Logitech SoundMan Games, version 1.00. (c) Copyright 1993 Logitech, S.A. All Rights Reserved. **************************************************************** This README file contains important information that supplements the "SoundMan Games User's Guide" and the accompanying software. **************************************************************** README FILE CONTENTS ================================================================ 1. INSTALLATION NOTES 1.1 Using ADVISOR 1.2 Hard Disk Space 1.3 Decompressing Windows Files Manually 1.4 Installing the SONY CDU-31A Drive, MANUAL ERRATUM 1.5 ScanMan DMA Conflict 1.6 Windows MIDI Mapper 1.7 Windows Drivers 1.8 Re-Booting Your System From Installer 1.9 Configuring IRQ 10 for Windows 2. TECHNICAL NOTES 2.1 Recording with SoundMan Games 2.2 MCS MusicRack Product Support, MANUAL ERRATUM 3. GAME NOTES 3.1 Tell the Game You Have a Sound Blaster 3.2 Not Enough Memory To Run Games 3.3 Volume Control Hot Keys in Games 4. SYSTEM HARDWARE NOTES 4.1 Computing Power Required 5. APPLICATION DISK CONTENTS 5.1 Application Disk Files 5.2 Directories and Files Created During Installation 1. INSTALLATION NOTES ================================================================ 1.1 Using ADVISOR ---------------------------------------------------------------- Run ADVISOR before the installation program to save the SoundMan Games settings in SOUNDMAN.INI in the root directory. Do not remove this file, INSTALL uses it. ADVISOR suggests default settings but may not be able to detect conflicts. You should know what you have installed in your machine. 1.2 Hard Disk Space ---------------------------------------------------------------- Installation and use of the software included in this package requires a hard disk with at least 2 MB of free disk space. 1.3 Decompressing Windows Files Manually ---------------------------------------------------------------- The files on the installation disk which end with "%" have been compressed. The installation program automatically decompresses these files during installation. However, if necessary, you can decompress a file manually using LGEXPAND.EXE provided on the installation disk. Type LGEXPAND for syntax. 1.4 Installing the SONY CDU-31A Drive, MANUAL ERRATUM ---------------------------------------------------------------- MANUAL ERRATUM page 42: Use SETUP to install the SONY drivers (not INSTALL). The default directory will not be SOUNDMAN, but you may install your drivers there if you wish. 1.5 ScanMan DMA Conflict ---------------------------------------------------------------- The installation program should warn you of a conflict with the ScanMan DMA if it finds one. Because of the Sound Blaster default, many games may require DMA 1 for sound. For this reason we recommend re-configuring your ScanMan to DMA 3. Please refer to the ScanMan User's Guide for details on how to change the ScanMan DMA. 1.6 Windows MIDI Mapper ---------------------------------------------------------------- During installation SoundMan Games replaces your Windows MIDI Mapper configuration. The file MIDIMAP.CFG in your Windows SYSTEM directory contains your settings. A backup of your previous settings is saved in the same directory as MIDIMAP.LGI during installation. 1.7 Windows Drivers ---------------------------------------------------------------- The SoundMan Games installation will replace your current Wave or Midi driver. To keep more than one driver edit your SYSTEM.INI [drivers] section as follows (e.g., for Wave): Wave=SMGWAV.drv Wave1=<previous>.drv Wave2=<other>.drv Etc. Your previous configuration is saved in SYSTEM.LGI if you need to cross-check. 1.8 Re-Booting Your System From Installer ---------------------------------------------------------------- When finished installing, select "Re-Boot" before ejecting the diskette. Then eject the diskette so that your system will not boot from it. 1.9 Configuring IRQ 10 for Windows ---------------------------------------------------------------- SoundBlaster IRQ 10 is available for Windows. To configure Windows, edit SYSTEM.INI in the Windows directory. Under the [smgwav.drv] section set the "int" entry to 10 as follows: int=10 Make sure the SoundBlaster IRQ jumper on the board is on 10. Restart Windows. 2. TECHNICAL NOTES ================================================================ 2.1 Recording with SoundMan Games ---------------------------------------------------------------- For best recording results we strongly advise using LINE-IN with a source device which has an output volume control. This allows optimization of the recording levels. Not optimizing levels may yield grizzled recordings. 