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Contents
Introduction
The #1 Audio Solution for Internet Entertainment and Gaming...............................ix
System Requirements..................................................................................................ix
Live!Ware Benefits.......................................................................................................x
Getting More Information............................................................................................x
Where T o Go From Here .............................................................................................x
Other Recommendations.............................................................................................xi
Document Conventions...............................................................................................xi
1
Knowing and Installing Your Card
Your Audio Card................................................................................................................... 1-2
Installing the Card and Related Peripherals......................................................................... 1-3
Positioning Your Speakers.................................................................................................... 1-5
Enhancing Your Sound Blaster Live! Experience............................................................... 1-5
Playing Games and Music........................................................................................1-5
W atching DVD Movies or Playing DVD Games................................................... 1-5
Recording and Content Authoring........................................................................... 1-8
2
Installing Software in Windows 95/98
Setting Up the Audio Drivers............................................................................................... 2-1
Installing the Applications.................................................................................................... 2-4
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Using Sound Blaster Live!....................................................................................................2-4
Uninstalling the Applications............................................................................................... 2-5
Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation Disc.................................................2-5
Playing Legacy Games.........................................................................................................2-5
3
Installing Software in Windows NT 4.0
Installing the Software..........................................................................................................3-1
Setting Up Joystick Drivers in Windows NT 4.0................................................................ 3-1
Using Sound Blaster Live!....................................................................................................3-2
Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation Disc.................................................3-2
Uninstalling Sound Blaster Live!.........................................................................................3-2
4
Using Sound Blaster Live!
Sound Blaster Live! Experience........................................................................................... 4-2
Creative EAX Demo.............................................................................................................4-2
Creative Diagnostics.............................................................................................................4-2
Creative Launcher................................................................................................................. 4-2
Surround Mixer.....................................................................................................................4-3
AudioHQ............................................................................................................................... 4-5
SoundFont Control....................................................................................................4-6
Device Controls.........................................................................................................4-8
Creative Ke yboard.................................................................................................... 4-9
Environmental Audio Control................................................................................4-10
AutoEA....................................................................................................................4-11
W a v e Studio.........................................................................................................................4-12
Creative PlayCenter.............................................................................................................4-12
Creative Recorder................................................................................................................4-12
Creative LAVA!...................................................................................................................4-13
Creative Ke ytar....................................................................................................................4-14
Creative Rhythmania...........................................................................................................4-15
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General Specifications
Features................................................................................................................................. A-1
Connectivity......................................................................................................................... A-3
Sound Blaster Live! card......................................................................................... A-3
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SB Emulation in MS-DOS/ Windows 95/98
Background...........................................................................................................................B-1
Understanding the Installation Program..............................................................................B-2
The AUT OEXEC.BAT File Settings.......................................................................B-2
The CONFIG.SYS File Settings..............................................................................B-3
System Resource Settings.....................................................................................................B-3
Input/Output (I/O) Addresses...................................................................................B-3
Interrupt Request (IRQ) Line...................................................................................B-4
Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channel................................................................B-4
Environment Va riables..........................................................................................................B-5
CTSYN Environment Variable................................................................................B-5
BLASTER Environment Variable...........................................................................B-5
Determining Resources.........................................................................................................B-6
Selecting the Best Audio Options in a Game......................................................................B-7
Music Options...........................................................................................................B-7
Digital Audio Options..............................................................................................B-7
MS-DOS Mode Utilities.......................................................................................................B-8
SBECFG.EXE..........................................................................................................B-8
SBEMIXER.EXE.....................................................................................................B-8
SBESET .EXE...........................................................................................................B-9
SBEGO.EXE......................................................................................................... B-10
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Changing Audio Card Settings
Enabling/Disabling Gameport Joystick Interface................................................................C-1
Enabling/Disabling Other Features......................................................................................C-2
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Troubleshooting
Problems Installing Software...............................................................................................D-1
Problems With Sound.......................................................................................................... D-2
Problem with Surround Mixer.............................................................................................D-5
Insufficient SoundFont Cache............................................................................................. D-5
Problems With Joystick.......................................................................................................D-6
Resolving I/O Conflicts....................................................................................................... D-6
Problems in Windows NT 4.0............................................................................................. D-7
Problems with Encore DVD Player....................................................................................D-8
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Introduction
The #1 Audio Solution
for Internet
Entertainment and
Gaming
Sound Blaster Live! is the top audio solution for your games, movies, CDs, MP3 songs and other
internet entertainment. With its support for today’s leading audio standard—Environmental
Audio—Sound Blaster Live! creates real-life, multidimensional sound and multi-textured
acoustical environments for the most realistic 3D audio experience. Its po werful EMU10K1 audio
processor delivers audio at optimum CPU performance with the highest fidelity and absolute
clarity. Combine it with a four-speaker setup and you’ll experience realistic 3D audio,
Environmental Audio in supported games, and enjoy your mo vies with true surround sound. The
Live!Ware upgrade program will keep your Sound Blaster Live! card up to date with continual
upgrades supporting future technologies, functionality , and features.
