Avance Logic ALS100/007SP/007 Sound System ver. ALS10.A2.00
Software Installation and Setup
DOS and Windows 3.1 Installation for ALS100/007SP/007:
Setup.exe for Windows 3.1:
The Setup.exe is a Windows 3.1 setup program that installs DOS and Windows
3.1 drivers and utilities.
The user can run Setup.exe by selecting File \ Run... and typing "A:SETUP" on
the command line under Windows 3.1 Program Manager. The Setup.exe copies all
the DOS drivers and utilities to the directory that user specifies during the
setup program. All the Windows 3.1 drivers and VxDs are copied to the
Windows system directory. When the user installs the Avance Sound System
for the first time the Alconfig.exe is started to configure the board setting
after the Setup program is finished.
Dosinst.exe for DOS Only installation:
DOS Installation for ALS100/007SP/007.
The Dosinst.exe is a DOS installation program that copies all the DOS drivers
and utilities to the directory that user specifies. When the user installs
the Avance Sound System for the first time the Alconfig.exe is started to
configure the board setting after the Setup program is finished. Dosinst.exe
can be installed by typing A:Dosinst.exe at the DOS prompt.
Windows 95 installation procedure for ALS100/007:
1. After user installs the ALS100/007 sound card into the ISA slot in the computer
and powers on the system, Windows 95 will prompt user with a "New Hardware Found"
dialog box since the ALS100/007 sound card is ISA plug and play. To install the
Windows 95 drivers, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer"
and click on OK.
2. Insert the "ALS100/ALS007SP/007 DOS/Win3.1/Win 95 Drivers and
Utilities" diskette into the appropriate drive and select that
drive from the prompted dialog box and click on OK. Windows 95
will copy all the needed files and set up all the logic devices
on the board automatically.
3. Install the ALSRACK player by running the Setup.exe file (also provided
on the "ALS100/ALS007SP/007 DOS/Win3.1/Win 95 Drivers and Utilities" disk)
from the Windows 95 Start menu. This will create the Avance Sound Program
Group with the ALSRACK utility icon. (See Appendix below for full description
of ALSRACK functions).
Windows 95 installation procedure for ALS007SP:
1. Install ALS007SP sound card and power up machine. After Windows
95 starts up, go to the Control Panel and select "Add New Hardware".
2. Follow the instructions provided by Windows 95 for adding new
hardware, selecting "NO" when Windows 95 asks if you want to
scan for new hardware. (ALS007SP is not hardware ISA Plug and
Play and therefore, Windows 95 will not detect it). Push "Next".
3. Select "Sound, Video and Game Port" Device from menu and push
"Next".
4. To install the Windows 95 drivers, push "Have Disk..." button
and insert the "ALS100/ALS007SP/007 DOS/Win3.1/Win95 Drivers and
Utilities" diskette into the appropriate drive and select that
drive from the prompted dialog box and click on OK.
5. If user wishes to install all drivers, including those for the
on-board IDE CD ROM Controller and game port, select "ALS007SP
Device Drivers (enable on-board IDE CD ROM)."
6. If user wishes to install all drivers (including on-board game
port), but disable those for the on-board IDE CD ROM Controller
(CD ROM interface will not be used), select "ALS007SP Device
Drivers (disable on-board IDE CD ROM)."
7. If user wishes to install only the sound card audio drivers,
and disable the on-board game port and CD ROM, select "ALS007SP
Device Drivers (disable on-board IDE CD ROM Controller and game
port)."
8. Windows 95 will then copy all the needed files and set up all
the logic devices on the board automatically.
9. If user encounters conflicts during installation, cancel the
installation, and repeat the installation process, but install
each device separately:
Choose each of the 5 device drivers individually in the dialog box.
The device drivers are: Logic Device 0 = Wav Audio Device;
Logic Device 1 = Internal Midi (OPL-3) Device;
Logic Device 2 = Joy Stick/Game Port Device; Logic Device 3 =
External Midi (MPU-401) Device; Logic Device 4 = IDE CD ROM
Controller.
