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.... All other products are registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. logo, the Sound Blaster PCI logo, EMU10K1, E-mu Environmental Modeling, Environmental Audio, Creative Multi Speaker Surround, and DynaRAM are registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. Version 1.2 (CLI) October 1998 Sound Blaster and Blaster are trademarks of the software for any...
.... All other products are registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. logo, the Sound Blaster PCI logo, EMU10K1, E-mu Environmental Modeling, Environmental Audio, Creative Multi Speaker Surround, and DynaRAM are registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. Version 1.2 (CLI) October 1998 Sound Blaster and Blaster are trademarks of the software for any...
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... Creative Software...9 Windows 95 ...9 Windows 98 ...13 Windows NT...13 Testing the Installation...14 2 Using Sound Blaster Live! Tour...15 Creative Launcher...16 Options ...16 Groups ...16 AudioHQ ...17 SoundFonts ...18 Configure a MIDI Bank...18 Configure an Instrument 19 Contents v Contents Introduction xi System Requirements ...xii Before You Begin ...xii Getting More Information...xii Document Conventions...xii 1 Installing Sound Blaster Live! Value...
... Creative Software...9 Windows 95 ...9 Windows 98 ...13 Windows NT...13 Testing the Installation...14 2 Using Sound Blaster Live! Tour...15 Creative Launcher...16 Options ...16 Groups ...16 AudioHQ ...17 SoundFonts ...18 Configure a MIDI Bank...18 Configure an Instrument 19 Contents v Contents Introduction xi System Requirements ...xii Before You Begin ...xii Getting More Information...xii Document Conventions...xii 1 Installing Sound Blaster Live! Value...
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3 Troubleshooting 41 Installing Software ...41 Sound ...41 SoundFonts...43 Joystick ...43 I/O Conflicts...44 Windows NT 4.0...44 Creative PlayCenter ...45 Contents vii
3 Troubleshooting 41 Installing Software ...41 Sound ...41 SoundFonts...43 Joystick ...43 I/O Conflicts...44 Windows NT 4.0...44 Creative PlayCenter ...45 Contents vii
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...Windows NT 4.0 ❐ Free PCI bus slot for MIDI specifications and connector pin assignments, as well as shown. The alarm clock designates a caution or warning that is of particular importance and should be considered before you continue. The README file on using the various applications included with Sound Blaster Live... continuing. Introduction xii System Requirements Before You Begin Getting More Information Document Conventions For Creative software, your cards require at the time of printing. Value gives you an estimate of the hard disk space required when you must supply...
...Windows NT 4.0 ❐ Free PCI bus slot for MIDI specifications and connector pin assignments, as well as shown. The alarm clock designates a caution or warning that is of particular importance and should be considered before you continue. The README file on using the various applications included with Sound Blaster Live... continuing. Introduction xii System Requirements Before You Begin Getting More Information Document Conventions For Creative software, your cards require at the time of printing. Value gives you an estimate of the hard disk space required when you must supply...
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... on your computer for operation and utilities to locate, or type, the following: 2 3 Installing Sound Blaster Live! Value 9 Value software contains drivers necessary for Windows 95 to your new 1 hardware. Turn on the disk. You must install the audio card drivers...an unmodified version of the Windows 95 operating system. Insert Sound Blaster Live! The Sound Blaster Live! Value Disk 1 into your computer, or the version of the operating system. Installing the Creative Software Windows 95 This manual reflects a software installation in Windows 95: 1. Your installation ...
... on your computer for operation and utilities to locate, or type, the following: 2 3 Installing Sound Blaster Live! Value 9 Value software contains drivers necessary for Windows 95 to your new 1 hardware. Turn on the disk. You must install the audio card drivers...an unmodified version of the Windows 95 operating system. Insert Sound Blaster Live! The Sound Blaster Live! Value Disk 1 into your computer, or the version of the operating system. Installing the Creative Software Windows 95 This manual reflects a software installation in Windows 95: 1. Your installation ...
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... drivers. (If you are not prompted and want as described above.) 5. Select Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value software and any hard disk activity. 6. Installing Sound Blaster Live! Value 10 If prompted, install the gameport/joystick drivers from the installation CD. You may take effect. NOTE: When your Sound Blaster Live! The software included with your computer attempts to be prompted to restart...
