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AWE32.DK Help File
Loading in the file AWE32.DK will setup Band-
in-a-Box for the SoundBlaster AWE32GS mode
multi-timbral synthesizer module.
It will setup:
1. Drum #'s for the General Midi Standard(Standard
Roland Drum Note Numbers).
2. General Midi (GS) Patch Map
3. Startup Patches and Channels in the Midi Settings
Window.
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If using the AWE32 card, if you want to use the internal
AWE32 synth, use the "SB AWE32 MIDI Synth" driver for output.
If you have a daughterboard or a MIDI module attached to your
AWE32 card, then use the SB 16 MIDI Out instead (in this case
you should use a .DK file appropriate to the daughterboard ).
The SoundBlaster AWE32 is the first SoundBlaster
with wave-sampled sounds instead of simple FM-
synthesis. It also incorporates the General Midi
Standard (GM), and on some models, the Roland GS
mode. If your version of the AWE32 incorperates the
GS-mode, you will have the option to set your sound
card to GS-mode (reccommended) in the AWE32
Control Panel program
(usually c:\SB16\WINAPPL\AWECP.EXE)
located in your soundblaster
utilities/programs group in Windows.) This option
will allow you extra drums sounds (ie brushes) and
other sounds/parameters in addition to the regular
GM sounds. Band-in-a-Box has several styles that use
Brushes (indicated by a ~ character in the style name
like J~.SONICE.STY .
Regardless of whether you use GM or
GS mode, you can be sure that this unit conforms to
standardized Patch numbers that ensures that the
proper instruments are chosen as originally intended
by a given MIDI song.
(note: You'd need to select the GS bank each time
that you run Windows, BB doesn't load the AWE32 GS bank
automatically )
Band-in-a-Box offers easy access to all the sounds
and parameters(such as effects,panning and volume)
via the General Midi Patch Map and real-time
editing features for the aforementioned parameters.
No additional setup for Band-in-a-Box is required
once the file AWE32.DK has been loaded via
"Load Alternate Drum/Midi Set" under the Midi
pulldown menu (or automatically with the Driver
selection dialog.)
We have made alternate Patch Maps to incorporate
various older synth/ modules such as the Korg M1
and the Emu Proteus 1. If you have one of these
older units attached to the external MIDI port of
your Soundblaster, for example, you can make your
own map. If you have a synth we haven't included,
simply type the patch numbers of your synth beside
the corresponding General Midi Instruments and
then save them as a MYSETUP.DK file.
Have Fun!