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Summary of Contents for Vogons AWE64 Legacy Ultimate
- Page 1 Advanced Wave Effects ISA 16-bit Sound Card Ultimate Retro Gaming Experience Plug and Play Revision 1.2.1. Released in September, 2021...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction ..........................4 General Specifications ......................6 System Requirements ......................8 Examine Your Audio Card ......................9 Installing the Card into PC...................... 12 Installing Drivers and Software ....................13 Installing Drivers in Windows 95/98 ....................13 Installing Audio Software from CD ...................... 13 Installing MPU-401 .......................... - Page 3 Work with MT32 Synthesizer ......................29 13. Using the S/PDIF Output ......................30 14. Using MIDI Daughterboards ....................32 15. Resolving Conflicts ........................ 33 Resolving Conflicts in Windows 95/98 ....................33 Resolving Conflicts in MS-DOS/Windows 3.1x ..................33 How to test DRAM in DOS ........................33...
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Page 4: Introduction
1. Introduction Welcome to the exciting world of Retro Sound! We are proud to present you AWE64 Legacy – a modern incarnation of the iconic Creative Sound Blaster®AWE64 Gold audio card! AWE64 Legacy card takes the best features of the original AWE64 Gold and raises them up to an unattainable high by the means of modern technologies. - Page 5 Compression algorithms such as A-law, Mu-law, CTADPCM, and IMA-ADPCM Full duplex operation for simultaneous audio recording and playback EMU8000 hardware wavetable synthesizer chip comprises a powerful and flexible E-mu sampling synthesis system, and its effects processor is able to generate various effects (such as reverb and chorus) and environments on MIDI output.
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Page 6: General Specifications
2. General Specifications This appendix lists the general specifications of your audio card. Plug and Play ISA Specification version 1.0a compliant Advanced WavEffects Synthesizer 32-voice polyphony 16 parts multi-timbral 1 MB ROM of General MIDI samples ... - Page 7 All sources at 32 levels in 2 dB steps Treble/Bass control at 15 levels from -14 dB to 14 dB in 2 dB steps Full software control of fade-in, fade-out, and panning 3D Stereo Enhancement Technology Increased depth and breadth in perceived audio ...
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Page 8: System Requirements
3. System Requirements Your computer must be compliant to the following hardware requirements in order to properly work with AWE64 Legacy sound card: Intel Pentium 90 MHz CPU of better VGA or SVGA video card Minimum of 8 MB RAM ... -
Page 9: Examine Your Audio Card
4. Examine Your Audio Card AWE64 Legacy significantly differs from the original Creative AWE64 Value in jacks and connectors which allow you to attach other devices to your card: [1] [2] [3] [10] Figure 1. AWE64 Legacy front side view schematic [1] Line-In Input (AUX). - Page 10 [7] Line-In jack. Connects external devices (such as cassette, DAT, or Minidisc player) for playback or recording. [8] 2-RCA Line-Out connectors. Connect an AC or headphones for analogue stereo sound output. "White" is the Left channel, and "Red" is the Right channel. [9] S/PDIF Out jack.
- Page 11 [11] [14] [12] [15] [13] Figure 2. AWE64 Legacy back side view schematic [11] MIDI Host Routing switch. Allow you to switch between built-in Creative MPU-401 MIDI and HardMPU MIDI host controllers. [12] MFBEN (MIDI FeedBack Enable) switch. Sets MIDI Feedback Enable function ON or OFF (must be disabled in order for the AWE64 built-in MPU-401 host controller to function).
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Page 12: Installing The Card Into Pc
5. Installing the Card into PC To install the card and related peripherals: 1) Power down your system and all peripheral devices, and turn off PSU (or unplug power cord from the wall outlet). 2) Touch a metal plate on your PC case to ground yourself and discharge any static electricity. 3) Remove the shroud from your PC case 4) Find a free 16-bit ISA slot in your motherboard. -
Page 13: Installing Drivers And Software
6. Installing Drivers and Software From this chapter you will know how to install the audio software in Windows 95/98 and MS- DOS. Installing Drivers in Windows 95/98 You need to install device drivers to control the components on your audio card. AWE64 Legacy is "Plug and Play"... - Page 14 Figure 6. Autorun Window Check the "Creative Audio Software" and press OK. If you have any previous versions of AWE64 drivers and software installed, the Setup program will ask your permission to automatically remove them. Figure 7. Uninstall Sound Blaster AWE64 Then specify the path for Creative CTSND directory, which contains all the audio software for AWE64, and press Next >:...
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Page 15: Installing Mpu-401
Figure 8. Select Destination Directory for CTSND In the next window check the boxes with programs you want to be installed. If you want to use WaveSynth synthesizer you must install Creative WaveSynth-WG utility. And to get the ability of loading custom soundfonts you'll need to install AWE Control utility. - Page 16 Figure 9. Add MPU-401 via Hardware Wizard Click Finish to install drivers for MPU-401 and insert you Windows CD when prompted. Specify the path to the "driver16.cab" (e.g. E:\win98\) on your Windows CD: Figure 10. Specify the path to MPU-401 drivers on Windows CD Upon successful installation of all components, you will see the following devices in Windows Device Manager:...
