
                 SOUND BLASTER PRO LATEST INFORMATION
                 ====================================

This file  contains  information  that is not  available  during the
printing  of  the  manual.  Please  read all the sections before you
proceed with any installation procedure .

This file contains the following sections:

   1. Software installation
   2. CD-ROM Device Drivers Installation
   3. Features for Future Enhancement
   4  MIDI Files
   5. SBSIM Support for MIDI
   6. Upgrading of Sound Blaster Pro Mixer for DOS
   7. Trouble Shooting for Installing Windows 3.1 Drivers


1. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

   The    installation   program,  INST-HD.EXE   will   modify   your
   AUTOEXEC.BAT  and  CONFIG.SYS files.  Your  original files will be
   renamed with the extension B~K.

   WINSETUP will NOT set up the drivers and applications properly  if
   your BLASTER environment strings are incorrectly set.  Please make
   sure  that  these  environment  strings  are set  properly  before
   running WINSETUP.EXE.  You  may enter "SET"  at the  DOS prompt to
   check  the  environment  settings.  Refer  to  your Sound  Blaster
   manual  for more  details on  the  BLASTER and  SOUND  environment
   strings.

   Normally, WINSETUP.EXE needs to be run only once.  If the hardware 
   settings of your sound  card needs to be  changed, use the  DRIVER
   applet in CONTROL PANEL  to change the  settings of  your  Windows
   drivers.  Refer to  your Windows  manual for  more details  on the
   DRIVER applet.


2. CD-ROM DEVICE DRIVERS INSTALLATION

   To run any CD-ROM programs, you need to have the following drivers
   installed:

        - SLCD.SYS
        - MSCDEX.EXE

   The  driver  MSCDEX.EXE  is  not  included in this  Sound  Blaster
   software package.  It should  come  with  your  CD-ROM  drive in a
   separate diskette.

   NOTE
   ====

   If you have 3 or  more logical  or  physical  drives  installed in
   your system, you  must  specify  the  LASTDRIVE  command  in  your
   CONFIG.SYS by adding the following line.

      LASTDRIVE=?

   Where:
      ?         specifies the  last drive  letter  available  for use
                ranging from A to Z.

   An example will be:

      LASTDRIVE=P

   Please refer to your DOS manual for more details.

   MORE ON SLCD.SYS
   ================

   SLCD.SYS is a hardware dependent device  driver  for  SONY  CD-ROM
   drive that you need to include in the CONFIG.SYS file.  To install
   the  driver  manually, add the  following  line to your CONFIG.SYS
   file.

   DEVICE=[drive:][path]SLCD.SYS /B:xxx /D:name /M:x [/V] [/C] [/T:x]

   Where
      /B:xxx   xxx specifies the  Base  I/O  address  of  your CD-ROM
               interface.  If the base address of your Sound  Blaster
               Pro card is set at 220, then xxx will be  230.  If the
               base address of your Sound Blaster Pro card  is set at
               240, then xxx will be 250.

      /D:name  name specifies the device driver  name  which  must be
               the  same  as  the  one  used  in MSCDEX.EXE.  Example
               MSCD001.

      /M:x     x specifies  the data transfer mode.  P for polled I/O
               mode  and  D  for  DMA mode.  Using  the D option will
               require the /T:x parameter.

      /T:x     x specifies  the  DMA channel used for the CD-ROM data
               transfer  when  /M:D  parameter is used.  x must tally
               with the jumper setting at JP8 to JP13.

      /V       Turns  on  the  verbose mode of the driver  to display
               information at installation time.

      /C       To display the drive configuration at boot-up time.

      /K       Enables a sector  caching  mechanism  to  improve  the
               drive performance.  Default is disabled.

   An example will be:

   DEVICE=C:\SBPRO\DRV\SLCD.SYS /B:230 /D:MSCD001 /V /C /M:P


   MORE ON MSCDEX.EXE
   ==================

   MSCDEX.EXE is the program used for Microsoft CD extension.  It can
   be placed in your  AUTOEXEC.BAT  file so that it will be installed
   every time you boot-up.  To install the driver  manually, add  the
   following line to your  AUTOEXEC.BAT  file.  You can also run this
   command from the command line.

