
                 SOUND BLASTER PRO  LATEST INFORMATION
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1.  INSTALLATION

A hard disk is required for Sound Blaster Pro software installation.
The installation  is  done by  executing the  hard disk installation
program,  INST-HD.EXE found  on the diskette labeled  "Sound Blaster
Pro Disk #1". The files on the distribution diskettes are compressed.
INST-HD.EXE and LHARC.EXE will expand them into your hard disk.

INST-HD.EXE  installs  the  Sound  Blaster Pro  software  under  the
directory, \SBPRO.  Several subdirectories are automatically created
under this directory.

To begin the installation, follow these steps:

(Assuming you are using floppy drive A and hard disk drive C)

        1.  Place  the distribution diskette labeled  "Sound Blaster
            Pro Disk #1" in Drive A and change to Drive A:

        2.  Type INST-HD C: and press Enter.


If  you decide  to expand  the  files  manually,  run the  LHARC.EXE
program  (found on the "Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1" disk) on any .LZH
file. For example, to expand INST-DRV.EXE from the  PROGRAM.LZH file
on Drive A, type:

        LHARC x A:PROGRAM.LZH INST-DRV.EXE

This places INST-DRV.EXE onto the current drive or directory (assumes
LHARC.EXE is already in the current drive or directory).

INST-HD.EXE automatically inserts the  SOUND and  BLASTER environment
settings into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.




2.  PACKAGE CONTENTS

The Sound Blaster Pro software package contains:

    -  Four 5.25"  360K diskettes
            - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1
            - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #2
            - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #3
            - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #4

    -  Two 3.5"  720K diskettes
            - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1
            - Sound Blaster Pro Disk #2

The first two 360K diskettes are packed into the first 720K diskette
and the remaining two 360K diskettes into the second 720K diskette.

The following are files contained in the 360K diskettes:


Sound Blaster Pro Disk #1

INST-HD.EXE       - Hard disk installation program
README.COM        - Program to display README.TXT file
LHARC.EXE         - De-compressing program
TEST-SBP.EXE      - Sound Blaster Pro test program
PROGRAM.LZH       - Compressed file containing:
    INST-DRV.EXE  - Re-install drivers settings program
    SBP-MIX.EXE   - Sound Blaster Pro mixer control
    SBP-SET.EXE   - Sound Blaster Pro setting program
    SET-ENV.EXE   - Set the BLASTER environment in AUTOEXEC.BAT
WINDOWS.LZH       - Sound Blaster Pro Windows programs
MIDI.LZH          - MIDI files
PRO-ORG.LZH       - Compressed file containing PRO-ORG and Organ files
PLAYCD.LZH        - Compressed file containing CD player
PLAYCMF.LZH       - Compressed file containing PLAYCMF and CMF files
BATCH.LZH         - Compressed file containing numerous Batch files
LHARC.LZH         - Compressed file containing LHARC document
README.TXT        - This file


Sound Blaster Pro Disk #2

VOICE.LZH         - Compressed file containing:
    VEDIT2.EXE    - Voice Editor program
    JOINTVOC.EXE  - Join voice file program
    VOC-HDR.EXE   - Add header to raw voice file program
    VREC.EXE      - Record voice into disk (command-line program)
    VPLAY.EXE     - Play back voice from disk (command-line program)
    BBCNEWS.VOC    - Voice file
    CONGA.VOC     - Stereo voice file
VOC2WAV.LZH       - Compressed file containing:
    VOC2WAV.EXE   - VOC to WAVE file converter
    VOC2WAV.TXT   - VOC to WAVE file converter's document
    WAV2VOC.EXE   - WAVE to VOC file converter
DRIVER.LZH        - Compressed file containing:
    CTVDSK.DRV    - Loadable driver for voice Disk Double-Buffering
    SBFMDRV.COM   - Resident driver for FM music
    BLASTER.DRV   - Text-to-Speech driver
    CT-VOICE.DRV  - Loadable driver for voice memory version
    ORGAN.DRV     - Driver for PRO-ORG

Sound Blaster Pro Disk #3

SBTALKER.LZH      - Compressed file containing:
    SBAITSO2.EXE  - Dr. SBAITSO program
    SBTALKER.EXE  - Memory resident program to load the BLASTER.DRV
    SBTALK.BAT    - Batch file to install SBTALKER into memory
    REMOVE.EXE    - Program to remove SBTALKER from memory
    READ.EXE      - ASCII Text reader program
    SBTEST.TXT    - ASCII text file
    SET-ECHO.EXE  - Program to set SBTALKER echo effect
PARROT.LZH        - Compressed file containing Parrot main program,
                    voice and picture files


Sound Blaster Pro Disk #4

MMPLAY.LZH        - Compressed file containing MMPLAY main program,
                    picture, music, voice files




3. BLASTER ENVIRONMENT

Additional parameter is added to the BLASTER  environment to indicate
the card type. The new BLASTER environment will be as follow:

        SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2
 
        where   A  refers to I/O address setting
                I  refers to IRQ (Interrupt Request) setting
                D  refers to DMA channel setting
                T  refers to Card type
                        1 - Sound Blaster Card
                        2 - Sound Blaster Pro Card



4. SET SOUND BLASTER PRO VOLUME

A batch file, SETVOL.BAT  located on the \SBPRO directory is provided
to set the volume level of the Sound Blaster Pro. Run this batch file
to ensure that your Sound Blaster Pro volume is set to mid range.



5. PLAYCMF.EXE

PLAYCMF.EXE is a FM music player program that plays ".CMF" music files.

Before running  PLAYCMF,  you must first load Sound Blaster's  FM Music
Driver - SBFMDRV.COM.

SBFMDRV  is a  memory  resident  driver that  is  found  in the  \SBPRO
sub-directory.  To install  SBFMDRV,  change directory to \SBPRO,  type
SBFMDRV and press Enter.

   Usage:
          PLAYCMF music-filename  [/Q] [/S="command-line"]
          Where:
                 "music-file" is the .CMF file to play
                 /Q :    set quiet screen mode
                 /S :    execute the DOS command-line specified.

You may  play music in the  background and use the "/S=" parameter to
"Shell" to execute another program.

We enclosed some .CMF songs for you as samplers. Watch out for more .CMF
songs,  Sing-Alongs  and other  applications that are coming on the way.



6. Loadable Driver for Disk Double-Buffering, CTVDSK.DRV

The driver for Disk Double-Buffering driver has been changed to loadable
driver  called  CTVDSK.DRV.  This driver  is  located  at \SBPRO\DRV
subdirectory.  VEDIT2.EXE, VPLAY.EXE and VREC.EXE has  been  revised to
accommodate this approach.


7. CONVERTING FILES BETWEEN .VOC AND .WAV FORMAT

Two new programs are included in the Sound Blaster Pro package to
manipulate  voice  files.  These two programs ( VOC2WAV.EXE  and
WAV2VOC.EXE ) can be found in VEDIT2 subdirectory.

Please read VOC2WAV.TXT for details.


( Note:  LHARC.EXE is a File-Compression program copyrighted by
         Haruyasu Yoshizaki.)

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