SOUND BLASTER PRO LATEST INFORMATION
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This file contains information 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 Package Contents
2. MIDI files
3. Creative WaveStudio
4. Creative Soundo'LE
5. Talking Scheduler
6. READDRV Utility
7. Acknowledgement
1. SOFTWARE PACKAGE CONTENTS
The following files reside on the distribution diskette(s):
INSTALL .EXE - Hard disk installation program
README .COM - Program to display the README.TXT file
README .TXT - This file
TEST-SBP.EXE - Sound Blaster Pro test program
INSTALL .00? - Installation data files
DISK.ID - Disk identification file
The following files will be installed to your hard disk.
In the \SBPRO directory:
README .COM - Program to display the README.TXT file
SBFMDRV .COM - Resident driver for FM music
INST-DRV.EXE - Program to modify default settings of drivers
SBP-MIX .EXE - Sound Blaster Pro resident mixer controller
SBP-SET .EXE - Sound Blaster Pro mixer controller
SET-ENV .EXE - Sound Blaster Pro BLASTER environment set up
program
SBMIDI .EXE - Resident driver for playing MIDI files
TEST-SBP.EXE - Sound Blaster Pro test program
README .TXT - This file
WINSETUP.EXE - Sound Blaster Windows 3.1 drivers and
applications set up program.
WINSETUP.INF - WINSETUP program information file
* .BAT - Batch files to run Sound Blaster Pro software
In the \SBPRO\DRV sub-directory:
AUXDRV .DRV - Auxiliary driver for controlling volume
CT-VOICE.DRV - Loadable driver for voice (memory version)
CTVDSK .DRV - Loadable driver for voice (disk version)
ORGAN .DRV - Driver for PRO_ORG
In the \SBPRO\MMPLAY sub-directory:
MMDEMO .ACT - Script file for MMPLAY demo
MMDEMO .BAT - Batch file for MMPLAY demo
MMPLAY .CFG - MMPLAY configuration file
FLCVESA .DRV - FLC VESA driver
PCXDRV .DRV - PCX driver
MMPLAY .EXE - MMPLAY program
* .VOC - Sample voice files for MMPLAY demo
* .CMF - Sample CMF music files for MMPLAY demo
* .FLI - Sample image files for MMPLAY demo
In the \SBPRO\PARROT sub-directory:
VOICE .DRV - Talking Parrot's voice driver
MAKEPV .EXE - Program to customise parrot's voice
PARROT .EXE - Talking Parrot program
PARROT .VCB - Talking Parrot's voice file
* .E? - Talking Parrot's picture files.
In the \SBPRO\PLAYCD sub-directory:
CDPLYR .EXE - CD Player program
In the \SBPRO\PLAYCMF sub-directory:
PLAYCMF .EXE - CMF music file player
* .CMF - Sample CMF music files
In the \SBPRO\PLAYMIDI sub-directory:
PLAYMIDI.EXE - MIDI file player
* .MID - Sample MIDI files
In the \SBPRO\PRO_ORG sub-directory:
PRO_ORG .EXE - Intelligent Organ program
* .ORG - Sample organ files
In the \SBPRO\SBSIM sub-directory:
MUSIC .EXE - Music file player
VOICE .EXE - Voice file player
SBSIM .CFG - Configuration file for SBSIM driver
SBSIM .COM - SBSIM driver
SOUNDFX .EXE - Effects controller
In the \SBPRO\SCHEDULE sub-directory:
FB_DEFLT.DIC - } First byte
FB_SPCH .DLL - } Pro-Voice
FB_11K8 .DLL - } engine
FB_TIMER.DLL - }
FB_NGN .EXE - }
BWCC .DLL - Borland's Windows custom control dynamic link
library
OCLCTL .DLL - OLE client control dynamic link library
SCHEDULE.EXE - Talking Scheduler program
SCHEDULE.HLP - Talking Scheduler help file
In the \SBPRO\VOCUTIL sub-directory:
JOINTVOC.EXE - Program to join voice files
READDRV .EXE - Program to scan and display Creative's drivers
on your system
VEDIT2 .EXE - Voice Editor II program
VOC2WAV .EXE - Voice file to Wave file converter
VOC-HDR .EXE - Program to add a header to raw voice files
VPLAY .EXE - Program to play voice files
VREC .EXE - Program to record voice (.VOC) files
WAV2VOC .EXE - Wave file to voice file converter
