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- * Installation Notes for Release 1.2 of the STEREO■F/X. *
- * P/N#12811132120 *
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-
-
- 1. This STEREO■F/X installations cannot be installed onto floppy disks.
- If required, a set of uncompressed STEREO■F/X files are available
- from ATI Customer Support. Also available are installation disks
- in low density format.
-
- 2. If you are using EMM386 and are running the SFX (configuration)
- program within Windows, there may be problems with the DMA play routines
- if you have not specified enough DMA memory in your Windows setup.
- Follow the instructions in the Windows error message and re-enter Windows.
- The switch D=64 should also be added to the EMM386 line in your
- CONFIG.SYS file.
-
-
- 3. If you choose not to use the default directory C:\SFX\ you will have
- to change the default directories in the options menus of DOSDAT and
- WinDAT the first time they are run.
-
-
- 4. Playing sound files with high sample rates requires a suitably fast
- CPU and hard disk. On machines slower than a 12 megahertz '286, you
- may have problems with 22.05 kHz STEREO and 44.1 kHz MONO. If your
- machine is unable to keep up, the sound file will simply stop after
- playing the initial segment. If you are experiencing this problem,
- try slowing down the sample rate so your computer can keep up.
-
-
- 5. For the same reason you cannot play sound files at higher sample
- rates directly from floppies, as floppy disks are simply not
- fast enough to keep up with the audio. On a two floppy system you
- can install the STEREO■F/X for playing games, but the full software
- functionality will not be available.
-
-
- 6. The DOSDAT program may not work correctly when SHARE is active. If SHARE
- is being used with DOS 4.0 to access a large disk, a rewarding fix for
- this is to upgrade to DOS 5.0 and not use SHARE.
-
-
-
- ****************
- * Hints & Tips *
- ****************
-
-
- 1. Two batch files have been included so that you can easily hear the
- sounds and songs included on the STEREO■F/X disks.
-
- Type
-
- PLAYALL.BAT [ENTER]
-
- to hear all the songs, and
-
- PLAYDA.BAT [ENTER]
-
- to hear the four digital audio files.
-
-
- 2. Two batch files have been included to load and unload the drivers,
- LOADDV.BAT and UNLOADDV.BAT for general purpose use. The programs
- JUKEBOX.BAT and PLAYALL.BAT will do this automatically.
-
- Use
-
- LOADDV [ENTER]
-
- before using PLAY.EXE and DAPLAY.EXE and
-
- UNLOADDV [ENTER]
-
- to unload the drivers to free up system memory when done.
-
-
- 3. The STEREO■F/X supports the following digital audio sampling rates:
-
- MONO STEREO
- ╔══════════════╤══════════════╗
- Record ║ 4-36 kHz, │ 4-20 kHz, ║
- ║ 44.1 kHz │ 22.05 kHz ║
- ╟──────────────┼──────────────╢
- Play ║ 4-44.1 kHz │ 4-44.1 kHz ║
- ║ │ ║
- ╟──────────────┼──────────────╢
- ║ │ ║
- ADPCM ║ 4-44.1 kHz │ 4-22.05 kHz ║
- play ║ │ ║
- ╚══════════════╧══════════════╝
-
- Note that the Microsoft Multimedia Windows recommended rates of
- 11.025, 22.05 and 44.1 kHz are supported. Setting samples rates
- outside the values in this table is not recommended.
-
-
- 4. When looking at audio parameters in both WinDAT and DOSDAT, remember
- that these parameters reflect the setup of the sample as it was last
- played or recorded, not what you are about to play or record. If you
- change a parameter the display will not reflect that change until
- you play or record it.
-
-
- 5. In WinDAT you must have twice the amount of disk space left on your
- hard disk as the size of the sound file you are editing. This is due
- to the requirements of the UNDO function. In general it is very easy
- to eat up disk space while recording digital audio. If you are short on
- space on your hard disk please keep this in mind.
-
-
- 6. SNDSYNC is designed to work with the AAPLAY program from Autodesk
- Animator (TM). If you are using SNDSYNC with public domain (shareware)
- GIF viewers or animation players, remember that some of these programs
- are not "well behaved" and may not work with SNDSYNC. It may be
- necessary to add the amount of time it takes to get the file from disk
- to properly synchronize the sound with these programs.
-
-
-
- NOTE: Changes to your autoexec.bat will not take effect until after you
- have rebooted your machine. Some applications may not work until
- this is done.
-
-
-
- ****************************************************************************
- Addendum for the Microsoft Windows 3.0/3.1 compatible STEREO F/X install:
-
- To install your STEREO F/X with Microsoft Windows 3.0 or 3.1 compatibility,
- you must do the following:
- A) Install the STEREO F/X utilities
- B) Install the ATI STEREO F/X Windows 3.1 driver
- C) Install the new WinDAT
-
- A) Install the STEREO F/X utilities:
- 1) Insert Disk #1 (of 1) STEREO F/X install diskettes into your floppy
- drive (e.g. Drive A).
- 2) Run the INSTALL program (e.g. A:\INSTALL).
