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  • Page 1 SoundBlaster Live! User Guide On-line Version...
  • Page 2 (including but not limited to lightning and water damage) after purchase. In no event will Creative’s liability or damages to you, or any other person, ever exceed the purchase price you paid for the product, regardless of the form of the claim.
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  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Live!Ware Benefits..........................x Getting More Information.......................x ,QVWDOOLQJ 6RXQG %ODVWHU /LYH  What You Need............................1 Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 .......................2 Installing the Audio Card..........................3 Installing the Creative Software........................6 Setting Up Joystick Drivers in Windows NT 4.0 ..............7 8VLQJ 6RXQG %ODVWHU /LYH  Creative Software............................8...
  • Page 6 Recording and Content Authoring....................24 *HQHUDO 6SHFLILFDWLRQV Sound Blaster Live! ...........................25 PCI Bus Mastering ........................25 EMU10K1............................25 Stereo Digitized Voice Channel....................25 AC ’97 Codec Mixer........................25 Volume Control..........................26 Dolby Digital (AC-3) Decoding ....................26 Creative Multi Speaker SurroundTM (CMSSTM)..............26 Connectivity ...............................26 Audio Inputs...........................26 Audio Outputs..........................26 Interfaces............................26 Contents...
  • Page 7 7URXEOHVKRRWLQJ  MS-DOS Mode............................27 Audio Options..........................28 Music Options..........................28 Digital Audio Options ........................28 MS-DOS Mode Utilities .......................29 SBECFG.EXE........................29 SBEMIXER.EXE......................29 SBESET.EXE........................30 SBEGO.EXE........................30 Software..............................30 Sound................................31 Surround Mixer............................33 Insufficient SoundFont Cache........................34 Joystick ...............................34 I/O Conflicts...............................35 Windows NT 4.0............................35 Encore DVD Player ...........................36 Contents...
  • Page 8 ,QWURGXFWLRQ Sound Blaster Live! is the top audio solution for games, movies, CDs, MP3 music, and Internet entertainment. With its support for today’s leading audio standard—EAX—Sound Blaster Live! creates real-life, multidimensional sound and multi-textured acoustical environments for the most realistic 3D audio experience.
  • Page 9 6\VWHP 5HTXLUHPHQWV For Creative software, your card requires at least: Genuine Intel Pentium class processor: ® ® ❑ 166 MHz for Windows 95/98/Me 200 MHz for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chipset ❑ Windows 95, 98, or Me; Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 ❑...
  • Page 10 ,QVWDOOLQJ 6RXQG %ODVWHU /LYH :KDW <RX 1HHG Most of the items you need for installation are included. The following illustration shows the basic components necessary for a complete installation. Creative Audio Software and Applications Refer to the colored insert for specific information about your audio card.
  • Page 11 &UHDWLYH TAD/Modem Audio I/O CD Audio Input Provides a mono connection from a standard voice Connects to a CD-ROM drive 6RXQG %ODVWHU /LYH AUX connector modem, and transmits microphone signals to the using a CD audio cable. Connects to internal audio sources such as modem TV tuner, MPEG, or other similar cards.
  • Page 12 ,QVWDOOLQJ WKH To install the audio card: $XGLR &DUG 1. Turn off your computer, and disconnect the power cable. 2. Disconnect the monitor and other devices that are connected to the computer. 3. Remove the computer cover. Before you remove the computer cover, touch a grounded metal surface to discharge static electricity.
  • Page 13 5. Align the gold-striped tabs on the bottom of the audio card with the PCI slot, and firmly press the card into place until it fits snugly. Use the MIDI In jack of the audio extension card to connect a MIDI 6.
  • Page 14 8. Connect your speakers, headphones, microphone, joystick, MIDI devices, or other devices to the back panel of the audio card. PC-DVD drive CD-ROM drive Connects to digital speakers*, minidisc, or DAT via minijack-to-DIN cable or Digital Output Module. MPC-to-MPC (2-pin) audio cable MPC-to-MPC (4- pin) audio cable...
  • Page 15 ,QVWDOOLQJ WKH The Sound Blaster Live! software CD contains drivers necessary for operation and utilities to make the most of the audio card. &UHDWLYH 6RIWZDUH When you turn on your computer, Windows automatically detects the new hardware, and prompts for the installation disk.
  • Page 16 6HWWLQJ 8S -R\VWLFN 'ULYHUV LQ 1. Log on to your computer as Administrator. :LQGRZV 17  2. Click Start on the Windows Taskbar, select Settings, and click on Control Panel. 3. Double-click the Multimedia icon, click the Devices tab, and then click the Add button. 4.

