Sound Blaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO Sound Blaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO by Marcus Brinkmann < [e-mail]>v1.2, 11 January 1998This document describes how to install and configure a Sound Blaster 32 (SB AWE 32, SB AWE 64) card from Creative Labs in a Linux System using the AWE Sound Driver Extension written by Takashi Iwai. It also covers some special tools and players for the SB AWE series. Reference system is a Debian GNU/Linux System, but every other Linux Distribution should also work.1. Introduction1.1 Acknowledgments1.2 Revision History1.3 New versions of this document1.4 Feedback1.5 Distribution Policy2. Before you start2.1 Introduction2.2 Some general notes about the SB AWE cards2.3 Some general notes about the Plug and Play cards2.4 Some general notes about loadable kernel modules2.5 Some general notes about the kernel sound driver3. How to install SB AWE sound support3.1 Things you will need3.2 Getting started3.3 Compiling the kernel3.4 Reboot4. Testing the Sound Driver4.1 /proc/devices, /dev/sndstat4.2 Output - The Raw Audio Device4.3 Output - The OPL-2/OPL-3 Synthesis4.4 Output - The Wave Table Synthesis4.5 Mixing4.6 Input - Sampling with the Raw Audio Device4.7 The MIDI Port5. AWE Driver Software5.1 sfxload5.2 drvmidi6. Appendix6.1 Additional Information6.2 Sources6.3 Sample isapnp.conf g