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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sound Blaster MCV Drivers * * for * * Windows 3.1 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Table of Contents ----------------- I. Introduction II. Diskette contents III. Installing the drivers IV. What to do if the drivers don't install correctly V. If you upgraded from Windows 3.0 to Windows 3.1 VI. Important notes I. Introduction --------------- This diskette contains drivers and programs for Windows 3.1 users who have a Sound Blaster Micro Channel Version. If you obtained the drivers and programs mentioned in this file as a ZIP file from a bulletin board, please unzip the contents into a diskette labeled Sound Blaster MCV drivers for Windows v3.1 Copyright (c) 1992 Creative Labs, Inc. before following the installation instructions. II. Diskette contents --------------------- Filename Size Date Description ------------------------------------------------------------------ MIDIMAP.CFG 42250 4-03-92 Windows MIDI Map configuration MMCBOX.EXE 22016 3-28-92 MultiMedia Chatterbox (.WAV player) MMJBOX.EXE 22016 4-10-92 MultiMedia Jukebox (.MID player) OEMSETUP.INF 322 5-01-92 Windows setup file README.1ST 12613 5-15-92 This document SBFM.DRV 12416 4-28-92 Sound Blaster FM Driver SBMCVSND.DRV 14592 5-15-92 Sound Blaster MCV Wave & MIDI Driver VSBPD.386 5640 5-15-92 Windows Virtual Device Driver III. Installing the drivers --------------------------- 1. Start Windows v3.1. 2. Open the Control Panel and select the Drivers icon. 3. You should have the following driver names in the Installed Drivers list: MIDI Mapper Timer [MCI] MIDI Sequencer [MCI] Sound If you have other drivers installed, please remove them with the REMOVE button and restart Windows before continuing. If any of these drivers are not listed, please add them before continuing. (See your Windows manual for details on adding these drivers.) Make sure you restart Windows after making changes to the driver list. 4. Click on the ADD button. 5. Select Unlisted or Updated driver and click on OK. 6. Insert the floppy containing the drivers. 7. Type in the drive letter of the floppy drive containing the driver disk. WARNING! - The following steps will OVERWRITE your existing MIDIMAP.CFG configuration. If you want to keep your existing configuration, click on CANCEL and make a copy of MIDIMAP.CFG before continuing the installation process. 8. Select Sound Blaster MIDI Synthesizer and click on OK. 9. Windows will ask if you want to use the current MIDIMAP.CFG or install the new MIDIMAP.CFG - Select NEW and continue on. 10. Windows will prompt you for the Sound Blaster I/O address. The default I/O address is 220H. 11. Windows will ask if you want to restart your system. Click on DON'T RESTART, then repeat steps 4, 5, 6, and 7. 12. Select Sound Blaster MCV Wave and MIDI. Click on OK. 13. Windows will prompt you for the Sound Blaster I/O address, Interrupt, and DMA channel. Choose the settings your card is set to and continue on. 14. Windows will ask if you want to restart your system. Click on RESTART. Windows will then restart. 15. Two additional Windows applications are provided. They are MMJBOX.EXE and MMCBOX.EXE, please copy them into your Windows directory. IV. What to do if the drivers don't install correctly ----------------------------------------------------- If you are having problems installing the drivers, here are some things to check before you call Technical Support. Also, be sure to read the "Important Notes" section below. ** 1. If you installed Windows 3.1 using the "Express Installation," Windows scanned your hard disk for programs to be installed. As a result, older versions of the Chatterbox, Jukebox, and Mixer were installed if they were on your hard disk at the time of installation. Please remove these icons. To do this, click on the icon once to select it, then press the delete key. Windows will ask you for confirmation. Repeat for each icon. 2. Check the size and date of all the driver files in the Windows SYSTEM directory against the listing in the section "Diskette Contents". Make sure that the correct drivers have been copied to your hard disk. 3. Open the Driver applet in Control panel. You should at least have the following driver names in the Installed Drivers list: Creative Sound Blaster MCV MIDI Synthesizer Creative Sound Blaster MCV Wave and MIDI MIDI Mapper Timer [MCI] MIDI Sequencer [MCI] Sound If one or more of these drivers do not exist, you must install the driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control Panel (See the Windows manual for more details). 