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Contents

Introduction to GOLDEN SOUND Card Ver. 2.5
Chapter 1  Installation
Chapter 2  Voxpak
Chapter 3  Music Station
Appendix A GS/MT-32 & GOLDEN SOUND'S Percussion table
Appendix B GS/MT-32 & GOLDEN SOUND'S Instruments table


Introduction to GOLDEN SOUND Card Ver. 2.5

    GOLDEN SOUND Card 2.5 is fully compatible with
Adlib card and Sound Blaster card. All of the softwares
that support 11-voice FM music and digitized voice
can be used on GOLDEN SOUND Card 2.5.

    The MIDI interface on GOLDEN SOUND Card 2.5 is MPU-401
compatible. Also, built-in a standard joystick port. If
you wish to use the MIDI fuction, just type GS401 before
you start.

    We offer a special program --GS32.COM to you. GS32
turn the YAMAHA 3812 into GS/MT-32 instruments compatible.
So, you could use any MIDI software without expensive MIDI
keyboard. And, you can play all the PC games that support
GS/MT-32.

    GOLDEN SOUND Card 2.5 has both LINE-OUT and PHONE-OUT,
that make the sounds purely (without noise and distortion).
We have the digitzed voice recording (ADC) sampling rate
from 1KHz to 20.8KHz and the digitized voice playback (DAC)
sampling rate from 1KHz to 48KHz.



Chapter 1

1.Hardware Installation

  System Requirements

  . IBM PC XT/AT,386 compatible and above.
  . Minimum one Hard Disk and one Floppy Disk Drive.
  . 640K RAM
  . DOS 3.3 or later.
  . MGA,CGA,EGA or VGA monitor.
  . Speakers,Ear-Phone or other Audio system.


  Hardware Settings

    I/O Address

    Two I/O addresses are selectable:220Hex and
    240Hex. Default setting is 220Hex(wihtout jumper).
    If you wish to change the setting, just place the
    jumper on the correct position ( See Figure ).

    Interrupt

    Three interrupts are selectable:IRQ 2,IRQ 5 and
    IRQ 7. Default setting is IRQ 7. IF you wish to
    change the setting, just place the jumper on the
    desired interrupt pins ( See Figure ).

    DMA

    Two DMA channels are selectable:DMA 1 and DMA 3.
    Default setting is DMA 1. If you wish to change
    the setting, just place the jumpers on the correct
    position ( See Figure ).

    Joystick

    Default setting is ON. If you wish to disable
    the joystick port on the GOLDEN SOUND card, just
    remove the jumper ( See Figure ).

  GOLDEN SOUND Card Installation

    1. Turn OFF the computer.
    2. Open and remove the case of the computer.
    3. Insert the card into any available slot.
    4. Replace the case back to the computer.
    5. Turn on the computer.


2. Software Installation

   Unpacking

   Your GOLDEN SOUND Card Ver. 2.5 package contains
   the following items:

   . GOLDEN SOUND Card Ver. 2.5
   . Two 5.25" Diskettes
   . Audio cable
   . Warranty card

   Installation

   1. Put " Disk #1 " in Floppy A, type " A: " and press [Enter].
   2. Type " INSTALL " and press [Enter].
   3. Follow the prompts on screen and complete installation.


Chapter 2

Voxpak

    CAUTION:

    Before you start to Record or Play, you have to add:

    BUFFERS=24
    FILES=24

    in your CONFIG.SYS



   1. PCMREC

      Records a voice file to disk from the command line.

      Syntax

      PCMREC FILENAME SAMPLING_RATE

      FILENAME

          The file to be recorded.

      SAMPLING_RATE

          The sampling rate desired (1000 to 20800 Hz).


   2. PCMPLAY

      Plays a voice file from disk.

      Syntax

      PCMPLAY [OPTIONS] FILENAME SAMPLING_RATE

      OPTIONS

         0 : Stop
         1 : Start
         2 : Pause
         3 : Continue
         4 : Repeat
         w : Wait until finished

      FILENAME

          The file to be played.

      SAMPLING_RATE

          The sampling rate desired (1000 to 48000 Hz).


Chapter 3

Music Station

    Music Station (MST) is a pop-up memory resident
    program that plays MUS format music files.

    During loading, MST will look for SONGS.MST which
    must be present in the current directory.

    SONGS.MST is a text file that defines the music
    files that MST will load. A maximum of 100 songs
    divided into 10 pages is allowed. Each entry in
    the file is defined as follows each field separated
    by one blank space:

    M [\PATH\FILENAME] [SONG TITLE]

    The following lists the keys that are functional
    when MST is popped up:

    [Esc]      : Hide pop up
    [ALT][U]   : Unload MST

    Music screen keys:

    [A]        : Mark all of the songs
    [U]        : Unmark all of the songs
    [R]        : Toggle between Repeat and Single play mode
    [0]to[9]   : Mark/Unmark a song
    [PgDn]     : Next page
    [PgUp]     : Previous page
    [-]        : Start play
    [/]        : Stop play
    [Spacebar] : Next song


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