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    16-Bit Sound Card User Guide On-line Version
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    in Singapore. Version 1.0 September 1994 Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster 16 are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. IBM and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. MS-DOS is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All
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    Using the Mouse ...1-5 Understanding WaveEditor Menus 1-5 File Menu 1-5 Edit Menu 1-6 View Menu 1-6 Special Menu 1-7 Options Menu 1-7 Window Menu 1-8 Help Menu 1-8 Context-Sensitive Menu 1-8 Working With WaveEditor 1-9 Specifying Wave Formats 1-9 Opening Wave Files 1-10 Recording Wave
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    Editing Compressed Files 1-22 Using CD Sync ...1-22 Quitting WaveEditor 1-22 QuickCD Setting Up QuickCD 2-2 Starting QuickCD 2-4 The QuickCD Window 2-4 The Playlist Button 2-5 Using the Keyboard and Mouse 2-6 Using the Control Menu 2-7 Customizing QuickCD 2-8 Quitting QuickCD 2-8 Wave'OLE
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    Mixer Control Starting the Mixer 4-2 The Mixer Control Window 4-2 Device Control Group Box 4-3 Master Volume Group Box 4-3 Dos Utilities PLAY Utility Knowing the PLAY Command 6-2 Command Line for Playing Sound Files 6-2 Command Line for Playing Audio CDs 6-3 Using PLAY ...6-4 Controlling
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    MIXERSET Utility Knowing the MIXERSET Command 8-2 Using the MIXERSET Command 8-3 Starting the MIXERSET Control Screen 8-4 Knowing the MIXERSET Control Screen 8-4 Volume Slider 8-5 Balance Slider 8-5 Automatic Gain Control Check Box 8-5 Save Button 8-5 Input Box ...8-5 Output Box 8-5 Using
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    Guide provides you information on how to use the Windows and DOS applications included in your package. The chapters are organized as follows: Chapter 1, "WaveEditor" presents a Windows Control" describes an audio Mixer in Windows that allows you to control sound levels of various audio sources, and
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    Text Conventions K Key Combinations K Icons Text Conventions The following text conventions are used to help distinguish elements of the text in this guide (see Table I-1.) Table I-1: Text Conventions. Text Element bold italics UPPERCASE < > Use Command names, switches, and any text that must be
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    and release it, and then press the key and release it. Icons In this guide, icons are used to highlight areas of text that require your attention (see Table I-3.) Table I-3: Icons. Icon Use Information or instructions that must not be taken lightly and should be noted. Cautions or warnings
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    1 WaveEditor WaveEditor brings you to the next wave of sound editing. This easy-to-use yet powerful application allows you to record, play, and edit 8-bit (tape quality) and 16-bit (CD quality) wave data in the Windows environment. It also allows you to enhance your wave data with special
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    in your audio card's group window. The WaveEditor window similar to Figure 1-1 appears. Figure 1-1: The WaveEditor window. Understanding the WaveEditor interface has three main features. They are the Toolbar, Edit Window, and Status Bar. Toolbar The Toolbar comprises several buttons and control
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    Creates a new window without any data. Loads an existing wave file. Saves changes made to the wave file. Cuts the selected data of the wave file. Copies the
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    file is displayed (see Figure 1-3.) You can open several Edit Windows at a time and display them in cascades, vertical or horizontal tiles easily and quickly. For a better view of the data displayed in the Edit Window, use the horizontal scroll bar to select the data for viewing and the vertical
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    a context-sensitive menu. File Menu The File menu contains the following commands: New Open Close Close All Save Save As Save All Exit Creates a new window without any data. Loads an existing wave file. Closes an open wave file. Closes all open wave files. Saves changes made to the wave file
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    . Otherwise, WaveEditor pastes the data at the cursor. Mixes cut or copied wave data with the one in the Edit Window. When you play the wave file, you will hear both sounds together. Deletes a selected portion of the data. Unlike the Cut command, the data is not copied first. Deletes the entire
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    Zoom Zooms into the portion of the wave file selected. (You should select the desired portion before using this function.) Special Menu The commands on the Special menu allow you to add special effects to wave files. These commands are: Reverse Add Echo Rap! Insert Silence Force to Silence Fade
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    when several wave files are open. For more information regarding these commands, refer to your Microsoft Windows manual. Help Menu The descriptions of the commands on the Help menu are: Contents Search System Information About WaveEditor Displays WaveEditor Help menu's contents. Searches the
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    . Zooms into the portion of the wave file selected. Creates a new window without any data. Loads an existing wave file. Saves changes made to the ensure the format of the file is specified correctly. Wave format refers to the sound channel and sampling rate and size of the file. To specify the wave
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    better sound quality Sound File dialog box. 2. Select the file you to open from the File Name list. (You may have to specify the directory in which the file (.WAV) resides. To listen to the playback of the wave file, choose Play.) 3. Choose OK. If you select a file with raw data (.RAW) or Creative
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    method: 1. Start File Manager and open the wave file's directory. 2. Arrange both windows so that the file and the WaveEditor window can be seen. 3. Hold down the left mouse button as you drag the file into the WaveEditor window. A icon appears while you are dragging the file. 4. Drop the file by
