README FILE FOR AWE32 CONTROL PANEL AND DRIVER FOR WINDOWS NT ============================================================= 1. Introduction ============ This is the final release of the new 32 bit AWE32 Control Panel and driver for Windows NT. The Control Panel is designed to allow users to change the default synthesizer banks, add Sound Font files to user banks, upload WAVE files as instruments, change MIDI controller settings and effects settings and test instruments using a virtual keyboard. Note that the Control Panel will only run in Windows NT 3.5 and later. 2. Contents of the Diskette ======================== 2.1 Driver Files ============ SBAWE32.DRV User mode driver module. SBAWE32.SYS Kernel mode driver module OEMSETUP.INF INF file for installing through Control Panel SYNTHGM.SBK Sound font file for General MIDI SYNTHGS.SBK Sound font file for GS SYNTHMT.SBK Sound font file for MT32 MIDIMAP.CFG MIDI mapper for the driver README.TXT This file. 2.2 Control Panel Files under AWECP32 subdirectory ============================================== AWECP32.EXE AWE Control Panel application. AWE32RES.DLL AWE Control Panel resources dll. AWECP.HLP AWE Control Panel help file. AWECP.CNT AWE Control Panel help contents page AWECPw95.HLP AWE Control Panel help for NT3.5 and Windows 95 2.3 Common Shared Application Files under Windows subdirectory ========================================================== CTRES32.DLL Creative common About Box dll. AWEMAN32.DLL AWE Device manager dll. 2.4 Common Shared System Files under Windows\System32 subdirectory ====================================================== CTL3D32.DLL Microsoft's 3D control dll. 2.5 Sample MIDI files under SAMPLES subdirectory ============================================ SFX.MID SYMPHONY.MID 3. Installing the driver ===================== Before you begin installing the driver, please remove any previous versions of the SBAWE32 driver through the Control Panel first. Installation of the driver is done through the Windows NT Control Panel. Steps to install the driver: 1. Launch the Control Panel applet. 2. Launch the Drivers applet. 3. Click the "Add..." button to get the Add dialog box. 4. Select "Unlisted or Updated Driver" option and click "OK". 5. Type in the path to the installation disk (e.g. A: , B:) and click "OK". 6. Select "Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 MIDI Synth" option and click "OK". 7. Select "Restart Now" to restart the system for the driver to take effect. 4. Installing the AWE Control Panel ================================ 4.1 To install the Control Panel, just copy the directory listed under (2.2) Control Panel Files, to a directory of your choice, eg., C:\WIN32APP. To run the Control Panel just run the file AWECP32.EXE. You may want to add the Control Panel icon to your program group in the Windows NT Program Manager. Enter the full path of the file AWECP32.EXE for the "Command Line:" prompt. 4.2 Copy the files and subdirectory in Windows directory listed under (2.3) Common Shared Application Files, to your system's Windows directory, eg., C:\WINDOWS. The CTL3D32.DLL file should be copied into the SYSTEM32 subdirectory found in your system's Windows directory. 5. Features of the AWE Control Panel ================================= 5.1 Features in Main Tab Pages Effects Supports QSound Supports Reverb & Chorus Reverb has Room 1,Room 2,Room 3,Hall 1,Hall 2,Plate,Delay and Panning Delay Chorus has Chorus 1,Chorus 2,Chorus 3,Chorus 4,Feedback Delay, Flanger,Short Delay and Short Delay FB Treble and Bass level tuning up to 12 levels Synthesizer Supports General MIDI, GS, MT32 and User Synth Path to banks can be changed or Browse easily Easy to change path for synthesizer emulation Supports MRU file list up to last 30 entries User Bank Supports 127 User Banks Path to banks can be changed or Browse easily Supports MRU file list up to last 30 entries Support Clearing of individual or all banks Remembers all 127 User Banks assignment WaveFx Supports uploading 128 instrument and 1 drum kit Source format can be SBK or WAV format Path to instrument can be changed or Browse easily Supports MRU file list up to last 30 entries WAV file format supports 16bit MONO 11,22,44 KHz Remembers all 128 WAV assignment to instrument Playback Virtual Keyboard for auditioning Virtual Keyboard has velocity-sensitive support Virtual Keyboard supports 4 octave ranges (0-127) Supports playing back on each 128 instruments of all 128 banks Drum Kit play back supported Support changing of MIDI Controllers values 5.2 Features in Misc Dialogs Device Selection Supports browsing and selection of multiple AWE devices concurrently Properties display statistic of hardware Enable/Disable FM support Enable/Disable MPU401 Emulation Browsing files Supports both WAV and SBK file format Properties of WAV and SBK displayed 5.3 Others (under Windows 95 and NT 3.51 above) Context Menu supports for all tab pages Context Help supports for all tab pages Launch with Shell-able support Register icon for SBK files 6. Playing the Sample MIDI files ============================= You may use any MIDI playback program that works on Windows NT, such as Media Player, to play the sample MIDI files included in this diskette. 7. Windows NT 3.1 Users ==================== The AWE Control Panel is not supported for Windows NT 3.1. Users may however still play MIDI files using any playback program. 8. Windows NT 3.51 Users ===================== NT 3.51 and above supports new Help engine. In order to utilize the new features you will need a specially compiled help file. To install help support for NT 3.51, simply rename the AWECPW95.HLP to AWECP.HLP. You can launch help as usual and will be greeted by a help contents dialog. If you attempt to run help in NT 3.51 without prior renaming the files as mentioned above, help engine will prompt you that window name is not defined. This error is not critical but annoying. 9. Changing Synthesizer Bank During MIDI Playback ============================================== It is not advisable to change the default synthesizer bank file from the AWE Control Panel during a MIDI playback. Doing so will cause the instrument mapping to be reset and the playback will sound funny. User should stop the MIDI playback first, change the synthesizer bank and restart the playback.