README.TXT File for the PASDSA Package -------------------------------------- This driver is a new OPL3 FM driver for use under Windows 3.1. It is a complete rewrite of the OPL3.DRV that is normally supplied with the Pro AudioSpectrum 16 and Pro AudioStudio 16 cards. First of all, please note that this README.TXT file was not originally included in this package. It is based on a README.TXT file from Tal Barenboim and my attempts. The original package, without this file, was downloaded from the MediaVision forum on CompuServe. All questions, comments, etc. must be directed to Media Vision, either via phone, fax or email. I've heard from a lot of people that this driver didn't work right with some older PAS-16 cards. It is possible that it won't work right with PAS-16 chip revisions earlier than D, but it worked alright on my system, and I have a Rev. C PAS-16. You can find out your Chip Revision by starting DEBUG at the DOS prompt and then entering -i ff88. This will return a number, where 01 stands for Rev. A, etc. Files inlcuded in this archive: SAPI!OPL.DRV - The new driver OPL32OP.MID - 2-operator (OPL-2) patch for the new driver OPL34OP.MID - 4-operator (OPL-3) patch for the new driver SLOAD.EXE - utility to patch the new driver VCTL.DLL - needed by SLOAD.EXE README.TXT - Guess! How to Install The New Driver ----------------------------- 1) Copy SAPI!OPL.DRV and VCTL.DLL to your WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory. Copy SLOAD.EXE and the two .mid files to your WINDOWS directory. 2) Add SLOAD.EXE to the Windows group that contains Pocket Recorder, Pocket Mixer, etc. 3) After that you must manually edit your SYSTEM.INI file. Search for the [drivers] section. In this section, find the entry 'midi=opl3.drv' or 'midi1=opl3.drv' and add a ";" before it to disable it. Now add 'midi=sapi!opl.drv' (or 'midi1=sapi!opl.drv') manually. 4) Create a new section at the end of your SYSTEM.INI file called [sapi!opl.drv] Under it write: drumchannel=16 <- 16 for General MIDI 5) Save the file and start Windows. You should find the new driver in the Control Panel under the Drivers applet. Also supplied in this archive are two .MID files which are patches for this new driver. To load the patches, start the Control Panel and double-click the Drivers icon. Select the Super Sapi OPL 3 driver and click the Setup button. You will see a window which asks for the .MID patch file. Select BROWSE and change to your WINDOWS directory, where you should see the two .mid files. Select one of them. You can also use the SLOAD.EXE utility to patch the new driver. To do so, just start SLOAD and browse until you find one of the patch files. Then highlight it and double click the DOWNLOAD button. That's it! Most MIDI files are General MIDI files, i.e they use channels 1-10. If you have such files and they don't play well, you should create a new configuration in the MIDI Mapper. Enable channels 1-16 using the NEW Super Sapi OPL3 driver, save it under General MIDI and make it your default MIDI map. If you load MIDI files which use channel 10 for drums you must edit thoes to use channel 16. If you don't use General MIDI files or files which have drums on channel 10 you must change the drumchannel= entry in the [sapi!opl.drv] section in your SYSTEM.INI file to channel 10. (Note: Only change to channel 10 if you're sure you dont have files that use 16 channels and channel 16 is for drums) Enjoy, Tim Tschirner ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de doublet@dave.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de