Zoltrix Audio Plus 3200 V.2, User Manual

Page 1: ...Audio Plus 3200 V 2 User Manual...

Page 2: ...ompany Version 1 0 Trademark Acknowledgments Media Rack and Willow Pond are trademarks of Willow Pond Corporation Microsoft MS and MS DOS are registered trademarks and Windows is a trademark of Micros...

Page 3: ...ceived including interference that may cause undesired operation However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interf...

Page 4: ...7 2 3 DOS Utilities Install 1 7 2 4 Windows Application Install 1 7 2 5 OS 2 Driver Install 1 8 2 6 Set DOS environment variables for Sound Blaster Compatible 1 8 3 Installation CD ROM Drive 1 9 3 1...

Page 5: ...4 Testing Alarm Clock 2 4 3 MIDI Player Wave Player and CD Player 2 5 3 1 Controls 2 5 3 2 Playing a Single Audio Selection 2 7 3 3 Playing Multiple Selections Using a Playlist 2 7 3 4 Creating Playli...

Page 6: ...MITSUMI or SONY or WEARNES and IDE interface drive you can run thousands of multimedia applications on CD s The Audio Plus 3200 also supports MPU 401 interface for Wave Table Synthesis upgrade We prov...

Page 7: ...udio Line in FM music voice Mono analog mixing from MIC In Software adjustable volume MIDI Interface Fully compatible with MPU 401 MIDI UART mode Joystick Port IBM PC joystick game port CD ROM Interfa...

Page 8: ...One or more 3 5 floppy drive One available 16 bit expansion slot MGA CGA EGA or VGA VGA recommended 40 MB Harddisk with at least 5 MB of free space At least 1 MB of RAM conventional extended 4 MB reco...

Page 9: ...user s guide for more details 3 Choose and empty 16 bit expansion slot Preferably away from other cards to cut down on noise and interference 4 Remove the expansion slot cover by unscrewing slot cover...

Page 10: ...n IDE Table 2 2 Connector function Connector Function J1 Connect Panasonic CD ROM Audio output J2 Connect Wave Table Synthesizer optional J3 Connect Mitsumi CD ROM Audio output J5 Connect Sony CD ROM...

Page 11: ...I O Connection and Jumpers Line In MIC In Volume Speaker Out Joystick MIDI SONY Wearnes CD ROM MITSUMI CD ROM PANASONIC CD ROM J5 This in J7 J8 J9 J10 indicate PIN 1 location IDE CD ROM J3 J1 CD Audio...

Page 12: ...etting will be got ever since 2 3 DOS Utilities Install INSTALL EXE is the program that helps you easily install the Audio Plus 3200 s supported utilities programs from diskettes to your hard disk Ins...

Page 13: ...eboot Note a Please delete old audio drivers that installed before b If you do the first time OS 2 installation OS 2 will detect Audio Plus 3200 sound card to Sound Blaster PRO tm at Multimedia Device...

Page 14: ...ports all type that fits SECONDARY IDE specification The default CD ROM interface on the card is I O port address 340H 343H DMA channel 3 IRQ channel 11 SECONDARY IDE I O port address 170H 177H or 374...

Page 15: ...river You need to install two CD ROM software drivers 1 Install CD ROM s device driver provided by CD ROM manufacturer in CONFIG SYS file 2 Install Microsoft CD ROM Extensions program MSCDEX EXE in AU...

Page 16: ...in MS Windows 3 1 After you did above installing CD ROM software driver you can install MCI CD audio driver in MS Windows 3 1 to play general CD audio disk 1 Launch Windows 2 Select the MAIN group 3 C...

Page 17: ...ce utility program APORGAN EXE Electronics organ and MIDI file playback program APPLAY EXE Voice play back at DOS command program APREC EXE Voice record at DOS command program 4 2 APINIT The APINIT EX...

Page 18: ...exit this program it will automatically update AUTOEXEC BAT file for next time reboot power ON initialization 2 Hot key adjustment TSR If selecting RESIDENT in item save exit from window based main m...

