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Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this
manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without
the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied
only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any other medium except as specifically allowed in the
license agreement. The licensee may make one copy of the software for backup purposes.
Copyright © 1998-1999 by Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
Version 1.00
August 1999
Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks, and the Sound Blaster Live! logo, the Sound Blaster PCI logo, EMU10K1, Environmental Audio, and
Creative Multi Speaker Surround are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. E-Mu and SoundFont are registered
trademarks of E-mu Systems, Inc.. SoundWorks is a registered trademark, and MicroWorks, PCWorks and FourPointSurround are trademarks of Cambridge
SoundWorks, Inc.. Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other products are trademarks or registered
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This product is covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents:
4,506,579; 4,699,038; 4,987,600; 5,013,105; 5,072,645; 5,111,727; 5,144,676; 5,170,369; 5,248,845; 5,298,671; 5,303,309; 5,317,104; 5,342,990; 5,430,244;
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  • Page 1: Getting Started

    &UHDWLYH$XGLR6RIWZDUH Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.
  • Page 2 Creative. The license will also terminate Agreement applies to the installation of the Software on a single but, as between you and Creative (and, to the extent applicable, its automatically without any notice from Creative if you fail to comply “file server”.
  • Page 3 All Software and related documentation are provided with restricted UNION us, and you agree that Creative will not have any liability for any rights. Use, duplication or disclosure by the U.S. Government is untrue statement or representation made by it, its agents or anyone...
  • Page 4 Creative Labs 1RWLFHIRUWKH86$ Directive 89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC (EMC) Model Number: CT4760 FCC Part 15: This equipment has been tested and found to comply has been tested according to the FCC / CISPR22/85 with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the requirement for Class B devices and found compliant with FCC Rules.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction The #1 Audio Solution for Internet Entertainment and Gaming.......ix System Requirements....................ix Live!Ware Benefits .......................x Getting More Information....................x Where To Go From Here .....................x Other Recommendations.....................xi Document Conventions ....................xi Knowing and Installing Your Card Your Audio Card........................1-2 Installing the Card and Related Peripherals................. 1-3 Positioning Your Speakers....................
  • Page 6 Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation Disc..........3-2 Uninstalling Sound Blaster Live! ..................3-2 Using Sound Blaster Live! Sound Blaster Live! Experience................... 4-2 Creative EAX Demo......................4-2 Creative Diagnostics ......................4-2 Creative Launcher ......................... 4-2 Surround Mixer ........................4-3 AudioHQ ..........................
  • Page 7 General Specifications Features..........................A-1 Connectivity ......................... A-3 Sound Blaster Live! card..................A-3 SB Emulation in MS-DOS/ Windows 95/98 Background ...........................B-1 Understanding the Installation Program ................B-2 The AUTOEXEC.BAT File Settings...............B-2 The CONFIG.SYS File Settings................B-3 System Resource Settings.....................B-3 Input/Output (I/O) Addresses...................B-3 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Line...................B-4 Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channel ..............B-4 Environment Variables......................B-5 CTSYN Environment Variable ................B-5...
  • Page 8 Troubleshooting Problems Installing Software....................D-1 Problems With Sound ......................D-2 Problem with Surround Mixer..................... D-5 Insufficient SoundFont Cache ..................... D-5 Problems With Joystick ....................... D-6 Resolving I/O Conflicts ....................... D-6 Problems in Windows NT 4.0 ..................... D-7 Problems with Encore DVD Player ..................D-8 viii...

  • Page 9: The #1 Audio Solution For Internet Entertainment And Gaming

    MiniDisc and DAT recorders. System Requirements For Creative software, your card requires at least: Genuine Intel ® Pentium ®...

  • Page 10: Live!Ware Benefits

    65 MB of free hard disk space Open half-length PCI 2.1 compliant slot Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately) CD-ROM drive required for software installation Sound Blaster Live! Value gives you an estimate of the hard disk space required when you select it on the installation screen.

  • Page 11: Other Recommendations

    Other Recommendations For an overview of the features of your card, launch the Sound Blaster Live! Experience program. View the contents of the Demo CD for additional demonstrations, libraries and other software. Visit the www.sblive.com site for more information, content and Live!Ware updates. Document Conventions The following typographical conventions are used throughout this document: bold...

