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 6HWWLQJ 8S -R\VWLFN 'ULYHUV LQ :LQGRZV 17 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Log on to your computer as Administrator. Click Start on the Windows Taskbar, select Settings, and click on Control Panel. Double-click the Multimedia icon, click the Devices tab, and then click the Add button. On the Add dialog, select Unlisted Or Updated Driver from the List of Drivers, and then click the OK button. Insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
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SBLMPC.book Page 8 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 6RXQG %ODVWHU /LYH ([SHULHQFH Sound Blaster Live! Experience presents an interactive introduction to Sound Blaster Live! To run SB Live! Experience, bring your pointer to the top of the screen to display Creative Launcher, click the Sound Blaster Live! tab, and then click the SB Live! Experience icon. On the opening screen, click to select the topic that interests you.
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SBLMPC.book Page 9 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM *URXSV You can place three kinds of items on the Launcher: • Subgroups • Shortcuts • Plugins A subgroup is an item within a group that may contain more items. The installation creates a number of group tab pages in the Launcher that may contain shortcuts to Creative applications such as PlayCenter and Control Panel. It may also contain shortcuts to other applications for your hardware settings, volume control, Help files or demo programs by Creative.
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SBLMPC.book Page 10 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 6XUURXQG 0L[HU Creative Surround Mixer is an application for setting and controlling the various aspects of your audio card. It consists of two sections: Main and Mixer Set Super-Environment presets Speaker view Main Spectrum view Mixer 0DLQ 6HFWLRQ The top area of the Main section allows you to: T Select tasks or save, delete, import, and export Super-Environment presets.
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SBLMPC.book Page 11 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM $QDORJ 'LJLWDO 2XWSXW The default for the Analog/Digital Output jack on Sound Blaster Live! is analog output. To switch to digital output (6-channel or compressed AC-3 SPDIF): 1. On the Surround Mixer, click the Speaker button. 2. In the Speaker view, click the Digital Output Only check box. Digital Output mode is available for all speaker configurations except headphones. Or: 1.
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SBLMPC.book Page 12 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM $XGLR+4 AudioHQ utilities allow you to view, audition, or set up the audio properties of one or more audio devices on your computer. AudioHQ can be accessed by using any of the following methods: T Click the AudioHQ tab in Creative Launcher; T Click Start on the Taskbar, select Programs, select Creative, select Sound Blaster Live!, and click on AudioHQ. T Click the AudioHQ icon located at the bottom right corner of your Windows desktop.
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SBLMPC.book Page 13 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 6RXQG)RQW &RQWURO Creative SoundFont Control allows you to configure MIDI banks with SoundFont files and instruments, as well as set the caching algorithm and space. &RQILJXUH D 0,', %DQN To configure a MIDI bank: 1. In SoundFont Control, click the Configure Bank tab. 2. In the Select Bank list, select the MIDI bank to configure. 3. Click the Load button and load the SoundFont file you want to the MIDI bank.
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SBLMPC.book Page 14 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &RQILJXUH DQ ,QVWUXPHQW Setting the maximum amount of cache memory for SoundFont files does not mean setting aside or reserving the space. The space can still be used by your computer or other files, if needed. To configure an instrument: 1. In the SoundFont dialog, click the Configure Instrument tab. 2. In the Select Bank list, select the bank whose instruments you want to configure. 3.
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SBLMPC.book Page 15 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 6RXQG)RQW 2SWLRQV You change the following options on the Options tab page of the SoundFont Control dialog: To specify the caching algorithm: • Select an algorithm from the SoundFont Cache list. To set the amount of cache for SoundFont files: • Drag the SoundFont Cache slider to set the amount of cache. To change the SoundFont device • Select the new device from the SoundFont Device list.
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SBLMPC.book Page 16 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &UHDWLYH .H\ERDUG Creative Keyboard allows you to play musical notes on various instruments much like a composer plays notes on a piano (or other instrument) while creating or arranging music. To edit the sound, use Vienna SoundFont Studio or another sound editor. 0,', ,QSXW To select a MIDI input device: 1. In the Select MIDI In box in the Options dialog, click the correct MIDI port. 2. Click the OK button.
