Creative 51 5300 Manual

Using Sound Blaster Live! 3-3
For more information and usage details on Creative AudioHQ, refer to its online Help.
Creative 
Diagnostics
Use Creative Diagnostics to quickly test your audio card’s Wave, MIDI or CD Audio playback 
capability, recording function and speaker output. For more information and usage details on 
Creative Diagnostics, refer to its online Help.
SoundFont Control
SoundFont Control allows you to configure MIDI banks with SoundFont banks and 
instruments or DLS and Wave files, as...

Using Sound Blaster Live! 3-4
Creative Wave 
Studio
Creative WaveStudio allows you to perform the following sound editing functions easily:
❑Play, edit, and record 8-bit (tape quality) and 16-bit (CD quality) wave data.
❑Enhance wave data or create unique sounds with various special effects and editing 
operations such as reverse, echo, mute, pan, cut, copy, and paste
❑Open and edit several audio files at the same time
❑Open Raw (.RAW) and MP3 (.MP3) data files
For more information and usage details on...

General Specifications A-1
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General SpecificationsFeaturesPCI Bus Mastering
❑Half-length PCI Specification Version 2.1 compliant
❑Bus mastering reduces latency and speeds up system performance
EMU10K1
❑Advanced hardware accelerated digital effects processing
❑32-bit digital processing while maintaining a 192 dB dynamic range
❑Patented 8-point interpolation that achieves the highest quality of audio reproduction
❑64-voice hardware wavetable synthesizer
❑Professional-quality digital mixing and...

General Specifications A-2
AC ’97 Codec Mixer
❑Mixes EMU10K1 audio sources and analog sources such as CD Audio, Line In, 
Microphone, Auxiliary and TAD
❑Selectable input source or mixing of various audio sources for recording
❑16-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 48 kHz sample rate
Vo l u m e  C o n t r o l
❑Software playback control of Line In, Auxiliary, TAD, Microphone In, Wave/MP3, MIDI 
device, CD Digital (CD SPDIF)
❑Software recording control of Line In, Auxiliary, TAD,...

General Specifications A-3
ConnectivityAudio Inputs
❑Line-level analog Line input via stereo connector on rear bracket
❑Mono Microphone analog input via stereo connector on rear bracket
❑CD_IN line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card (on some cards)
❑AUX_IN line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card
❑TAD line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card
❑CD_SPDIF digital input via 2-pin Molex connector on card, accepting sampling rates of 32, 
44.1, and 48 kHz...

Troubleshooting B-1
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TroubleshootingProblems Installing 
Software
The installation does not start automatically after the Sound Blaster Live! Installation CD is inserted.The AutoPlay feature in your Windows system may not be enabled.To start the installation program through the My Computer shortcut menu:1. On your Windows desktop, click the My Computer icon.
2. Right-click the CD-ROM drive icon, and then click Au toP l ay.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.To enable AutoPlay through Auto Insert...

Troubleshooting B-2
Sound
IRQ conflicts.To resolve IRQ conflicts, try the following.
❑Place the audio card in another PCI slot. 
❑In your system BIOS, enable Advanced Control and Power Interface which allows IRQ 
sharing.There is unexpected, excessive environmental sound or effects when an audio file is being played.The last selected preset is an inappropriate environment for the current audio file.To switch to an appropriate environment:1. Open the Environmental Audio control utility.
2. Under...

Troubleshooting B-3
In a 4 or 5.1-speaker configuration, there is no sound from the rear speakers.
Check the following:❑The rear speakers are connected to the audio card’s Rear Out port.
❑If you are playing sound from one of these sources:
 CD Audio
Line In
TAD
 Auxiliary (AUX)
 Microphone
To solve the problem:
1. In Surround Mixer, make sure the source being played is unmuted, that is, enabled.
2. Select the same source as the record source.
For example, if you have a portable CD player plugged...

Troubleshooting B-4
No audio output when playing digital files such as .WAV, MIDI files or AVI clips.
Possible causes:❑Speaker volume (if any) is not set properly.
❑External amplifier or speakers are connected to the wrong port.
❑Hardware conflict.
❑Speakers selection in Surround Mixer is incorrectly selected.
❑Original Sound in either the Master or Source tabs of EAX Control Panel is set at or near 
0%.Check the following:❑Speakers’ volume control, if any, is set at mid-range.  Use Creative Mixer to...

Troubleshooting B-5
Problems with File 
Transfers on Some 
VIA Chipset 
Motherboards
After you install the Sound Blaster Live! card on a VIA chipset motherboard, you may have the 
slight chance of seeing one of the following:When transferring large amounts of data, the computer stops responding (‘hangs’)  or restarts itself, OR 
Files transferred from another drive are incomplete or corrupted.These problems appear in a small number of computers, which contain the VIA VT82C686B 
controller chipset on...