System Requirements --------------------------- * Microsoft's Direct Sound 3.0 must be installed. This includes the VCMPD module which enables floating point and MMX code at ring 0. * A 166MHz Pentium or greater is recommended. Installation Instructions ------------------------- * Start the "Add New Hardware" application located in Start->Setting->Control Panel * Click "Next" * Select "No" when asked "Do you want Windows to search for new hardware?". Click "next". * Highlight "Sound, video and game controllers" in the "hardware types" list. Click "next". * Click "Have Disk" and enter or browse to the directory where the synth install files are located. * Click several "OK"s (the number varies depending on how you select the path to the install files." * Click "Finish" The Crystal Software synthesizer is now installed. Selecting the Crystal Software Synthesizer as your default MIDI device ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Start the "Multimedia" application located in Start->Setting->Control Panel * Select the MIDI tab. * In the single instrument window, highlight "Crystal Software Synthesizer" in the list of devices. * Click either "Apply" or "OK". Uninstalling the Crystal Software Synthesizer --------------------------------------------- * Start the "System" application located in Start->Setting->Control Panel * Select the "Device Manager" tab. * Expand the "Sound, video, and game controllers" node by clicking on the "+" to its left. * Highlight the "Crystal Software Synthesizer" entry. * Click the "Remove" button and then "OK" in the dialog box stating that you are about to remove the device. --------------------------------------------- - Registry Values --------------------------------------------- The following registry Keys are read and/or written by the softsynth code stack. All variables are located in the following node: HYEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Crystal\SoftSynth\0.0 Chouse - If 0, chorusing effect is off. ChorusDepth - (0->100) default= 88, adjusts chorus effect. ChorusRate - (0->100) defaulted= 60, can be used to adjust chorus effect. Reverb - If 0, reverb is off. ReverbPreset - can be 0 or 1 for the two reverb preset effects. VoiceCap - default 32, the number of voices the synth will drive. SampleSet - path and file name of the file containing the sample set. CPUMetric - Determined on first run, used to calculate synth CPU usage. CPUUsageMode - 0 - usage in voices, 1 - usage in percent. FocusFix - If set gives focus to the hidden DS application to force the output format to the one used by the synthesizer. Without this, the synthesizer can sound noisy. GlobalGain - Log scaled value, set on cssynth.exe panel. MMX - Set to 1 if MMX enabled processor exists. OutFs - Output rate of the synth. Always 22050 for now. The following registry entries are not written by the software. They are checked however. By adding them by hand, the performance of the synthesizer can be altered. Preset1RevGain0 - floating point string coefficient for first tap delay. Preset1RevGain1 - floating point string coefficient for second tap delay. Preset1RevGain2 - floating point string coefficient for third tap delay. Preset1RevGain3 - floating point string coefficient for fourth tap delay. Preset1RevDel0 - floating point string in ms, delay of first tap. Preset1RevDel1 - floating point string in ms, delay of second tap. Preset1RevDel2 - floating point string in ms, delay of third tap. Preset1RevDel3 - floating point string in ms, delay of fouth tap. Preset1RevFc - floating point string, low pass filter coef. Preset1RevFwd - floating point string, mix level coef. of reverb effect. A second set of such entries determine the parameters for the second Reverb preset. For example Preset2RevGain0...Download Driver Pack
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