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- !Help for !HDSMerger 0.22 (29 September 1994) - By Tim Gladding, © 1994.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Hard Drive Samples Merger - an application to merge two or more sound
- samples into one large file for play back by this applications older
- cousin, Hard Drive Samples (the player).
-
- Hard Drive Samples Merger only functions with RISC OS 3.10 or later.
- If enough people ask for a RISC OS 2 version then I'll do it. I've had no
- chance to try this application with a Risc PC and RISC OS 3.5, so if
- anybody gets the chance - let me know! I should think it will work...
-
- Throughout this document this application, Hard Drive Samples Merger, may
- be referred to as 'the merger' where appropriate.
-
- Using Hard Drive Samples Merger - A quick start guide for new users.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The most simple way to use the merger is to locate its filer icon and
- double-click on it. Open the main merger window by clicking SELECT on
- the merger's iconbar icon. Locate a directory display where you want to
- store the merged samples in, and drag the sample icon in to that display.
-
- Now, locate your sound samples (file type &D3C - in Armadeus format) and
- drag them, in the order you want them to be merged, on to the lower half
- of the merger's window. The hourglass will be displayed while data is
- transferred from your source sample to the destination sample. While data
- is being read the hourglass will turn GREEN, also when data is being
- written the hourglass will turn RED. The hourglass will return to its
- normal colours when the transfer is complete (nice touch eh?!).
-
- Keep repeating the above process until you have merged all the required
- samples together. When this happens, click on the 'Finished' icon. The
- destination file will be closed and ready to use. The merger will now be
- back in the state it started in and can merge further samples if you like.
-
- NOTE: If you merge samples of different sample rates you will find that
- some of the samples will be played incorrectly when merged. This is
- because the merger will create the output sample using the sample rate
- found within the first sample to be merged. It is up to the user to
- make sure that all the samples being merged are of the same rate.
- The version of the merger that is supplied with the registered
- package of the Hard Drive Samples player will have an option to
- specify the sample rate of the output sample.
-
- This version of the merger has no interactive !Help as standard. I don't
- believe anybody would use it, or even need it. For completeness sake,
- interactive !Help will be added in versions supplied as part of the
- Hard Drive Sample player package (see 'Hard Drive Samples player package').
-
- Future versions of the merger will be able to accept a log, generated by
- some kind of long sample splitter, to enable it to re-create samples split
- across several floppies, with little or no user intervention.
-
- Quitting Hard Drive Samples Merger
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Open the merger's menu in the usual way from its window or iconbar icon, and
- select Quit. If the merger is waiting for samples to add to an already
- open file, the destination file will be closed with the samples already
- added intact. If the output file is empty, it will be deleted.
-
- Hard Drive Samples player package
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This application, Hard Drive Samples Merger, is part of the Hard Drive
- Samples Player package. No updates, except bug fixes, will be available
- to the merger unless you register to Hard Drive Samples. This version of
- the merger has been made freely available to all users at no cost.
-
- Hard Drive Samples (the player) is a nifty, funky application to play back
- your sound samples directly from your hard drive (or what ever!) using a
- small amount of memory with a nice wimp desktop interface including a play
- back status window and controls over the sound system.
- ** It doesn't play back any kind of sound tracker tunes! (oh, joy!) **
- For more information, contact me at the address below.
-
- Some BBS systems are known to run on 0898-style premium rate phone numbers.
- This application must NOT, under no circumstances, ever be uploaded onto
- such a system anywhere. However, this unregistered version of the merger
- may be uploaded onto BBS systems running on standard rate phone numbers.
-
- This application may not be included within or as part of any commercial
- package as an 'extra' under any circumstances without my ABSOLUTE WRITTEN
- PERMISSION. Special versions can be made up as required.
-
- Program history & bug fixes
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This section was introduced in to version 0.20 (01 July 1994)...
-
- 0.20 (01 July 1994) - No bugs were spotted while programming took place.
-
- 0.21 (16 July 1994) - Fixed problem with RISC OS 3.5's new Error boxes
- (with thanx to Andrew Clover of Doggysoft).
-
- 0.22 (29 Sept 1994) - Fixed iconbar menu position, in multi-scan modes.
- (with thanx to Piers Wombwell!, cheers me spod!)
-
- Contact me! - PLEASE!
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- I absolutely adore receiving letters, Email & discs from other Acorn users
- out there in the Acorn community so ... send me your work!
-
- I reply to EVERYTHING, and quickly too. I especially like people who send
- me their own software and I'm always glad to return your discs with more
- stuff of my own.
-
- Please send anything to me at... or you can phone anytime on...
-
- Tim Gladding (Stimpy!) United Kingdom - +44
- 130 Cromwell Road Cambridge 1223 573 133
- Cambridge
- CB1 3EG (don't be fooled if you get the
- United Kingdom answer phone, that's not me on it!)
-
- E-Mail: Arcade BBS user #1687 - or - Cryton BBS user #1721
-
-
- And now by Internet!!! : tgladding@arcade.demon.co.uk
-
-
- ... I quite like chatting on the phone (as my bill will tell you) so do
- feel free to call anytime after 6 weekdays, and anytime weekends.
-
- > I'm looking out for the original software to drive my Armadillo A448bm <
- > sampler/midi podule, I lost my original disc (I still have the manual) <
- > and I'm running it using Armadeus. So if you have it a copy would be <
- > appreciated... especially as Armadillo don't appear to exist any more 8-( <
-
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- *** End of !Help file - By Tim Gladding, © 29 September 1994 ***