<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Sound Blaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Sound Blaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO</H1> <H2>by Marcus Brinkmann <CODE>< <A HREF="mailto:Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de">Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de</A>></CODE></H2>v1.2, 11 January 1998 <P><HR> <EM>This document describes how to install and configure a Sound Blaster 32 (SB AWE 32, SB AWE 64) card from Creative Labs in a Linux System using the AWE Sound Driver Extension written by Takashi Iwai. It also covers some special tools and players for the SB AWE series. Reference system is a Debian GNU/Linux System, but every other Linux Distribution should also work.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Acknowledgments</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Revision History</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-1.html#ss1.3">1.3 New versions of this document</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-1.html#ss1.4">1.4 Feedback</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-1.html#ss1.5">1.5 Distribution Policy</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-2.html">Before you start</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 Introduction</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Some general notes about the SB AWE cards</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-2.html#ss2.3">2.3 Some general notes about the Plug and Play cards</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-2.html#ss2.4">2.4 Some general notes about loadable kernel modules</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-2.html#ss2.5">2.5 Some general notes about the kernel sound driver</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-3.html">How to install SB AWE sound support</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Things you will need</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Getting started</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Compiling the kernel</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Reboot</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-4.html">Testing the Sound Driver</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 <CODE>/proc/devices, /dev/sndstat</CODE></A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Output - The Raw Audio Device</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 Output - The OPL-2/OPL-3 Synthesis</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 Output - The Wave Table Synthesis</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-4.html#ss4.5">4.5 Mixing</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-4.html#ss4.6">4.6 Input - Sampling with the Raw Audio Device</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-4.html#ss4.7">4.7 The MIDI Port</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-5.html">AWE Driver Software</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 <CODE>sfxload</CODE></A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 <CODE>drvmidi</CODE></A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-6.html">Appendix</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Additional Information</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 Sources</A> <LI><A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 Sample <CODE>isapnp.conf</CODE></A> </UL> <HR> <A HREF="Soundblaster-AWE-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>