README FILE FOR AWE32 CONTROL PANEL AND DRIVER FOR WINDOWS NT
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1. Introduction
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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
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2.1 Driver Files
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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
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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
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CTRES32.DLL Creative common About Box dll.
AWEMAN32.DLL AWE Device manager dll.
2.4 Common Shared System Files under Windows\System32 subdirectory
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CTL3D32.DLL Microsoft's 3D control dll.
2.5 Sample MIDI files under SAMPLES subdirectory
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SFX.MID
SYMPHONY.MID
3. Installing the driver
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