  • Page 12: Knowing And Installing Your Card

    Knowing and Installing Your Card This chapter is organized as follows: Your Audio Card Installing the Card and Related Peripherals Positioning Your Speakers Enhancing Your Sound Blaster Live! Experience Knowing and Installing Your Card 1-1...

  • Page 13: Your Audio Card

    Your Audio Card Your audio card has these jacks and connectors which allow you to attach other devices: AUX connector CD Audio connector Connects to internal audio sources such as Connects to the Analog Audio output on a CD-ROM A jack is a one-hole connecting TV Tuner, MPEG, or other similar cards or DVD-ROM drive using a CD audio cable.

  • Page 14: Installing The Card And Related Peripherals

    Installing the Card 1. Switch off your system and all peripheral devices. and Related 2. Touch a metal plate on your system to ground yourself and to discharge any static electricity, and then unplug the power cord from the wall outlet. Peripherals 3.
  • Page 15 PC-DVD drive CD-ROM drive Connects to digital speakers*, MiniDisc or DAT via minijack-to-DIN cable or Digital Output Module. See “Enhancing Your Sound Blaster Live! Experience” on page 1-5 for If you are playing games in more details. MPC-to-MPC (2-pin) MPC-to- Windows 95/98 MS-DOS mode MPC (4-pin) audio cable...

  • Page 16: Positioning Your Speakers

    DIN connection. A minijack-to-DIN cable is bundled with the speaker set for this connection. Watching DVD Movies or To watch DVD movies on your PC, why not get Creative’s PC-DVD kit which comes with a Playing DVD Games PC-DVD drive and Encore MPEG2 decoder card? You can connect your Encore Dxr2, Encore Dxr3 or MPEG2 decoder card to an external Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder such as DeskTop Theater speaker systems and disconnect the Sound Blaster Live! card’s Aux In connector from...
  • Page 17 Recording and Content Authoring a Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder or Playing DVD Games with Digital Output Module speaker system is not available. with Creative PC-DVD Recording to external and DeskTop Theater 5.1 digital devices supporting Digital Speaker System Digital device ( e.g., DAT)
  • Page 18 Recording and Content Authoring Recording and Content Authoring with Optical Digital I/O card and with Drive Bay Digital I/O Module Recording to or from an To Digital Speaker external digital device SPDIF (RCA) Digital device System* Digital device supporting RCA SPDIF SPDIF (RCA) ( e.g., DAT) ( e.g., DAT)

  • Page 19: Recording And Content Authoring

    Recording and Content With the Digital Output Module connected to the Digital Out jack of the Sound Blaster Live! Authoring card, you get two sets of SPDIF (RCA) and Optical outputs which allow you to connect and record to external digital devices like MiniDisc or DAT recorders. If you are a musician with semi-professional requirements, you may want to upgrade your Sound Blaster Live! card with either the Optical Digital I/O card (plus Digital I/O Module), or the Drive Bay.

  • Page 20: Installing Software In Windows 95/98

    Installing Software in Windows 95/98 This chapter shows you how to install the audio software in Windows 95/98 after installing your card. It consists of the following sections: Setting Up the Audio Drivers Installing the Applications Using Sound Blaster Live! Uninstalling the Applications Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation Disc Playing Legacy Games...
  • Page 21 If a dialog box similar to Figure 2-2 appears, click the Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer option, and then click the OK button. If the Install From Disk dialog box or a dialog box similar to Figure 2-3 appears: 1.
  • Page 22 If a dialog box similar to Figure 2-4 appears: 1. Click the Other Locations button. 2. At the Select Other Locations dialog box, click the Browse button and select the folder AUDIO\Language\WIN9XDRV where Language is the language of the software that you want to install.

  • Page 23: Installing The Applications

    If a dialog box similar to Figure 2-5 appears, click the Next button, and follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation of the driver. If a Version Conflict message box appears about , click the Yes VJOYD.VXD MSJSTICK.DRV button to keep the files.

  • Page 24: Uninstalling The Applications

    4. In the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box, select Sound Blaster Live!, and then click the Add/Remove button. 5. In the Creative Uninstaller dialog box, select the check boxes of the items you want to delete and then click the Next button.

