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- Avance Logic ALS100+ Sound System Software verALS11.A0.40
- Installation and Setup
-
-
-
- DOS and Windows 3.1 Installation for ALS100+:
- ============================================
-
- [SETUP.EXE for Windows 3.1]
-
- The SETUP.EXE is a Windows 3.1 setup program that installs DOS and Windows
- 3.1 drivers and utilities.
-
- The user can run SETUP.EXE by selecting File|Run... and typing "A:SETUP" on
- the command line under Windows 3.1 Program Manager, or by typing "A:SETUP" at
- DOS prompt if Windows directory is in the PATH. The SETUP.EXE copies all the
- DOS drivers and utilities to the directory that user specifies during the
- setup program. All the Windows 3.1 drivers and VxDs are copied to the
- Windows system directory. When the user installs the Avance Sound System
- for the first time the A3CONFIG.EXE is started to configure the board setting
- after the Setup program is finished.
-
- [DOSINST.EXE for DOS Only installation]
-
- The DOSINST.EXE is a DOS installation program that copies all the DOS drivers
- and utilities to the directory that user specifies. When the user installs
- the Avance Sound System for the first time the A3CONFIG.EXE is started to
- configure the board setting after the Setup program is finished. DOSINST.EXE
- can be installed by typing A:DOSINST.EXE at the DOS prompt.
-
-
- Windows 95 installation procedure for ALS100+:
- =============================================
-
- 1. After user installs the ALS100+ sound card into the ISA slot in the computer
- and powers on the system, Windows 95 will prompt user with a "New Hardware
- Found" dialog box since the ALS100+ sound card is ISA plug and play.
- To install the Windows 95 drivers, select "Driver from disk provided by
- hardware manufacturer" and click on OK.
-
- 2. Insert the "ALS100+ DOS/Win3.1/Win 95 Drivers and Utilities" diskette into
- the appropriate drive and select that drive from the prompted dialog box
- and click on OK. Windows 95 will copy all the needed files and set up all
- the logic devices on the board automatically.
-
- 3. Install the ALSRACK player by running the SETUP.EXE file (also provided
- on the "ALS100+ DOS/Win3.1/Win 95 Drivers and Utilities" disk) from the
- Windows 95 Start menu|Run. This will create the Avance Sound Program
- Group with the ALSRACK utility icon.
- (See Appendix below for full descr of ALSRACK functions).
-
-
- Troubleshooting:
- ================
-
- This appendix provides some tips and information for some of the
- problems you might encounter with your ALS100+ sound card either during
- installation or normal use.
-
- [Problems in DOS]
-
- Problem: Cannot load IDE CD-ROM drive.
- Cause: IDE port is not enabled. Check the config.sys file under
- C: root directory and you should see "device=c:\a3sound
- \cdsetup.sys /P:xxx" before loading your CD-ROM driver.( xxx
- is the base port of the sound card ). The cdsetup.sys
- enables the IDE port.
- Solution: Run C:\A3SOUND\A3CONFIG.EXE again and select the CD-ROM
- IDE. When you leave the a3config program, device=c:\a3sound
- \cdsetup.sys /P:xxx will be added to config.sys. Make sure
- that this line is added before loading the CD-ROM driver.
-
- Problem: No sound in a DOS application
- Cause: There could be conflicts in the SB16 settings.
- Solution: Rerun the C:\A3SOUND\A3CONFIG.EXE and try another Port,
- DMA, or IRQ.
-
- [Problems in Windows 3.1]
-
- Problem: There is no "Sound..." or "MIDI Sequencer..." item
- under the menu "Device" in the Media Player.
- Cause: Mixer driver is not loaded.
- Solution: Open the SYSTEM.INI file with any file editor. You
- should see the following:
- [drivers]
- Wave=a3sndsys.drv
- Aux=a3sndsys.drv
- Mixer=a3sndsys.drv
- Midi=a3opl.drv
- Midi1=a3mpu401.drv
-
- [386Enh]
- device=a3sndsys.386
-
- [boot]
- drivers=mmsystem.dll msmixmgr.dll
-
- [Problems with ALS100+ Full Duplex]
-
- Problem: Can not play and record at same time
- Cause: 1. The sound card is not ALS100+ sound card
- 2. In ALS3.INI, full duplex function was disable
- 3. Only one DMA channel was allocated
- 4. The sample rate of playback are not the same as
- that of recording.
- Solution: For 1. Please contact Avance Logic, Inc. at telephone:
- (510) 226-9555 or see us on the World Wide Web
- at www.avance.com, for a list of Cards using
- Avance Logic products!
- For 2. In ALS3.ini, make sure the following setting is enabled:
- [Option]
- FullDuplexFunction = 1 ---- to enable full duplex
- For 3. To enable full duplex function in ALS100+
- two DMA channel must be allocated.
