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- WaveGen Version 2.1
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- PCM Wave Generator for Windows
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- (c) Copyright 1995, David L. Dight
- All Rights Reserved.
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- P.O. Box 280, Kings Cross, N.S.W. 2011 AUSTRALIA
- Fax: +61 2 770 1717, On CompuServe:100033,2563
- or the Internet davidd@interconnect.com.au
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- Release Notes
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- Revision 2.1.c 16-Oct-1995.
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- A. Revision History
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- v1.0 28th Mar 1995.
- Initial Shareware release.
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- v1.0h 26th Apr 1995.
- Gui corrections, help corrections.
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- v1.1d 12th Jul 1995.
- Fixed wave algorithm bugs, improved generation speed.
- Added 3D look (no change for win95/NT).
- Versioninfo record added.
- Help file corrections.
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- v2.0b 3rd Oct 1995.
- Added wave expressions.
- LSB TPDF Dithering and noise shaping.
- Export to foreign file formats.
- Sequencer BPM calibrator.
- R250 RNG algorithm.
- Improved desktop performance.
- Improved progress indicators.
- Safe electronic registration.
- Pink Noise generator.
- Drag and Drop wave files from the desktop.
- Dragable scroll bars.
- Individual sample edits.
- Wave display fill.
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- v2.1c 16 Oct 1995.
- Corrected bug with Edit:Mix with (caused hangs).
- Corrected envelope calculation error.
- Documentation updates.
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- B. Updates
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- Updates will be posted to CompuServe. This release was
- posted at:
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- MIDIFORUM LIB 10, WAVG21.ZIP
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- and on the Internet in a few of the main public access windows
- archives. This release is available at the following anonymous
- FTP sites:
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- SimTel and mirrors primary site:
- ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/win3/sound/wavgen21.zip
- CICA and mirrors primary site:
- ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/sounds/wavgen21.zip
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- WaveGen will also be available through: the SDN; all ASP BBS/Vendors;
- Ziff Shareware; PBS and many others.
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- Updates will be announced in comp.archives.msdos.announce and in
- alt.binaries.sounds.utilities, with follow up in comp.archives.msdos.d
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- On the Web
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- WWW users can download the latest version of WaveGen as well as
- other shareware offerings from my home page at:
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- http://people.interconnect.com.au/~davidd
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- C. Program notes
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- 1. Version 2.0 would cause Windows to lock-up when you executed an
- Edit:Mix.
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- 2. To improve execution speed, WaveGen limits stack checking.
- Sufficient resources must be available to run WaveGen.
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- 3. To uninstall, simply delete the WaveGen directory (default C:\WAVGEN21)
- and delete the file WAVEGEN.INI in the default WINDOWS directory. No
- other files will be effected. If you have registered, make sure you
- keep a copy of your registration notification which contains your user
- ID and validation key.
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- 4. WaveGen v2.1 has been successfully tested on Windows NT 3.5 and
- Windows 95. Win95 users note: install will not set up your
- toolbar.
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- D. Known limitations
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- 1. Norton Desktop for Windows ver 3.0+
- Using Delete or Rename from File Assist when in an open or
- save dialog results in a general protection fault. Not quite
- sure why this happens and have not been able to correct it.
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- 2. Norton Navigator for Windows 95
- Long filename support causes some of the common dialogs to
- be corrupted. Disable long filename support for this
- application.
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- 3. Slow execution when generating
- Without a co-processor, a 386 or 486SX may take a long
- time to generate waves. This is particularly so when creating
- 44khz/16 bit tone sequences. In these situations, use 8khz/8 bit
- while experimenting, then use the higher resolution for your
- final generation. Expressions are generally much slower.
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- 4. Slow video redraw
- Some combinations of video cards/drivers and slower machines
- may result in very slow redraws in the wave display window.
- This also occurs if your disk drive is sluggish. Consider
- a graphics accelerator card.
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- 5. Windows PCM (RIFF) file format
- WaveGen can read only the simplest sub-set of the RIFF file
- format. WaveGen will not read wave files with additional
- info chunks, cue points, play lists, etc. To import these files,
- use a wave editor to strip out these fields. Note: RIFF chunks
- that appear after the data chunk will be ignored and in many
- cases can be successfully imported.
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