Dream 9777PC1 User manual

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9777PC1
PCI Multimedia Sound System

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Table of contents
Chapter 1:INTRODUCTION ___________________________________ 4
9777PC1 Key Features
9777PC1 CD-ROM Content
9777PC1 Synoptic
Chapter 2: INSTALLATION ____________________________________ 8
System Requirements
WIN95 Hardware Installation
WIN95 OSR2 (IE 4) Hardware Installation
WIN98 Hardware Installation
WIN95/98 Joystick Installation
WIN95/98 Hardware Checking
WIN95/98 Hardware Uninstallation
WIN95/98 Installation Troubleshooting
WIN95/98 Software Installation
WIN95/98 Software Uninstallation
9777PC1 External Connection
Chapter 3:SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS _______________________ 12
Microsoft Windows Mixer
Chapter 4:MIDI IMPLEMENTATION ___________________________ 14
Dream Specific MIDI Messages
Detailed MIDI Implementation
Sound List
Appendix: ________________________________________________ 26
License

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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
9777PC1 Key Features
The 9777PC1 is a Professional sound card.
Its features meet professional musical application requirements.
This card can be used as a professional PnP sound board for Windows applications.
Effect processor
9777PC1 provides 16 reverb/chorus programs, a 4 band stereo equalizer and a surround 2 speaker
system.
Those effects can be applied on all the sound devices: Wave table, DSP waves, Line input and Mic input.
Wave Table Synthesis
9777PC1 provides 1M sample RAM Wave Table that will make your midi sequences sounds realistic.
Professional Synthesizer
The use of your PC’s memory enables the DSP to download and edit instruments. This lets you use the
9777PC1 as a professional synthesizer/sampler.
Direct To Disk
The 9777PC1 provides DtD full duplex capabilities with 8 stereo play waves with individual volume
panoramic reverb send and chorus send controls and one stereo record track.
(Simultaneous play wave number is subject to the PC hard disk performances).
Direct Sound
The 9777PC1 support Microsoft Direct Sound Features. This includes:
- Hardware mixing of Multi waves (up to 32 waves)
- 3D position & dynamic audio sources
Upgradable
Open to third party firmware download.

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9777PC1 CD-ROM Content
Hardware installation
DREAM97.INF Device installation file
9777BK08.97B Sound bank
SAM97V.VXD Virtual driver file
SAM97D.DRV Driver file
DVB9772.BIN Firmware file
SAM9777.PDF SAM9777 IC data sheet
9777PC1.PDF This document
SNDBANK\ 8, 32 and 64Mbit Sound banks
G*.PDF Sound bank documentation
SNDEDIT\ Sound editor subdirectory
PROS77.PDF Sound tools (editor user manuals & sound list)
SETUP.EXE WIN setup Dream Instrument Editor & Dream Sound Bank Editor
SOFTWARE\ Programming libraries
PROREF77.PDF Programmer’s reference (Windows API & MPU messages)
BIN\ Files for AutoRun CD-ROM and Demo
ACROBAT3\ Acrobat™ Reader 3.01 from Adobe™

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The 9777PC1 Sound Synoptic
Wave Table Synthesis
The High quality wave table synthesis provides 32 midi channels with 64 maximum voices of polyphony
(according to the configuration).
The 24 dB resonant filter and the audio CD quality samples provides professional synthesizer sound quality.
The use of the memory of your PC allows to download high quality GM factory sound bank.
DSP Waves
The DSP waves ensures the high quality required by professional musical applications.
Multi waves for DtD (Direct to Disk) applications: 8 stereo play tracks + 1 stereo record track simultaneous.
High quality wave due to the interpolation and the digital filter
Up to 65KHz sampling rate with 8/16 bits mono/stereo format, (48 KHz nominal sampling rate).
Individual send to the reverb and the chorus effects provided by the DSP mixer.

