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SoundWave 32 Windows Audio Driver

The following Help Topics are available:

Hardware Configuration

Games Configuration

Advanced Settings

OEMSETUP Option

Technical Support

Warning: The Orchid Sound Driver is capable of producing very high volume sounds.  In order to avoid permanent or temporary hearing loss or impairment, before using any set of headphones, test the volume of the sounds played though the headphones while holding them away from your ears.


OEMSETUP Option

In your Microsoft Windows manual you will find section on Audio Driver installation.  This section will cover the use of the OEMSETUP method.

If you installed from the OEMSETUP, you will need to select the Roland MPU-401 option and the [MCI] CD Audio option from your Drivers icon under the Control Panel, if not already loaded.  These options can be found by click on the ADD Button.  Once you have added these options, restart Windows for them to take effect.

Note: The OEMSETUP Option is designed as a reinstallation driver option.  The SW32.EXE must be installed and loaded for this driver to function correctly.  If you have questions about the OEMSETUP, contact Orchid Technical Support .


Hardware Configuration

The hardware configuration screen consists of setting the I/O Address, IRQ, and DMA Channel for the configuration of the SoundWave 32 card.  Some of these values are set in the SW32.EXE program located in the SW32 subdirectory.  SW32.EXE writes your address choices to the SW32.INI file and programs the Soundwave 32 board to use your choices.  You will find that the SW32.EXE will place itself in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to active on boot-up.  The values set in the SW32.EXE must be the same values in the hardwave configuration screen.  If you changed the values in SW32.EXE, you will need to change the values here as well.

I/O Address                                                                                                                       -----------------

530 Hex, 604 Hex, E80 Hex and F40 Hex

IRQ

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7, 9, 10, 11 and 12

DMA

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0, 1, 3

Default Options are: I/O = 530 , IRQ = 11 and DMA = 0

Avoid Address Conflicts

A conflict may occur if you have another card in your system using I/O, DMA, or IRQ addresses as the SoundWave 32.  Resolve the conflict by selecting another address.  When selecting a different address, please note the following information:

-- A BUS mouse commonly uses I/O address 240H

-- Network cards commonly use the following addresses:

- IRQ 10 or 11

- I/O 300H, 320H, 340H and 360H

-- Other devices such as SCSI cards, hard disk cards and CD-ROM drives commonly use the following addresses:

- IRQ 10, 11, 14 and 15

- I/O 330H and 340H

-- When you encounter an IRQ conflict, you will normally hear a continuous noise from the speakers.  I/O and DMA conflicts will normally lock up your system.


Games Configuration

AD Lib Compatibility

This is the Default option for game and applications configuration under Windows.

Sound Blaster Compatibility

Do you have MS-DOS-based applications and games that weren't designed to work with the Orchid Windows Sound System Driver?  Note: Orchid supports the Microsoft Windows Sound System version 2.0 standard.

Note: The SoundWave 32 emulates the Sound Blaster in DOS, but if you wish to use the Sound System driver, follow the information below.

Here's the good news: You can run your MS-DOS-based games and applications with the Orchid Windows Sound System driver.  This driver now includes a special driver that enables the SoundWave 32 board to emulate a Sound Blaster sound board.  After you have installed this driver, you can run your Sound Blaster-compatible MS-DOS based applications and games with Windows in an MS-DOS session.

The advantage of running your games in a Windows MS-DOS session is that you can switch back to Windows quickly.  The drawbacks are that you may have to compromise on performance because your games may run a little slower, or that you may experience some difficulty freeing up memory because Windows and possibly other Windows-based applications are running.  Also, some of your MS-DOS games may not be designed to run in an MS-DOS session of Windows.

Note: Only one application can access the SoundWave 32 board at a time.  For best performance, avoid running more than one MS-DOS-based application or game that uses sound at the same time.

GAMES.PIF is a file that allows you to start an MS-DOS session in which you can run your games.  This file was automatically copied to your Orchid SoundWave 32 directory (i.e. c:\sw32) when you ran the SINSTALL program on your SW32 Install/Driver disk.  In order to use GAMES.PIF you need to create an icon or "Program item" for it in one of your Windows groups.

To create the GAME.PIF item in your program group

1. In Program Manager, open a Program group where you want this icon to be.

2. From the Program Manager File menu, choose New.

The New Program Object dialog box appears.

3. Select Program Item, and choose OK.

The Program Item Properties dialog box appears.

4. In the Description box, type an identifier name (for example, MS-DOS Games).  This name will appear as the label under the icon in the program group window.

5. In the Command Line box, type:

c:\sw32\games.pif

6. Choose OK.  The MS-DOS Games icon will appear.  Now you can double click on it to open an MS-DOS session that's designed to run your games.

To turn the volume up:

Press CTRL+ALT+PAGE-UP

To turn the volume Down:

Press CTRL+ALT+PAGE-DOWN


Advanced Settings

Using Single Mode DMA

If you are recording and you hear crackling sounds, static, or other distortions, your computer may require single mode direct memory access, enable this option.  The DMA buffer size is 0 to 64 buffers, where the default is 32 buffers.  Note: the default is disabled.

DMA (direct memory access) channel

There are special signal lines on your computer's bus called DMA channels.  DMA channels allow certain devices, like sound boards or disk drives to access your computer's memory directly, without having to wait for interrupt service from the CPU.


Technical Support

Drivers and information about the products included with this disk are available through the Orchid Technical Support Department or may be downloaded from the Orchid Bulletin Board Service (BBS). You may also send your driver questions and requests via FAX to the numbers listed below.

In the United States:

Technical Support Department	(510) 683-0323

Technical Support Department FAX	(510) 683-0355

Orchid's BBS, 14400 baud, N, 8, 1	(510) 683-0327

In Europe Contact:

France Technical Support	33 14 780-7050

France Technical Support FAX	33 14 782-5179

France Technical Support BBS	33 14 784-7057

United Kingdom Technical Support	44 256 479898

United Kingdom Technical FAX	44 256 64222

United Kingdom Technical BBS	44 256 63373

Orchid currently provides a 16-line BBS system with eleven 14400 baud modems and five 9600 baud modems.  All lines are accessed through one phone number.  The 9600 baud units are last in the call group.  They will only be used after the eleven 14400 baud units are busy.  Orchid's modem settings are: Parity=NONE (N), Data Bits=8, and Stop Bits=1.  Note: YMODEM and ZMODEM are the recommended file transfer protocols.

   Technical Support hours are:

        Monday to Friday 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. PST


Sound Blaster

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