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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy
Creative Audio Software
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Contents
Introduction |
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High Definition Digital Audio Entertainment........................................ |
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What is EAX ADVANCED HD? ............................................................. |
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CreativeWare .................................................................................. |
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In Your Package ............................................................................. |
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System Requirements ..................................................................... |
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Sound Blaster Audigy card........................................................ |
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SB1394 applications, games and DVD viewing ............................ |
xii |
Getting More Information................................................................. |
xii |
More Help ...................................................................................... |
xii |
Technical Support ........................................................................... |
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Document Conventions.................................................................... |
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1 |
Installing Hardware |
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What You Need...................................................................................... |
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Your Sound Blaster Audigy Card .............................................................. |
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Your Joystick/MIDI Bracket ..................................................................... |
1-3 |
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Installation Steps ................................................................................... |
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Step 1: Prepare your computer ...................................................... |
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Step 2: Install the Sound Blaster Audigy card .................................. |
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Step 3: Install the Joystick/MIDI bracket (optional) .......................... |
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Step 4: Connect to power supply.................................................... |
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Connecting Related Peripherals................................................................ |
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Connecting Speaker Systems .................................................................. |
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Connecting External Consumer Devices .................................................... |
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Positioning Your Speakers ..................................................................... |
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Installing Software |
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Installing Drivers and Applications............................................................ |
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Installing Ulead VideoStudio Application .......................................... |
2-1 |
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Windows 98 Second Edition .................................................... |
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Windows Me ......................................................................... |
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Windows 2000 ...................................................................... |
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Uninstalling the Applications and Device Drivers ........................................ |
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Reinstalling the Device Drivers ................................................................ |
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Updating Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2) ................................................. |
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Updating Windows 98 SE ........................................................................ |
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AC-3 SPDIF output........................................................................ |
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1394 storage supplement .............................................................. |
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Installing Digital Video Update................................................................. |
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Sound Blaster Audigy Applications |
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Applications............................................... |
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Third Party Sound Blaster Audigy Applications ........................................... |
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Creative Taskbar.................................................................................... |
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick Start...................................... |
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Experience ................................................ |
3-3 |
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EAX ADVANCED HD Gold Mine Experience ................................................ |
3-3 |
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Creative Diagnostics............................................................................... |
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Creative Surround Mixer ......................................................................... |
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Creative AudioHQ................................................................................... |
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SoundFont Control ........................................................................ |
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Device Controls ............................................................................ |
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Creative Keyboard ........................................................................ |
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MIDI Input............................................................................ |
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EAX Control.................................................................................. |
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Creative WaveStudio .............................................................................. |
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Creative PlayCenter................................................................................ |
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Creative Recorder .................................................................................. |
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Creative Oozic Player.............................................................................. |
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Vienna SoundFont Studio........................................................................ |
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Creative MiniDisc Center ......................................................................... |
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Creative RemoteCenter........................................................................... |
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SoundFont Showcase ............................................................................. |
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Creative Restore Defaults........................................................................ |
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Steinberg’s Audio Applications ................................................................. |
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Cubasis VST (for Creative)............................................................. |
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WaveLab Lite ............................................................................... |
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ReCycle Lite ................................................................................. |
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MixMeister........................................................................................... |
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Ulead VideoStudio Version 4.0 SE Basic.................................................. |
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FireNet ............................................................................................... |
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Using Applications |
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Multimedia Playback............................................................................... |
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Watching DVDs ............................................................................ |
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Playing MP3 or WMA files............................................................... |
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Playing back Wave and CD Audio files ............................................. |
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Playing MIDI files.......................................................................... |
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Creating non- General-MIDI- compliant files .................................... |
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Digital Entertainment.............................................................................. |
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Watching surround movies............................................................. |