If wish to create your own music or audio content in the future, your Sound Blaster Live! card
also offers you many upgrade options which will allow you to connect multiple digital and analog
devices simultaneously, including keyboards and other music gear , as well as optical connection
to MiniDisc and DAT recorders.
System Requirements
For Creative software, your card requires at least:
❑ Genuine Intel
®
Pentium® class processor:
133 MHz for Windows 95/98, 200 MHz for Windows NT 4.0
❑ Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
❑ Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT 4.0
❑ 16 MB RAM for Windows 95/98 (32 MB RAM recommended),
32 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.0
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❑ 65 MB of free hard disk space
❑ Open half-length PCI 2.1 compliant slot
❑ Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
❑ CD-ROM drive required for software installation
Sound Blaster Live! Value gi v es you an estimate of the hard disk space required when you select
it on the installation screen. Included applications may need higher system requirements or
microphone for basic functionalities. Refer to the documentation for individual applications for
details.
Live!Ware Benefits
Your Investment Is Protected as you have less of a likelihood of finding your audio card
obsolete shortly after purchasing it. Through Live!W are, ne w features and applications are always
made available for you to experience the latest technology and to extend the life of your card.
The Value and Experience Increases Over Time as Live!Ware continues to deliver new
capabilities and enhancements. Each upgrade will “rejuvenate” your audio card, allowing you to
experience new functionality. It is as if your audio card is “reborn”.
Your Card Is Up To Date because the latest Live!Ware upgrades are only a download away.
When new standards and capabilities emerge, your hardware is ready for it—just download the
functions and the card becomes up-to-date!
Getting More Information
See the online
User’s Guide
for MIDI specifications and connector pin assignments, as well as
instructions on using the various applications in your audio package.
Where To Go From
Here ...
❑ Installation instructions: Chapter 1, “Knowing and Installing Your Card”
❑ Connectivity reference diagrams: Chapter 1, “Knowing and Installing Your Card”
❑ Learning about the bundled applications:
• Chapter 4, “Using Sound Blaster Live!”
• Refer to the accompanying leaflet for your Sound Blaster Live! package.
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Other Recommendations
❑ For an overview of the features of your card, launch the Sound Blaster Live! Experience
program.
❑ Vie w the contents of the Demo CD for additional demonstrations, libraries and other software.
❑ Visit the
www.sblive.com
site for more information, content and Live!Ware updates.
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Knowing and Installing Your Card 1-1
1
Knowing and Installing Your Card
This chapter is organized as follows:
❑ Your Audio Card
❑ Installing the Card and Related Peripherals
❑ Positioning Your Speakers
❑ Enhancing Your Sound Blaster Live! Experience
1-2 Knowing and Installing Your Card
Your Audio Card
Your audio card has these jacks and connectors which allow you to attach other devices:
A jack is a one-hole connecting
interface whereas a connector
consists of many pins. Some
connectors here may not be
available on your card. Refer to
the online User’s Guide,
“Hardware Information”, for
details on connector pin
assignments.
Line Out and Rear Out jacks can
be used simultaneously to power
4.1 channel speaker systems,
for example,
FourPointSurround
™
speaker
systems from Cambridge
SoundWorks.
CD Audio connector
Connects to the Analog Audio output on a CD-ROM
or DVD-ROM drive using a CD audio cable.
Joystick/MIDI connector
Connects to a joystick or a MIDI device . You can
buy an optional MIDI kit that allows you to plug in
the joystick and MIDI device simultaneously.
Line In jack
Connects to an external device
(such as a cassette, DAT, or MiniD
isc
player
).
Microphone In jack
Connects to an external microphone
for voice input.
Figure 1-1: Jacks and connectors on the Sound Blaster Live! card.
Rear Out jack
Connects to powered speakers or an
external amplifier for audio output.
Line Out jack
Connects to powered speakers or an
external amplifier for audio output.
Also supports headphones.
Telephone Answering Device
connector
Provides a mono connection from a
standard voice modem, and transmits
microphone signals to the modem.
AUX connector
Connects to internal audio sources such as
TV Tuner, MPEG, or other similar cards
.
Audio Extension
(Digital I/O) connector
Connects to the Digital I/O
card or Drive Bay (av ailable
separately).
Warning:.This is not
an IDE interface. Do
not connect to your
IDE devices.
