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Soundscape Driver

About SoundscapeDriver

Basic Configuration

Advanced Configuration


About Soundscape Driver

The Soundscape driver setup allows you to configure the Soundscape hardware settings in the Windows environment.  The Soundscape driver inherits all the hardware settings made by SSInit.  Any changes made to the driver setup will be reflected in the SSInit settings.  Conversely, any settings made in SSInit will be reflected in this driver setup screen.


Basic Configuration

This is the main driver configuration screen.  To select help on a particular option click the mouse on the appropriate area below.


Advanced Settings

This is the advanced driver configuration screen.  To select help on a particular option click the mouse on the appropriate area below.


This selection changes the port address of the Soundscape Wave device.  This corresponds to the Wave/SB Port selection made in the Hardware Settings screen of SSInit.  It also must correspond to the JP3 jumper settings on the card itself.  The default is 534


This selection changes the IRQ of Soundscapes Wave device.  It also changes the IRQ used for Sound Blaster emulation.  This value corresponds to the Wave/SB IRQ selection made in the Hardware Settings screen of SSInit.  The default is 5.


This selection changes the DMA channel the Soundscapes Wave device will use for wave (digital audio) data transfer.  It also changes the DMA channel used for Sound Blaster emulation.  This value corresponds to the DMA selection made in the Hardware Settings screen of SSInit.  The default is 1.


This selection changes the port address of the Soundscape synthesizer and MPU-401 compatible MIDI interface.  This value corresponds to the MIDI Port selection made in the Hardware Settings screen of SSInit.  It also must correspond to the JP2 MIDI Port Address jumper setting on the card itself.  The default is 330.


This selection changes the IRQ of Soundscapes synthesizer and MPU-401 compatible MIDI interface.  This value corresponds to the MIDI IRQ selection made in the Hardware Settings screen of SSInit.  The default is 2.


Selecting OK will close the driver box and save the appropriate settings.  If changes are made to the driver you will be prompted to restart Windows.  For these settings to take effect you must restart Windows.


Selecting Cancel will close the driver box without saving any changes.


This option allows you to change the size of the DMA buffer allocated to the Soundscape driver.  Generally, a DMA buffer size of 32 is acceptable.  If you are doing large amounts of digital audio playback or video playback increasing this value may yield better performance.


This option toggles the DMA mode from Single to Demand Mode.  Demand mode DMA is used for compatibility with certain mother boards.  If digital audio playback is not working turn off Single Mode DMA.


This option enables or disables the Soundscape card in a DOS shell under Windows.  Generally, you will want this option enabled.  Disable it if you have a DOS program that uses sound and you wish to use it in conjunction with a Windows program that also has sound.