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Compiling personal albums ............................................................ |
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Content Creation.................................................................................... |
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Organizing SoundFont banks.......................................................... |
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Applying voice effects.................................................................... |
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Recording sound and effects .......................................................... |
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Capturing and editing videos.......................................................... |
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Advanced Content Creation..................................................................... |
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Recording multi-tracks with ASIO ................................................... |
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Creating music ............................................................................. |
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Recording and transcribing music ................................................... |
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Recording and editing musical instruments ...................................... |
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Recording digital audio .................................................................. |
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Creating multiple effects................................................................ |
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Creating and playing back SoundFonts ............................................ |
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Internet Entertainment ........................................................................... |
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Experiencing music with visual entertainment .................................. |
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Encoding CD songs to MP3 format .................................................. |
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Downloading and playing MP3 songs............................................... |
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Playing MP3 songs with EAX ADVANCED HD..................................... |
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Mixing MP3 songs ......................................................................... |
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Gaming Reference.................................................................................. |
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Enjoying EAX ADVANCED HD support.............................................. |
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Enjoying DirectSound3D support .................................................... |
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Enjoying A3D 1.0 support .............................................................. |
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Enjoying DOS games..................................................................... |
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Enjoying audio presets in games .................................................... |
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Customizing environments for non-3D games .................................. |
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Appendixes |
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General Specifications |
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Features ............................................................................................... |
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PCI Bus Mastering ................................................................. |
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Audigy Processor................................................................... |
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High Quality Audio Path.......................................................... |
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Professional Digital Audio Processing........................................ |
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Flexible Mixer Control............................................................. |
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Dolby Digital (AC-3) Decoding................................................. |
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Creative Multi Speaker SurroundTM (CMSSTM) ......................... |
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SB1394TM Compatibility......................................................... |
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Connectivity .......................................................................................... |
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Sound Blaster Audigy card............................................................. |
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Audio Inputs ......................................................................... |
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Audio Outputs ....................................................................... |
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SB1394 Interfaces................................................................. |
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Interfaces............................................................................. |
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SB Emulation in MS-DOS/Windows 98 SE |
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Background........................................................................................... |
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Installing MS-DOS Drivers....................................................................... |
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Opening MS-DOS................................................................................... |
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Understanding the Installation Program.................................................... |
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AUTOEXEC.BAT File Settings .......................................................... |
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CONFIG.SYS File Settings .............................................................. |
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System Resource Settings....................................................................... |
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Input/Output (I/O) Addresses ........................................................ |
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Interrupt Request (IRQ) Line.......................................................... |
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Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channel............................................. |
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Environment Variables............................................................................ |
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CTSYN Environment Variable.......................................................... |
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BLASTER Environment Variable ...................................................... |
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Determining Resources........................................................................... |
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Selecting the Best Audio Options in a Game .............................................. |
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Music Options............................................................................... |
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Digital Audio Options..................................................................... |
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MS-DOS Mode Utilities............................................................................ |
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SBECFG.EXE ................................................................................ |
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SBEMIXER.EXE............................................................................. |
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SBESET.EXE............................................................................... |
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SBEGO.EXE................................................................................ |
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Troubleshooting |
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Problems Installing Software ................................................................... |
C-1 |
Problems with Sound.............................................................................. |
C-2 |
Insufficient SoundFont Cache .................................................................. |
C-5 |
Problems With Joystick ........................................................................... |
C-5 |
Problems with Multiple Audio Devices ....................................................... |
C-6 |
Problems with Sound Blaster Live! Series or Sound Blaster PCI512 card....... |
C-7 |
Resolving I/O Conflicts............................................................................ |
C-8 |
Problems in Windows NT 4.0 ................................................................... |
C-9 |
Problems with Encore DVD Player .......................................................... |
C-10 |
Problems with Software DVD Player ....................................................... |
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Problems with DV driver for Windows 98 SE/2000/Me .............................. |
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Index
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Introduction
Introduction
High Definition
Digital Audio
Entertainment
Thank you for purchasing Sound Blaster Audigy, which consists of the Sound Blaster Audigy card and Joystick/MIDI bracket. It is the most complete high-definition digital audio entertainment solution that you will ever come across.