CD SPDIF connector
Connects to the SPDIF (Digital
Audio) output (where availab le) on
a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
.
Digital Out jack
Front and Rear SPDIF output channels
for connection to external digital
devices, such as a Digital Audio Tape
(DAT) or MiniDisc recorder via a Digital
Output Module (available separately).
Knowing and Installing Your Card 1-3
Installing the Card
and Related
Peripherals
1. Switch off your system and all peripheral devices.
2. Touch a metal plate on your system to ground yourself and to discharge any static
electricity, and then unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
3. Remove the cover from your system.
4. Remove the metal plates from two unused PCI expansion slots in your system and put the
screws aside, to be used later.
5. Align the Sound Blaster Live! card with the vacant PCI expansion slot. Press the card
gently and evenly into the slot as sho wn in Figure 1-2. Ensure that the card is seated firmly
inside the PCI expansion slot.
6. Secure the card to the expansion slot with a
screw.
7. To learn how to connect to other devices, see
Figure 1-3.
8. Replace the cover onto your system.
9. Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet, and
switch on the system.
Do not force the audio card into
the slot. If it does not fit properly,
gently remove it and try again
.
Figure 1-2: Securing the audio card to the
PCI expansion slot.
Unused brackets
ii. Fasten the card
to the slot with a
screw.
i. Gently press the
audio card into
the slot.
PCI slot
ISA slot
The joystick connector on your
audio card is identical to that on a
standard PC game control adapter
or the game I/O connector. You
can connect any analog joystick
with a 15-pin D-shell connector or
any device compatible with the
standard PC joystick. To use two
j
oysticks, you need a Y-cable
splitter
.
1-4 Knowing and Installing Your Card
❑
If you are playing games in
Windows 95/98 MS-DOS mode
(pure DOS mode), you must:
• Make sure the CD In connector
and the Analog Audio
connector of the CD-ROM or
PC-DVD drive are connected.
• In addition, if you get distorted
audio, do not connect the CD
SPDIF connector to the Digital
Audio connector of the CDROM or PC-DVD drive.
❑
If you connect to the Digital Audio
and Analog Audio connectors of
the same CD-ROM or PC-DVD
drive, do not unmute CD Audio
and CD Digital at the same time in
Surround Mixer.
Figure 1-3: Connecting other devices.
CD-ROM drive
Rear Out
Joystick/MIDI
GamePad
Line-out
Microphone
MPC-toMPC (4-pin)
audio cable
Line Out
Sound Blaster Live! card
To analog input of
FourPointSurround
speakers
MPC-to-MPC (2-pin)
audio cable
PC-DVD drive
Line In
Cassette and CD player,
Synthesizer, etc.
Mic In
Connects to Optical
Digital I/O card or Drive
Bay. See “Enhancing
Your Sound Blaster Live!
Experience” on page 1-5
for more details.
Connects to digital speakers*,
MiniDisc or DAT via minijack-to-DIN
cable or Digital Output Module.
See “Enhancing Your Sound Blaster
Live! Experience” on page 1-5 for
more details.
* e.g., FPS2000 Digital
speakers from
Cambridge SoundWorks
Knowing and Installing Your Card 1-5
Positioning Your
Speakers
If you are using four speakers, place them so that they
form the corners of a square with you exactly in the
center (as in Figure 1-4) and that they are angled
toward you. Make sure the computer monitor is not
blocking the path of your front speakers. You may want
to adjust the relative positions of the speakers until you
get the audio experience you like best. If you have a
subwoofer, place the unit in a corner of the room for
the best bass experience.
Enhancing Your
Sound Blaster Live!
Experience
The Sound Blaster Live! card alone will most undoubtedly give you endless hours of listening
pleasure. To further enhance your SB Live! experience, there are several upgrade options
(available separately) depending on your needs. The follo wing provides some information on the
available options to consider. The diagrams on the next two pages show how these options can
be connected to your SB Live! card.
Playing Games and Music
❑ With FourPointSurround or DeskTop Theater 5.1 Digital speaker systems from Cambridge
SoundWorks, you can experience crystal clear gaming sequences or music from the Digital
DIN connection. A minijack-to-DIN cable is bundled with the speaker set for this connection.
Watching DVD Movies or
Playing DVD Games
❑ To watch DVD movies on your PC, why not get Creative’s PC-DVD kit which comes with a
PC-DVD driv e and Encore MPEG2 decoder card? Y ou can connect your Encore Dxr2, Encore
Dxr3 or MPEG2 decoder card to an external Dolby Digital (A C-3) decoder such as DeskTop
Theater speaker systems and disconnect the Sound Blaster Live! card’ s Aux In connector from
the decoder card’s Audio Out connector. However, if an external Dolby Digital (AC-3)
decoder speaker system is not available, this connection is necessary.