-
- B) Loading the STEREO F/X Drivers
- 1) Under Microsoft Windows 3.1, go to the CONTROL PANEL in the MAIN group.
- Open the DRIVERS icon.
- 2) If you have already loaded drivers for a SoundBlaster ("Creative Labs
- Sound Blaster 1.0" or "Creative Labs Sound Blaster 1.5") or similar
- device ("Media Vision Thunder Board"), they must first be removed.
- If these drivers are not listed in the menu of existing drivers,
- go to step 3. Otherwise, select the currently installed driver
- (by clicking on the name) and then select the REMOVE button.
- A message box will appear with an "Are You Sure?" query. Select YES.
- A message box will appear with a "Restart Windows?" query. Select
- RESTART NOW. Once Microsoft Windows 3.1 has restarted, return to the
- CONTROL PANEL in the MAIN group. Again, open the DRIVERS icon.
- 3) Select the ADD button. A list of possible drivers will appear.
- Select the Unlisted or Updated Driver option. It will ask you where
- the new drivers are located. They are on the STEREO F/X INSTALL
- DISK #1 in the sub directory SFX31. Insert this disk into your floppy
- drive and enter the name of your floppy drive (for example, type in
- "A:\SFX31\"). A new box should appear with a list of the two drivers
- available on the disk. Click on the name ATI STEREO F/X Windows 3.1 Driver,
- then select the OK button. A message box may come up asking if you want
- to use NEW or CURRENT drivers. Select the NEW option. The new driver
- should install itself on your system, and automatically load the
- ATI Windows 3.1 FM Sound Driver as well. A message box should pop up
- confirming your card address and IRQ number. Click on the OK button.
- Finally, a message button will pop up asking whether or not you want to
- restart windows. Select RESTART NOW.
- 4) If you have had a Sound Blaster installed previous to installing
- STEREO F/X, you will have a virtual device conflict. This is because
- the Sound Blaster driver leaves it's virtual devices installed even
- when you remove the Sound Blaster driver. To fix this problem you must
- edit your system.ini file. Find the [386Enh] section of the system.ini
- file. There you will find two lines:
- device=vsbd.386
- device=vadlib.386
- If you remove these two lines from your system.ini file everything should
- then work normally. You can re-enter Microsoft Windows 3.1.
- 5) The internal FM driver has been automatically loaded. This driver will
- allow you to play MIDI files through the internal FM synthesizer.
- However, the MIDI mapping must be properly set. In the CONTROL PANEL in
- the MAIN group open the MIDI Mapper icon which should have appeared
- automatically after installing the new drivers. If you have a default
- setting or have previously loaded a Sound Blaster driver, some of the
- MIDI mapper settings may no longer be valid, and an "incorrect settings"
- error message may result. In the MIDI Mapper, select Setups and then
- click on the NEW button. A message box will appear prompting you with a
- name. Type in any name (for example "ATI MIDI MAP"). A MIDI Setup window
- will appear. You must now select a valid Port Name for each MIDI channel.
- This is done by clicking on the arrow button at the right of each
- Port Name box. Three options should be shown in a menu. STEREO F/X MIDI
- Driver will send the MIDI information of that channel out to the external
- MIDI out connector (on the breakout box) which can be connected to an
- external synthesizer. ATI FM will send the MIDI information to the
- internal FM synthesizer. [None] will disable that channel. Do the
- following:
- a) if you want all information sent to an external synthesizer,
- set each port to STEREO F/X MIDI Driver.
- b) if you want all information sent to the internal FM synthesizer,
- set each port to ATI FM.
- c) if you want both, the Microsoft Windows 3.1 standard recommends
- that you set channels 1 through 12 to the external MIDI device
- (STEREO F/X MIDI Driver) and channels 13 through 16 to the internal
- (ATI FM).
- 6) If you want to use MIDI input with a Windows program such as "Music Time"
- you MUST run Windows in standard mode using the "WIN /S" command. MIDI
- input will NOT work in 386 Enhanced mode unless you have a VERY fast
- computer. To be safe always run Windows 3.1 in standard mode when using
- MIDI input.
-
- D) Installing the new WinDAT
- Go into Microsoft Windows 3.1, and in the PROGRAM MANAGER, select the
- RUN option under the FILE banner. Use the BROWSE command or type in
- directly the name of the install program (for example,
- C:\SFX\WINDAT\INSTALL.EXE). Run this program. This should automatically
- install WINDAT as well as a MIXER which will allow you to use the
- enhanced mixer functions available with the new audio driver.
- This mixer panel will also work in conjunction with any of the digital
- audio or internal MIDI players that come with Microsoft Windows 3.1,
- such as the MEDIA PLAYER and the SOUND RECORDER, or any of the warning
- message sounds. Note that due to MCI restrictions, compressed VOC files
- cannot be played under Microsoft Windows 3.1, but can still be played
- under DOS applications. Note that the new WINDAT is backwards compatible
- with Microsoft Windows 3.0. Just install it in the same way as specified
- above.
-
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