Aztech PCI 288-Q3DII, User Manual

Page 1: ...PCI 368DSP SOUND CARD User s Manual Version 1 0 All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l g u i d e s c o m...

Page 2: ...SS QXpander QSurround and the Qlogo are trademarks of QSound Labs Inc ThunderBird 128 is a trademark of VLSI Technology Inc Half Life is a trademark of Valve Software and Sierra Online Jedi Knight and...

Page 3: ...ing the Sound Card Drivers Software Utilities 4 1 Installing the Sound Card Drivers 4 1 1 For Windows 95 4 1 2 For Windows 98 4 1 3 For Windows NT 4 0 4 2 Installing Clef Studio 3 0 4 3 Installing Voy...

Page 4: ...l Panel 5 2 Running Clef Studio 3 0 5 3 Running Voyetra MIDI Orchestrator Plus applicable for Germany only Frequently Asked Questions Technical Specifications Sound Card Layout QEM Glossary 25 25 31 3...

Page 5: ...sound card users we are proud to reveal that PCI 368DSP supports Microsoft DirectSound acceleration of up to 128 channels 320 voice wavetable synthesis and high quality sampling rate providing supreme...

Page 6: ...indows NT minimum 15MB hard disk space system files and audio drivers only CD ROM drive Active amplified speakers Windows 95 98 NT 4 0 Before You Begin This chapter contains information that you need...

Page 7: ...nted surface of your computer chassis before you begin installation and again every minute or so until the installation is completed 2 3 Installation Notes Computers come in different shapes and sizes...

Page 8: ...your computer If the sound card is non Plug and Play de install its audio drivers before you remove it from your computer Check the documentation on your existing sound card for details 1 Remove the...

Page 9: ...g screw to secure your sound card later 3 Align your sound card with the selected PCI Bus Slot and firmly push it into the slot If the sound card does not slide in do not force it Make sure the card i...

Page 10: ...audio cable to the sound card for CD ROM audio output See Appendix C Sound Card Layout for the location of the CD Audio connector on the sound card The audio cable should be supplied with the CD ROM d...

Page 11: ...one Example you may want to sing Karaoke through the microphone Sound will be produced from the attached speakers Front Speakers Headphones Connect a pair of active speakers to the front of your compu...

Page 12: ...ling the Sound Card Drivers 4 1 1 For Windows 95 1 Power on your computer Windows 95 will detect your newly installed sound card and the following Update Device Driver Wizard will appear This chapter...

Page 13: ...WIN9x Language in the text box Assuming your CD ROM drive is D If not substitute the drive letter accordingly Language You may choose either English German French Italian Spanish or Dutch language x...

Page 14: ...ry out the following i Place your Windows 95 CD in the CD ROM drive and click OK ii Specify where the required files can be found on the Windows 95 CD and click OK 6 Type D WIN9x Language in the text...

Page 15: ...indows taskbar click Start Run ii In the Run text box type D SoftSynt Language Disk1 setup exe Language You may choose either English German French Italian Spanish or Dutch language iii Click OK 10 Up...

Page 16: ...98 1 Power on your computer Windows 98 will run and detect your newly installed sound card Click Next 2 Click the option Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click Next All manuals a...

Page 17: ...e text box type D Win9x Language Assuming your CD ROM drive is D If not substitute the drive letter accordingly Language You may choose either English German French Italian Spanish or Dutch language x...

Page 18: ...You may choose either English German French Italian Spanish or Dutch language iii Click OK 7 Upon completion you will be prompted to restart your system Select the option Yes I want to restart my comp...

Page 19: ...e on line instructions to complete the installation AThunderBird 128 Control Panel applet will be created To run the application see section5 1 Running ThunderBird Control Panel Else you may proceed t...

Page 20: ...he PCI Audio Multimedia Studio CD in the CD ROM drive 3 From the Windowstaskbar click Start Run Type D Apps Vmoplus setup exe in the text box Assuming your CD ROM drive is D If not substitute the driv...

