
                     SOUND BLASTER 16 README.TXT
                     ===========================

This file contains information not available at the  printing  of the
manual.  Please  read all the sections before you  proceed  with  the
installation.

This file contains the following sections:

    1.  Software Installation
    2.  Hardware Configuration
    3.  CD-ROM Device Drivers Installation
    4.  Sound Blaster 16 Mixer Control
    5.  Creative Soundo'LE
    6.  Voice Utilities
    7.  Sound Drivers Installation Utility (INSTDRV.EXE)
    8.  Maximum Recording Rates For Sound Blaster 16
    9.  Advanced Signal Processor
    10. Using Windows QSound Control Panel
    11. Manual Errata
    12. Acknowledgement


1. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

   The    installation   program,  INSTALL.EXE   will   modify   your
   AUTOEXEC.BAT  and  CONFIG.SYS files.  Your  original files will be
   renamed with the extension B~K.

   WINSETUP will NOT set up the drivers and applications properly  if
   your BLASTER environment strings are incorrectly set.  Please make
   sure  that  these  environment  strings  are set  properly  before
   running WINSETUP.EXE.  You  may enter "SET"  at the  DOS prompt to
   check  the  environment  settings.  Refer  to  your Sound  Blaster
   manual  for more  details on  the  BLASTER and  SOUND  environment
   strings.

   Normally, WINSETUP.EXE needs to be run only once.  If the hardware 
   settings of your sound  card needs to be  changed, use the  DRIVER
   applet in CONTROL PANEL  to change the  settings of  your  Windows
   drivers.  Refer to  your Windows  manual for  more details  on the
   DRIVER applet.


2. HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

   Run SBCONFIG.EXE to configure your card if you change the  default
   DMA  channels 1 and 5, or interrupt 5.  To  avoid  conflicts  with
   Adaptec 1542 card change DMA 5 to 6 or 7.

   Remember to REBOOT your system


3.  CD-ROM DEVICE DRIVERS INSTALLATION

   NOTE
   ====
   
   If you have 3 or  more logical  or  physical  drives  installed in
   your system, you  must  specify  the  LASTDRIVE  command  in  your
   CONFIG.SYS by adding the following line.

      LASTDRIVE=?

   Where:
      ?         specifies the  last drive  letter  available  for use
                ranging from A to Z.

   An example will be:

      LASTDRIVE=P

   Please refer to your DOS manual for more details.


4. SOUND BLASTER 16 MIXER CONTROL

   SB16MIX.EXE
   -----------

   This mixer can only be accessed when you are in video mode 3 (text
   mode - 80x25 lines in 16 colors) or 4 (graphic mode - 40x25  lines
   in 4 colors).  If you are using any other  video  mode,  a  single
   line  version of  the  mixer  will  appear.  No  mixer  control is
   available  if  you  select a video mode  above 13h (Enhanced video
   mode).

5. CREATIVE SOUNDO'LE

   Creative  Soundo'LE  uses  the hard  disk  as  the working  space.
   Recording and playback are done directly to your hard disk.

   Creative Soundo'LE also supports compressed  wave files.  You  may
   record  or  play  compressed  wave  files  using  Soundo'LE.   The
   graphical  Signal  Indicator  will  not  be  updated when you  use
   compressed files.


6. VOICE UTILITIES

   Below is a  list  of  the  limitations  and   capabilities  of the
   following utilities :

     WAV2VOC .EXE   - Able to support ALAW, uLAW and ADPCM
                      compressed files.

     VOC2WAV .EXE   - Does not support 16-bit compressed files.

     VOCN2O  .EXE   - Does not support 16-bit compressed files.


7. SOUND DRIVERS INSTALLATION UTILITY (INSTDRV.EXE)

   The program INSTDRV.EXE will not change the default  DMA  and  IRQ
   settings  of  the  CTWMEM.DRV  and  CTWDSK.DRV  drivers.   Current
   applications  using these two  drivers obtain the card's  settings
   from the BLASTER environment string.


8. MAXIMUM RECORDING RATES FOR SOUND BLASTER 16

   The sampling rate used for recording is largely influenced by your
   computer's main  processor.  The following maximum recording rates
   are suggested when you use 16-bit digital audio under Windows:


            ͻ
                    SYSTEM             RECORDING RATE    
            ͹
                                                         
                386 and above          Stereo - 44KHz    
                                       Mono -   44KHz    
                                                         
            Ķ
                                                         
                386 SX and below       Stereo - 22KHz    
                                       Mono   - 44KHz    
                                                         
            ͼ

   For  optimal performance under Windows, configure your  audio card
   for  16-bit  DMA  (Direct Memory Access).   Refer  to  your  Sound
   Blaster 16  Getting Started Manual for more information on setting
   up the audio card to use a 16-bit DMA channel.


9. ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSOR

   For users with  Advanced  Signal  Processor, the  Advanced  Signal
   Processor files (*.CSP) MUST be  located in the  Sound  Blaster 16 
   CSP  sub   directory  (example  C:\SB16\CSP)   when  you  use  any 
   compression technology.


10. USING WINDOWS QSOUND CONTROL PANEL

   The QSound effect  cannot be  enabled or  disabled  during a  wave
   playback.  The  enabling or disabling of  QSound effect will  only
   affect the next wave playback.

   The QSound Control  window works  in low priority  mode.  When  an
   application  like  Creative Mosaic  uses QSound, the control panel
   becomes inactive.  When you quit the application that uses QSound,
   the Control window will become active again.

   * Note : QSound application  program is only  available  on  Sound
            Blaster 16 with Advanced Signal Processor.


11. MANUAL ERRATA

    If  errors  are  not  found  in  your manuals, please ignore this
    section.
    
    A. User Reference Manual:
   
    Page 3-4 and 3-5 In "Windows Mixer Menus" section,

    - "Save" command in the settings  menu  should be "Save on exit",
      which allows you to save all changes made to the mixer.

    - "Always  on  top"  command is included to  make the application
      stay on top all the time.


    Technical Support for Creative Labs
       The ZIP Code has been changed from 74973 to 74075.
       The BBS number has been change from 408-428-6660 to 
       405-742-6660.

12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    The current version of SB16FM.DRV is from Voyetra Technologies.


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