Figure 1-4: Recommended speaker positions
for the 4-speaker configuration.
Computer
monitor
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
Rear left
speaker
Rear right
speaker
You
Sub-
woofer
* Information continues on page1-8.
1-6 Knowing and Installing Your Card
Playing Games and Music
with FourPointSurround or
Digital Speaker System
Sound Blaster
Live! card
Digital
Output
Module
Connect for downmix audio only when
a Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder
speaker system is not available.
Digital
DIN
MPEG2 decoder card
Dolby Digital
(AC-3)
SPDIF In
Dolby Digital (AC-3)
SPDIF Out jack
Analog Line and Rear Inputs
Digital
DIN
FourPointSurround
Digital Speaker
System
Watching DVD Movies
or Playing DVD Games
with Creative PC-DVD
and DeskT op Theater 5.1
Digital Speaker System
Connects to the
Optical Digital I/O card
or Drive Bay
(see next page).
Minijack-to-DIN
cable
DeskT op Theater 5.1 Digital
Speaker System
Digital Out
jack
Recording and Content Authoring
with Digital Output Module
Digital device ( e.g., DAT)
SPDIF In (RCA)
Recording to external
digital devices supporting
RCA SPDIF input
Digital device with
optical input
(e.g., MiniDisc)
Knowing and Installing Your Card 1-7
Digital I/O
Module
Optical
Digital I/O
card
Drive Bay
MIDI devices
(e.g., MIDI keyboard)
MIDI devices
(e.g., MIDI keyboard)
2nd analog Line In for an
additional recording device
Line In 2
Digital In/Out
Digital DIN
MIDI In
MIDI Out
Digital device
( e.g., DAT)
MiniDisc
Recorder
SPDIF (RCA)
In Out
Recording to or from an
external digital device
supporting RCA SPDIF
input/output
Recording and Content Authoring
with Optical Digital I/O card and
Digital I/O Module
Connects
to SB Live!
card
SPDIF In (RCA)
Optical
Input
Optical
Output
Digital
DIN
MiniDisc
Recording and Content Authoring
with Drive Bay
Digital device
( e.g., DAT)
SPDIF (RCA)
In Out
Metal
bracket
Headphones
Microphone /
Line In
To Digital Speaker
System*
Connects
to SB Live!
card
To Digital Speaker
System*
*e.g., FourPointSurround
or DeskTop Theater 5.1 Digital
Speaker Systems*
AUX input from
an analog source
(e.g., CD player,
tape deck)
Note:
The Optical and AUX input
jacks are available only in certain
models of the Drive Bay.
1-8 Knowing and Installing Your Card
Recording and Content
Authoring
❑ With the Digital Output Module connected to the Digital Out jack of the Sound Blaster Li ve!
card, you get two sets of SPDIF (RCA) and Optical outputs which allow you to connect and
record to external digital devices like MiniDisc or DAT recorders.
❑ If you are a musician with semi-professional requirements, you may want to upgrade your
Sound Blaster Live! card with either the Optical Digital I/O card (plus Digital I/O Module),
or the Drive Bay.
❑ For either options, you will be given:
• A set of SPDIF (RCA) and Optical input/output jacks for recording to and from external
digital devices;
• Standard MIDI input/output connectors for connection to MIDI devices;
• A Digital DIN connector for connection to digital speakers such as the
FourPointSurround or DeskTop Theater 5.1 Digital Speaker Systems;
• A second analog Line In allows you to connect to an additional input device (e.g. a CD
player) for recording.
❑ The Drive Bay fits into the standard 5¼” dri ve bay of your computer and thus allo ws you easy
access to these connectors from its front panel. The Headphones and Microphone utilizes ¼”
jacks for high-quality connectivity.
Installing Software in Windows 95/98 2-1
2
Installing Software in Windows 95/98
This chapter shows you how to install the audio software in Windows 95/98 after installing your
card. It consists of the following sections:
❑ Setting Up the Audio Drivers
❑ Installing the Applications
❑ Using Sound Blaster Live!
❑ Uninstalling the Applications
❑ Reinstalling the Audio Drivers From the Installation Disc
❑ Playing Legacy Games
Setting Up the
Audio Drivers
You need device drivers to control the components on your audio card. After you have installed
the card and switched on your system, Window s 95/98 automatically detects the components,
and then either installs the drivers automatically or prompts you for the drivers. You may
encounter the following messages, which may not be in the sequence shown.
❑ If a message similar to Figure 2-1 appears, just take
note of it and wait for the next message.
Figure 2-1: Message box indicating the
detection of a device.
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