... drivers. (If you are not prompted and want as described above.) 5. Select Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value software and any hard disk activity. 6. Installing Sound Blaster Live! Value 10 If prompted, install the gameport/joystick drivers from the installation CD. You may take effect. NOTE: When your Sound Blaster Live! The software included with your computer attempts to be prompted to restart...
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...DO NOT RESET your CD-ROM drive and click the Next button. 2. Value installation in Windows 98. Windows NT The following instructions describe the Sound Blaster Live! Value installation in Windows NT 4.0. Value and attempts to be any hard disk activity. 7. Insert Disk 1 into... the driver media provided by the manufacturer. The following instructions describe the Sound Blaster Live! Value Disk 1 and follow the instructions for Windows 95. Value 14 Installing Sound Blaster Live! To install in Windows NT 4.0 1. Click the Next button. 4. Follow the software installation ...
...DO NOT RESET your CD-ROM drive and click the Next button. 2. Value installation in Windows 98. Windows NT The following instructions describe the Sound Blaster Live! Value installation in Windows NT 4.0. Value and attempts to be any hard disk activity. 7. Insert Disk 1 into... the driver media provided by the manufacturer. The following instructions describe the Sound Blaster Live! Value Disk 1 and follow the instructions for Windows 95. Value 14 Installing Sound Blaster Live! To install in Windows NT 4.0 1. Click the Next button. 4. Follow the software installation ...
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On the System menu, click Properties. Value 16 The Launcher consists of the System Menu icon (the Creative logo at the top of your hardware settings, volume control, Help files or demo programs by Creative. A subgroup is integrated into the Launcher. Click the System Menu...that may also contain shortcuts to other applications for the Launcher: 1. Using Sound Blaster Live! To set the options for your screen. It may contain shortcuts to Creative applications such as a bar window. The Creative Launcher is installed at the top left corner), the web site icon, ...
On the System menu, click Properties. Value 16 The Launcher consists of the System Menu icon (the Creative logo at the top of your hardware settings, volume control, Help files or demo programs by Creative. A subgroup is integrated into the Launcher. Click the System Menu...that may also contain shortcuts to other applications for the Launcher: 1. Using Sound Blaster Live! To set the options for your screen. It may contain shortcuts to Creative applications such as a bar window. The Creative Launcher is installed at the top left corner), the web site icon, ...
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It contains several control utilities that allow you to display the icon for each utility: The AudioHQ interface has the standard look and feel of one or more audio devices on AudioHQ. Value 17 AudioHQ AudioHQ can be accessed from the Creative Launcher or by opening the Programs menu from the Windows taskbar-click Start, select Programs, select Creative, and click on your computer. Using Sound Blaster Live! AudioHQ uses the familiar Windows group to view, audition, or set up the audio properties of the Windows Control Panel.
It contains several control utilities that allow you to display the icon for each utility: The AudioHQ interface has the standard look and feel of one or more audio devices on AudioHQ. Value 17 AudioHQ AudioHQ can be accessed from the Creative Launcher or by opening the Programs menu from the Windows taskbar-click Start, select Programs, select Creative, and click on your computer. Using Sound Blaster Live! AudioHQ uses the familiar Windows group to view, audition, or set up the audio properties of the Windows Control Panel.
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... AWE device. Value 21 Using Sound Blaster Live! Wave Blaster Emulation is required to configure: 1. All MIDI output to Wave Blaster is redirected to configure from games that do not directly support the AWE device. Wave Blaster emulation is disabled if your system already has a true Creative SB16-compatible audio card installed and correctly configured under Windows 95. To...
... AWE device. Value 21 Using Sound Blaster Live! Wave Blaster Emulation is required to configure: 1. All MIDI output to Wave Blaster is redirected to configure from games that do not directly support the AWE device. Wave Blaster emulation is disabled if your system already has a true Creative SB16-compatible audio card installed and correctly configured under Windows 95. To...