  • Page 25: Installing Software In Windows Nt 4.0

    Installing Software in Windows NT 4.0 This chapter shows you how to install the audio software in Windows NT 4.0 after installing your card. It consists of the following sections: Installing the Software Setting Up Joystick Drivers in Windows NT 4.0 Using Sound Blaster Live! You cannot install more than one Sound Blaster audio card of the...

  • Page 26: Using Sound Blaster Live

    5. Insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. 6. In the Install Driver dialog box, type E:\DRVLIB\MULTIMED\JOYSTICK\X86 if E:\ is the CD-ROM drive letter, and then click the OK button. 7. In the Add Unlisted Or Updated Driver dialog box, click Analog Joystick Driver, and then click the OK button.

  • Page 27: Using Sound Blaster Live

    Sound Blaster Live! is supported by a full range of applications to help you get the absolute most from the audio card. The software most important to the operation of your audio card is the Sound Blaster Live! group: Sound Blaster Live! Experience Creative EAX Demo Creative Diagnostics Creative Launcher Surround Mixer...

  • Page 28: Sound Blaster Live! Experience

    Sound Blaster Live! can give you. Experience To run SB Live! Experience, bring your pointer to the top of the screen to display Creative Launcher, click the Sound Blaster Live! tab, and then click the SB Live! Experience icon. On the opening screen, click to select the topic that interests you.

  • Page 29: Surround Mixer

    For details on managing groups and items in Launcher, see its online help. Surround Mixer Creative Surround Mixer is the nerve center for setting and controlling the various aspects of your audio card. It consists of two "detachable" decks: the Main deck and the Mixer deck.
  • Page 30 These presets can then be configured for use in Creative Launcher's Live!Task. The three buttons at the left side of the Main deck allows you to switch between three different views: •...

  • Page 31: Audiohq

    AudioHQ can be accessed using any of the following methods: • Click the AudioHQ tab in Creative Launcher; • Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster Live! -> AudioHQ; • Click the AudioHQ icon located at the bottom right corner of your Windows desktop.

  • Page 32: Soundfont Control

    SoundFont Control Creative SoundFont Control allows you to configure MIDI banks with SoundFont files and instruments, as well as set the caching algorithm and space. Configure a MIDI Bank To configure a MIDI bank: 1. In SoundFont dialog box, click the Configure Bank tab.
  • Page 33 Configure an Instrument To configure an instrument: 1. In the SoundFont dialog box, click the Configure Instrument tab. 2. In the Select Bank list, select the bank whose instruments you want to configure. You can select any bank. 3. In the Select Instrument list, select the instrument to configure.

  • Page 34: Device Controls

    SoundFont Options You change the following options on the Options tabbed page of the SoundFont Control dialog box: To specify the caching algorithm: • Select an algorithm from the SoundFont Cache list. To set the amount of cache for SoundFont files: •...

  • Page 35: Creative Keyboard

    Creative Keyboard Creative Keyboard is a virtual keyboard which allows you to audition or play musical notes produced through MIDI devices. To edit the sound, use Vienna SoundFont Studio or another sound editor. MIDI Input To select a MIDI input device: 1.

  • Page 36: Environmental Audio Control

    We have provided some entertainment, gaming and various environments to get you started with. Environmental Audio Control can be also be accessed from Creative Surround Mixer. Learn from the online help how to: Configure master effects • Add or remove effects from an environment •...

  • Page 37: Autoea

    Super-Environment automatically associated with it, for each speaker output configuration. For example, when playing a MiniDisc using Creative PlayCenter, you may want to associate different Super- Environments for the speaker outputs "Live!Surround" and "4 Speakers". 1. In the Application list, select the audio application with which to associate a super- environment for a particular speaker output.

  • Page 38: Wave Studio

    Open and edit several Wave files at the same time. Import and export raw (.RAW) data files. See its online help for details. Creative PlayCenter PlayCenter allows you to play most types of media—multimedia files (MIDI, Wave, MP3, etc.), audio CDs, and Video CDs—...

  • Page 39: Creative Lava

    Creative LAVA! Creative LAVA! (Live! Audio-Visual Animation) gives your music visual expression that enhances the emotional depth of your music experience. Through LAVA!, 3D graphical objects interact with the music and intelligently dance to the sound cues from sources such as CD and MIDI.