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    K Check the path and file name created in the Record To File group box. You can change the file name and directory by using the Browse button. K Check the recording format shown at the bottom of the dialog box. You can change the format by choosing the Settings button. K Check your system's storage
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    path if prompted. 3. Choose OK. To save a wave file with a new name or format: 1. Select Save As from the File menu. The Save Sound File dialog box similar to Figure 1-9 appears. Figure 1-9: The Save Sound File dialog box. 2. Enter a new name for the file and the path if prompted. WaveEditor 1-13
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    not available for 8-bit wave files. Also, you can convert a Windows wave file to a different format by selecting PCM Conversion from the Compression file. After mixing, you can play back the new file to hear the new sound generated. To mix the data contents of two wave files: 1. Activate the first
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    to Silence, Fade In, Fade Out, and Amplify Volume. Reverse This effect reverses the sequence of the data in the wave file such that the sound is played backwards. You can specify a selected portion of the file to be reversed. If a portion of the file is not selected, the entire file
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    channels for stereo file. 3. Choose OK. Add Echo This effect modifies data in the wave file to give an echo effect. You can create a metallic sound effect by continually applying Add Echo to the same wave file until you have achieved the desired result. To add echo to a file: 1. Select Add
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    2. Enter the echo magnitude (loudness of the echo) in the Magnitude text box. 3. Enter the echo delay (the time between the actual sound and the echo) in the Echo Delay text box. 4. Select the desired channel for stereo file. 5. Choose OK. Rap! This feature repeats the selected portion
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    Figure 1-13: The Force To Silence dialog box. 3. Select the desired channels. (No options are available for editing a mono file.) K Select Left Channel, Right Channel, or Both Channels for stereo wave file 4. Choose OK. The selected portion is replaced by a straight line. Fade In and Fade Out You
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    For Fade In, the file will be linearly faded in from the starting magnitude (volume) to a 100% magnitude (volume). For Fade Out, the file will be linearly faded out from a 100% magnitude (volume) to the ending magnitude (volume). Amplify Volume This effect allows you to change the volume of wave
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    To adjust the settings for Mixer: 1. Choose Mixer on the Toolbar. The Mixer window appears. 2. Specify the desired settings. For more information on using the Mixer, refer to the relevant chapter in this guide. Using WaveEditor Effectively To use WaveEditor effectively, you need to know the amount
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    Wave Files To work effectively with compressed wave files, you need to know how compressed files are opened and edited. Opening Compressed Files WaveEditor currently supports 5 compression formats: Microsoft ADPCM, CCITT A-Law, CCITT µ-Law, IMA/DVI ADPCM, and Creative ADPCM. WaveEditor 1-21
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    When you open a compressed wave file, WaveEditor will decompress the file first before displaying it. You must ensure that the file resides on a drive that has sufficient disk space to accommodate the uncompressed data. The amount of space required depends on the compression format adopted. For
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    amplitude of the sound. Wave'OLE supports Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). With this capability, you can insert sound into other applications such as Write by linking or embedding them. For more information about Object Linking and Embedding, refer to the Microsoft Windows manual. This chapter is
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    Starting Wave'OLE To start Wave'OLE: 1. Double-click the Wave'OLE icon in your audio card's group window. The Wave'OLE window similar to Figure 3-1 appears. Figure 3-1: The Wave'OLE window. The Wave'OLE Menus Wave'OLE has four menus: File, Edit, Options, and Help. The File Menu The commands on
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    Wave Info... Mixer Settings... Recording Settings... Always on Top Displays information about the sound data such as the sampling rate and size. Runs the Mixer application. For more information, refer to the chapter on Windows Mixer. Allows the sampling size, frequency, and mono or stereo mode to
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    Waveo'LE. For instance, you can use either or the left and right arrow keys to move to the buttons on the Waveo'LE window. To choose a button, press . You can also move around the opened wave file with the aid of the slider. Simply select the slider thumb
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    Recording a Wave File To record a wave file: 1. Select New from the File menu. 2. Choose Record. The Recording dialog box similar to Figure 3-3 appears. Figure 3-3: The Recording dialog box. To stop the recording, choose Stop. Selecting Recording Characteristics To select recording characteristics:
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    the desired settings. K Select mono for one sound channel and stereo for two sound channels. Mono is suitable if you want to of the wave file in Wave'OLE and transfer it to an application such as Write that supports Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). If you edit the wave file in Wave'OLE, the
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    new wave file or open an existing wave file you want to embed. 3. Choose Copy Sound as an Object from the Edit menu. The wave file is placed onto the Clipboard. be saved before you can link it to an OLE client. 4. Choose Copy Sound as an object from the Edit menu. The wave file is placed onto the
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    6. Select Paste Link from the Edit menu in Write. The icon representing the wave file appears. Quitting Wave'OLE To quit Wave'OLE: 1. Select Exit from the File menu. The Wave'OLE dialog box similar to Figure 3-6 appears if the latest changes have not been saved. Figure 3-6: The Wave'OLE dialog box.