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Page 17: Installing Software In Dos/Windows 3.1X (Classic Method)
Figure 11. Select Destination Directory for CTSND Installing Software in DOS/Windows 3.1x (Classic Method) To install your AWE64 Legacy card in DOS/Windows 3.1x you can follow the standard installation procedure with Creative tools and utilities or use UNISOUND utility. To install the software using Creative Tools (classic method) 1) Insert the installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. -
Page 18: Installation And Initialization Via Unisound Utility
Here you can get more info and download UNISOUND: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72553 We recommend to use version 0.76b or newer. Download and unzip UNISOUND.EXE to your hard disk, e.g. C:\UNISOUND\UNISOUND.COM The most common usage to install and initialize your AWE64 Legacy card is setting a BLASTER variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT file first. - Page 19 CQM Enabled, OPL3 Disabled Find the «Discrete OPL3 FM Synth» switch on the back side of the sound card and set it to ON (0) position. This will disable the OPL3 FM Synth. C:\UNISOUND\CQM-FM.BAT @unisound /d @SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 F388 P300 E620 @unisound /v90 /vw70 /vf99 /vc70 /vl00 /vm00 /vp45 /vb65 /vt85 @echo.
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Page 20: Understanding The Software-Configurable Settings
8. Understanding the Software-Configurable Settings Your audio card supports the Plug and Play (PnP) 1.0a standard. This allows a PnP system to assign the necessary resources such as I/O addresses, interrupt lines and DMA channels to your card when you install it. If you are using Windows 95, its PnP configuration manager will automatically set up your card’s resources. -
Page 21: Interrupt Request (Irq) Lines
Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines An IRQ line is a signal line a device uses to notify your computer’s central processor that it wants to send or receive data for processing. Table 2 lists an example of an IRQ line that may be assigned to the audio interface on your audio card. -
Page 22: Understanding The Environment Variables
9. Understanding the Environment Variables Environment variables are used to pass information about how your card is configured to programs in your system. This section explains the environment variables of your audio card: ❑ SOUND Environment Variable ❑ BLASTER Environment Variable ❑... -
Page 23: Midi Environment Variable
interface. x defaults to 5 – that means 16-bit DMA Pxxx Specifies the MPU-401 UART interface’s base I/O address. xxx defaults to 330. Exxx Specifies the Advanced WavEffects synthesizer chip’s base I/O address. xxx can be 620. Specifies the card type. T6 means Sound Blaster 16 Jxxx Specifies the joystick address. -
Page 24: Understanding The Installation Program In Windows 3.1X
10. Understanding the Installation Program in Windows 3.1x When you install the audio software, the installation program creates a directory and copies the software into it. It then allows you to set up your Windows applications by adding a command to the WIN.INI file to run WINSETUP.EXE. -
Page 25: The Config.sys File Settings
The CONFIG.SYS File Settings If you choose to install the low-level DOS device drivers under custom installation, the installation program also adds the following statements to the CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE= C:\SB16\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5 DEVICE= C:\SB16\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS CTSB16.SYS and CTMMSYS.SYS are low-level device drivers that provide wave playback and recording for DOS applications. -
Page 26: Rerouting Cqm/Opl3 Port 388H (Classic Method)
11. Rerouting CQM/OPL3 Port 388h (Classic Method) This section explains how to reroute FM Synth via Creative software. Skip it if you use UNISOUND. Note: Due to unavailability of any documentation for Creative parts (especially, CT8920 chip), they've been treated as "black boxes", copying their input/output tracing and schematics from the CT4520 card. - Page 27 Figure 12. Switching Line-In in Sound Mixer Control Utility 5) Launch CTCM.EXE application (C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE) to reconfigure audio settings. 6) In your game's Setup choose «Adlib» as «Music Card» to use OPL3 chip for playing music (Fig. 13): Figure 13. Select Adlib Music Card in Doom II Setup Now you can hear OPL3 on 388h (Adlib music) port and CQM on 220h (Sound Blaster music) port.
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Page 28: Switching Between Hardmpu And Default Creative Mpu-401
12. Switching Between HardMPU And Default Creative MPU-401 Both OPL3 and HardMPU are non-PnP devices sitting on the ISA bus in parallel to the CT8920 with some glue logic. So they don't need any drivers/initialization in DOS, but require manual installation of the default drivers in Windows from Microsoft package. -
Page 29: Work With Mt32 Synthesizer
Note: When MFBEN is turned to OFF, MPU-401 on the EMU8000 synth cannot be emulated in pure DOS. AWE64 built-in MPU-401 host controller is enabled and can be routed to Wave Blaster header or Game/MIDI port via the «MIDI Host Routing» switch. ... -
Page 30: Using The S/Pdif Output
13. Using the S/PDIF Output ATTENTION: S/PDIF out is destined only for EMU8000 or CQM music output. Neither digitized sound, nor OPL3/daughterboard is supported! The S/PDIF just copies the CT4520 behavior because we've been unable to discover any way of enabling the full S/PDIF on this card. - Page 31 You won't need to install any additional drivers or make adjustments to use digital S/PDIF output. The signal will appear once you connect RCA jack to your digital audio receiver and turn on PC. If your receiver has a display, it would show an active connection. Output digital signal is always translated in PCM 44 kHz 16-bit stereo mode (CD-Audio).
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Page 32: Using Midi Daughterboards
14. Using MIDI Daughterboards To attach your MIDI daughterboard to AWE64 Legacy align daughterboard's card female 26-pin connector with male 26-pin connector marked X7 on AWE64 Legacy (Fig. 15). Push daughterboard down until all pins are in place inside 26-pin connector. Optionally, you can use the Z1 mounting hole to secure your daughterboard with a mounting screw. -
Page 33: Resolving Conflicts
15. Resolving Conflicts Conflicts occur when two or more peripheral devices contend for the same resources. Conflicts between your audio card and another peripheral device may occur if your card and the other device are set to use the same I/O address, IRQ line, or DMA channel. Resolving Conflicts in Windows 95/98 To resolve conflicts in Windows 95, run Device Manager to change the resource settings of your audio card or the conflicting peripheral device in your system. - Page 34 Answer «Yes», and test will begin. This will take some time. Figure 14. Onboard RAM Testing in DOS If you encounter any failures during the testing process, try to run the test again. If DRAM error persists, please, contact the developers on Vogons: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=68555...
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