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Playing back Wave and CD Audio files Playing MIDI files Creating nonGeneral-MIDIcompliant files Digital Entertainment Watching surround movies Compiling personal albums Use Creative PlayCenter to play back both Wave and CD Audio files. WAV is the format for digital audio files on the Windows operating platform. CD Audio refers to audio compact discs that can be played on your CD-ROM drive. MIDI (*.MID) is a music format that uses an internal synthesizer for playback. Use Creative PlayCenter or the MIDI sequencer in the Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD for playing MIDI files. To achieve the best quality, load the 8MB GM bank in the SoundFont applet found in the AudioHQ group. Many musicians have created music files that use exotic or non-regular instrument (non General MIDI compliant) using Vienna Soundfont Studio. These instruments are stored in SoundFont banks. Such MIDI files can be played back using Creative PlayCenter. The Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD contains many MIDI demos that use high quality SoundFont banks. If you want to enjoy high quality movie entertainment, ensure you have good speakers. If you have a 4- or 5-speaker system connected to your Sound Blaster Audigy, configure your speaker setup in Creative Surround Mixer. For DVD movies, it is recommended that you purchase Creative PC-DVD Encore, a digital home entertainment system, as well as Creative Inspire 5.1 Digital Speakers. You can compile albums containing CD Audio, WAV or MIDI files using Creative PlayCenter. Using Applications 4-2

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Using Applications
4-2
Playing back Wave
and CD Audio files
Use Creative PlayCenter to play back both Wave and CD Audio files. WAV is the
format for digital audio files on the Windows operating platform. CD Audio refers to
audio compact discs that can be played on your CD-ROM drive.
Playing MIDI files
MIDI (*.MID) is a music format that uses an internal synthesizer for playback. Use
Creative PlayCenter or the MIDI sequencer in the Sound Blaster Audigy Installation
CD for playing MIDI files. To achieve the best quality, load the 8MB GM bank in the
SoundFont applet found in the AudioHQ group.
Creating non-
General-MIDI-
compliant files
Many musicians have created music files that use exotic or non-regular instrument
(non General MIDI compliant) using Vienna Soundfont Studio. These instruments
are stored in SoundFont banks. Such MIDI files can be played back using Creative
PlayCenter. The Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD contains many MIDI demos
that use high quality SoundFont banks.
Digital
Entertainment
Watching surround
movies
If you want to enjoy high quality movie entertainment, ensure you have good
speakers. If you have a 4- or 5-speaker system connected to your Sound Blaster
Audigy, configure your speaker setup in Creative Surround Mixer. For DVD movies,
it is recommended that you purchase Creative PC-DVD Encore, a digital home
entertainment system, as well as Creative Inspire 5.1 Digital Speakers.
Compiling personal
albums
You can compile albums containing CD Audio, WAV or MIDI files using Creative
PlayCenter.