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SBLMPC.book Page 17 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM ($; &RQWURO EAX Control allows you to configure the EMU10K1 effects engine. It allows you to specify the components that make up the audio elements that generate an environment. An environment is the model of a real-world audio experience. Included with Sound Blaster Live! are some entertainment, gaming, and miscellaneous environments to help you get started. EAX Control can be also be accessed from Creative Surround Mixer.
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SBLMPC.book Page 18 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM $XWR($; AutoEAX allows you to specify a Super-Environment preset for any audio application to automatically associate with the currently active speaker output. For the automatic super-environment to work, AutoEA must be active or at least minimized. $VVRFLDWLQJ D 6XSHU (QYLURQPHQW For each audio application on your computer, you can specify the super-environment to be automatically associated with it, for each speaker output configuration.
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SBLMPC.book Page 19 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &UHDWLYH 3OD\&HQWHU PlayCenter allows you to play most types of media—multimedia files (MIDI, Wave, MP3, etc.), audio CDs, and Video CDs. Just insert or select your media and PlayCenter does the rest. The SoundFont Association feature allows you to autoload SoundFont banks used by MIDI files so that you can experience the power of SoundFont technology seamlessly. PlayCenter launches LAVA! automatically whenever you play an MP3 file.
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SBLMPC.book Page 20 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &UHDWLYH /$9$ Creative LAVA! (Live! Audio-Visual Animation) gives your music visual expression that enhances the emotional depth of your music experience. Through LAVA!, 3D graphical objects interact with the music and intelligently dance to the sound cues from sources such as CD and MIDI. Explore the various animation scenarios provided by LAVA! or create your own environments and scenarios for your animation.
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SBLMPC.book Page 21 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &UHDWLYH 0HGLD5LQJ 7DON Creative MediaRing Talk is Internet voice communication software that allows you to make long distance and international calls over the Internet, from your PC to another PC with Internet access and MediaRing Talk installed. It also allows you to make calls to a regular telephone if you subscribe to MediaRing’s ValueFone service.
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SBLMPC.book Page 22 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &UHDWLYH .H\WDU With Creative Keytar, an easy-to-use and highly interactive edutainment software for beginners, you can turn your multimedia computer into a virtual rhythm guitar system immediately. Click a picture at the top of the screen to choose your favorite guitar. Press a function key (F1, ..., F12) to activate a chord, and you can start strumming or plucking your favorite tune.
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SBLMPC.book Page 23 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &UHDWLYH 5K\WKPDQLD Creative Rhythmania lets you create a MIDI file, choosing from a professional set of backup rhythms and instruments. Creative Rhythmania allows you to: T Perform with auto-accompaniment in Rhythm mode: • Four-part rhythm section • Preset backing styles • Interactive backing arrangement • Chord palette system • SoundFont support T Choose between two Keyboard types: PC (QWERTY) keyboard or MIDI keyboard connected to your PC.
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SBLMPC.book Page 25 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM $GGLWLRQDO 6RXQG %ODVWHU /LYH $SSOLFDWLRQV Applications included with Sound Blaster Live! are occasionally upgraded; your set of applications may be slightly different from the ones described here. 3 Sound Blaster Live! can best be appreciated through some of the advanced software that makes maximum use of the audio card’s features.
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SBLMPC.book Page 26 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 0L[PDQ 6WXGLR Mixman Studio is a powerful tool that enables you to create original, CD-quality music. At your option, you may choose tracks from a variety of music—combine, layer, and perform the tracks to create music. Use Mixman Studio to control up to 16 tracks of digital audio at the same time.
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SBLMPC.book Page 27 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM .RRO .DUDRNH Kool Karaoke is a straightforward and easy-touse application for karaoke. Just install the application, plug in your microphone to the computer, and you are ready to sing. It offers many popular tunes to sing along, both for children and adults. The range of songs offered covers all types of music available; jazz, pop, hip-hop, rock-and roll, and others, featuring songs from many famous and popular artists from the ‘70s to the ‘90s.
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SBLMPC.book Page 28 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM T Icon drag-and-drop: For example, after you train Prody Parrot, drag an icon of a guitar onto Prody Parrot to open the CD Player program. T Commands List: For example, double-click “hello” in the Commands window to greet Prody Parrot. Prody Parrot can perform four types of actions: T Run applications in Windows. T Execute macros consisting of any combination of keyboard and mouse actions. T Speak with informative messages or entertaining remarks.