  • Page 40: Creative Keytar

    Creative Keytar With Creative Keytar, an easy-to-use and highly interactive edutainment software for beginners, you can turn your multimedia computer into a virtual rhythm guitar system immediately. Click a picture at the top of the screen to choose your favorite guitar. Press a function key (F1, ..., F12) to activate a chord, and you can start strumming or plucking your favorite tune, all in a matter of seconds or minutes.

  • Page 41: Creative Rhythmania

    Creative Rhythmania Creative Rhythmania lets you create a MIDI file, choosing from a professional set of backup rhythms and instruments. Creative Rhythmania allows you to: Perform with auto-accompaniment in Rhythm mode: • Four-part Rhythm section • Preset backing styles • Interactive backing arrangement •...

  • Page 42: General Specifications

    General Specifications This section lists the specifications of your card. Features PCI Bus Mastering PCI Specification Version 2.1 compliant Bus mastering reduces latency and speeds up system performance EMU10K1 Advanced hardware accelerated digital effects processing 32-bit digital processing while maintaining a 192 dB dynamic range Patented 8-point interpolation that achieves the highest quality of audio reproduction 64-voice hardware wavetable synthesizer Professional-quality digital mixing and equalization...
  • Page 43 CD Audio, Line, Microphone, Auxiliary, TAD, SPDIF, Wave/DirectSound device, and CD Digital (CD SPDIF) Separate bass and treble control Front and Rear Balance control Muting and balance control for individual playback sources Creative Multi Speaker Multi-speaker technology Surround (CMSS Professional-quality panning and mixing algorithm...

  • Page 44: Connectivity

    Connectivity Sound Blaster Live! card Audio Inputs One line-level analog Line input via stereo jack on rear bracket One mono Microphone analog input via stereo jack on rear bracket CD_IN line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card AUX_IN line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card TAD line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card CD_SPDIF digital input via 2-pin Molex connector on card, accepting sampling rates of 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz...

  • Page 45: Sb Emulation In Ms-Dos/ Windows 95/98

    SB Emulation in MS-DOS/ Windows 95/98 Background Legacy games in the market have been designed for only MS-DOS. SB Live! supports MS-DOS games. There are two ways to play MS-DOS games: From the MS-DOS box in Windows 95/98 (recommended) To open the box: •...

  • Page 46: Understanding The Installation Program

    File Settings SET CTSYN=C:\WINDOWS SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV\SBEINIT.COM The first two statements set up the environment variables for your audio card. For an explanation of the variables, see “Environment Variables” on page B-5. The third statement runs SBEINIT.COM which is the SB Live! MS-DOS driver. It is required for the SB Live! card to function properly under MS-DOS mode.

  • Page 47: The Config.sys File Settings

    The CONFIG.SYS File The installation program adds the following statements to the CONFIG.SYS file: Settings DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE System Resource This section explains the following software SB emulation resources—not hardware resources— of your card: Settings Input/Output (I/O) Addresses Interrupt Request (IRQ) Line Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channel If your card encounters a conflict with a peripheral device, you may need to change its resource In the following tables, the...

  • Page 48: Interrupt Request (Irq) Line

    Table B-1: Possible default input/output (I/O) addresses. Device Default I/O Address Range Stereo music synthesizer 388H to 38BH Interrupt Request (IRQ) An IRQ line is a signal line that a device uses to notify your computer’s central processor that it Line wants to send or receive data for processing.

  • Page 49: Environment Variables

    Environment Environment variables are used to pass hardware configuration information to the software in your system. For MS-DOS, your audio card includes the following: Variables CTSYN Environment Variable BLASTER Environment Variable CTSYN Environment The CTSYN environment variable points to the location of the file, which usually CTSYN.INI Variable...

  • Page 50: Determining Resources

    2. In the Control Panel window, double-click the System icon. 3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab. 4. Double-click Creative Miscellaneous Devices, and then double-click Creative SB Live! SB16 Emulation. 5. Click the Resources tab.

  • Page 51: Selecting The Best Audio Options In A Game

    Often these games allow you to set the MIDI port address. Make sure that they match the MIDI address in the Resources list on Resources tabbed page of the Creative SB Live! SB16 Emulation Properties dialog box. The same values can be found under “MPU-401 (General MIDI, Roland MT-32/LAPC-1) Emulation”, displayed by SBECFG.EXE in MS-DOS mode.

