Creative MiniDisc Center

Creative SoundFont Bank ManagerCreative Audio Stream Recorder 2

Creative MiniDisc Center allows you to play back songs on CDs or supported audio formats, and record them to digital recorders such as Digital Audio Tape machines, and also MiniDisc (MD) recorders.

With Creative MiniDisc Center, you can:

❑create an album of your favorite songs, each of which may be in a different audio format

❑insert a preset period of silence automatically between each track❑play back your personal album and record it to your MD recorder

For more information and usage details on Creative MiniDisc Center, refer to its online Help.

You can use Creative SoundFont Bank Manager to easily switch between multiple SoundFont banks for performances. This module is optimised to let users quickly audition various presets, reset MIDI devices, or create/modify/save various SoundFont banks from your computer’s RAM. Creative SoundFont Bank Manager also switches the Drum Kit on or off at Midi Channel 10.

A virtual keyboard is provided for the user to use the computer’s keyboard or mouse to audition SoundFont banks or play musical notes produced through MIDI devices. To edit the presets in the SoundFont banks, use Vienna SoundFont Studio, which you can download from http://www.SoundFont.com.

You can use external MIDI input devices to audition your MIDI banks and instruments. First, connect a MIDI input device to your audio card and then select that device in the Creative SoundFont Bank Manager. Once you discover the power of SoundFont technology, you will be amazed at the sound design possibilities available.

For more information and usage details on Creative SoundFont Bank Manager, refer to its online Help.

Normally, to listen to a song on the Internet, you need to download the entire file onto your hard disk first

— before you can even hear the music.

Internet radio stations can, however, make it more convenient for you to enjoy downloaded music: they employ “streaming” technology by which music data flows like a “stream” to your audio card directly, bypassing permanent hard disk storage. Thus, the song starts to play as soon as a portion of its data stream has arrived at your audio card. The downside of streaming technology was that you could not record the music onto your hard disk for future reference.

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