Troubleshooting:
This appendix provides some tips and information for some of the
problems you might encounter with your ALS100, ALS007SP and ALS007 sound
card either during installation or normal use.
Problems in DOS
Problem: Cannot load IDE CD-ROM drive.
Cause: IDE port is not enabled. Check the config.sys file under
C: root directory and you should see "device=c:\alsound
\cdsetup.sys" before loading your CD-ROM driver. The
cdsetup.sys enables the IDE port.
Solution: Run c:\alsound\alconfig.exe again and select the CD-ROM
IDE. When you leave the alconfig program, device=c:\alsound
\cdsetup.sys will be added to config.sys. Make sure
that this line is before loading the CD-ROM driver.
Problem: No sound in a DOS application
Cause: There could be conflicts in the SB16 settings.
Solution: Rerun the c:\alsound\alconfig.exe and try another Port,
DMA, or IRQ.
Problems in Windows 3.1
Problem: There is no "Sound..." or "MIDI Sequencer..." item
under the menu "Device" in the Media Player. Or
Almixer.exe application doesn't work.
Cause: ALmixer driver is not loaded.
Solution: Open the SYSTEM.INI file with any file editor. You
should see the following:
[drivers]
Wave=alsndsys.drv
Aux=alsndsys.drv
Mixer=alsndsys.drv
Midi=alopl.drv
Midi1=almpu401.drv
[386Enh]
device=alsndsys.386
device=alopl.386
device=almpu401.386
[boot]
drivers=mmsystem.dll msmixmgr.dll
Problems with ALS100 Full Duplex
Problem: Can not play and record at same time
Cause: 1. The sound card is not ALS100 sound card
2. In ALS.ini, full duplex function was disable
3. Only one DMA channel was allocated
4. The parameters of playback are not the same as
that of recording.
Solution: For 1. Please contact Avance Logic, Inc. at telephone: (510) 226-9555
or see us on the World Wide Web at www.avance.com, for a list of
Cards using Avance Logic products!
For 2. In ALS.ini, make sure the following setting is enabled:
[Option]
FullDuplexFunction = 1 ---- to enable full duplex
For 3. To enable full duplex function in ALS100
two DMA channel must be allocated.
In Windows 3.1, run alconfig.exe to select two DMA
channels, one from 0,1,3 and the other from 5,6,7
(By default, we provide 2 channels).
In Windows 95, system should automatically
provide two DMA channels for ALS100 sound card. If it
did not, either all of 8 or 16-bit DMA channels have
been allocated to other devices.
The user must remove the other devices and try again.
for 4. The following conditions must be satisfied for full duplex:
<a> the format for playback and recording must be 16-bit
<b> the channels for playback and recording must be same
<c> the sample rate for playback and recording must be same
Problem: Third party mixer application with Sound Blaster compatibility
will not run with Avance Sound System.
Cause: Avance Sound System is Microsoft Sound System compatible. Avance
Logic, Inc. does not support previous Sound Blaster Mixer Interface.
Solution: Use ALSRACK.EXE application that is shipped with this disk.
Problem: CD audio will not play after the ALS drivers are installed.
Cause: The user did not install the [MCI]CD-AUDIO driver.
Solution: Manually add [MCI]CD-AUDIO driver via Control Panel.
Problems in Windows 95 installation for ALS007SP:
Problem: Resources conflict when user upgrades system to
Windows 95 audio device drivers over pre-installed Windows 3.1
audio device drivers.
Cause: The ALS007SP is not hardware Plug and Play, therefore the
device does not automatically upgrade when system is upgraded
from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. This may cause conflicts
with fixed IRQ, DMA and interrupts in the Windows 3.1 drivers.
Solution: Manually remove all the drivers from Windows 3.1 (listed in
"problems in Windows 3.1" section above) at
section [386Enh] and [drivers] in SYSTEM.INI file.
