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Awave, ReadMe file Copyr. 1993,1996, FMJ-Software
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Contents:
1. Requirements
2. Installation
3. Registration
4. Background
5. Features
6. Availablility
7. Feedback and bugreports
1.Requirements:
- Windows 95 (preferred), or,
Windows NT 3.51, or
Windows 3.1 with Win32s 1.3.
- Mouse or equivalent pointing device.
Optional:
- MIDI-input device,
- Advanced Gravis UltraSound (classic, MAX, ACE, PnP),
- Turtle Beach Maui or Tropez, *
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE 32, **
- Any digital audio capable sound card.
* May not work satisfactory on some W31 systems.
** Requires the latest, .SF2 compatible, drivers.
2.Installation:
Throw the files into a directory of your choice. Run Awave.EXE.
Go through the Help menu. Especially read the Step by Step section.
If you ever want to unistall Awave, you can do that from within the
program itself, go Options->Program->Uninstall. Under Windows 95,you can
also use Windows 95 Control Panel's Install/Uninstall feature.
3.Registration:
Registered users will obtain a personal registration keycode contained
in a file named 'YOURNAME.KEY'. See 'REGISTER.TXT' on how to obtain one.
To enter the registration code:
Start up Awave. Choose 'Options->Program...->Register...'and locate this
file in order to register Awave and remove all imposed limitations.
You only need to do this once. Do not store the 'YOURNAME.KEY' file on a
publically accessible media less someone may steal it, i. e. after you
have registered yourself, keep it on a floppy and delete it from your
hard disk. It is your registration license and are to be treated as any
other value 'paper'.
4.Background and features
Awave was birthed some two years ago when I needed to extract some samples
from an Amiga tracker module and save them as UltraSound .pat instruments.
I hacked up a small program called MOD2PAT to fill my needs.
As some programs tend to do, this one soon grew beyond bounds. More import
formats were continually added (and still are). It was ported to Windows,
it got a steadily improving user interface. The name was now something of
an understatement so I changed into 2PAT. Now after three major rewrites,
and supporting more than a hundred audio carrying file formats for import,
as well as most popular formats for export, and sporting several editing
and playback functions, the name has again been changed into Awave.
Awave reads a veritable host of audio carrying file formats from different
platforms, synthesizers and trackers.It presents the instruments contained
in a file as a graphical tree with the bank item at the top, instruments
as branches and waveforms as leaves.
If you have one of the supported wavetable synthesis sound cards you can
just click on an item, and directly 'audition' it using a midi keyboard or
the computer keyboard. If you just have a basic soundcard capable of audio
playback,you can use it as a crude (monophonic) synthesizer to get an idea
of what it should sound like.
Saving an item to any of the supported export formats, is as easy as
double clicking on the item and selecting export type. MIDI SDS Dumps are
also supported for down loading waveforms to professional synthesizers.
There are visual editors for most instrument and waveform parameters like
loop points and keymaps. Some audio processing and editing functions are
also provided.
There is also the 'AudioPlayer' feature, a nice audio playback control,
sporting both realtime oscilloscope and frequency analyzer graphs. It is
available from inside Awave as well as integrated into the Windows95 shell
in order to easily let you play the sounds of any of the supported file
formats! Thus it is also and ideal 'helper app' for your WWW-browser!
If you are into any form of sampled audio on the Windows platform, you'll
most likely find this program usefull!
6.Availability
Awave is Shareware, see REGISTER.TXT for details on how to register.
Awave is available for download on the internet at:
"http://www.nada.kth.se/~f93-maj/fmjsoft.html"
7.Feedback and bugreports:
Send bug reports, suggestions, fan letters, spare money...
to email: 'f93-maj@nada.kth.se'
or mail: 'Markus J÷nsson, Svedjev. 7, 147 52 Tumba, Sweden'
For bug reports, state what program version it is, what OS you are using,
as well as what soundcard(s) you have. In addition to stating the nature
of the problem, give a detailed step-by-step account of what you did that
led up to the bug and note all messages that you encounter on the way.
Have Fun!
(\/)arkus