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SBLMPC.book Page 29 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM Feature Description Trainable Behavior Teaches responses to your commands in custom ways, such as running applications, executing macros, speaking or displaying messages, and performing animated action sequences. Speech Recognition and Speech Synthesis Uses natural, continuous speech to issue commands, without training. Prody Parrot responds in high-quality synthetic speech with a voice that you can customize.
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SBLMPC.book Page 30 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 6RXQG )RUJH ;3 With Sound Blaster Live!, Sound Forge XP gives you the ability to record, edit, and process professional-quality digital audio files.
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SBLMPC.book Page 31 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &DNHZDON ([SUHVV *ROG Cakewalk uses your computer and sound card to turn you into a composer, music publisher, and performer, all in one. With Cakewalk, you can easily create music with any instrument, even your voice. Then you can edit and rearrange it, print it, and play it back, all from your PC! While using Cakewalk, you can get context-sensitive help—help about what you’re currently working on—at any time.
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SBLMPC.book Page 32 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 7H[W$VVLVW TextAssist gives your computer the ability to synthesize human voices and read text aloud. TextAssist has the following key features: Feature Allows You To Synthesized speech output Have your computer read text aloud. Multiple languages Use different languages. Predefined/user-defined voices Choose between the predefined voices, change the voices, or create voices.
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SBLMPC.book Page 33 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 4 $GYDQFHG &RQILJXUDWLRQV Sound Blaster Live! will give you endless hours of listening pleasure. You can further enhance your SB Live! experience by adding one or more of the several upgrade options (available separately). 3RVLWLRQLQJ
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SBLMPC.book Page 34 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &RQQHFWLQJ 2SWLRQDO 'HYLFHV To watch DVD movies on your PC, you can connect a Creative PC-DVD Encore Dxr2 or Dxr3, or MPEG2 decoder card to an external Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder such as the DeskTop Theater speaker systems. In this case, disconnect the audio card’s Aux In connector from the decoder card’s Audio Out connector. However, if an external Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder speaker system is not available, this connection is necessary.
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SBLMPC.book Page 35 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM Recording and Content Authoring with Optical Digital I/O card and Digital I/O Module SPDIF (RCA) In Out Digital device ( e.g., DAT) SPDIF In (RCA) MiniDisc Recorder Optical Input Recording and Content Authoring with Live! Drive Recording to or from an external digital device supporting RCA SPDIF input/output MiniDisc Digital I/O Module To Digital Speaker System* Digital Device SPDIF (RCA) In Out AUX input from an analog source (e.g.
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SBLMPC.book Page 37 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 5 7URXEOHVKRRWLQJ 06 '26 0RGH Some legacy games may have been designed for use only in MS-DOS. Sound Blaster Live! supports MSDOS games. There are two ways to play MS-DOS games: T From the MS-DOS window in Windows To open the MS-DOS window: 1. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, select Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt. T In Windows MS-DOS mode If you do not want to or cannot run a game from the MS-DOS window, use MS-DOS mode.
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SBLMPC.book Page 38 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM $XGLR 2SWLRQV Most MS-DOS–based games have a procedure for audio setup. Generally, you are presented with a list of audio cards or audio devices from which to choose. 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.
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SBLMPC.book Page 39 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 06 '26 0RGH 8WLOLWLHV The Sound Blaster Live! card includes a few MS-DOS utilities. These utilities require the Sound Blaster Live! DOS driver SBEINIT.COM to be loaded. 6%(&)* (;( Use the SBECFG.EXE utility to obtain the hardware settings and the status of the Sound Blaster Live! card. Typing SBECFG.
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SBLMPC.book Page 40 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 6%(6(7 (;( Use SBESET.EXE to manually configure SB resources or disable SB Emulation. By default, SB Emulation in DOS follows the Windows settings. For example, if you disable SB Emulation in Windows, in the next boot to DOS, SB Emulation is disabled. Under rare circumstances you may need to manually reconfigure DOS SB Emulation, for example, if there is conflict in DOS before it can boot to Windows. SBESET.EXE is run from the command line.
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SBLMPC.book Page 41 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM To enable AutoPlay through Auto Insert Notification: 1. Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. In the Control Panel window, double-click the System icon. 3. In the System Properties dialog, click the Device Manager tab and select your CD-ROM drive. 4. Click the Properties button. 5. In the Properties dialog, click the Settings tab and select Auto Insert Notification. 6. Click the OK button to exit from the dialog.