With the onboard 24-bit Analog-to-Digital Convertor (ADC) and Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), Sound Blaster Audigy delivers high-definition sound of astounding quality with 96 kHz SPDIF support. The Sound Blaster Audigy card, with its Audigy processor, is four times as powerful as its nearest competitor. This enables awesome EAX ADVANCED HDTM technologies for your games and music listening experience.
The SB1394 port provides easy high-speed connectivity to NOMAD portable digital audio players, external CD-RW drives and other IEEE 1394 compatible devices like DV Camcorders, printers, scanners and digital still cameras.
Combine Sound Blaster Audigy with a rich software bundle and you get endless hours of fun. Included in your Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD are exciting applications that allow you to create EAX-enhanced MP3 songs, and instant interactive Oozic music videos, which you can share with your friends over the Internet.
Introduction ix
What is EAX ADVANCED HD?
EAX ADVANCED HD brings a new level of performance, power and flexibility to PC audio. Taking advantage of the increased processing capabilities of the Sound Blaster Audigy HDA Processor, EAX ADVANCED HD delivers a host of new high definition audio features for gaming and music enhancement.
The all-new EAX ADVANCED HD Game Audio Library takes in-game audio acoustics to a whole new level. New Multi-EnvironmentTM technology renders up to 4 simultaneous audio environments in real time. Environment PanningTM makes spatializing and localizing environments in 3D possible. Environment ReflectionsTM offers localization of early reflections and echoes. Environment FilteringTM accurately simulates the propagation of sound in both open and closed environments. Finally, Environment MorphingTM allows for seamless transition from one environment to the next. These innovative technologies bring tremendous realism and immersiveness to gaming.
Sonic superiority is also assured with EAX ADVANCED HD Music Technologies. Audio Clean-Up enables the removal of unwanted noise in a digital audio file. DREAMTM creates an enhanced, "disco-like" surround sound for any stereo music. Time Scaling speeds up and slows down music with no distortion. Music playback is further enhanced with the specially developed EAX ADVANCED HD music effects.
EAX ADVANCED HD offers dramatically increased 3D audio performance and functionality, delivering superior audio fidelity and sophisticated reverb effects for an unsurpassed digital entertainment experience that is only available from the Sound Blaster Audigy family of products.
Introduction x
CreativeWare
In Your Package
System
Requirements
Sound Blaster Audigy card
CreativeWare is a post-purchase program that adds new features, enhancements and additional functionality to Creative’s upgradeable products. With CreativeWare, you can always be sure of having the best digital entertainment experience because:
—You can easily upgrade your Sound Blaster Audigy card with the latest features, device drivers, and applications.
—You can personalize the functions on your Sound Blaster Audigy card.
The following items are included in your package:
Sound Blaster Audigy card
Joystick/MIDI bracket
Analog CD audio cable
Digital CD audio cable
Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD
Quick Start leaflet
Application and game CDs
Warranty card
Technical Support leaflet
Genuine Intel® Pentium® 266 MHz, AMD® K6 300 MHz or faster class processor
Intel, AMD or 100%-Intel compatible motherboard chipset
Windows® 98 Second Edition (SE), Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
64 MB RAM
600 MB of free hard disk space
Available PCI 2.1 compliant slot for the Sound Blaster Audigy card
Introduction xi
SB1394 applications, games and DVD viewing
Getting More
Information
More Help
Technical Support
Available adjacent slot for the Joystick/MIDI bracket (optional)
Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
CD-ROM drive installed
Genuine Intel Pentium II 350 MHz, MMX or AMD 450 MHz processor/3Dnow!
Windows 98 SE, Windows Me or Windows 2000 (Creative PlayCenter on Windows NT 4.0 requires Service Pack 6 with Internet Explorer 4.0)
3D graphics accelerator with at least 8 MB of texture RAM for games
128 MB RAM recommended for digital video (DV) capture and editing
Ultra DMA type hard disk with 1 GB workspace (ATA-100, 7,200 rpm type and 6 GB recommended) for DV applications (300–500 MB of free hard disk space for games)
At least second generation DVD-ROM drive with these recommended soft-DVD players: InterVideo’s Win DVD 2000 or CyberLink’s PowerDVD 3.0 and above
Other applications may have higher system requirements or may require a microphone. Refer to the application’s online Help documentation for details.