   [drive:][path]MSCDEX /D:name [/M:x][/E][/V][/L:drive_letter]

   Where
     /D:name    name specifies  a  device name which must be the same
                as the one used in SLCD.SYS.  Example: MSCD001.

     /M:x       x specifies the number of 2K block cache buffer to be
                used for CD-ROM operation.

                Typically, each drive should have a minimum of 4 to 5
                buffers.  The  larger  this  number, the less your PC
                will have to read directly from the CD-ROM drive.

     /E         tells  MSCDEX.EXE  to  use  expanded  memory  if your
                system has expanded memory.

     /V         specify  this  switch  if   you   wish   to   display
                information about memory usage.

     /L:letter  specifies the  drive letter you wish to assign to the
                first  CD-ROM drive.  The  default  is the next drive
                letter available.

   An example will be:

   MSCDEX /V /E /D:MSCD001 /M:15 /L:f


4. HARDWARE FEATURES FOR FUTURE ENHANCEMENT

   The setting of IRQ3  &  IRQ11  on  your sound card are for  future
   enhancement purposes.  Please do not use these two settings now as
   most of the software may not support them yet.

   The hardware selectable interrupt settings for the CD-ROM are also
   meant  for  future  enhancement  purposes.  Please   ignore  these
   settings for the moment as the current CD software driver does not
   make use of these interrupts yet.


5. MIDI FILES

   When playing MIDI files with MMJBOX, a warning message in a dialog
   box may appear.  The message is only an indication of whether  the
   MIDI file conforms to Microsoft MIDI standard.

   Even if  the  file conforms to the standard, the message may still
   appear if the code defined by Microsoft  is  not  indicated in the
   MIDI file.  Please  ignore  the  message if the MIDI files created
   conforms to the standard.

   For more  information  on  how  to  indicate the code in your MIDI
   files, refer to the "Microsoft Windows Software Developer Kit".

   For a start, you  can try out the MMJBOX application with the MIDI
   file CANYON.MID which can be found in your Windows directory.  The
   MIDI files provided in the sub-directory  \PLAYMIDI are created to
   support the MIDI MAPPER and they comply fully to the Multimedia PC
   rules.  When you  use  MMJBOX in WINDOWS 3.1 to play these  files,
   make sure  that  your MIDI MAPPER is set to either the SBP2 EXT FM
   or SBP2 BASIC FM.  Using it with SBP2 ALL FM will cause  the  song
   to sound "cluttered".

   Refer  to  the manual for more information on MIDI file format and
   MIDI Mapper.


6. SBSIM SUPPORT FOR MIDI

   SBSIM (SB Simplified Interface  Module)  has  now  been updated to
   include support  for  the  MIDI  driver SBMIDI. To make use of the
   MIDI  support,  include  a  new  section  titled  [MIDI]  in  your
   configuration  file.  The  available  keywords, and  their default
   values,  are as follows:

    [Midi]
        BufferSize=32           ; Specifies the size of the buffer
                                ;   to allocate for MIDI files, in
                                ;   Kbytes
        MidiMap=0               ; Specifies the type of MIDI file
                                ;   to be played:
                                ;       0 = General MIDI files
                                ;       1 = Basic MIDI files
                                ;       2 = Extended MIDI files
                                ;   Note that types 1 and 2 are as
                                ;   defined in Multimedia Windows.

   Note  that  you  need  to  load  SBMIDI (the  Sound  Blaster  MIDI
   driver) before you invoke SBSIM.


   The Music player program, MUSIC.EXE, has also been updated to play
   MIDI files.  The command set is the same, except that the commands
   /REPEAT,  /TEMPO,  /TRANSPOSE and /WAIT  are  not  available  when
   playing  MIDI  files.  Also, a new command is implemented to allow
   switching of MIDI modes.

   The resulting command set of MUSIC.EXE is as follows:

      Usage:  MUSIC [ /Q ] option..
         where option is one of:
            /PLAY:filename          +
            /STOP                   +
            /PAUSE                  +
            /CONTINUE               +
            /WAIT:n                 #
            /TEMPO:percentage       #
            /TRANSPOSE:semitone     #
            /REPEAT:count           #
            /MIDIFMT:midiformat     *
                midiformat: GEN, BAS, EXT

      (+ = for CMF and MIDI files, # = for CMF files only,
       * = for MIDI files only)


      IMPORTANT :USE EITHER SBMIDI OR SBFMDRV DRIVER ONLY (NOT BOTH).