Restart Windows 95, and follow the installation instructions
for the ALS007SP in Windows 95 above.
Appendix - Driver Reference:
Windows drivers
ALS100/007SP/007 has three sets of driver and VxD for Windows 95 and Windows
3.1. They are listed below:
Sound System Driver OPL3 Driver MPU401 Driver
Windows 95 Drivers Alsndsys.drv Alopl.drv Almpu401.drv
Windows 95 VxDs Alsndsys.vxd Alopl.vxd Almpu401.vxd
Windows 3.1 Drivers Alsndsys.drv Alopl.drv Almpu401.drv
Windows 3.1 VxDs Alsndsys.386 Alopl.386 Almpu401.386
The Avance Sound System, OPL3, and MPU401 drivers are binary compatible with
Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 but the VxDs have different binaries for Windows 95
and Windows 3.1. The Windows 3.1 VxDs have their externsion .386 and the
Windows 95 VxDs have their externsion .vxd.
The Windows 95 joystick drivers are the Msjstick.drv and Vjoyd.vxd
that are Microsoft drivers shipped with Windows 95. Besides these
eight Windows 95 drivers and VxDs, a Als107sp.inf file is needed for
Windows 95 installation.
For Windows 3.1, drivers and VxDs have to be specified in the system.ini
file and be loaded when the Windows 3.1 starts. The entries listed in below
should be added to system.ini file by the setup program.
[386Enh] [drivers]
device = alsndsys.386 wave = alsndsys.drv
device = alopl.386 mixer = alsndsys.drv
device = almpu401.386 aux = alsndsys.drv
midi = alopl.drv
midi1 = almpu401.drv
DOS drivers:
The DOS drivers include Cdsetup.sys, Alsinit.exe, and Alconfig.exe.
Cdsetup.sys
The Cdsetup.sys initializes the CD-ROM IDE port before the CD-ROM driver is
loaded if the user has a CD-ROM drive attached to the IDE port on the Avance
sound board. The Cdsetup.sys is specified in the Config.sys file as below.
device = C:\Alsound\Cdsetup.sys
device = C:\Sony\Atapi_cd.sys /D:SNIDE01
The Cdsetup.sys is not a TSR program. There is no harm in running this
program if there is no CD-ROM drive attached to the IDE port on the Avance
sound board.
Alsinit.exe
The Alsinit.exe initializes the Avance sound chip ALS100/007SP. It is
specified in the Autoexec.bat file followed by a path name as below.
C:\Alsound\Alsinit.exe C:\Win31
Alsinit.exe and Alconfig.exe use the path that follows the Alsinit.exe
in the Autoexec.bat to find the initial data file Als.ini. The Alsdos.ini
has been renamed to Als.ini and the format has been changed to standard
Windows ini file format. The Als.ini file will be copied to the Windows
directory or the same directory as Alsinit.exe for DOS-only installation.
The Windows sound system driver Alsndsys.drv and the Windows sound rack
application Alsrack.exe also share Als.ini file for initial values.
If the user wishes to enable or disable sound during
initialization, it may be changed using the option
value in the ALS.ini file:
[Option]
PlaySoundAtInitial=No/Yes
Alconfig.exe
The Alconfig.exe is a DOS program to help users change the IO, IRQ,
and DMA resource for the Avance sound system on board devices and to
test the new settings through playing the Stest8.wav, Stest16.wav,
and Fmtest.mid test files. The new settings are saved in the Als.ini
file which will be used when Alsinit.exe initializes the board.
Information Files:
The is a Windows 95 installation information file for each Avance Logic
sound chip product:
ALS100.INF
ALS007.INF
ALS007SP.INF
They tell Windows 95 where the drivers should be copied during installation.
See the instructions above for ALS100/007SP/007 Windows 95 installation.
ALSRACK for ALS100/007SP/007
1. Structure and components:
The ALSRACK consists of a MIXER control panel, MIDI panel, WAVE panel,
and CD panel.
