Creative SOUND BLASTER PRO User Reference Manual page 17

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Joystick/MIDI
Port
The joys ick por on he Sound Blas er Pro is iden ical o ha on a s andard
PC game con rol adap or or game I/O por . You can connec any analog
joys ick wi h a 15-pin D-sub connec or. I suppor s all s andard PC
joys ick compa ible sof ware. Remember, if you PC already has a game
card or por , ei her remove i or disable he game por on he Sound Blas er
Pro by removing jumper JP4. Disabling he joys ick por does no affec
i s use as a MIDI por .
If you need o run wo joys icks, a joys ick spli er Y-cablc is available
from Crea ive Labs. (Refer o he sof ware and hardware ca alog included
wi h your Sound Blas er Pro. Using Y-cables ob ained fromo hersources
may no work.) The dual joys ick por and MIDI por akes up only one
slo in your PC leaving room for o her cards.
MIDI Kit
To access he MIDI func ion requires he op ional MIDI Ki ., The MIDI
Ki con ains a MIDI adap or wi h a joys ick por so you can use bo h a
joys ick and a MIDI ins rumen .
The MIDI Ki alone does no comple e he lis for a MIDI se up. You s ill
need sof ware. The FM In elligen Organ bundled wi h his package
suppor s he MIDI keyboard. You can play he compu er keyboard as well
as he MIDI keyboard. Ask your dealer or call Crea ive Labs for he la es
informa ion on MIDI sof ware for he Sound Blas er Pro.
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