SOUND BLASTER PRO LATEST INFORMATION ===================================== 1. INSTALLATION A hard disk is required for Sound Blaster Pro software installation. The installation is done by executing the hard disk installation program, INST-HD.EXE found on the diskette labeled "Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1". The files on the distribution diskettes are compressed. INST-HD.EXE and LHARC.EXE will expand them into your hard disk. INST-HD.EXE installs the Sound Blaster Pro software under the directory, \SBPRO. Several subdirectories are automatically created under this directory. To begin the installation, follow these steps: (Assuming you are using floppy drive A and hard disk drive C) 1. Place the distribution diskette labeled "Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1" in Drive A and change to Drive A: 2. Type INST-HD C: and press Enter. If you decide to expand the files manually, run the LHARC.EXE program (found on the "Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1" disk) on any .LZH file. For example, to expand INST-DRV.EXE from the PROGRAM.LZH file on Drive A, type: LHARC x A:PROGRAM.LZH INST-DRV.EXE This places INST-DRV.EXE onto the current drive or directory (assumes LHARC.EXE is already in the current drive or directory). INST-HD.EXE automatically inserts the SOUND and BLASTER environment settings into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 2. PACKAGE CONTENTS The Sound Blaster Pro software package contains: - Four 5.25" 360K diskettes - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1 - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #2 - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #3 - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #4 - Two 3.5" 720K diskettes - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1 - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #2 The first two 360K diskettes are packed into the first 720K diskette and the remaining two 360K diskettes into the second 720K diskette. The following are files contained in the 360K diskettes: Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1 INST-HD.EXE - Hard disk installation program README.COM - Program to display README.TXT file LHARC.EXE - De-compressing program TEST-SBP.EXE - Sound Blaster Pro test program PROGRAM.LZH - Compressed file containing: INST-DRV.EXE - Re-install drivers settings program SBP-MIX.EXE - Sound Blaster Pro mixer control SBP-SET.EXE - Sound Blaster Pro setting program SET-ENV.EXE - Set the BLASTER environment in AUTOEXEC.BAT WINDOWS.LZH - Sound Blaster Pro Windows programs SBMIDI.LZH - Compressed file containing SBMIDI.EXE - Enhanced MIDI driver PLAYMIDI.EXE - MIDI file player SBSIM.LZH - Compressed file containing MUSIC.EXE - Music file player VOICE.EXE - Voice file player SBSIM.CFG - Configuration file for drivers SBSIM.COM - SBSIM driver SOUNDFX.EXE - Effect controller DRIVER.LZH - Compressed file containing: AUXDRV.DRV - Auxiliary driver to control volume CTVDSK.DRV - Loadable driver for voice Disk Double-Buffering SBFMDRV.COM - Resident driver for FM music BLASTER.DRV - Text-to-Speech driver CT-VOICE.DRV - Loadable driver for voice memory version ORGAN.DRV - Driver for PRO-ORG README.TXT - This file Sound Blaster Pro Disk #2 VOICE.LZH - Compressed file containing: VEDIT2.EXE - Voice Editor program JOINTVOC.EXE - Join voice file program VOC-HDR.EXE - Add header to raw voice file program VREC.EXE - Record voice into disk (command-line program) VPLAY.EXE - Play back voice from disk (command-line program) BBCNEWS.VOC - Voice file CONGA.VOC - Stereo voice file VOC2WAV.LZH - Compressed file containing: VOC2WAV.EXE - VOC to WAVE file converter VOC2WAV.TXT - VOC to WAVE file converter's document WAV2VOC.EXE - WAVE to VOC file converter PRO-ORG.LZH - Compressed file containing PRO-ORG and Organ files BATCH.LZH - Compressed file containing numerous Batch files LHARC.LZH - Compressed file containing LHARC document PLAYCD.LZH - Compressed file containing CD player Sound Blaster Pro Disk #3 SBTALKER.LZH - Compressed file containing: SBAITSO2.EXE - Dr. SBAITSO program SBTALKER.EXE - Memory resident program to load the BLASTER.DRV SBTALK.BAT - Batch file to install SBTALKER into memory REMOVE.EXE - Program to remove SBTALKER from memory READ.EXE - ASCII Text reader program SBTEST.TXT - ASCII text file SET-ECHO.EXE - Program to set SBTALKER echo effect PARROT.LZH - Compressed file containing Parrot main program, voice and picture files Sound Blaster Pro Disk #4 MMPLAY.LZH - Compressed file containing MMPLAY main program, picture, music, voice files MIDI.LZH - MIDI files PLAYCMF.LZH - Compressed file containing PLAYCMF and CMF files 3. SET SOUND BLASTER PRO VOLUME A batch file, SETVOL.BAT located on the \SBPRO directory is provided to set the volume level of the Sound Blaster Pro. Run this batch file to ensure that your Sound Blaster Pro volume is set to mid range. 4. SBSIM SUPPORT FOR MIDI SBSIM (SB Simplified Interface Module) has now been updated to include support for the MIDI driver SBMIDI. To make use of the MIDI support, include a new section titled [MIDI] in your configuration file. The available keywords, and their default values, are as follows: [Midi] BufferSize=32 ; Specifies the size of the buffer ; to allocate for MIDI files, in ; Kbytes MidiMap=0 ; Specifies the type of MIDI file ; to be played: ; 0 = General MIDI files ; 1 = Basic MIDI files ; 2 = Extended MIDI files ; Note that types 1 and 2 are as ; defined in Multimedia Windows. Note that you need to load SBMIDI (the Sound Blaster MIDI driver) before you invoke SBSIM. The Music player program, MUSIC.EXE, has also been updated to play MIDI files. The command set is the same, except that the commands /REPEAT, /TEMPO, /TRANSPOSE and /WAIT are not available when playing MIDI files. Also, a new command is implemented to allow switching of MIDI modes. The resulting command set of MUSIC.EXE is as follows: Usage: MUSIC [ /Q ] option.. where option is one of: /PLAY:filename + /STOP + /PAUSE + /CONTINUE + /WAIT:n # /TEMPO:percentage # /TRANSPOSE:semitone # /REPEAT:count # /MIDIFMT:midiformat * midiformat: GEN, BAS, EXT (+ = for CMF and MIDI files, # = for CMF files only, * = for MIDI files only) IMPORTANT : USE EITHER SBMIDI OR SBFMDRV DRIVER ONLY (NOT BOTH). 5. MIDI FILES The MIDI files in PLAYMIDI sub-directory are following the format of Windows with Multimedia Extension. They contain the Basic and Extended MIDI information. Therefore, you have to use the /FMT switch when you play these MIDI files. For example: PLAYMIDI Midifile /FMT:Extended or PLAYMIDI Midifile /FMT:Basic. Refer to the manual for more information on MIDI file format. ( Note: LHARC.EXE is a File-Compression program copyrighted by Haruyasu Yoshizaki. ) ********* End of README *********