ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ Creative Technology Ltd. ³ ³ ³ ³ Sound Blaster AWE32 ³ ³ Developer's Information Package ³ ³ ³ ³ Version 2.52 ³ ³ 24 July 1995 ³ ³ ³ ³ README.TXT ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; A) What's new B) Limitation And Disclaimer Of Warranties C) Files in this package D) Getting assistance A) What's new 1) Audio Spatialization Library The Creative's 3D audio developer's kit. It allows game developers to go far beyond today's existing enhanced stereo sound, providing advanced spatialization capabilities. B) Limitation And Disclaimer Of Warranties THE SOFTWARE AND RELATED WRITTEN MATERIALS, INCLUDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY EXPRESSLY INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD., ITS SUPPLIERS, DISTRIBUTORS, DEALERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, SHALL CREATE OR OTHERWISE ENLARGE THE SCOPE OF ANY WARRANTY HEREUNDER. LICENSEE ASSUMES THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH SOFTWARE AND LICENSEE APPLICATION. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE, AND/OR LICENSEE APPLICATION PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU, AS LICENSEE (AND NOT CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD., ITS SUPPLIERS, DISTRIBUTORS, DEALERS OR AGENTS), ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY CORRECTION, SERVICING, OR REPAIR. 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SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Creative Technology Ltd. shall have no obligation to update or otherwise correct any errors in the manual and software even if Creative Technology Ltd. is aware of such errors and Creative Technology Ltd. shall be under no obligation to provide to Licensee any updates, corrections or bug-fixes which Creative Technology Ltd. may elect to prepare. Creative Technology Ltd. does not warrant that the functions contained in the manual and software will be uninterrupted or error free and Licensee is encouraged to test the software for Licensee's intended use prior to placing any reliance thereon. Creative Technology Ltd. retains title and ownership of the manual and software as well as ownership of the copyright in any subsequent copies of the manual and software, irrespective of the form of media on or in which the manual and software are recorded or fixed. Licensee shall use the manual and software only for the purpose of developing Licensee Applications compatible with Creative's Sound Blaster Advanced WavEffects Series of Products, unless otherwise agreed to by further written agreement from Creative Technology Ltd.. Licensee shall not modify, adapt, translate or prepare any derivative work based on the manual and software or any element thereof other than the above said purpose, without the express written consent of Creative Technology Ltd.. Creative Technology Ltd. reserves all rights not expressly granted to Licensee in this License Agreement. Copyright 1994-95 by Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. C) Files in this package. This developer information package allows you to develop your own applications/drivers that will fully tap the capabilities of the SB AWE32. You will get a set full featured libraries based on MIDI messages, and a suite of APIs that allow you to exploit the possibilities of downloading sound samples using with the on-board DRAM. This documentation is divided into four parts dealing with programming the SB AWE32 under DOS (both real and protected mode), and under Windows. You will also learn how to control the EMU8000 chip onboard the SB AWE32 via MIDI non registered parameter number. And the last part, the newly added Audio Spatialization API. There are 6 files included in this package: README.TXT - This file ADIP01.ZIP - DOS Real & protected mode libraries and sample program. ADIP02.ZIP - Windows import library, latest Windows drivers, and sample program ADIPHLP.ZIP - Documentation in Windows Help file format ADIPPS.ZIP - Documentation in Encapsulated PostScript format To install the package, unpack the distribution files with directory option. For example, MD C:\ADIP PKUNZIP -D -O ADIP01.ZIP C:\ADIP PKUNZIP -D -O ADIP02.ZIP C:\ADIP PKUNZIP -D -O ADIPHLP.ZIP C:\ADIP PKUNZIP -D -O ADIPPS.ZIP C:\ADIP To ensure integrity of document content, we can not distribute an editable version of the document. We distribute the document in a print image file and in a Windows Help file: ADIPDOC.PS and ADIPDOC.HLP. ADIPDOC.PS is an EPS file for PostScript printers only. Copy the print image file to a Postscript capable printer to print the document. For example, COPY /B ADIPDOC.PS PRN D) Getting Assistance If you have any comments, suggestions, questions, or problems concerning this developer information package, please feel free to contact us. You can reach us at: CompuServe: GO BLASTER Internet E-mail address: 72662.1602@compuserve.com