Multi!Wav

Author:         Tomas Hurka, tom@hukatronic.cz
Platforms:      Intel
Prerequisites:  Rhapsody (Max OS X Server) DR2, root privileges
Price:          shareware US$50
Demo:           
To acquire:     ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals_rhapsody/MultiWav-1.17-I-b.tar.gz (95k)
Information:    
Entry updated:  12 Dec 1998
Description:    Driver for the Multi!Wav digital I/O ISA bus cards.


Multi!Wav Adapter  Device Driver
by
Tomas Hurka, Hukatronic  tom@hukatronic.cz

Version 1.17 of Multi!Wav Adapter Device Driver for RHAPSODY DR2/Intel

The Harvard Computer Music Center, Rob Poor, and Tomas Hurka announce the first
third-party Rhapsody DR2 for Intel driver. This a 1.17 version of MultiWav 
driver for NeXTSTEP ported to Rhpasody environment. Driver development is still 
not supported by Rhapsody DR2, but the driver seems to work great.

OVERVIEW:
Multi!Wav Adapter device driver lets you take advantage of the 
following adapters:
Manufacturer	Adapter					PC Bus
AdB Corp.		Multi!Wav Digital PRO	ISA
AdB Corp.		Multi!Wav Digital PRO18	ISA
AdB Corp.		Multi!Wav Digital PRO24	ISA

These Multi!Wav cards provide AES/EBU, SPDIF, and TOSLINK input/output 
to your  NeXTStep Intel machine. The Pro-18 card adds an 18 bit digital 
to analog  converter for monitoring. For more information about AdB 
sound cards see the AdB www home page at http://www.adbdigital.com.

Driver supports 32000,44100 and 48000 Hz sampling rates, 16 bit linear 
sampling in mono or stereo format. The driver makes the card work like 
a standard audio card, so special software is not needed for digital 
tranfers,  though we recommend Bernhard Scholz's excellent SASound.app 
for recording. The driver is robust, and provides much better playback 
that what you might be used to from the Microsoft Sound System, 
SoundBlaster, or  Pro Audio Spectrum.

WARRANTY:

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS 
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR 
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR 
OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF 
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

COPYING:
The Multi!Wav adapter  device driver is shareware. You can freely 
distribute without changing or removing any parts of the package. If 
you found the driver reliable, please, register the driver. For more 
details see document Registration.rtf.

	
Release 1.17 notes:
1.	This a first public release of the Rhapsody DR2 driver.
2.	Driver does not use IRQ since Multi!Wav card cannot generate one. 
	The result is this log message when the driver is loaded by Mach OS:
	MultiWav at dma channels 6 and 7 irq -268415659
	This does no harm, just Sound class does not count with the sound
	driver without IRQ.
	
INSTALLATION:

These instructions show you how to install the Multi!Wav adapter device 
driver on an Intel-based computer running NEXTSTEPä. The driver is 
distributed as a file named MultiWav-1.17-I-b.tar.gz.

1.	Install Multi!Wav card under Windows and set all hardware switches using 
	AdB installation program. Test that the card works correctly under 
	Windows.
2.	If you received the MultiWav-1.17-I-b.tar.gz file via NeXTmail or 
	downloaded via FTP or another electronic source, place a copy of the 
	file in a location where you can access it when you log in as root.
3.	Log in as root.
	Only the superuser, root, can install the device drivers. If you're not 
	sure how to log in as root, see your system administrator.
4.	Uncompress and unarchive the MultiWav-1.17-I-b.tar.gz file.
5.	Double-click the MultiWav.config. This automatically launches 
	Configure.app and copies the driver into the /NextLibary/Devices 
	directory.
6.	Add the MultiWav driver (PRO, PRO18 or PRO24) as a Sound device, and configure 
	port address according to the card setting. The default setting should 
	be OK for most cases. 
7.	Save configuration and quit Configure.app.
8.	Reboot computer.

BUGS:
Send all bug reports and any other suggestion via e-mail to 
tom@hukatronic.cz. Please, remember to include your configuration.

Special thanks to: 
Sean Anthony Varah  
R. Dunbar Poor  
Chris Penrose 
Leigh Smith 
Rene Krupansky

For more information on the driver, please contact us at:
Tomas Hurka
Hukatronic (H.C.C.)
Kankovskeho 8
182 00 Praha 8
Czech Republic
Email: tom@hukatronic.cz

Sean Varah
Harvard Computer Music Center
Department of Music
Harvard University
Music Building, North Yard
Cambridge, MA 02138
U.S.A.
Email:multiwav@mario.harvard.edu