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Selecting the Best Audio Options in a Game: Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card User's Guide
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Selecting the Best Audio Options in a Game: Sound
Blaster Live! Value Sound Card User's Guide
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Music Options

Overview
Most MS-DOS–based games that provide sound have some procedure for audio setup. These
procedures generally present you with a list of popular audio cards or audio devices from which
to choose.
The methods used by games to present audio options can vary greatly. Some may present a
single choice that corresponds to a particular audio device, that is, Sound Blaster, Sound
Blaster 16, Roland Sound Canvas, and so on. Others will provide an option for music and
digital audio separately; for example, General MIDI music with Sound Blaster digital audio. In
such a case, there are often two separate menus to configure.
Some games allow you to set the MIDI port address and IRQ for music and sound. Make sure
that these settings correspond to the values displayed by
tabbed page of the Creative SB Live! SB16 Emulation Properties dialog box.
There are games that offer MPU-401/Roland (General MIDI or MT-32/LAPC-1) as an option.
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.
Remember to enable the MT-32 MIDI patch with the
MT-32 or LAPC- 1 for music.
Music Options
Most MS-DOS games offer a menu choice for sound when they start up. If you have a choice
between General MIDI and MT-32, always choose General MIDI, since it will provide you with
the best sound quality. If you need to use MT-32, you must first switch from the General MIDI
instrument set (the default) to the MT-32 instrument set using SBEMIXER. Be sure to switch
back to the General MIDI set when you are finished using the MT-32 instrument set.
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• Digital Audio Options
SBECFG.EXE
SBEMIXER program if you select Roland
or the Resources