Page 19: ...filter Low or Mid or High R x set recording channel Mic or CD in or Line in or Post mixer K xxx MONITOR function ON or OFF X Do not resident Fig 2 MIX environment 4 4 APTEST APTEST EXE checks the Aud...

Page 20: ...est recording you need to speak to the microphone Your speech will be reproduced on the digitized output channel Fig 3 APTEST environment If you can t hear sound during any of the above tests check co...

Page 21: ...prompt type APUTIL Enter Integrated environment of APUTIL appears on screen as shown in Fig 4 Fig 4 APUTIL Integrated Environment Fig 5 Play voice from disk Play voice from disk Play disk file VOC con...

Page 22: ...d voice to disk Record voice to memory Sample voice from microphone to working memory Use arrow key to highlight and Press Enter to activate Time duration of the recording depends on sampling rate tha...

Page 23: ...ad or drive or directory you want to move to Press Enter to load it or move The file name will appear on Working File window after successful loading Save voice memory to disk Saves memory contents to...

Page 24: ...r accesses to disk are necessary during playing E execute command is the DOS command to be executed in foreground process Default is no foreground process filename is the name of the file to play It m...

Page 25: ...g mode 0 for mono mode and 1 for stereo Default value is 0 i e mono mode H sets quiet mode When specified no message is displayed during recording Default is not quiet mode E execute command is the DO...

Page 26: ...Media Rack Introduction 2 1 Media Rack User s Guide...

Page 27: ...functions through a user interface as simple to use as a home stereo system 1 2 Media Rack Components Media Rack consists of several major components Control Center Controls the display of Media Rack...

Page 28: ...ay click on the component s button on the Control Center s Button Bar or toggle it off using the Select Menu menu 1 4 Showing a Media Rack Component s Menu The left most menu item changes to be that o...

Page 29: ...hour format you will hear The time is eighteen twenty one Say Date If you enable this Alarm Clock will follow the time by announcing e g Today is Thursday January 12 1995 Say Greeting Causes Alarm Clo...

Page 30: ...3 Click on the Test button to hear your file to make sure that when the time comes to play the file your system will be able to do so 4 Specify the time you want the file played by highlighting and ty...

Page 31: ...ed selection or one stopped by the Stop button this displays the total length in minutes and seconds When a selection is playing or paused this displays elapsed time Shuffle Repeat Buttons When the Sh...

Page 32: ...current selection You can resume playing at the current location by pressing the button again Stop Stops playing the current selection and rewinds to the start Scan Moves your position ahead or back o...

Page 33: ...layer or WAV extension for Wave Player to play Click on OK You should see displayed the name of the file For CD Player a Insert an audio CD into your CD drive If CD Player recognizes it as one which y...

Page 34: ...Click on the Playlist button or select Edit Playlist from the component s menu 2 To load an existing playlist click on the Open button and choose the playlist file you want to use file with a MPL exte...

Page 35: ...it in the left column listing CD tracks and click on Insert The track name will appear in the right column either at the end of the list or immediately after a highlighted track name 6 When you click...

Page 36: ...fer excellent sound quality while others sacrifice sound quality but require less disk space To pick a recording data format 1 Click on Wave Player s Format button or select the Set Record Format menu...

Page 37: ...shows and lets you use the output level controls Recording Control Clicking on this button shows and lets you use the input level controls Note many voice recognition applications use the Voice Comma...

Page 38: ...the individual output To affect all outputs move the Vol slider To change the output of an individual output type move its slider Mic Controls the microphone input level Mute Buttons Toggle between m...

Page 39: ...ys to move each control to adjust the signal level If you are playing or recording audio of that type you should hear the volume level change as you move the control You can also use keyboard hotkeys...

Page 40: ...ses For example you might save one configuration for quietly recording reminders to yourself and another louder configuration for multimedia presentations Note Preset buttons and the Current Settings...