Page 21: ...OK Assuming your CD is still in your CD ROM drive is D Follow the on line instructions to complete the installation Upon completion restart your system Start Shut Down Restart For playing of DOS games...

Page 22: ...y you may double click the icon at the corner of the taskbar 3 The ThunderBird 128 Control Panel will be displayed The following sections will describe the settings and options available under this ap...

Page 23: ...playing of video and sound files for playing of audio CDs for configuring your sound card and video settings 5 1 2 Demo These programs allows you to perform the 3 dimensional sound demonstrations on...

Page 24: ...e memory required 5 1 4 MIDI 5 1 3 Settings Headphone select this when you are using your headphones 2 Speakers select this when you are using only the front 2 speakers 2D to 3D expands normal stereo...

Page 25: ...strator Plus applicable for Germany only 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start Programs Voyetra 2 Double click MIDI Orchestrator Plus 3 The on line help Help Contents will give a detailed description...

Page 26: ...s able to do this while maintaining full 16 bit 48KHz quality Why is it that some of my games do not seem to work with the Q3D Positional Sound feature Not all games especially older ones support the...

Page 27: ...lick OK DirectX 6 0 will be installed in your system Do I need to connect all 4 speakers at the same time You do not need to connect all 4 speakers to enable your sound output You can have only the fr...

Page 28: ...the FAQ What version of DirectX should be installed 5 The Output Mode ThunderBird 128 Control Panel Settings tab must be set to Speaker if you are using only the 2 front speakers and to Quad if you ar...

Page 29: ...sound card drivers Upon completion click Finish and restart your system How do I see the resources listings Windows 95 98 1 From the Windowstaskbar click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click th...

Page 30: ...owing 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click System icon 3 Click the Device Manager tab 4 Check whether there is a yellow exclamation mark error on any of the VLS...

Page 31: ...nd 64 in MMX host Hardware 64 channel QSound Q3D Positional Sound Hardware 64 voices Wavetable Software 256 voices Wavetable QSurround 2 or 4 speaker virtualization of DVD multi channel audio QMSS QSo...

Page 32: ...connector for AUX In 4 pin PH04 red connector for TAD Audio External 3 5mm jack red for mono microphone input 3 5mm jack blue for stereo Line In 3 5mm jack green for stereo Front Channel buffered Line...

Page 33: ...daughter board Game Port D SUB 15 connector for joystick and MIDI interface B 6 System Audio Software OS Support Window 95 Window 98 Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 5 0 WDW Real Mode DOS The product specif...

Page 34: ...34 PCI 368DSP Sound Card User s Manual Sound Card Layout All manuals and user guides at all guides com...

Page 35: ...d card D 2 What does QEM do In real life every room or environment you enter has some sort of reverberant quality depending on different factors like itssize and thematerialthe surrounding objects e g...

Page 36: ...dvantage of QEM i e non EAX Enabled DirectSound games all you need to do is select a suitable environment from the Default Environment list in the ThunderBird 128 Control Panel and run the game The ef...

Page 37: ...nternally so you won t see anything change in the control panel If the player s character then moves into a larger room the game might then call for an Auditorium environment preset giving the overall...

Page 38: ...38 PCI 368DSP Sound Card User s Manual Figure 3 How to use QEM Remember QEM only works with DirectX Games All manuals and user guides at all guides com...

Page 39: ...APIs application programming interfaces for games and multimedia applications With these standards programmers are able to write programs that access the hardware features of the computer without know...

Page 40: ...you can do voice recording or playback MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface It is a musical communication standard that lets you with the help of a MIDI keyboard guitar instruct a sound to play...

Page 41: ...s Inc SeeAppendix D QEM QMSS QSound Multi Speaker System QMSS redistributes image across all 4 speakers when playing stereo Audio CD DVD This feature can be found in ThunderBird 128 Control Panel unde...