* .VOC - Sample voice files
In the \SBPRO\WINAPPL sub-directory:
CTRES .DLL - Creative's resources dynamic link library
CTWCC .DLL - Creative's Windows custom control dynamic link
library
CTWAVE .EXE - Creative WaveStudio program
MMJBOX .EXE - Multimedia Jukebox (.MID player)
MOSAIC .EXE - Mosaic game program
MOSAIC .HLP - Mosaic game help file
SBPMIXER.EXE - Sound Blaster Pro mixer controller
SOUNDOLE.EXE - Creative wave OLE server
* .BMP - Sample bitmap files
In the \SBPRO\WINDRV sub-directory:
VSBPD .386 - Windows virtual device driver
MIDIMAP .CFG - Windows MIDI map configuration file
SBPAUX .DRV - Auxiliary driver
SBP2FM .DRV - Voyetra / Sound Blaster SuperSAPI FM Driver
SBPSND .DRV - Wave and MIDI driver
OEMSETUP.INF - Windows set up file
2. MIDI FILES
The MIDI files in the subdirectory \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".
For the PLAYMIDI.EXE program, you have to use the /FMT switch when
you play these MIDI files. For example:
PLAYMIDI Midifile /FMT:Extended
or PLAYMIDI Midifile /FMT:Basic.
Refer to the manual for more information on MIDI file format and
MIDI Mapper.
3. CREATIVE WAVESTUDIO
Version 1.0
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a. Playback capabilities -
WaveStudio loads wave files into memory for editing. By default,
it plays back the wave file directly from your disk drive for
efficiency reasons.
When you edit a file, in order to play back the changes that you
have made, WaveStudio will play it back from memory. For smaller
wave files, this is not a problem. However, you may experience
"jerky" playback of large wave files.
This applies if you are using Windows in Enhanced Mode and are
using virtual memory (utilizing the Windows swapfile).
To eliminate this, save your changes and then playback; WaveStudio
will play back from disk and you will not hear the interruptions.
b. Virtual memory -
If you are using Windows in Enhanced Mode, we suggest that you use
a permanent swap file for your virtual memory. This can be
configured using the 386 Enhanced applet in the Windows Control
Panel.
c. Insufficient memory -
If you do not have sufficient memory to load a wave file into
memory for editing, WaveStudio will not display the waveform and
you will not be able to perform any editing on the wave. However
you can still play back the wave file.
4. CREATIVE SOUNDO'LE
Creative Soundo'LE uses the hard disk as the working space.
Recording and playback are done directly to your hard disk.
5. TALKING SCHEDULER
a. Making appointments
Appointments can only be made on a 1 day time-slot. For example,
you cannot make an appointment that begins at 11 pm and ends at
1 am.
6. READDRV UTILITY
A utility READDRV.EXE is provided with this software package.
This utility identifies the versions of Creative drivers.
The entry format for READDRV is:
READDRV [/H | /?] [Driver Path]
where
/H or /? - Displays a Help screen
Driver Path - Specifies the path containing the Creative
Drivers. If this parameter is not specified, the
current path is assumed.
READDRV checks for the existence of any command line parameters.
If a directory is specified, this utility will attempt to scan the
directory and read the drivers. If no path is specified, the
current directory will be scanned and the drivers read (If any).
If no drivers exist in this directory, the program will read SOUND
environment and search the DRV directory specified in the SOUND
environment.
7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This version of SBP2FM.DRV is from Voyetra Technologies.
********* End of README *********
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.