  • Page 17: Sound Blaster Live! Experience

    Each of the applications included with Sound Blaster Live! provides online help to guide you during the $SSOLFDWLRQV use of that software. To run a Creative Software application: 1. Click Start on the Windows Taskbar, select Programs, select Creative, select Sound Blaster Live!, and click on the application you want to open. Using Sound Blaster Live!

  • Page 18: Options

    Creative Launcher displays as a bar window. The Launcher consists of the System Menu icon (the Creative logo at the top left corner), the web site icon, the group tab pages, and the group items. The EAX icon also appears in the right corner.

  • Page 19: Groups

    Creative applications such as PlayCenter and Control Panel. It may also contain shortcuts to other applications for your hardware settings, volume control, Help files or demo programs by Creative. A plugin is a Creative software module that is integrated into the Launcher. Examples are the Volume Control plugin and the Command Line plugin.

  • Page 20: Surround Mixer

    6XUURXQG 0L[HU Creative Surround Mixer is an application for setting and controlling the various aspects of your audio card. It consists of two sections: Main and Mixer Set Super-Environment presets Speaker view Main Spectrum view Mixer 0DLQ 6HFWLRQ The top area of the Main section allows you to: ❑...

  • Page 21: Analog/Digital Output

    $QDORJ'LJLWDO 2XWSXW The default for the Analog/Digital Output jack on Sound Blaster Live! is analog output. To switch to digital output (6-channel or compressed AC-3 SPDIF): 1. On the Surround Mixer, click the Speaker button. 2. In the Speaker view, click the Digital Output Only check box. Digital Output mode is available for all speaker configurations except headphones.

  • Page 22: Audiohq

    AudioHQ can be accessed by using any of the following methods: ❑ Click the AudioHQ tab in Creative Launcher; ❑ Click Start on the Taskbar, select Programs, select Creative, select Sound Blaster Live!, and click on AudioHQ. ❑ Click the AudioHQ icon located at the bottom right corner of your Windows desktop.

  • Page 23: Soundfont Control

    6RXQG)RQW &RQWURO Creative SoundFont Control allows you to configure MIDI banks with SoundFont files and instruments, as well as set the caching algorithm and space. &RQILJXUH D 0,', %DQN To configure a MIDI bank: 1. In SoundFont Control, click the Configure Bank tab.

  • Page 24: Configure An Instrument

    &RQILJXUH DQ ,QVWUXPHQW To configure an instrument: 1. In the SoundFont dialog, click the Configure Instrument tab. 2. In the Select Bank list, select the bank whose instruments you want to configure. 3. In the Select Instrument list, select the instrument to configure.

  • Page 25: Device Controls

    6RXQG)RQW 2SWLRQV You change the following options on the Options tab page of the SoundFont Control dialog: To specify the caching algorithm: • Select an algorithm from the SoundFont Cache list. To set the amount of cache for SoundFont files: •...

  • Page 26: Creative Keyboard

    &UHDWLYH .H\ERDUG Creative Keyboard allows you to play musical notes on various instruments much like a composer plays notes on a piano (or other instrument) while creating or arranging music. To edit the sound, use Vienna SoundFont Studio or another sound editor.

  • Page 27: Eax Control

    Included with Sound Blaster Live! are some entertainment, gaming, and miscellaneous environments to help you get started. EAX Control can be also be accessed from Creative Surround Mixer. Online help gives detailed instructions on how to: Configure master effects ❑...

  • Page 28: Autoeax

    D 6XSHU(QYLURQPHQW associated with it, for each speaker output configuration. For example, when playing a MiniDisc using Creative PlayCenter, you may want to associate a different Super-Environment for each of the speaker outputs “Live!Surround” and “4 Speakers.” To specify a Super-Environment preset for an application: 1.

  • Page 29: Creative Playcenter 2

    Recorder allows you to record sounds or music from various input sources such as a microphone or audio CD, and save them as Wave (.wav) files. For details on how to use Recorder, see the Creative PlayCenter online help. Using Sound Blaster Live!