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    -based audio mixer that allows you to combine and manipulate sound from various audio sources. With the Mixer, it is possible to control the volume of an audio source while running other Windows applications. You can also select and mix different audio sources during playback and recording. This
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    the Mixer: 1. Double-click the Mixer Control icon in your audio card's group window. The Mixer Control window similar to Figure 4-1 appears. Figure 4-1: The Mixer Control window. The Mixer Control Window The Mixer Control window consists of the following: K Device Control group box K Master Volume
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    Device Control Group Box The Device Control group box contains sliders that control the volume of various sources that your audio card supports (see Figure 4-2.) Figure 4-2: The Device Control Group Box. All of the above sources are in stereo except Microphone and PC Speaker. Stereo sources have two
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    drop-down menus. These menus are: K Settings K Options K Help The Settings Menu The Settings menu contains the following commands: Recording Exit Displays the Recording Control window. Quits the Mixer. 4-4
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    , so that both channels move at the same time when you drag the slider thumb. Always On Top Displays the Mixer as the top-most window. Save Setting On Exit Saves all changes made to the Mixer. The new setting is used as the default setting when you next run the
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    Selecting a Recording Source The Mixer allows you to select one or a combination of the following audio sources for recording: K Microphone K Line-in K MIDI device K CD-audio To select a recording source: 1. Select Recording from the Settings menu. The Recording Control dialog box similar to Figure
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    . To do so: 1. Select Save Setting On Exit from the Options menu. Any Mixer settings that you have made will be saved when you exit Windows. Quitting the Mixer To quit the Mixer, do one of the following: K Select Exit from the Settings menu. K Double-click the Control-menu box. Mixer
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    5 QuickPlayer QuickPlayer allows you to play a wide range of multimedia files consisting of sound, animation, movie, and video files. But, before you play a file, you should have the appropriate software setup that accomodates the type of file you want to play. Within QuickPlayer, you can start the
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    Starting QuickPlayer To start QuickPlayer: 1. Double-click the QuickPlayer icon in your audio card's group window. The QuickPlayer window similar to Figure 5-1 appears. Figure 5-1: The QuickPlayer window. Playing Multimedia Files You can quickly and easily play multimedia files using controls on the
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    installed a CD-ROM drive in your system, you can play audio CDs using QuickCD. To start QuickCD: 1. Choose the CDPlayer button to display the QuickCD window. For more information, refer to the chapter on QuickCD. QuickPlayer 5-3
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    Adjusting the Volume and Tone You can adjust the volume and tone of sound files using the Windows Mixer. To start the Mixer: 1. Choose the Mixer button to display the Mixer Control window. For more information, refer to the chapter on Mixer Control. Quitting QuickPlayer To quit QuickPlayer, do one
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    QuickPlayer 5-5
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    6 PLAY Utility The PLAY utility allows you to play audio CDs and a wide range of sound files. By simply entering a command, you can now play Microsoft Wave (.WAV), Creative Voice (.VOC), MIDI (.MID) and Creative Music (CMF) files. And if you want to play a set of files with the same file extension,
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    the command line of PLAY. Command Line for Playing Sound Files The command line for playing sound files is: PLAY file1 [file2...] [/Q] [/H] play a Creative Music (.CMF) file, you have to load the SBFMDRV.COM driver into memory. This is done by typing SBFMDRV at the directory where the driver is
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    MIDI file format. specifies Extended MIDI file format specifies Basic MIDI file format. supports General MIDI (default). supports Roland Sound Canvas GS. supports Roland MT32. MODE: z only applies to Sound Blaster AWE32. Command Line for Playing Audio CDs The command line for playing audio CDs
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    ) option, you must press to start playing the CD. Using PLAY The following are some examples of how you can play sound files and audio CDs in DOS: K To play a Creative Music File (SONG.CMF): 1. Make sure SBFMDRV.COM is loaded in memory. 2. Type PLAY SONG.CMF and press . K To play
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    Controlling Playback You can control the playback of files using hot keys. A menu of the available hot keys appears when you enter PLAY without the /Q switch. Wave File Control Hot Keys The following are the hot keys you can use while playing wave files: ,