  • Page 52: Ms-Dos Mode Utilities

    SB Live! card. You can use SBEMIXER.EXE from the command line—useful for advanced users who want to set up batch files with particular volume levels—or within the SBEMIXER screen. The settings for SBEMIXER.EXE are independent of the Creative Mixer settings in Windows 95/98.

  • Page 53: Sbeset.exe

    An example of an command is SBEMIXER SBEMIXER /S:64 /W:120 /C:50 /M:0 which corresponds to “set the synth volume to 64, the Wave volume to 120, the CD audio volume to 50, and turn off the Synth MT-32/LAPC-1 mode”. To set SBEMIXER values within the Mixer screen: At the DOS prompt, type SBEMIXER The interactive editor mode allows you to change the mixer settings with the mouse, <Tab>,...

  • Page 54: Sbego.exe

    -Pxxx MPU-401 UART interface’s base I/O address. SB Emulation mode. For x, 1 is Off, 0 is On. Set x to 1 to use the Windows-assigned resource configuration. Set x to 0 to use (your) user-assigned resource configuration. An example of an SBESET command is SBESET -A240 -I5 -D3 -w0 which corresponds to “set the SB interface’s base I/O address to 240, the IRQ line used by the audio interface to 5, the First DMA channel used by the audio interface to 3, and use the...

  • Page 55: Changing Audio Card Settings

    2. In the Control Panel window, double-click the System icon. 3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab. 4. Double-click Sound, Video And Game Controllers, and then select Creative Gameport Joystick. 5. Click the Properties button.

  • Page 56: Enabling/Disabling Other Features

    Sound Blaster menu Check out the applets within the AudioHQ window. To open AudioHQ from Click Creative Launcher at the top or bottom of your computer screen, and then click the Creative Launcher AudioHQ tab. Check out the applets indicated by the icons in the Launcher.

  • Page 57: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting This appendix provides tips for solving problems you may encounter during installation or normal use. Problems Installing In Windows 95/98, the installation does not start automatically after the CD-ROM is inserted. Software The AutoPlay feature in your Windows 95/98 system may not be enabled. To start the installation program through the My Computer shortcut menu: 1.

  • Page 58: Problems With Sound

    Problems With There is unexpected excessive environmental sound or effects when an audio file is played. Sound The last selected preset is an inappropriate environment for the current audio file. To switch to an appropriate environment: 1. Open the Environmental Audio control applet in AudioHQ. 2.
  • Page 59 The Original Sound sliders in either the Master and Source tabbed pages of the Environmental Audio applet are set at or near 0%. Check the following: The speakers’ volume control knob, if any, is set at mid-range. Use Creative Mixer to adjust the volume, if necessary. Troubleshooting D-3...
  • Page 60 The powered speakers or external amplifier are connected to the card’s Line Out or Rear Out jack. No hardware conflict between the card and a peripheral device. See “Resolving I/O Conflicts” on page D-6. The Speaker selection in the Main deck of Surround Mixer corresponds to your speaker or headphone configuration.

  • Page 61: Problem With Surround Mixer

    Problem with The mixer settings change unexpectedly with every change of super-environment presets. Surround Mixer To solve this problem: • Dissociate the mixer settings. 1. Click the Super-Environment Preset Options icon in the upper right corner of Surround Mixer. 2. To dissociate mixer settings, make sure that Dissociate Mixer Settings is checked on the menu that appears.

  • Page 62: Problems With Joystick

    Problems With The joystick port is not working. Joystick The audio card’s joystick port conflicts with the system’s joystick port. To solve this problem: • Disable the audio card’s joystick port and use the system port instead. For details, see “Enabling/Disabling Gameport Joystick Interface”...

  • Page 63: Problems In Windows

    • Audio Devices • MIDI Devices And Instruments the items other than • Audio for Creative SB Live! • MIDI for Creative SB Live! • MIDI for Creative S/W Synth 5. Click the OK button to close the dialog box.

  • Page 64: Problems With Encore Dvd Player

    To solve this problem: 1. In the Windows system tray, right-click the Disc Detector icon, and then click Properties. 2. On the General tabbed page of the Creative Disc Detector dialog box, make sure that Enable Disc Detector check box is selected.

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