User manual YAMAHA WF192

[. . . ] PCI SOUND CARD Yamaha WAVEFORCE WF192XG Installation Wizard License Agreement Yamaha Corporation (Yamaha) permits you use the Yamaha WAVEFORCE WF192XG Installation Wizard (Software) conditioned on your acceptance of this agreement. Use of this Software will be taken to mean acceptance of this agreement, so please read the following terms carefully before you use the Software. 1 Copyright and permission for use Yamaha grants you as an individual the right to use the Software on only one computer at any single time. The ownership of the disk on which the Software is recorded belongs to you, but the ownership and copyright of the Program itself belongs to Yamaha. 2 Prohibitions and restrictions You may not reverse-compile, disassemble, reverse-engineer, or use any other method to convert the Software into a human-readable form, nor may you allow another person to do so. The Software may not be duplicated, corrected, modified, lent, leased, sold, distributed, licensed or disposed of in any other way in part or in whole. [. . . ] Installation of any new device into a PC is easy if you apply three simple rules, as follows: 1) Before attempting to install the card, turn off the power of your PC and ground yourself by touching the outside of the computer case. 2) Do not force the soundcard into a slot, and make sure that the slot you are trying to fit the card into is the correct type of slot for the card. 3) Make sure the card is secure and screwed in tightly, so that it cannot come loose. This also helps reduce the amount of background noise due to improper earthing. Q A Q A Q A What version of Direct X should be installed?For most applications and particularly for games, it is recommended that you run DirectX5. 0 or higher. How do I instruct my PC not to use the S-VA voices?Go to your control panel for the WF192XG (YAMAHA DS-XG Audio Config), and deselect SONDIUSXG as the default device in the synthesizer section. What if I need the latest version of the driver for my WF192XG?Go to the drivers download page on the WAVEFORCE web site, at www. waveforce. com. 31 Q A Q A Q A Q A Will the WF192XG work on all motherboards?The WF192XG will work with all motherboards with at least 1 available PCI bus, although some people have experienced difficulties with the TX & high speed bus range of boards due to voltage level incompatibilities and the bus speed itself. Contact your board supplier to check. How do I find out what the latest version of the driver is for the WF192XG and compare this to my own version?Go to your device manager, select `Sound Video and Game controllers', and the YAMAHA DS-XG Device Manager will appear. To see which version you are using, double-click on the YAMAHA DS-XG Device Manager icon and select `Driver'. Does the WF192XG work as an ISA soundcard?In the Windows DOS Box, the WF192XG runs as an ISA soundcard. However, since many new games support Direct X technology in Windows95, this should not be a problem. Note that the PCI nature of the WF192XG means that it will not run in true DOS. What if the memory map location for the WF192XG is already in use by another card, such as a legacy device like the Adaptec 1542CF SCSI card?Go to your system properties and click on resources (Control Panel/System/Device Manager/Properties/Resource Tab), select Manual configuration, and change the setting until you see `No conflict'. 2: PLAYING GAMES Q A Q A Can I install the WF192XG with an ISA soundcard, since I would like to keep running DOS games as well as Win95 games with XG?Yes, so long as these is no IRQ conflict you can still run your old ISA bus SoundBlaster card at the same time. Can WF192XG be used with DOS game?The WF192XG is compatible with an ISA soundcard via the following methods. PC/PCI When your motherboard has a PC/PCI connector, connect the cable between the WF192XG and the motherboard to run DOS game in DOS real-mode. Note that some games don't work properly with the above methods, when beyond the limit of software emulation in DOS programming. Check the DOS game compatibility list on the WAVEFORCE web site. 32 Q A What if I am experiencing problems with the audio playback in some of my games?First check for information on the game developer's web site to see if there are any known problems within the game. [. . . ] For parameters with data size of 2 or 4, transmit the appropriate number of data bytes. When sending the parameter change messages consecutively, be sure to leave an appropriate interval (if the time base is 480, ca 5 clocks) between the messages. When this data is received, the WF192XG soundcard will change the effect Dry/Wet balance of Stage 1 to 50% each. Be sure to allow enough time for the procedure to take place by inserting an empty measure at the top of the song for every channel. EXAMPLE OF PARAMETER CHANGE 1. To change reverb effect type to Stage 1, first check the Effect Type List to identify the MSB and LSB numbers; for Stage 1 Reverb effect type numbers are MSB = 03, LSB = 00. [. . . ]