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    or Right Arrow Resumes playing the paused CMF file. Stops the CMF file (if one is playing) and exits the program. Reproduces the sound in a different key by raising or lowering the pitch. Plays the next CMF file in a specified set. Plays the previous CMF file in a specified set
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    , and press Selects and plays another CMF file if more than one file is specified. Audio CD Control Hot Keys The following are the hot keys you can use while playing audio CDs: Resumes playing the track. Stops the track (if one
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    file by specifying the file type and recording parameters such as sampling rate and recording mode. Sound is recorded into a sound file in Microsoft Wave (.WAV) or Creative Voice (.VOC) file format. This chapter provides you detailed information on using RECORD. It is organized as follows: K Knowing
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    is: RECORD file [/A:xx] [/C:xx] [/M:xx] [/R:xx] [/S:x] [/Q] [/H] [/?] file .WAV Specifies the name of the file and its extension, or .VOC you want to record sound data into. /A:xx Sets the recording source. xx = MIC, CD, LINE or FM You can record from more than one source. /C:xx Sets the
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    RECORD without any parameters, the online description for using RECORD appears. K If you did not specify the recording mode, sampling rate and sample size, the sound will be recorded in mono 8-bit wave file format with 11025 Hz sampling rate. K If you want to stop the recording, press . K The
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    the mixer, you can control the volume of various audio sources supported by the card. You can use the utility as a command at the DOS prompt or invoke the MIXERSET interface to control the Mixer settings through a fullscreen window
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    the MIXERSET Command The Mixer is configured using switches that follow the MIXERSET command. To use the MIXERSET command: 1. Change to your sound directory. 2. Type MIXERSET [switches] ... and press . where switches can be one or a combination of any of the following: /? or /H Displays
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    , LIz and MICz, where z is + (on) or - (off). For example, /OPS:CD+ MIC- allows you to receive CD-audio output. It does not allow any sound passed through the microphone to be sent to the speakers. /IPL:ss Turns Left Input switches (IPLSW) on or off. ss represents one or a combination
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    Starting the MIXERSET Control Screen To start the MIXERSET Control Screen: 1. Change to your sound directory. 2. Type MIXERSET and press . The MIXERSET Control Screen shown in Figure 8-1 appears. Figure 8-1: The MIXERSET Control Screen. Knowing the MIXERSET Control Screen The
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    direct these audio sources through the left or/and right input channels of your Mixer. To get a stereo sound effect, make sure that the left channel signal of the audio source is directed to the Left-In one or a combination of the above audio sources playing through the card. MIXERSET Utility 8-5
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    Using the Mouse and Keyboard Using the MIXERSET interface, the Mixer can be configured with a mouse or a keyboard. K Choose the option if it is a check box. K Move the slider by the click and drag method or click at the extreme end of the slider to increase or decrease the Volume. K To quit MIXERSET
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    Guide: AGC Automatic Gain Control. Automatically adjusts the input from the microphone to a suitable level for recording. Amplifier A device that increases the power of electical signal in a sound . .CMF Filename extension for sound files saved in the Creative Labs, Inc. music data file format
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    document that supports Object Linking Sound objects, charts, drawings, or text that can be copied from one application or document and inserted in a document that supports sound to an audible level. Uniformly decreases the volume level of a sound of an object. Sound sources like microphone,
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    and target document must be created in a Windows-based application that supports OLE. The ADPCM compression technique by Microsoft. software standard that specifies the cable and hardware interface for several devices, instruments, and computers to interchange music codes/ events. To combine sound
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    .WAV, .MID, .VOC and .CMF extensions. To record sound using two channels. See also Channel. Extension for sound data saved in Creative Labs, Inc. Voice format. Extension for sound data saved in Microsoft wave format. Produces a rich, detailed sound that embodies more than 65,000 possible digital
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16-Bit Sound Card
User Guide
On-line Version