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SBLMPC.book Page 42 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM To solve the problem: 1. In Surround Mixer’s Mixer deck, make sure the source being played is unmuted, that is, enabled. 2. Select the same source as the record source. For example, if you are playing DVD games or movies, in Surround Mixer, unmute the Auxiliary device and select the Auxiliary device as your record source. T If you change environments, go to Surround Mixer and unmute your active sources.
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SBLMPC.book Page 43 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 1R DXGLR RXWSXW ZKHQ SOD\LQJ &' $XGLR 25 1R DXGLR RXWSXW ZKHQ SOD\LQJ '26 JDPHV WKDW UHTXLUH D &' 520 To solve this problem: • Make sure the Analog Audio connector on the CD-ROM drive and the CD In connector on the audio card are connected. 3DQQLQJ D VRXUFH VRPHWLPHV WXUQV RII LWV VRXQG Sometimes when panning an analog audio input source to the left or to the right, the sound from that source turns off.
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SBLMPC.book Page 44 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM ,QVXIILFLHQW 6RXQG)RQW &DFKH 7KHUH LV LQVXIILFLHQW PHPRU\ WR ORDG 6RXQG)RQWV This may occur when a SoundFont-compatible MIDI file is loaded or played. Cause: There is insufficient memory allocated to SoundFonts. To allocate more SoundFont cache: • On the Options tab page of SoundFont Control, move the SoundFont Cache slider to the right. The amount of SoundFont cache you can allocate depends on the system RAM available.
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SBLMPC.book Page 45 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM , 2 &RQIOLFWV Conflicts between your audio card and another peripheral device may occur if your card and the other device are set to use the same I/O address. To resolve I/O conflicts, change the resource settings of your audio card or the conflicting peripheral device in your system using Device Manager in Windows.
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SBLMPC.book Page 46 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM • Audio for Creative SB Live! • MIDI for Creative SB Live! • MIDI for Creative S/W Synth 5. Click the OK button to close the dialog. The drivers are removed. (QFRUH '9' 3OD\HU (QFRUH '9' 3OD\HU LV QRW ODXQFKHG ZKHQ D '9' GLVF LV LQVHUWHG LQWR WKH GULYH To solve this problem: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. In the Windows system tray, right-click the Disc Detector icon, and then click Properties.
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SBLMPC.book Page 2 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM (QJOLVK (VSDxRO )UDQoDLV 3RUWXJXrV 3 AUX connector Connects to internal audio sources such as TV tuner, MPEG, or other similar cards. Conector AUX Conecta a fuentes de audio internas como el sintetizador TV, MPEG, u otras tarjetas similares. Connecteur AUX Permet de raccorder les sources audio internes (TV Tuner, MPEG ou autres cartes similaires).
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SBLMPC.book Page 3 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM *HQHUDO 6SHFLILFDWLRQV 6RXQG %ODVWHU /LYH 03 (QJOLVK (VSDxRO )UDQoDLV 3RUWXJXrV PCI Bus Mastering • PCI Specification Version 2.1 compliant • Bus mastering reduces latency and speeds up system performance PCI Bus Mastering • Conforme con la Especificación PCI Versión 2.1 • Bus mastering reduce la latencia y acelera la performance del sistema Matriçage du bus PCI • Compatible avec la Spécification PCI Version 2.
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SBLMPC.book Page 6 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM &RQWDFWLQJ &UHDWLYH /DEV (QJOLVK (VSDxRO )UDQoDLV 3RUWXJXrV At Creative, we are committed to giving you the best product as well as the best technical support. Before You Contact Us Please be seated at your computer and have the following information: • Model and serial numbers (usually found on the back of the device) of the product, and date of purchase. • Error message on the screen and how it came about.
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SBLMPC.book Page 7 Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:35 PM 3URGXFW 5HWXUQ (QJOLVK (VSDxRO )UDQoDLV 3RUWXJXrV Product Return To return a Creative product for a factory service, contact the Creative Technical Support office. Once the staff has verified the product is defective, you will be given a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. NOTE: Retain your purchase receipt, as well as all packaging and contents, until all product components are functioning to your satisfaction.