                  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SOUND BLASTER


1. SET SOUND ENVIRONMENT

   To  help certain Sound Blaster software, such as VOXKIT and  FMORGAN,  
   to locate their driver, you must enter following line at DOS prompt:

   (assuming that your Sound Blaster software is installed in  Drive C:)

        SET  SOUND=C:\SB

   If  your  Sound Blaster software is installed in  other  drive,  just  
   change "C:" in the line to other drive name.

   You may add above line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

   Refer   to   your  DOS  manual for more information  on   using   the  
   "SET" command.



2. New Programs

   A. PLAYCMF.EXE

   PLAYCMF.EXE  is  a FM music player program that  plays  ".CMF"  music 
   files.

   Before  running PLAYCMF.EXE, you must first load Sound  Blaster's  FM 
   Music Driver - SBFMDRV.COM.

   SBFMDRV.COM  is  a memory resident driver that is found in  the  root 
   directory  of the FM Intelligent Organ Disk. It is copied to the  \SB 
   sub-directory.

   Usage:
          PLAYCMF music-filename  [/Q] [/S="command-line"]
          Where:
                 "music-file" is the .CMF file to play
                 /Q :    set quiet screen mode
                 /S :    execute the DOS command-line specified.

   You may play a music in the background and use the "/S=" paramter  to 
   "Shell" to execute another program.

   We  enclosed some .CMF songs for you as samplers. Watch out for  more 
   .CMF songs, Sing-Alongs and other applications that are coming on the 
   way.


   B. VSR.EXE

   This  program  generates a new voice file with a  different  sampling 
   rate from the original.

   Usage: VSR source-filename target-filename /Rnn [/Pnn] [/O]

   where: /Rnn :    nn is the new sampling rate in percentage
          /Pnn :    nn is the I/O port address, 210, 220....260
          /O   :    to output the voice after the change

     eg.  VSR frogs.voc new.voc /R120


   C. TRIM.EXE

   This program trims the leading and trailing silence of a voice file.

   Usage: TRIM source-filename target-filename [/Tnn]

   where: /Tnn :    nn is the treshold value (T=2 by default)

     eg.  TRIM tv4.voc newtv4.voc 



3. CUSTOMIZING PARROT - Creating PARROT Pictures

   The  PARROT.EXE program works in the EGA 320x200x16 colors mode.  You 
   need to create 4 .PCX pictures files as follows:

       PARROT.E0   -  Parrot with mouth closed
       PARROT.E1   -  Parrot with mouth openned
       PARROT.E2   -  Parrot with mouth wide openned
       PARROT.E3   -  Parrot with eyes closed

   You  may use any PCX paint program, but ENSURE that it is set to  the 
   EGA 320x200x16 colors mode or select this EGA mode driver even if you 
   are using a VGA card.


   (Refer to manual for Creating PARROT voices)
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