7. UPGRADING OF SOUND BLASTER PRO MIXER FOR DOS

   There are two changes  in this version  compared  to  the  earlier
   version:

   a. The  < Stereo on/off > option is now removed.  This function is
      controlled directly by the software drivers.

   b. A new feature has been added:

      <Hidden mode on/off> : Default is ON.

      With the  Hidden mode set to ON, the user  can  control all the
      volumes  from  the keyboard in the background - without popping 
      up to mixer screen.

      To control the volume, use the key combinations of

                   CTRL+ALT+u   - for volume increase
      and          CTRL+ALT+d   - for volume decrease

      To toggle on/off the sound output use the key  combinations  of

                   CTRL+ALT+q

      To select the channel in-order to control its  volume, use  the
      key combinations of

                   CTRL+ALT+m   -  for Master
                   CTRL+ALT+l   -  for Line
                   CTRL+ALT+f   -  for FM
                   CTRL+ALT+c   -  for CD
                   CTRL+ALT+v   -  for VOC
                   CTRL+ALT+i   -  for Mic


   The pop up mode is still working in the same way as before.


9. TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR INSTALLING WINDOWS 3.1 DRIVERS

   A program "WINSETUP.EXE" was included to install the  Windows  3.1
   drivers  for  Sound  Blaster.  This  program  can be found in your
   Sound Blaster directory.  However, if  you prefer to install these
   drivers  manually  in  Windows, please refer to the User Reference
   Manual.  If  somehow   you  are  having  problems  installing  the
   drivers, here  are  some points to check before you call Technical
   Support.

   a. If you installed Windows 3.1 using the "Express  Installation,"
      Windows  scanned  your  hard disk for programs to be installed.
      As a result, older  versions  of the Jukebox were installed  if
      they  were  on  your  hard  disk  at  the time of installation.
      Please remove these icons.  To do this, click on the icon  once
      to select it, then  press the delete key.  Windows will ask you
      for confirmation.  Repeat for each icon.

   b. Open  the  Driver applet in Control panel.  You should at least
      have the following driver names in the Installed Drivers list:

        Creative Sound Blaster *** Auxiliary Audio
        Creative Sound Blaster *** MIDI Synthesizer
        Creative Sound Blaster *** Wave and MIDI
        MIDI Mapper
        Timer
        [MCI] CD Audio  ;this is only for owners of CD-ROM drives
        [MCI] MIDI Sequencer
        [MCI] Sound

      where *** correspond to the type of card you are having.

      If one or  more of these drivers do not exist, you must install
      the driver(s)  using  the  Driver  applet in Control Panel (See
      the Windows manual for more details).

   c. Check your SYSTEM.INI by choosing RUN from the File menu of the
      Program Manager, and typing SYSEDIT  in  the  command line box.
      Examine the [drivers] and  [sndblst.drv] sections.  They should
      look something like this:

        [drivers]
        Timer=timer.drv
        Midimapper=midimap.drv
        Aux=sbpaux.drv
        MIDI=sbp2fm.drv
        Wave=sbpsnd.drv
        MIDI1=sbpsnd.drv

        [sndblst.drv]
        port=220
        int=7
        dmachannel=1

   d. If  Windows  refuses  to install a device driver or you get the
      error  message "Device not found" when playing a Wave  or  MIDI
      file  or  a CD, be sure  you have the following settings in the
      [mci] section of SYSTEM.INI

        [mci]
        WaveAudio=mciwave.drv
        Sequencer=mciseq.drv
        CDAudio=mcicda.drv  ;this is only for owners of CD-ROM drives

      If one or more of these do  not  exist, you  must  install  the
      driver(s) using the Driver applet  in  Control  Panel (See  the
      Windows manual for instructions).  Do not type  in the  entries
      into the SYSTEM.INI because the files have to be installed into
      your SYSTEM directory by Windows.


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