Creative 51 5300 Manual
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Using Sound Blaster Live! 3-3 For more information and usage details on Creative AudioHQ, refer to its online Help. Creative Diagnostics Use Creative Diagnostics to quickly test your audio card’s Wave, MIDI or CD Audio playback capability, recording function and speaker output. For more information and usage details on Creative Diagnostics, refer to its online Help. SoundFont Control SoundFont Control allows you to configure MIDI banks with SoundFont banks and instruments or DLS and Wave files, as well as set the caching algorithm and space. For more information and usage details on SoundFont Control, refer to its online Help. Creative Keyboard Creative Keyboard is a virtual keyboard that allows you to audition or play musical notes produced through MIDI devices. EAX Control EAX Control allows you to configure the EMU10K1 chips effects engine. It allows you to specify to a low level the components that make up the audio elements that in turn make up an audio effect. It promises to deliver sounds that are so life-like, you can almost see them! It is the computer industrys first system to recreate and deliver real-world, interactive audio experiences in games, music, and other audio applications. These audio effects take your computer beyond home-theater quality, immersing you in sound so vivid your imagination can almost see it. The effects go beyond todays surround-sound and 3D positional audio and actually model an environment by taking into account room size, acoustic properties, reverb, echo and many other effects that create a real-world experience. For more information and usage details on EAX Control, refer to its online Help.
Using Sound Blaster Live! 3-4 Creative Wave Studio Creative WaveStudio allows you to perform the following sound editing functions easily: ❑Play, edit, and record 8-bit (tape quality) and 16-bit (CD quality) wave data. ❑Enhance wave data or create unique sounds with various special effects and editing operations such as reverse, echo, mute, pan, cut, copy, and paste ❑Open and edit several audio files at the same time ❑Open Raw (.RAW) and MP3 (.MP3) data files For more information and usage details on Creative WaveStudio, refer to its online Help. Creative PlayCenter Creative PlayCenter is a revolutionary audio CD and digital audio (such as MP3 or WMA) player. Besides managing your favorite digital audio files on your computer, it is also an integrated MP3/WMA encoder for ripping audio CD tracks into compressed digital audio files. It can encode tracks many times faster than normal play speed and up to 320 kbps (for MP3). For more information and usage details on Creative PlayCenter, refer to its online Help.Note:Audio files that are secured through Microsoft’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology can only be played back on an MS DRM supported audio player such as Creative PlayCenter. For security against unauthorized duplication, Microsoft has advised the disabling of any digital or SPDIF output from the audio card. Creative Recorder Recorder allows you to record sounds or music from various input sources like the microphone or Audio CD, and save them as Wave (.WAV) files. For more information and usage details on Creative Recorder, refer to its online Help.
General Specifications A-1 A General SpecificationsFeaturesPCI Bus Mastering ❑Half-length PCI Specification Version 2.1 compliant ❑Bus mastering reduces latency and speeds up system performance EMU10K1 ❑Advanced hardware accelerated digital effects processing ❑32-bit digital processing while maintaining a 192 dB dynamic range ❑Patented 8-point interpolation that achieves the highest quality of audio reproduction ❑64-voice hardware wavetable synthesizer ❑Professional-quality digital mixing and equalization ❑Up to 32 MB of sound RAM mapped to host memory Stereo Digitized Voice Channel ❑True 16-bit Full Duplex operation ❑16-bit and 8-bit digitizing in stereo and mono modes ❑Playback of 64 audio channels, each at an arbitrary sample rate ❑ADC recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz ❑Dithering for 8-bit and 16-bit recording
General Specifications A-2 AC ’97 Codec Mixer ❑Mixes EMU10K1 audio sources and analog sources such as CD Audio, Line In, Microphone, Auxiliary and TAD ❑Selectable input source or mixing of various audio sources for recording ❑16-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 48 kHz sample rate Vo l u m e C o n t r o l ❑Software playback control of Line In, Auxiliary, TAD, Microphone In, Wave/MP3, MIDI device, CD Digital (CD SPDIF) ❑Software recording control of Line In, Auxiliary, TAD, Microphone In, Wave/MP3, MIDI device, CD Digital (CD SPDIF) ❑Selectable input source or mixing of various audio sources for recording ❑Adjustable master volume control ❑Separate bass and treble control ❑Front and rear balance control ❑Muting and panning control for mixer sources Dolby Digital (AC-3) Decoding ❑Decodes Dolby Digital (AC-3) to 5.1 channels or pass-through compressed Dolby Digital (AC-3) PCM SPDIF stream to external decoder ❑Bass Redirection: Redirects bass to a subwoofer when the subwoofer is independent of the satellite speaker system. Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) ❑Multi-speaker technology ❑Professional-quality panning and mixing algorithm ❑Independent multiple sounds can be moved and placed around a listener Some audio inputs may require additional optional equipment.