-
- In Windows 3.1, run A3CONFIG.EXE to select two DMA
- channels, from 0,1,3(By default, we provide 2 channels).
-
- In Windows 95, system should automatically
- provide two DMA channels for ALS100+ sound card. If it
- did not, either all of 8-bit DMA channels have
- been allocated to other devices.
- The user must remove the other devices and try again.
- for 4. For full duplex, the sample rate for playback and
- recording must be same.
-
- Problem: Third party mixer application with Sound Blaster compatibility
- will not run with Avance Sound System.
- Cause: Avance Sound System is Microsoft Sound System compatible. Avance
- Logic, Inc. does not support previous Sound Blaster Mixer Interface.
- Solution: Use ALSRACK.EXE application that is shipped with this disk.
-
-
- Problem: CD audio will not play after the ALS drivers are installed.
- Cause: The user did not install the [MCI]CD-AUDIO driver.
- Solution: Manually add [MCI]CD-AUDIO driver via Control Panel.
-
-
- Appendix - Driver Reference:
- ============================
-
- [Windows drivers]
- ALS100+ has three sets of driver and one set VxD for Windows 95 and Windows3.1.
- They are listed below:
-
- Sound System Driver OPL3 Driver MPU401 Driver
- Win95 Drivers A3sndsys.drv A3opl.drv A3mpu401.drv
- Win95 VxDs A3sndsys.vxd A3sndsys.vxd A3sndsys.vxd
- Win3.1 Drivers A3sndsys.drv A3opl.drv A3mpu401.drv
- Win3.1 VxDs A3sndsys.386 A3sndsys.386 A3sndsys.386
-
- The Avance Sound System, OPL3, and MPU401 drivers are binary
- compatible with Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 but the VxDs have different
- binaries for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1. The Windows 3.1 VxD have their
- externsion .386 and the Windows 95 VxD have their externsion .vxd.
-
- The Windows 95 joystick drivers are the MSJSTICK.DRV and VJOYD.VXD
- that are Microsoft drivers shipped with Windows 95. Besides these
- five Windows 95 drivers and VxDs, a ALS100P.INF is needed for
- Windows 95 installation.
-
- For Windows 3.1, drivers and VxDs have to be specified in the SYSTEM.INI
- file and be loaded when the Windows 3.1 starts. The entries listed in below
- should be added to SYSTEM.INI file by the setup program.
-
- [386Enh] [drivers]
- device = a3sndsys.386 wave = a3sndsys.drv
- mixer = a3sndsys.drv
- aux = a3sndsys.drv
- midi = a3opl.drv
- midi1 = a3mpu401.drv
-
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- ! !
- ! IMPORTANT NOTES: !
- ! Either you setup under windows 95 or windows 3.1, you MUST insure !
- ! that the drivers or VxDs files of old sound card have been removed from your!
- ! windows's system directory. Otherwise, even if you setup properly, the new !
- ! sound card maybe still not work. !
- ! !
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
-
- [DOS drivers]
- The DOS drivers include CDSETUP.SYS, A3INIT.EXE, and A3CONFIG.EXE.
-
- CDSETUP.SYS
- -----------
- The CDSETUP.SYS initializes the CD-ROM IDE port before the CD-ROM driver is
- loaded if the user has a CD-ROM drive attached to the IDE port on the Avance
- sound board. The Cdsetup.sys is specified in the Config.sys file as below.
- device = C:\A3sound\cdsetup.sys /P:220
- device = C:\Sony\Atapi_cd.sys /D:SNIDE01
- The CDSETUP.SYS is not a TSR program. There is no harm in running this
- program if there is no CD-ROM drive attached to the IDE port on the Avance
- sound board.
-
- A3INIT.EXE
- -----------
- The A3INIT.EXE initializes the Avance sound chip ALS100+. It is specified
- in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file followed by a path name as below.
- C:\a3sound\a3init.exe C:\Win31
- A3INIT.EXE and A3CONFIG.EXE use the path that follows the A3INIT.EXE
- in the AUTOEXEC.BAT to find the initial data file ALS3.INI. The ALS3.INI file
- will be copied to the Windows directory or the same directory as A3INIT.EXE
- for DOS-only installation. The Windows sound system driver ALSNDSYS.DRV and
- the Windows sound rack application ALSRACK.EXE also share ALS3.INI file for
- initial values.
-
- If the user wishes to enable or disable sound during initialization, the
- following line should be changed using the option value in the ALS3.INI file:
-
- [Option]
- PlaySoundAtInitial=No/Yes
-
-
- A3CONFIG.EXE
- ------------
- The A3CONFIG.EXE is a DOS program to help users change the IO, IRQ,
- and DMA resource for the Avance sound system on board devices and to
- test the new settings through playing the STEST8.WAV, STEST16.WAV,
- and FMTEST.MID test files. The new settings are saved in the ALS3.INI
- file which will be used when A3INIT.EXE initializes the board.