2.2 MCS MusicRack Product Support, MANUAL ERRATUM ---------------------------------------------------------------- MANUAL ERRATUM page 57: Call Logitech product support for MCS MusicRack problems and questions. 3. GAME NOTES ================================================================ 3.1 Tell the Game You Have a Sound Blaster ---------------------------------------------------------------- If a game fails to detect your sound board automatically try forcing the game to look for a Sound Blaster. Typically a parameter such as "/S:SBLASTER" will do this. Check your documentation for details. After an unsuccessful attempt to find SoundMan Games it may be necessary to reboot your computer to reset the board before retrying. 3.2 Not Enough Memory To Run Games ---------------------------------------------------------------- You can make more space for memory-hungry games by loading drivers HIGH in DOS 5.0 or 6.0. We therefore suggest to upgrade to DOS 5.0 or 6.0 to optimize the use of the memory on your computer. To do so change the CONFIG.SYS file and replace the "DEVICE=" lines by "DEVICEHIGH=". For more details see the instructions in the DOS 5.0 User's Manual about "Optimizing Your System - Running Programs in the Upper Memory Area". 3.3 Volume Control Hot Keys in Games ---------------------------------------------------------------- If a game uses the same hot keys as you have defined for your volume hot keys, the latter may not work. Refer to the manual pages 5 and 50 for information on changing your settings. Note: The numeric keypad volume hot keys will not work in D/Generation. Use the standard set. 4. SYSTEM HARDWARE NOTES ================================================================ 4.1 Computing Power Required ---------------------------------------------------------------- It may be difficult for a computer to support a very high throughput of audio data, while recording or playing: - at a high sampling rate (e.g. 44 kHz) - in stereo (requires twice as much data) If the sound quality does not improve when you increase the sampling rate, this may be because the computer cannot sustain the higher throughput required. The computer may need more memory (RAM), higher CPU speed, quicker disk speed, or other improvements. 5. APPLICATION DISK CONTENTS ================================================================ 5.1 Application Disk Files ---------------------------------------------------------------- DOS files --------- ADVISOR.BAT Advisor program. ADVSETUP.BAT Advisor program renamed to ADVISOR.BAT INSTALL.BAT Installation program __--__.EXE Setup Program (DOS) renamed to SETUP.EXE SETUP.INF Information file for SETUP.EXE SOUNDMAN.INI Configuration file for DOS SMG.SYS DOS Driver (for CONFIG.SYS) SMGPLAY.EXE DOS Utility Program to play a WAV file SMGREC.EXE DOS Utility Program to record a WAV file SMGKEYB.EXE DOS Utility to volume hot keys LGEXPAND.EXE DOS Utility to decompress xxx.xx% files TA1.WAV Test sound for SETUP.EXE OK.WAV Test sound for SETUP.EXE MIDPAK.ADV Music driver for SETUP.EXE MIDPAK.AD Music driver for SETUP.EXE MIDPAK.COM Music driver for SETUP.EXE SPLASH.XMI Intro music for SETUP.EXE TEST.XMI General music for SETUP.EXE (volume level, etc.) FINALE.XMI Happy ending music for SETUP.EXE PLUG.PCX Illustration for SETUP.EXE SPLASH.PPR Illustration for SETUP.EXE LOGILOGO.PCX Illustration for SETUP.EXE Windows files ------------- WINSTALL.EXE Windows Installation Program WINST.EXE Windows installation executable OEMSETUP.INF Information file for Drivers Control Panel INSTALL.INF Information file for WINSTALL.EXE SMGMIXER.DRV Windows Mixer driver MMMIXER.DLL Windows common code for Mixer SMGWAV.DRV Windows WAVE driver SMGWAV.386 Windows virtual WAVE driver SMGOPL3.DRV Windows FM Synthesis Driver for OPL3 MIDIMAP.CFG Windows MIDI Mapper Configuration for MIDI I/O SMG401.DRV Windows MPU-401 I/O driver (user installable) MCS MusicRack Files ------------------- CUTS.DBF TITLES.DBF COMMENTS.DBT MCSCTRLS.DLL MCSDLGS.DLL MCSDR.DLL MCSMM.DLL MCSCD.DLL MCSMIXER.DLL MCSMIDI.DLL MCSNOTFY.DLL MCSCRC.TBL RACKMNT.EXE OEMWAVE.EXE MVMETER.DRV MUSICRCK.HLP MCSINIT.INI MCSDATA.DLL MCSRACK.FON MCS_HELV.FON README.TXT Information File (this file) 5.2 Directories and Files Created During Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------- The installation program suggests new directories as follows: C:\SOUNDMAN DOS driver and software C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN Windows software You may put all files in the same directory if you wish.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.
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