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- Page 1 Company PCM64 PC Card Sound Studio Reference Design PCM64 PC card User’s guide PCM64.doc 28/07/98...
- Page 2 In no event shall Atmel/Dream be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential incidental, or other damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for cover, loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising about of the use of or the inability to use this software, even if Atmel/Dream has been advised of the possibility of such damage.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
WIN95 Installation Troubleshooting WIN95 Software Installation WIN95 Software Uninstallation PCM64 External Connections Chapter 3: SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS _________________ 13 Mixer Media Player Chapter 4: MIDI IMPLEMENTATION ______________________ 19 Dream Specific MIDI Messages Detailed MIDI Implementation Sound List PCM64 PC card User’s guide... - Page 4 PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
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Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction
Of course, you can play and record simultaneously. Effect processor PCM64 provides 16 reverb/chorus programs, a 4 band stereo equalizer and a surround 2/4 channels system. Those effects can be applied on all the sound devices: Wave table, DSP waves, Line input. -
Page 6: Diskettes Content
Diskettes Content DISKETTE N°1 WIN95 Hardware installation (PCM64.inf) DISKETTE N°2 WIN95 Software Bundle Applications (install.exe) DISKETTE N°3 WIN95 Sound and Sound Bank Editors (Setuped.exe) DISKETTE N°4 Midifiles with downloadable soundbanks PCM64 PC card User’s guide... -
Page 7: Pcm64 Synoptic
Line input provides an additional echo with effect volume delay and feedback control. DSP Waves record This device records DSP mixer output including reverb & chorus in 8/16 bits mono/stereo format up to 44.1KHz sampling rate. PCM64 PC card User’s guide... - Page 8 Surround processing enables to expand stereo image of a stereo signal or to create a pseudo stereo image from a monophonic source. Surround operates on 2 or 4 speakers configuration. The PCM64 surround processing involves a delay line that enables to creates actual 3D sound unlike most of the products that claim to offer 3D sound.
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Page 9: Chapter 2: Installation
The PCM64 can be inserted or removed while the notebook is running. However, following cautions apply : • Close all applications using sound before removing the PCM64 • When you insert the PCM64, there is some delay because firmware and soundbank are downloaded to the card. PCM64 PC card User’s guide... -
Page 10: Win95 Hardware Uninstallation
WIN95 Hardware Uninstallation • To Uninstall the PCM64 sound card: From « start / settings /control panel / Add/Remove programs»: select « DREAM PC Card Sound Studio - Uninstall » • Follow the Uninstall procedure • Turn the power off •... -
Page 11: Win95 Software Installation
• Run instrument editor from « start / programs / Dream Editors / Dream Instrument Editor » • Run sound bank editor mixer from « start / programs / Dream Editors / Dream Sound Bank Editor » WIN95 Software Uninstallation •... -
Page 12: Pcm64 External Connections
PCM64 External connection The PCM64 has two IO connectors : • 9 pins subd connector • Audio out line level stereo front • Audio out line level stereo surround back • Audio in line level stereo • 15 pins subd connector •... -
Page 13: Chapter 3: Software Applications
This chapter details the bundle applications only. For information about the professional sound editors, please refer to the « Sound Tools » documentation. Mixer application This MIXER application enables to control all the PCM64 devices on a single control panel. REC/EQ Light red: on, output signal is routed to Equalizer & surround, signal is also routed to record BUS. - Page 14 ECHO • TIME Delay time • FB Feed back amount CHORUS • - / + Select Chorus program • RATE Modulation speed • DELAY Delay time • DEPTH Modulation amount • FB Feed back amount PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
- Page 15 DSP wave record). • BUS Light red on, dark red off, DSP wave records the record BUS (see REC/EQ) • AUDIO Light red on, dark red off, DSP wave records the line input. • MASTER Record volume PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
- Page 16 The Midi Player can play *.mid and *.rmi files. *.rmi is the Microsoft file format for midi file, it allows to include additional information into the midi sequence. Dream uses this format to include the wave table sounds into the sequence.