-
- Information Files:
- ------------------
- ALS100P.INF is a installation information file for Avance Logic ALS100+ sound
- chip under Windows 95. This file tell Windows 95 where the drivers should be
- copied during installation.
- See the instructions above for ALS100+ Windows 95 installation.
-
- ALSRACK for ALS100+
- ------------------
- 1. Structure and components:
- The ALSRACK consists of a MIXER control panel, MIDI panel, WAVE panel,
- and CD panel.
- 1.1 To enable or disable a panel:
- Clicking the mouse button on the MIDI, WAVE, or CD in MIXER control panel
- will cause the corresponding panel to disappear, another click will cause the
- corresponding panel to re-appear.
- 1.2 To change a channel:
- Click channel LEFT or RIGHT button to change to the channel you want.
- 1.3 To activate volume and balance control:
- Change to the channel you want (see 1.2), then click up or down arrow buttons
- to change the volume, or click balance LEFT or RIGHT arrow buttons to change balance.
- 1.4 To mute system:
- Change to the channel you want, then click MUTE check mark to disable sound,
- click again to re-enable sound.
-
-
- 2. MIDI panel
- 2.1 To open or close a MIDI file:
- Click the button of the MIDI sign on the MIDI panel, choose OPEN to open a
- MIDI file, or choose CLOSE to close a file.
- 2.2 Auto repeat and show information:
- Click the button of the MIDI sign on MIDI panel. Clicking on AUTO REPEAT or
- SHOW INFORMATION will enable or disable the selection. When AUTO REPEAT is
- selected, the MIDI file will be played again when it reaches the end.
- When SHOW INFORMATION is selected, the MIDI window will open and the
- information from the MIDI file will appear on the MIDI window. When a MIDI
- file is opened, you can also click the MIDI window to show the information of
- that file.
- 2.3 Other operations:
- When a MIDI file is opened, you can click PLAY to play it, or click PAUSE,
- STOP, FF or RW to manipulate the selection. You can also use the volume control
- buttons on the MIDI panel to control the volume directly.
-
-
- 3. WAVE panel
- 3.1 Select TAPE I or TAPE II to playback:
- There are two TAPE boxes on the WAVE panel. TAPE I can only play wave
- files. TAPE II can play and record wave files. There is one set of
- control buttons on the right of WAVE panel. When Tape I is selected,
- the control buttons will take effect for TAPE I. When Tape II is selected,
- the control buttons will work for TAPE II. Click the button
- TAPEI/TAPEII to select between TAPEI or TAPEII, or push the button TAPEI
- PLAYBACK on TAPE I box to select TAPE I, while pushing the button TAPEII REC/PLAY
- on TAPE II box to select TAPEII.
-
- Note: When you want to playback a wave file, you need to select TAPE I/TAPE II first.
-
- 3.2 Open a wave file to play:
- Push the OPEN button, select OPEN on the menu, select a wave
- file to play. When the wave file is opened, the TAPE containing the
- file is automatically selected, just push the PLAY button to play it.
- 3.3 Record a wave file:
- Push the button REC.INPUT to select the input media (Line in, MIDI,
- Audio CD, or MIC), then push the the button OPEN on TAPE II and select NEW
- to create a new wave file. The TAPEII indicator will be red to show it
- is waiting to record. Play the source media, and push recording button on TAPEII
- to begin recording. When finished recording, push the record button (now it is a
- red square) to stop. After finished, save the file as the name you specified.
- 3.4 Full-duplex:
- For sound card supporting full-duplex, TAPEI and TAPEII can work at the
- same time. This means while TAPEI is playing, TAPEII can record, or while
- TAPEII is recording, TAPEI can play.
- When using full-duplex, the control buttons work like this:
- Playback button and stop button only take effect for TAPEI, record button
- works only for TAPEII. Push record button once to begin
- recording, and push it again to stop recording.
- 3.5 Synchronous recording (record and play simultaneously):
- After selecting an INPUT media and new wave file for recording, push button
- SYNC.REC to begin a synchronous recording. The mixer will automatically
- play the source file and begin recording at the same time.
-
-
- 4. CD
- 4.1 EDIT and Program:
- Push EDIT to select which tracks (selections on the CD) to play
- and add it to the Playlist. Then click the Program button to play the selected tracks.
- 4.2 Random play:
- The Random button plays tracks in a random order.
- 4.3 Repeat:
- To repeat one track of a CD, select the track and push the repeat button one time.
- A single repeat signal will appear in the CD player window.
- To repeat the full CD, push the repeat button 2 times.
- A full repeat signal will appear in the CD player window.
-
-