The C/MS Software Developers' Disk
==================================

This disk contains information, drivers and tools to assist
software developers to create music and special effects for their
software using the C/MS music card or Game Blaster Card.

It also supports the C/MS music portion of the Sound Blaster Card.


There are four sub-directories in this disks :

1) CMS-MIDI :
this sub-directory contains information and programs on a
MIDI like driver for C/MS. This driver accepts MIDI commands
( key-on, key-off, etc) and plays them on the the C/MS card.


2) SEG :
This sub-directory contains information and programs on a
special effect generator, which helps you to create special
effects for your program using the C/MS card.


3) CMS-DRV :
This sub-directory contains information and programs on a
program-loadable CMS driver. This driver accepts the music
notations of the Creative Music System (.CMS files) and plays
them as a background task.


4) CMS-SMF :
This sub-directory contains information and programs on a
program-loadable MIDI driver that accepts Standard MIDI Files
(SMF files) and plays the SMF file as a background task.

The C/MS Software Developers' Disk
==================================

This disk contains information, drivers and tools to assist
software developers to create music and special effects for their
software using the C/MS music card or Game Blaster Card.

It also supports the C/MS music portion of the Sound Blaster Card.


There are four sub-directories in this disks :

1) CMS-MIDI :
this sub-directory contains information and programs on a
MIDI like driver for C/MS. This driver accepts MIDI commands
( key-on, key-off, etc) and plays them on the the C/MS card.


2) SEG :
This sub-directory contains information and programs on a
special effect generator, which helps you to create special
effects for your program using the C/MS card.


3) CMS-DRV :
This sub-directory contains information and programs on a
program-loadable CMS driver. This driver accepts the music
notations of the Creative Music System (.CMS files) and plays
them as a background task.


4) CMS-SMF :
This sub-directory contains information and programs on a
program-loadable MIDI driver that accepts Standard MIDI Files
(SMF files) and plays the SMF file as a background task.
SOUND BLASTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPER'S DISK
========================================
This disk consists of routines and library functions for the
Sound Blaster Card. Software developers are welcome to incoporate
these routines into their programs. Creative Labs, Inc. will not
charge any licencing fees for the usage of these routines as long
as they are used for programs that supports the Sound Blaster or
the Game Blaster.

Software developers may create voice files using the VOXKIT disk.
Compression and silence packing of the voice files are provided
in the VOXKIT.

You may use the the JOINTVOC.EXE program to joint voice files
together.

If you wish to import voice files from other system, you may use
the VOC-HDR.EXE program in the VOXKIT disk to add a header to it.
After this the file can be loaded by VOXKIT for further use.



CT-VOICE DRIVER
---------------
The CT-VOICE.DRV is a program loadable voice driver that allows
your program to play digitized voice recorded from the VOXKIT.
It handles the memory page-break interrupt and other low level
tasks for you.

TEST-CTV.EXE is a sample program which calls the CT-VOICE.DRV to
input and output sound.

(See CREATIVE VOICE DRIVER Literature for details)


CHK-VF.EXE
----------
This program allows you to check the structure of a voice file.
It tells you the size, number of blocks, sampling rate and packing
schemes used by the voice file.

eg.
>CHK-VF marker.voc

(See "Creative Voice File Format" literature for detail of structure)



SBC-LIB
=======
(Sound Blaster Card Library Functions for Microsoft C)

This is a library of Sound Blaster functions for your Microsoft C
programs.

At this moment, only the function are available :

Card detection and Interrupt jumper detection

( See SBC-LIB.DOC in the \LIB\ sub-dir for details.)


DETECT (function)
================
(Sound Card Detection Functions for Microsoft C)

This is a sound card detection functions for your Microsoft C programs.
It is similar to the first function in SBC-LIB, but being smaller in
size, it can be used by those who just need to detect the presence of
either C/MS Card (Game Blaster) or Killer Card (Sound Blaster)

The only function available is Card detection.

( See DETECT.DOC in the \LIB\ sub-dir for details.)



CTV-MOD
=======

CTV-MOD.OBJ is an object file which is linkable to your Microsft C
programs.

Unlike CT-VOICE.DRV, it is a routine that accepts pure voice data,
without any header nor compression scheme.

The following functions are included :

1) ctv_detect : Card detection
2) ctv_speaker : On/Off DAC output to speaker
3) ctv_output : Output 8-bit data by DMA to DAC
4) ctv_pause : Pause the DMA output
5) ctv_continue : Continue the paused DMA output
6) ctv_halt : Halt the DMA output
7) ctv_uninstall : Uninstall, speaker output off


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