4. Check your SYSTEM.INI by choosing RUN from the File menu of the Program Manager, and typing SYSEDIT in the command line box. Examine the [drivers] and [sndblst.drv] sections. They should look something like this: [drivers] Timer=timer.drv Midimapper=midimap.drv MIDI=sbfm.drv Wave=sbmcvsnd.drv MIDI1=sbmcvsnd.drv [sndblst.drv] port=220 int=7 dmachannel=1 5. If Windows refuses to install a device driver or you get the error message "Device not found" when playing a Wave or MIDI file, be sure you have the following settings in the [mci] section of SYSTEM.INI [mci] WaveAudio=mciwave.drv Sequencer=mciseq.drv If one or more of these do not exist, you must install the driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control Panel (See the Windows manual for instructions). Do not type in the entries into the SYSTEM.INI because the files have to be installed into your SYSTEM directory by Windows. V. If you upgraded from Windows 3.0 to Windows 3.1 -------------------------------------------------- If you upgraded an existing copy of Windows 3.0 or Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions to Windows 3.1, here are some special notes to consider. 1. If you have a line which reads "device=vsbd.386" in the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI, please delete it. This is an old driver which has been replaced by VSBPD.386. The new driver will not work correctly until this line is removed. 2. After installing Windows 3.1, verify that the latest MMCBOX.EXE, MMJBOX.EXE, SBFM.DRV and SBMCVSND.DRV have been copied to your hard disk. Check the size and date of these files against the listing in the section "Diskette Contents". You can delete any older versions that you find in your system. VI. Important notes ------------------- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I M P O R T A N T * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1. The drivers found in the file CREATE.EXE on Microsoft's BBS and in the Microsoft Forum on CompuServe are not the latest drivers for Windows 3.1 and may not work properly. Please do not use them. 2. The drivers that are included with the Windows 3.1 Resource Kit are not the lastest drivers and may not work properly. Please do not use them. 3. Some PS/2 computers receive a "Bus timeout error" or the system locks up when running Windows 3.1 in 386 Enhanced Mode. To get around this problem, run Windows in Standard Mode after turning on your machine or rebooting it. Then exit Windows and rerun it in Enhanced Mode. 4. We are including drivers that make use of Device Virtualization. These drivers will allow DOS Apps that use the Sound Blaster to run in Enhanced Mode. Please make sure that a line reading "device=vsbpd.386" exists under the [386Enh] section in your SYSTEM.INI. If you have a line which reads "device=vsbd.386", please delete it. Also, make sure the file VSBPD.386 is in your Windows SYSTEM directory. If it is not, copy it from the Drivers Disk. 5. The Windows 3.1 drivers can now be used in both Windows 3.0 with Multimedia extensions as well as Windows 3.1. They will check the Windows version and use the correct Sound Blaster section name to access the settings in the SYSTEM.INI. 6. A MIDI-MAP has been created to make use of the SBFM.DRV, please use the MIDI MAPPER icon under Control Panel to customize it to your requirements. Under Windows 3.1, MIDI channel 10 is referenced as the drum channel. If you are having problems with the FM synth not sounding "right", try modifying the configuration with the MIDI Mapper. The following is a list of the existing MIDI Map configurations and how they are mapped: Input Output Output Input Output Output Map Name Channel Channel Port Map Name Channel Channel Port -------- ------- ------- ------ -------- ------- ------- ------ All FM 1 1 FM All MIDI 1 1 MIDI 2 2 FM 2 2 MIDI 3 3 FM 3 3 MIDI 4 4 FM 4 4 MIDI 5 5 FM 5 5 MIDI 6 6 FM 6 6 MIDI 7 7 FM 7 7 MIDI 8 8 FM 8 8 MIDI 9 9 FM 9 9 MIDI 10 10 FM 10 10 MIDI 11 11 FM 11 11 MIDI 12 12 FM 12 12 MIDI 13 13 FM 13 13 MIDI 14 14 FM 14 14 MIDI 15 15 FM 15 15 MIDI 16 16 FM 16 16 MIDI Ext FM 1 1 FM Ext MIDI 1 1 MIDI 2 2 FM 2 2 MIDI 3 3 FM 3 3 MIDI 4 4 FM 4 4 MIDI 5 5 FM 5 5 MIDI 6 6 FM 6 6 MIDI 7 7 FM 7 7 MIDI 8 8 FM 8 8 MIDI 9 9 FM 9 9 MIDI 10 10 FM 10 10 MIDI Basic FM 13 13 FM 14 14 FM 15 15 FM 16 10 FM NOTE: Channel 16 in the Basic FM mapping has been routed to channel 10 for proper access to the drum channel based on Microsoft standards for MIDI authoring. The software and programs on this disk are copyrighted by Creative Labs,Inc. and may not be distributed without the express written permission of Creative Labs, Inc.