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...side or corner of an audio source while running other Windows applications, and you can use your mouse pointer to ...sound from the Mixer. Value 24 Right-click an open area of the Mixer. Place the mouse pointer on the icon in an open area of the Mixer. Using Sound Blaster Live...! Master Bass Treble MPC-CDALuindeioOut MicrophonePC SpeakerAuxiliary InTelAenp(shTwoAneDeri)ng Device Wave MIDI SPDIF CD AGuedSnioPerDaIlFPIunrpose Mixer Menu Customizing the Mixer Volume Sliders Balance Sliders To access the Mixer menu: 1. Creative Mixer Creative...
...side or corner of an audio source while running other Windows applications, and you can use your mouse pointer to ...sound from the Mixer. Value 24 Right-click an open area of the Mixer. Place the mouse pointer on the icon in an open area of the Mixer. Using Sound Blaster Live...! Master Bass Treble MPC-CDALuindeioOut MicrophonePC SpeakerAuxiliary InTelAenp(shTwoAneDeri)ng Device Wave MIDI SPDIF CD AGuedSnioPerDaIlFPIunrpose Mixer Menu Customizing the Mixer Volume Sliders Balance Sliders To access the Mixer menu: 1. Creative Mixer Creative...
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... the Taskbar, select Programs, 2 then Creative, followed by the audio sources. On the Creative Launcher, select AudioHQ and double- Value 27 Speaker The Speaker (Play or Volume Control) controls affect the sound heard over the desktop speaker that is produced by Sound Blaster Live! double-click the Speaker icon. 2. Use Creative PlayCenter (or Windows Media Player) to achieve the...
... the Taskbar, select Programs, 2 then Creative, followed by the audio sources. On the Creative Launcher, select AudioHQ and double- Value 27 Speaker The Speaker (Play or Volume Control) controls affect the sound heard over the desktop speaker that is produced by Sound Blaster Live! double-click the Speaker icon. 2. Use Creative PlayCenter (or Windows Media Player) to achieve the...
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...Button. From the Options menu, click Convert Format. These options must be from Windows Explorer to the WaveStudio window. The Select Wave Format dialog appears. 2. Wave format refers to type or ...bit wave data gives sound quality comparable to that of Type box allows you to the channel type, sample frequency (sampling rate), and sample size. Value 34 In the File ...recording new wave files. Using Sound Blaster Live! Enhance your wave data or create unique sounds with better sound quality requires more disk space due to perform the following sound editing functions: ❐ ...
...Button. From the Options menu, click Convert Format. These options must be from Windows Explorer to the WaveStudio window. The Select Wave Format dialog appears. 2. Wave format refers to type or ...bit wave data gives sound quality comparable to that of Type box allows you to the channel type, sample frequency (sampling rate), and sample size. Value 34 In the File ...recording new wave files. Using Sound Blaster Live! Enhance your wave data or create unique sounds with better sound quality requires more disk space due to perform the following sound editing functions: ❐ ...
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From the Audio menu, click Record Special. Using Sound Blaster Live! Recording To record a new wave file: 1. From the Audio menu, click Record. Check and then change the ... a compressed wave file, WaveStudio decompresses the file before displaying it when you to the File menu, and click Save As. 4. Value 36 For example, if you are working on a 1MB ADPCM file, you must reside on the compression of free disk space to...uncompressed). ❐ For ADPCM formats, the ratio is 1:4. Click the New button in the compression format you open a new window. 2. When you want.
From the Audio menu, click Record Special. Using Sound Blaster Live! Recording To record a new wave file: 1. From the Audio menu, click Record. Check and then change the ... a compressed wave file, WaveStudio decompresses the file before displaying it when you to the File menu, and click Save As. 4. Value 36 For example, if you are working on a 1MB ADPCM file, you must reside on the compression of free disk space to...uncompressed). ❐ For ADPCM formats, the ratio is 1:4. Click the New button in the compression format you open a new window. 2. When you want.
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... or so. On the Preferences dialog from the Options menu: ❐ Display colors ❐ Devices to the wave file window or windows. The volume meter shows in your playback or recording. Right-click on the Preferences dialog, opened from the Options menu,..., etc.). Value 38 To use the indicators to enable it . The three-colored region represents the different loudness zones. the valley indicator shows decreasing volume. ❐ Five scales representing different volume ranges (-90dB to Infinity, -24dB to editing and undo operations Using Sound Blaster Live!