Refer to the Sound Blaster Audigy Online Quick Start and the various online Help files for detailed information on Creative applications. The Sound Blaster Audigy Experience, an online demo, gives you an interactive introduction to Sound Blaster Audigy and demonstrates the card’s capabilities.
View the contents of the Sound Blaster Audigy Installation CD for additional demonstrations, libraries and other software. Visit the www.soundblaster.com site for the latest Sound Blaster news and products. The site also includes information on making purchases, technical help, and CreativeWare updates.
Visit www.soundblaster.com/support/faq for general help.
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Document
Conventions
The following typographical conventions are used throughout this manual:
The notepad icon indicates information that is of particular importance and should be considered before continuing.
The alarm clock designates a caution or warning that can help you avoid situations involving risk.
The warning sign indicates that failure to adhere to directions may result in bodily harm or life-threatening situations.
Introduction xiii
Installing Hardware
1This chapter tells you how to install the Sound Blaster Audigy hardware.
Installing Hardware
What You Need |
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Joystick/MIDI
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Sound Blaster Audigy card
Analog CD audio cable
Phillips-head screwdriver (not included)
Digital CD audio cable
Installing Hardware 1-1
Your Sound
Blaster Audigy
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A jack is a one-hole connecting interface whilst a connector consists of many pins. Refer to the User Guide, “Hardware Information”, for connector pin assignments.
In Analog mode, Line Out and Rear Out jacks can be used simultaneously for 4.1 channel speaker systems. The Analog/Digital Out jack can be used for the Center and Subwoofer (LFE) channels for 5.1 speaker systems.
Your audio card has these jacks and connectors which allow you to attach other devices:
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Installing Hardware 1-2
Your Joystick/
MIDI Bracket
Your Joystick/MIDI bracket has this connector that can be attached to other devices:
Joystick/MIDI connector
Connects to a joystick or a MIDI device. You can buy an optional MIDI kit that allows you
to plug in a joystick and MIDI device Rear view of connector bracket simultaneously.
Figure 1-2: Connector on the Joystick/MIDI bracket.
Installing Hardware 1-3
Installation Steps
Step 1: Prepare your computer
Turn off the main power supply and disconnect your computer’s power cord. Systems using an ATX power supply unit with soft power off may still be powering the PCI slot. This can damage your audio card when it is inserted into the slot.
Remove any existing audio card or disable the onboard audio chipset. For more information, see “Problems with Multiple Audio Devices” on page C-6.
1.Turn off your computer and all peripheral devices.
2.Touch a metal plate on your computer to ground yourself and to discharge any static electricity, and then unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
3.Remove the computer cover.
4.Remove the metal brackets from two adjacent unused PCI slots as shown in Figure 1-3. Put the screws aside for use later.
metal brackets
PCI slots
ISA slots
Figure 1-3: Removing metal plates
Installing Hardware 1-4
Step 2: Install the Sound Blaster Audigy card
Do not force the audio card into the slot. Make sure that the gold finger PCI connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy card is aligned with the PCI bus connector on the motherboard before you insert the card into the PCI expansion slot.
If it does not fit properly, gently remove it and try
again.
1.Align the Sound Blaster Audigy card with the PCI slot and press the card gently but firmly into the slot as shown in Figure 1-4.
2.Secure the card with one of the screws you had placed aside earlier.
Fasten the card and
bracket with Unused screws. brackets
Joystick/MIDI bracket
Figure 1-4: Securing the audio card to the expansion slot.
Step 3: Install the Joystick/MIDI bracket (optional)
1.If you are installing a joystick or MIDI device, secure the Joystick/MIDI bracket to the slot next to the Sound Blaster Audigy card with the second screw.
2.Connect the Joystick/MIDI cable to the Joystick/MIDI connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy card as shown in Figure 1-4.