1.1 To enable or disable a panel:
Clicking the mouse button on the MIDI, WAVE, or CD in MIXER control panel
will cause the corresponding panel to disappear, another click will cause the
corresponding panel to re-appear.
1.2 To change a channel:
Click channel LEFT or RIGHT button to change to the channel you want.
1.3 To activate volume and balance control:
Change to the channel you want (see 1.2), then click up or down arrow buttons
to change the volume, or click balance LEFT or RIGHT arrow buttons to change balance.
1.4 To mute system:
Change to the channel you want, then click MUTE check mark to disable sound,
click again to re-enable sound.
2. MIDI panel
2.1 To open or close a MIDI file:
Click the button of the MIDI sign on the MIDI panel, choose OPEN to open a
MIDI file, or choose CLOSE to close a file.
2.2 Auto repeat and show information:
Click the button of the MIDI sign on MIDI panel. Clicking on AUTO REPEAT or
SHOW INFORMATION will enable or disable the selection. When AUTO REPEAT is
selected, the MIDI file will be played again when it reaches the end.
When SHOW INFORMATION is selected, the MIDI window will open and the
information from the MIDI file will appear on the MIDI window. When a MIDI
file is opened, you can also click the MIDI window to show the information of
that file.
2.3 Other operations:
When a MIDI file is opened, you can click PLAY to play it, or click PAUSE,
STOP, FF or RW to manipulate the selection. You can also use the volume control
buttons on the MIDI panel to control the volume directly.
3. WAVE panel
3.1 Select TAPE I or TAPE II to playback:
There are two TAPE boxes on the WAVE panel. TAPE I can only play wave
files. TAPE II can play and record wave files. There is one set of
control buttons on the right of WAVE panel. When Tape I is selected,
the control buttons will take effect for TAPE I. When Tape II is selected,
the control buttons will work for TAPE II. Click the button
TAPEI/TAPEII to select between TAPEI or TAPEII, or push the button TAPEI
PLAYBACK on TAPE I box to select TAPE I, while pushing the button TAPEII REC/PLAY
on TAPE II box to select TAPEII.
Note: When you want to playback a wave file, you need to select TAPE I/TAPE II first.
3.2 Open a wave file to play:
Push the OPEN button, select OPEN on the menu, select a wave
file to play. When the wave file is opened, the TAPE containing the
file is automatically selected, just push the PLAY button to play it.
3.3 Record a wave file:
Push the button REC.INPUT to select the input media (Line in, MIDI,
Audio CD, or MIC), then push the the button OPEN on TAPE II and select NEW
to create a new wave file. The TAPEII indicator will be red to show it
is waiting to record. Play the source media, and push recording button on TAPEII
to begin recording. When finished recording, push the record button (now it is a
red square) to stop. After finished, save the file as the name you specified.
3.4 Full-duplex:
For sound card supporting full-duplex, TAPEI and TAPEII can work at the
same time. This means while TAPEI is playing, TAPEII can record, or while
TAPEII is recording, TAPEI can play.
When using full-duplex, the control buttons work like this:
Playback button and stop button only take effect for TAPEI, record button
works only for TAPEII. Push record button once to begin
recording, and push it again to stop recording.
3.5 Synchronous recording (record and play simultaneously):
After selecting an INPUT media and new wave file for recording, push button
SYNC.REC to begin a synchronous recording. The mixer will automatically
play the source file and begin recording at the same time.
4. CD
4.1 EDIT and Program:
Push EDIT to select which tracks (selections on the CD) to play
and add it to the Playlist. Then click the Program button to play the selected tracks.
4.2 Random play:
The Random button plays tracks in a random order.
4.3 Repeat:
To repeat one track of a CD, select the track and push the repeat button one time.
A single repeat signal will appear in the CD player window.
To repeat the full CD, push the repeat button 2 times.
A full repeat signal will appear in the CD player window.
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.