Creative Audigy 4 Manual
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Installing Software 2-2 1. Insert the Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The disc supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically. If not, see “Problems Installing Software” on page B-1. 2. Close all audio card applications. Applications that are still running during the uninstallation will not be removed. 3. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel . 4. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 5. Click the Install/Uninstall tab and select Sound Blaster Audigy . Click the Add/Remove button. 6. When the InstallShield Wizard dialog box appears, click the check boxes of the items that you want to uninstall to clear them. The selected applications will be uninstalled. 7. Click the Next button. 8. If prompted, restart your computer. Reinstalling ApplicationsYou may want to reinstall the applications in the event of driver corruption. 1. Insert the Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The disc supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically. If not, see “Problems Installing Software” on page B-1. 2. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel . 3. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab and select Sound Blaster Audigy . Click the Add/Remove button. 5. When the InstallShield Wizard dialog box appears, click the Repair option to select it. This option reinstalls all the applications installed previously. 6. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation of the applications.
Installing Software 2-3 Updating Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2)Windows 2000 now provides better support for AC-3 SPDIF output (non-PCM through waveOut) for software DVD viewing. Click the website address below to go to Microsoft’s Windows 2000 web site to download the Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 to enjoy this support and to fix other issues in the Windows 2000 OS. http://microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
3 Sound Blaster Audigy Applications This chapter tells you how to get the most out of your Sound Blaster Audigy.
Sound Blaster Audigy Applications 3-1 Sound Blaster Audigy Applications Creative Sound Blaster Audigy ApplicationsSound Blaster Audigy is supported by a full range of applications to help you get the most from your audio card. The following software is most important to the operation of your audio card: ❑ Creative Taskbar ❑ Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick Start ❑ Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Experience ❑ EAX ADVANCED HD Gold Mine Experience ❑ Creative Diagnostics ❑ Creative Surround Mixer ❑ Creative AudioHQ ❑ Creative WaveStudio ❑ Creative PlayCenter ❑ Creative Recorder ❑ Creative MiniDisc Center ❑ Creative Restore Defaults The applications included with Sound Blaster Audigy may differ from the ones described here.
Sound Blaster Audigy Applications 3-2 Creative TaskbarCreative Taskbar is an application that allows you to perform tasks with your audio card easily and quickly. Just select a task and everything is done for you — the necessary applications are started and your mixer and effects settings are configured automatically. Creative Taskbar also comes with Creative TaskGuide, which provides tips and useful links related to the selected task. For more information and usage details on Creative Taskbar, refer to its online Help. Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick StartThis is a good starting point from which you can learn about Sound Blaster Audigy. The online Quick Start consists of several interactive and informative demos that feature different aspects of Sound Blaster Audigy, like experiencing digital music and digital gaming, watching movies, connecting speakers and performing tasks. Creative Sound Blaster Audigy ExperienceUse the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Experience to feel Sound Blaster Audigy’s awesome gaming, music listening and home studio capabilities. You will experience the advantage of multi-environment audio processing, dynamic EAX ADVANCED HD effects, high-quality surround output and EAX-enhanced home theater quality audio. This application does not work in Windows NT 4.0.
Sound Blaster Audigy Applications 3-3 EAX ADVANCED HD Gold Mine ExperienceRun this demonstration, which is set in a gold mine, and experience EAX ADVANCED HD technologies such as Environment Panning, Environment Reflection and Environment Morphing. Compare the scenes with and without EAX ADVANCED HD, and understand why more game developers are using EAX ADVANCED HD technologies for the best gaming experience. Refer to its Readme file for more details on the Interactive Mode. Creative DiagnosticsUse 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. Creative Surround MixerCreative Surround Mixer is the main application to use for the following tasks: ❑ Te s t i n g s p e a k e r s ❑ Applying EAX-enabled audio effects ❑ Mixing sounds from various audio input sources ❑ Setting audio effects Surround Mixer has two modes. Click the Basic Mode or Advanced Mode button to switch between the two modes: In basic mode, the Mixer panel is displayed. You can: ❑ mix sounds from various audio input sources when playing or recording ❑ control volume, bass, treble, balance and fade In advanced mode, the Surround Mixer and Mixer panels are displayed. In Surround Mixer, you can: ❑ select audio effects ❑ specify the speaker output ❑ perform a speaker test To restore Surround Mixer to its original settings, click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster Audigy -> Creative Restore Defaults.
Sound Blaster Audigy Applications 3-4 For more information and usage details on Creative Surround Mixer, refer to its online Help. Creative AudioHQAudioHQ is Creatives audio software control center. The AudioHQ interface has the standard look and feel of the Windows Control Panel. It contains several control applets that allow you to view, audition or set up the audio properties of one or more audio devices on your computer. As in Control Panel, you can view AudioHQs control applets in the main window as large icons, small icons, list items or detailed list items. You can also select all or invert the selection when you are in the Applet view. The number of items in the main window, however, varies with the control applet or device selected. The By Audio Device view shows only the control applets supported by the selected device. The Applet view shows only the audio devices that support the selected applet. For more information and usage details on Creative AudioHQ, refer to its online Help. SoundFont ControlSoundFont Control allows you to configure MIDI banks with SoundFont, DLS and Wave files and instruments, as well as set the caching algorithm and space. For more information and usage details on SoundFont Control, refer to its online Help. Device ControlsDevice Controls lets you configure devices to allow multiple simultaneous Wave playback. For example, you can play five Wave tracks at the same time. Device Controls also allows you to select the sampling rate of your SPIDIF output, enable the SPDIF Bypass feature for your digital inputs and outputs, and mute your speakers when you plug your headphones into Audigy Drive. For more information and usage details on Device Controls, refer to its online Help.
Sound Blaster Audigy Applications 3-5 Creative KeyboardCreative Keyboard is a virtual keyboard that allows you to audition or play musical notes produced through MIDI devices. To edit the sound, use Vienna SoundFont Studio or another sound editor. MIDI InputYou can use external MIDI input devices to audition your MIDI banks and instruments. First, connect a MIDI input device to your audio card and then select that device in Creative Keyboard. EAX ControlEAX Control allows you to configure the Sound Blaster Audigy processors 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. Creative WaveStudioCreative 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
Sound Blaster Audigy Applications 3-6 ❑ For more information and usage details on Creative WaveStudio, refer to its online Help. Creative PlayCenterCreative 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). Note: For more information and usage details on Creative PlayCenter, refer to its online Help . Creative RecorderRecorder 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. Creative MiniDisc CenterCreative MiniDisc Center allows you to play back known audio format or compact discs for recording to digital recorders such as DAT players, especially for MiniDisc (MD) recorders. With MiniDisc Center, you can: ❑ create an album of your favorite songs, each of which may be in a different audio format ❑ insert a preset period of silence automatically between each track ❑ play back your personal album and record it to your MD recorder For more information and usage details on Creative MiniDisc Center, refer to its online Help.
Sound Blaster Audigy Applications 3-7 Creative Restore DefaultsCreative Restore Defaults allows you to restore all your audio settings to the default settings.