Installing Hardware 1-5
If the Sound Blaster Audigy card is connected to both the CD SPDIF and CD Audio connectors on a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, do not enable the CD Audio and CD Digital options at the same time in Surround Mixer.
Step 4: Connect to power supply
For analog CD audio output:
connect the Analog CD audio cable from the Analog Audio connector on your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive to the CD_IN connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy card as shown in Figure 1-5.
For digital CD audio output:
connect the Digital CD audio cable from the Digital Audio connector on your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive to the CD_SPDIF connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy card as shown in Figure 1-5.
1. Replace the computer cover.
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
OR
Figure 1-5: Connecting the
drives.
2. Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet, and turn on the computer.
To connect your Sound Blaster Audigy card to other devices, see “Connecting Related Peripherals” on page 1-7.
To install drivers and software, refer to “Installing Drivers and Applications” on page 2-1.
Installing Hardware 1-6
Connecting
Related
Peripherals
Sound Blaster Audigy will most undoubtedly give you endless hours of listening pleasure. Figure 1-6 shows you how to connect related peripherals to your Sound Blaster Audigy to optimize your enjoyment.
Analog/Digital Out jack
Analog Mode (default): Connects to Center and Subwoofer channels. Digital Mode: Connects to digital
speakers*, MiniDisc or DAT via minijack-to- DIN cable. 
For instructions on how to switch between digital and analog modes, refer to topic “Digital Output Only” of the Creative Surround Mixer online Help.
Cassette and
CD player, Line-out Synthesizer,
etc.
Microphone
Connects to analog 
front and rear inputs of 4-channel speakers**
Connects to Creative IEEE 1394 
compatible devices such as the IEEE 1394 Creative digital audio player, DV camcorder, WebCam and digital camera.
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Mic In
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Audigy card Connects to Audigy
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Joystick/MIDI bracket
Game pad
Figure 1-6: Connecting other devices
*For example, Creative InspireTM 5.1 Digital Speakers
**For example, 4- channel Creative or Cambridge SoundWorks analog speaker systems
Installing Hardware 1-7
Connecting
Speaker Systems
If you are playing games in Windows 98 SE MS-DOS mode (pure DOS mode), you must:
•Make sure the CD Audio connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy card and the Analog Audio connector on the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive are connected.
•In addition, if you get distorted sound, do not connect the CD SPDIF connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy card to the Digital Audio connector on the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
For instructions on how to switch between digital and analog modes, refer to topic “Digital Output Only” of the Creative Surround Mixer online Help.
If you have a 5.1 channel speaker system, you can upmix your stereo sources (such as CD Audio, MP3, WMA, MIDI and Wave) to 5.1 channels by using the Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) technology. To upmix, you need to enable the CMSS feature in PlayCenter (Player view). Refer to the PlayCenter online Help.
Playing Games and Music, and Watching Movies
with a 4.1 or 5.1 Digital Speaker System of Creative or Cambridge SoundWorks
Minijack-to-DIN cable
Digital
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Analog Line
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Playing Games and Music, and Watching Movies
with an Analog 5.1 channel speaker system*
Analog Front, Rear and Center/ Sub Inputs
* For example, Creative Inspire 5.1 Analog Speakers
Triple stereo audio cable
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Figure 1-7: Connecting Sound Blaster Audigy card to speaker systems.
Installing Hardware 1-8
Connecting
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Tip : Left / Center channel
Ring : Right / Subwoofer channel
Additional information for
advanced users:
For connection to Center and
Subwoofer channels using a 3.5mm
(stereo)-to-RCA cable, connect the
white RCA jack to the Center input and the red RCA jack to the Subwoofer input of the amplifier.
Figure 1-8: Connecting external consumer devices to the Sound Blaster Audigy card.
Installing Hardware 1-9
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 1-9) and that they are angled toward you. Make sure that 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.
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Figure 1-9: Recommended speaker positions.
Installing Hardware 1-10
Installing Software
2This chapter tells you how to install the Sound Blaster Audigy software.
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