General Specifications A-3 ConnectivityAudio Inputs ❑Line-level analog Line input via stereo connector on rear bracket ❑Mono Microphone analog input via stereo connector on rear bracket ❑CD_IN line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card (on some cards) ❑AUX_IN line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card ❑TAD line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card ❑CD_SPDIF digital input via 2-pin Molex connector on card, accepting sampling rates of 32, 44.1, and 48 kHz Audio Outputs ❑ANALOG (center and subwoofer)/DIGITAL OUT (front and rear SPDIF digital outputs) or DIGITAL OUT only via 4-pole 3.5 mm miniplug on rear bracket.. ❑Three line-level analog outputs via stereo connectors on rear bracket (Front, Rear and Center/Subwoofer Line-Outs) ❑Stereo headphone (32-ohm load) support on Front Line-Out Interfaces ❑D-Sub MIDI interface for connection to external for connection to external MIDI devices. Doubles as Joystick port. ❑PC_SPK 1x2 pin header (on some cards)
Troubleshooting B-1 B TroubleshootingProblems Installing Software The installation does not start automatically after the Sound Blaster Live! Installation CD is inserted.The AutoPlay feature in your Windows system may not be enabled.To start the installation program through the My Computer shortcut menu:1. On your Windows desktop, click the My Computer icon. 2. Right-click the CD-ROM drive icon, and then click Au toP l ay. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen.To enable AutoPlay through Auto Insert Notification:1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. 2. Double-click the System icon. The System Properties dialog box appears. 3. Click the Device Manager tab and click your CD-ROM drive. 4. Click the Properties button. 5. Click the Settings tab and click Auto Insert Notification. 6. Click the OK button.
Troubleshooting B-2 Sound IRQ conflicts.To resolve IRQ conflicts, try the following. ❑Place the audio card in another PCI slot. ❑In your system BIOS, enable Advanced Control and Power Interface which allows IRQ sharing.There is unexpected, excessive environmental sound or effects when an audio file is being played.The last selected preset is an inappropriate environment for the current audio file.To switch to an appropriate environment:1. Open the Environmental Audio control utility. 2. Under Environment, click No effects or an appropriate environment.No sound from the headphones. Verify the following:❑The headphones are connected to the Line Out port. ❑The master Vo l u m e of Surround Mixer is not set to mute. ❑The Digital Output Only option is not selected.
Troubleshooting B-3 In a 4 or 5.1-speaker configuration, there is no sound from the rear speakers. Check the following:❑The rear speakers are connected to the audio card’s Rear Out port. ❑If you are playing sound from one of these sources: CD Audio Line In TAD Auxiliary (AUX) Microphone To solve the problem: 1. In Surround Mixer, make sure the source being played is unmuted, that is, enabled. 2. Select the same source as the record source. For example, if you have a portable CD player plugged into the Line In connector, unmute Line In in Surround Mixer, and select Line In as your record source. ❑If you change environments, go to Surround Mixer and unmute your active sources.No sound from the speakers. Check the following:❑Speakers are correctly connected to your audio cards output. ❑You have unmuted the correct source in Surround Mixer. If both these conditions have been met and you still do not have sound, click the red plus sign above the VOL button. If the Digital Output Only check box is selected, you are in Digital Output Only mode and must connect to digital speakers to hear the sound from your audio card.
Troubleshooting B-4 No audio output when playing digital files such as .WAV, MIDI files or AVI clips. Possible causes:❑Speaker volume (if any) is not set properly. ❑External amplifier or speakers are connected to the wrong port. ❑Hardware conflict. ❑Speakers selection in Surround Mixer is incorrectly selected. ❑Original Sound in either the Master or Source tabs of EAX Control Panel is set at or near 0%.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 port. ❑No hardware conflict between the card and a peripheral device. See “I/O Conflicts” on page B-7. ❑Speakers selection in Surround Mixer corresponds to your speaker or headphone configuration. ❑Original Sound in either/both the Master and Source tabs of EAX Control Panel is set to 100%.No audio output when playing CD-Audio. To solve this problem, do one or more of the following:❑Make sure the Analog Audio connector on the CD-ROM drive and the AUX/CD In connector on the audio card are connected. ❑Enable digital CD Playback. See “Enabling CDDA” on page 1-6. If digital CD audio is enabled, CD volume is controlled by the Wave/ MP3 slider in Surround Mixer.
Troubleshooting B-5 Problems with File Transfers on Some VIA Chipset Motherboards After you install the Sound Blaster Live! card on a VIA chipset motherboard, you may have the slight chance of seeing one of the following:When transferring large amounts of data, the computer stops responding (‘hangs’) or restarts itself, OR Files transferred from another drive are incomplete or corrupted.These problems appear in a small number of computers, which contain the VIA VT82C686B controller chipset on their motherboards.To verify if your motherboard has the VT82C686B chipset:❑Refer to your computer or motherboard manual, or ❑In Windows: i. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. ii. Double-click the System icon. iii. Click the Device Manager or Hardware tab. iv. Click the Systems devices icon. v. In the list that appears, see if the items highlighted in Figure B-1 appear. vi. If the items appear, remove your computer cover and locate the VIA chipset on your motherboard. (Take note of the safety precautions on page 1-3.) The VT82C686B chipset has its model number inscribed on the chip. If you have the VT82C686B chipset, Creative recommends that you first contact your computer vendor or motherboard manufacturer for the latest solution. Figure B-1: Device Manager tab.