  • Page 30: Creative Lava

    &UHDWLYH /$9$ 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 31 $GYDQFHG &RQILJXUDWLRQV Sound Blaster Live! will give you endless hours of listening pleasure. You can further enhance your SB Live! experience by adding one or more of the several upgrade options (available separately). 3RVLWLRQLQJ <RXU If you are using four speakers, place them to form the corners of Sub- a square with you in the center.
  • Page 32 &RQQHFWLQJ 2SWLRQDO To watch DVD movies on your PC, you can connect a Creative PC-DVD Encore Dxr2 or Dxr3, or 'HYLFHV MPEG2 decoder card to an external Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder such as the DeskTop Theater speaker systems. In this case, disconnect the audio card’s Aux In connector from the decoder card’s Audio Out connector.

  • Page 33: Recording And Content Authoring

    Recording and Content Authoring Recording and Content Authoring with Optical Digital I/O card and Digital I/O Module with Live! Drive To Digital Recording to or from an external Speaker System* SPDIF (RCA) Digital device Digital Device SPDIF (RCA) digital device supporting RCA ( e.g., DAT) SPDIF input/output Digital...

  • Page 34: Emu10K1

    *HQHUDO 6SHFLILFDWLRQV 6RXQG %ODVWHU /LYH 3&, %XV 0DVWHULQJ ❑ PCI Specification Version 2.1 compliant Bus mastering reduces latency and speeds up system performance ❑ (08. ❑ Advanced hardware accelerated digital effects processing 32-bit digital processing while maintaining a 192 dB dynamic range ❑...

  • Page 35: Interfaces

    9ROXPH &RQWURO Software record and playback control of Master, Digitized Voice, and inputs from MIDI device, 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 ❑...

  • Page 36: Ms-Dos Mode

    7URXEOHVKRRWLQJ 06'26 0RGH Some legacy games may have been designed for use only in MS-DOS. Sound Blaster Live! supports MS- DOS games. There are two ways to play MS-DOS games: From the MS-DOS window in Windows ❑ To open the MS-DOS window: 1.

  • Page 37: Audio Options

    MIDI port address. They must match the MIDI address in the Resources list on the Resources tab page of the Creative Sound Blaster Live! SB16 Emulation Properties dialog. The same values can be found under “MPU-401 (General MIDI, Roland MT-32/LAPC-1) Emulation,” displayed by in MS-DOS mode.

  • Page 38: Sbecfg.exe

    The SBEMIXER settings for are independent of the Creative Mixer settings in Windows 95/98. SBEMIXER.EXE To set SBEMIXER values in the command line: At the DOS prompt, type the...

  • Page 39: Sbeset.exe

    6%(6(7(;( to manually configure SB resources or disable SB Emulation. By default, SB SBESET.EXE Emulation in DOS follows the Windows settings. For example, if you disable SB Emulation in Windows, in the next boot to DOS, SB Emulation is disabled. Under rare circumstances you may need to manually reconfigure DOS SB Emulation, for example, if there is conflict in DOS before it can boot to Windows.

  • Page 40: Sound

    1. Open the Environmental Audio control utility. Display Creative Launcher. It is found at the top or bottom of your screen (you may have to bring your pointer to the edge of the screen to display Launcher). And then click the Environments tab.

  • Page 41: Volume Control

    ❑ Check the following: ❑ Speakers’ volume control, if any, is set at mid-range. Use Creative Mixer to adjust the volume, if necessary. Powered speakers or external amplifier are connected to the card’s Line Out or Rear Out jack. ❑...

  • Page 42: Audio Inputs

    1R DXGLR RXWSXW ZKHQ SOD\LQJ &'$XGLR 1R DXGLR RXWSXW ZKHQ SOD\LQJ '26 JDPHV WKDW UHTXLUH D &'520 To solve this problem: • Make sure the Analog Audio connector on the CD-ROM drive and the CD In connector on the audio card are connected.

  • Page 43: Software

    ,QVXIILFLHQW 7KHUH LV LQVXIILFLHQW PHPRU\ WR ORDG 6RXQG)RQWV 6RXQG)RQW &DFKH This may occur when a SoundFont-compatible MIDI file is loaded or played. Cause: There is insufficient memory allocated to SoundFonts. To allocate more SoundFont cache: • On the Options tab page of SoundFont Control, move the SoundFont Cache slider to the right. The amount of SoundFont cache you can allocate depends on the system RAM available.

  • Page 44: I/O Conflicts

    ,2 &RQIOLFWV 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. To resolve I/O conflicts, change the resource settings of your audio card or the conflicting peripheral device in your system using Device Manager in Windows.

  • Page 45: 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 tab page of the Creative Disc Detector dialog, select Enable Disc Detector. 3. Click the Players tab.

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