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Page 17: Mixer
RAND Play tracks randomly Index Program Index (program mode) Status NONE / PLAY / STOP POWER Close |< previous index (program mode) selected player << Fast reverse Stop > play >> fast forward >| next index (program mode) PCM64 PC card User’s guide... -
Page 18: Media Player
Display / Hide the media Rack components Wave Port Select Playing wave port (select Dream9407, Wave Nb1) Midi Out Select Midi out port (select Dream Midi out) Select CD playing mode Random play Continuos play Scan time can be adjust to 5s / 10s /15s / 20s... -
Page 19: Chapter 4: Midi Implementation
372DH Spatializer effect input 0=mono input (left+right), 7Fh=stereo input (left-right) 372EH Spatializer effect output mode 0=2 speaker mode, 7Fh=4 speaker mode 3751H Rom + 32Kx16 sram test nprn data must be 23h to start test PCM64 PC card User’s guide... -
Page 20: Detailed Midi Implementation
TVF cutoff freq modify(vv=40H -> no modif) NRPN 0121H BnH 63H 01H 62H 21H 06H vv TVF resonance modify (vv=40H -> no modif) NRPN 0163H Bnh 63H 01H 62H 63H 06H vv Env. attack time modify(vv=40H ->no modif) PCM64 PC card User’s guide... - Page 21 MIDI channel to part assign, p is part (0 to 15), nn is MIDI channel xx F7H (0 to 15, 16=OFF). This SYSEX allows to assign several parts to a single MIDI channel or to mute a part. Default assignment : part MIDI channel (DRUMS) 10-15 10-15 PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
- Page 22 F0H 41H 00H 42H 12H 40H 2nH 44H vv CC1 lfo1 pitch depth (0-600 cents) (default=0AH) xx F7H SYSEX F0H 41H 00H 42H 12H 40H 2nH 45H vv CC1 lfo1 tvf depth (default = 0H) xx F7H PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
- Page 23 CC2 lfo1 tva depth (0-100%) (default = 0H) xx F7H notes : NRPN sending method : CTRL#99=high byte, CTRL#98=low byte, CTRL#6=vv Example : NRPN 0108H = 40H -> CTRL#99=1, CTRL#98=8, CTRL#6=64 x or xx means « don’t care » PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
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Page 24: Sound List
El. Guitar (muted) French Horn Pad 5 (bowed) Teleph. Ring Overdriven Guitar Brass Section Pad 6 (metallic) Helicopter Distortion Guitar Synth Brass 1 Pad 7 (halo) Applause Guitar harmonics Synth Brass 2 Pad 8 (sweep) Gunshot PCM64 PC card User’s guide... - Page 25 Fantasy Finger Bass Harmo Pan Picked Bass Chorale Fretless Bass Glasses Slap Bass 1 SoundTrack Slap Bass 2 Atmosphere Synth Bass 1 Synth. Bass 3 Warm Bell Synth Bass 2 Synth. Bass 4 Funny Vox PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
- Page 26 Pad 2 (warm) Trumpet 2 Pad 3 (polysynth) Trombone 1 Pad 4 (choir) Trombone 2 Pad 5 (bowed) Fr Horn 1 Pad 6 (metallic) Fr Horn 2 Pad 7 (halo) Tuba Pad 8 (sweep) Brs Sect 1 PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
- Page 27 SFX VARIATIONS (all channels except 10) Gt. Fret Breath noise Seashore Bird Tweet Telephone Helicopter Applause Gunshot Noise Ring MT 32 (variation 127) Castanets Triangle Orche Hit Telephone Bird Tweet One Note Water Bell Jungle Tune PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
- Page 28 81 - A5 Open Triangle[EXC5] 82 - A#5 Shaker 83 - B5 Jingle Bell 84 - C6 Belltree 85 - C#6 Castanets 86 - D6 Mute Surdo [EXC6] 87 - D#6 Open Surdo [EXC6] 88 - E6 PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
- Page 29 81 - A5 Wind 82 - A#5 Sea Shore Applauses 83 - B5 Stream 84 - C6 85 - C#6 86 - D6 87 - D#6 88 - E6 Applauses 89 - F6 90 - f#6 PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
- Page 30 104 - g#7 105 - A7 Wind 106 - A#7 SeaShore 107 - B7 Stream Notes : No sound Blank : Same sound as "Standard Set" [EXC] : Sounds with same EXC number are mutually exclusive PCM64 PC card User’s guide...
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- Page 32 This publication neither states nor implies any warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, implied warrants of merchantability or fitness for a particular application. Dream assumes no responsibility for the use of any circuitry. No circuit patent licenses are implied.
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