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DSP Mixer
The DSP Mixer provides for all inputs an individual volume, panoramic , reverb and chorus send:
•32 mono inputs: Wave table
•8 stereo inputs: DSP waves
•1 stereo input: Line In / Mic In
Line input provides an additional echo with effect volume delay and feedback control.
DSP Waves record
This device records DSP mixer output including reverb & chorus in 8/16 bits mono/stereo format up to 65KHz
sampling rate.
Reverb Chorus
Reverb and chorus comply to GS standard:
•8 Reverb programs, effect volume, time and feedback controls.
•8 chorus programs, effect volume, delay, feedback, rate and depth controls.
Equalizer
Stereo four band parametric equalizer with +/- 12 dB band level
Surround
Surround processing enables to expand stereo image of a stereo signal or to create a pseudo stereo image from a
monophonic source. Surround operates on 2 or 4 speakers configuration.
The 9777PC1 surround processing involves a delay line that enables to creates actual 3D sound unlike most of the
products that claim to offer 3D sound.

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Chapter 2
INSTALLATION
System Requirements
•PC with Pentium™ or above.
•Windows 95/98
•9777PC1 card
•CD ROM unit
•3 Mb disk space for installation
WIN95 Hardware Installation
•Turn power off
•Plug the card into an unused PCI slot.
•Turn power on
•WIN95 plug & play sequence finds new hardware « SAM9777 : PCI sound card »
•WIN95 asks for drivers to install
•Select « Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer»
•Browse into « cdrom:\Dream97.inf»
•Follow WIN95 installation procedure.
•Now your hardware is installed
WIN95 OSR2 (IE 4) Hardware Installation
•Turn power off
•Plug the card into an unused PCI slot.
•Turn power on
•Insert CD-ROM
•WIN95 plug & play sequence finds new hardware « SAM9777 : PCI sound card »
•WIN95 asks for drivers to install and automatically check CD-ROM
•WIN95 asks for disk
•Browse into « cdrom:\Dream97.bin »
•Follow WIN95 installation procedure.
•Now your hardware is installed

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WIN98 Hardware Installation
•Turn power off
•Plug the card into an unused PCI slot.
•Turn power on
•Insert CD-ROM
•WIN98 plug & play sequence finds new hardware « SAM9777 : PCI sound card »
•WIN98 asks for drivers to install and asks to check a device, select CD-ROM
•Browse into « cdrom:\Dream97.bin »
•Follow WIN98 installation procedure.
•Now your hardware is installed
WIN95/98 Joystick Installation
•To install the joystick:
•From « start / settings /control panel / Add new hardware »
•WIN95/98 asks to automatically check for new hardware, select « No »
•Browse « sound, video & game controllers »
•In the « Manufacturers list » select « Microsoft » and in the « Products list » select « Gameport »
•Follow WIN98 installation procedure.
•Now the Game port is installed
WIN95/98 Hardware Checking
•From "start / settings /control panel / system / device manager / sound, video & game controllers",
check that your card is correctly installed. It should appears as « SAM9777 : PCI sound card »
•To define the 9777PC1 Wave table as default MIDI device:
From « start / settings /control panel / multimedia / midi »: select « Midi Dream »
•To define the 9777PC1 Wave as default wave device:
From « start / settings /control panel / multimedia / wave »:
select « DREAM 9777, wave Nb1 » as playback
select « DREAM 9777, wave record » as recording
check « show volume control on the taskbar »
•Now your hardware is checked & configured
WIN95/98 Hardware Uninstallation
•To Uninstall the 9777PC1 sound card:
From « start / settings /control panel / Add/Remove programs »:
select « SAM9777 : PCI sound card - Uninstall »
•Follow the Uninstall procedure
•Turn the power off
•remove the 9777PC1 card
•Now your hardware is correctly uninstalled

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Installation Troubleshooting
•From "start / settings /control panel / system / device manager / sound, video & game controllers",
check that your card is correctly installed.
•If the device Icon is overlaid with a yellow circle, this means that the device installation failed.
Installation failures may comes from problem with previous installations :
uninstall the card and reboot the PC
Re-install the hardware
WIN95/98 Software Installation
•When your Hardware is installed you can use the Microsoft multimedia applications: mixer and
media player.
•To install the professional sound editors:
•From « start / run », browse « cdrom:\sndedit\setup.exe »
•The Dream instrument & sound bank editors applications are installed
•Run instrument editor from « start / programs / Dream Editors / Dream Instrument Editor »
•Run sound bank editor from « start / programs / Dream Editors / Dream Sound Bank Editor »
WIN95/98 Software Uninstallation
•To Uninstall the Dream bundle software:
From « start / settings /control panel / Add/Remove programs » select:
«DREAM Editors - Uninstall »
•Follow the Uninstall procedure
•Now your software is correctly uninstalled