Creative Keytar Readme File
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This file contains information to supplement the help file.
Please read all the sections before you proceed with the installation.
This file contains the following sections:
1. Minimum System Requirements
2. Installation
3. Uninstallation
4. Plucking and Strumming Style Naming Convention
5. Sample Palettes
6. Tone Control in Keytar May Not Work On Your Card
1. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0 with
Wavetable audio cards from Creative.
2. INSTALLATION
The full installation option requires about 3 MB of hard disk
space for program files and an additional 2 MB for working space.
You might need more if your drive is in compressed form.
3. UNINSTALLATION
Before uninstalling the software package, ensure that Creative
Keytar is closed.
4. PLUCKING AND STRUMMING STYLE NAMING CONVENTION
Auto-plucking and auto-strumming pattern presets have
prefixes, which indicate these playing styles:
FK_ : Folk
PP_ : Pop
RB_ : Rhythm and Blues
JZ_ : Jazz
RR_ : Rock and Roll
BL_ : Ballad
5. SAMPLE PALETTES
The following sample chord palettes are provide for you to
experiment :
BDAY.PLT : Standard "Happy Birthday"
DESAFIND.PLT : A Bossa Nova palette. Think of "A Carlos Jobim"
MOTELKLF.PLT : A folk rock palette. This chord was recently used in a "revival"
STD_A.PLT --
STD_C.PLT \
STD_D.PLT + : Standard chord palettes
STD_E.PLT /
STD_G.PLT --
6. TONE CONTROL IN KEYTAR MAY NOT WORK ON YOUR CARD
Certain audio cards do not support Keytar's tone (treble) adjustment feature.
Therefore, moving the Tone slider in the Volume and Tone Control dialog box
has no effect.
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.