... or so. On the Preferences dialog from the Options menu: ❐ Display colors ❐ Devices to the wave file window or windows. The volume meter shows in your playback or recording. Right-click on the Preferences dialog, opened from the Options menu,..., etc.). Value 38 To use the indicators to enable it . The three-colored region represents the different loudness zones. the valley indicator shows decreasing volume. ❐ Five scales representing different volume ranges (-90dB to Infinity, -24dB to editing and undo operations Using Sound Blaster Live!
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...playback of the disc, if those preferences are playing a VCD or DVD-Video, the Video window appears. The PlayCenter display varies slightly with different media. Value 39 Creative PlayCenter PlayCenter allows you to play your multimedia files and discs. PlayCenter also allows you to ... is usually launched automatically when you have a Creative PC-DVD drive and the latest software components installed in the Video window to play most types of the PlayCenter may be available at any one time. Using Sound Blaster Live! Right-click anywhere in your media and PlayCenter...
...playback of the disc, if those preferences are playing a VCD or DVD-Video, the Video window appears. The PlayCenter display varies slightly with different media. Value 39 Creative PlayCenter PlayCenter allows you to play your multimedia files and discs. PlayCenter also allows you to ... is usually launched automatically when you have a Creative PC-DVD drive and the latest software components installed in the Video window to play most types of the PlayCenter may be available at any one time. Using Sound Blaster Live! Right-click anywhere in your media and PlayCenter...
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...On the menu bar, click View and select Options. Using Sound Blaster Live! Click the Players tab page. 4. Launch Windows Explorer. 2. Click the OK button to locate the PlayCenter program (that is , C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\PLAYCENTER\CTPLAY.EXE). 7. Select the multimedia file type in the... The Options dialog appears. 3. Click the File Types tab page. 4. The Creative Disc Detector dialog appears. 3. Click the Edit button 6. To make PlayCenter the default player for multimedia files: 1. Value 41 On the PlayCenter interface, click the System Menu icon. 2. Select the ...
...On the menu bar, click View and select Options. Using Sound Blaster Live! Click the Players tab page. 4. Launch Windows Explorer. 2. Click the OK button to locate the PlayCenter program (that is , C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\PLAYCENTER\CTPLAY.EXE). 7. Select the multimedia file type in the... The Options dialog appears. 3. Click the File Types tab page. 4. The Creative Disc Detector dialog appears. 3. Click the Edit button 6. To make PlayCenter the default player for multimedia files: 1. Value 41 On the PlayCenter interface, click the System Menu icon. 2. Select the ...
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...does not start the installation program through Auto Insert Notification: 1. To start automatically after the CD-ROM is inserted. In the My Computer window, right-click the CD-ROM drive icon. 3. In the Properties dialog, click the Settings tab and select Auto Insert Notification. 6. Click...screen to exit from the dialog. Sound There is excessive environmental sound or effects when an audio file is inappropriate for solving problems you may not be enabled. OR Display Creative Launcher at the top of your screen (bring your Windows 95/98 system may encounter during ...
...does not start the installation program through Auto Insert Notification: 1. To start automatically after the CD-ROM is inserted. In the My Computer window, right-click the CD-ROM drive icon. 3. In the Properties dialog, click the Settings tab and select Auto Insert Notification. 6. Click...screen to exit from the dialog. Sound There is excessive environmental sound or effects when an audio file is inappropriate for solving problems you may not be enabled. OR Display Creative Launcher at the top of your screen (bring your Windows 95/98 system may encounter during ...
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... click the OK button. 7. Windows is causing the conflict, remove all devices except: • Audio for Creative SB Live! • MIDI for Creative SB Live! • MIDI for example, disk controller and graphics cards). The unneeded drivers are removed. If you remove an audio card from your computer after successfully installing Sound Blaster Live! This occurs when you...
... click the OK button. 7. Windows is causing the conflict, remove all devices except: • Audio for Creative SB Live! • MIDI for Creative SB Live! • MIDI for example, disk controller and graphics cards). The unneeded drivers are removed. If you remove an audio card from your computer after successfully installing Sound Blaster Live! This occurs when you...