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Bars&Pipes Professional 2.5 Demo (c) 1994
We hope that this demo intrigues you to the
possibilities with Bars&Pipes Professional 2.5. B&P Pro is an
ever expanding environment. New Tools and Accessories are
continually forthcoming. Please call or write to us if you have
any questions or require further information.
The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd.
Venture Center
1605 Chantilly Drive
Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30324
USA
(404)-315-0212 tel
(404)-315-0213 fax
(404)-315-0211 bbs
blue.ribbon@genie.geis.com (email)
72662.352@compuserve.com (email)
Welcome to the Bars&Pipes Professional 2.5 Demo!
Bars&Pipes Professional 2.5, with multi-media support,
is the Amiga sequencer of choice for composing, playing back,
and syncing music to animations, slide shows, the Video Toaster
(tm), and various other third party software and hardware.
Obviously, B&P Pro is a big program. It would be
impossible to include the contents of the 370+ pages manual
with this demo. We will try to point out some of the basic
features, but much of the exploration is left up to you.
Experiment! This demo incorporates most of the features of the
real program, with the exceptions of saving and printing.
If you have questions, feel free to call the Blue Ribbon
SoundWorks at 404-315-0212.
Getting Started
Double-click on the Bars&Pipes Professional icon.
You will need a MIDI interface attached to your serial port,
or the One-Stop Music Shop soundcard.
B&P Pro starts with the Tracks window open so that you
can begin recording immediately. Most windows can be opened by
selecting their title from the Windows menu or by clicking on
the their icons located at the right side of the screen.
1) If using MIDI, test whether or not you've
implemented MIDI properly. To test MIDI, do the following:
Make sure that the Input Arrow (a red arrow) points to
the MIDI In Tool on Track 1 by clicking on the gray box to the
right of the words "Track 1."
Make sure that your sound module or MIDI keyboard
receives on MIDI channel 1. If not, change the Output channel,
the blue number on the far right side of a Track, to the
correct number by clicking on it and moving the mouse to the
appropriate channel. Also, if your keyboard supports local
on/off, turn the local to off.
Play a note with your MIDI input device - typically a
keyboard. If a note sounds, then you're ready to try out the
demo. If you hear nothing, check your MIDI set-up to ensure
that you've connected things correctly.
The Metronome
2) Set up the Metronome so that you can hear the beat
as you record. To access the metronome, select Metronome from
the windows menu. The Metronome window opens. Let's use the
Amiga's internal sounds as our click source. Notice that the
Internal button is already depressed. (In general, if a button
contains red type, it is active; if it contains blue type, then
it is inactive.)
3) Change the click resolution from 1/4, or 4 clicks
per measure in 4/4 time, to 1/8, or 8 clicks per measure. To
do so, click on the Note button and select an eighth note from
the pop-up menu.
4) Adjust the Lead In: slider to provide two measures
of beats before B&P Pro starts to record. Use the arrows or
move the slider so that the number "2" displays.
5) Test the Metronome. To do so, click on the Start
Button at the top of the Tracks window (the square and
triangle). If your Amiga's internal sounds capability is
enabled, you'll hear the metronome. The metronome conveniently
clicks in three different ways: loudest on the first beat of
each measure, softer and lower in pitch on each beat within the
measure and even softer still on each subdivision of the beat.
We designed this feature to enable you to "feel" the beat. To
stop the metronome, click on the Stop Button (the solid
rectangle).
6) Close the Metronome window by clicking on the
"close window" button on the top left side of the window's
title bar.
Tempo
7) Set the tempo. By default, B&P Pro sets the tempo
at 120 beats per minute. In order to change it, click on the
Tempo Display, located on the upper half of the Track window,
with the mouse. Drag the mouse up to raise the tempo, and down
to lower it. To select a tempo, do the following: Click on the
Start button (or press the 0 key on the Amiga's keypad.)
Immediately, you'll hear the internal metronome. (If you don't
hear it, make sure that the internal sounds capability is
enabled on your Amiga, your monitor has speakers, and the
volume is up.) With the metronome clicking, use the mouse to
find a tempo to your liking.
Recording
8) Put Track 1 in Record mode. Do this by clicking on
the "P" button once, which causes it to display an "R." Make
sure that the Input Arrow points to Track 1.
9) Click on the "R" button at the upper right of the
Tracks window. This places the Sequencer into Record mode.
You're now ready to record.
10) Press the Start button to begin the metronome Lead
In. After two measures, B&P Pro will begin recording.
11) Play a few measures of music, then click with the
mouse on the Stop button (the red square in the upper right of
the Tracks window) to stop the recording process. Once you've
recorded a few notes, B&P Pro displays them as small dots in
the Sequence Display. (If the Track is highlighted, the dots
are blue. If not, the dots are yellow.)
12) Press the Start button to hear your recording and
the Stop button to stop playback.
Tools
13) Open the ToolBox. Do so by double-clicking on the
ToolBox icon, a hammer, located on the right side of the screen.
14) Get the Echo Tool. Do this in one of two ways:
Click on the "?" button in the ToolBox and select Echo
from the scrolling pop-up menu.
Find the Echo Tool icon among the other Tools in the
ToolBox, click the mouse button down, and hold it.
15) Drag the Echo Tool to Track 1's Output PipeLine,
located to the right of Track 1's Sequence Display. To drag
this Tool, hold it with the mouse while moving the mouse over
to Track 1's Output PipeLine. Lift up with the mouse once
you've reached your destination.
16) Open the Echo Tool's Control window. To do so,
double-click on the Echo Tool in the PipeLine.
17) Change the Echo Tool's delay to "000.00.96" by
moving the Delay: prompt slider to the left or right until the
number "000.00.96" appears in the display.
18) Change the Echo Tool's repeat to "1." Do so by
dragging the Repeat: prompt's slider until the number "1"
appears in the display.
19) If you like, close the Echo Tool's Control window
or drag it to another location.
20) Click on the Start button to hear the effect of
the Echo Tool on your pre-recorded Track. Notice that, even
though nothing has changed in the Sequence Display, your Track
now plays back with an echo effect.
21) Move a copy of Track 1's Echo Tool to Track 2's
Input PipeLine. To do so, click down on Track 1's Echo Tool
with the mouse and drag it to Track 2's Input PipeLine.
22) Rename Track 2. Do this by double-clicking on the
words "Track 2," deleting the words "Track 2" from the Name:
prompt and entering a new name. You may also enter something
in the Notes: prompt. Once you've entered a new name, click on
Okay to accept your changes.
23) Move the Input arrow to Track 2. Do so by
clicking on the gray box to the right of "Track 2."
24) Record on Track 2. (Follow the same instructions
as in steps 8 through 11.) Notice that this time, the notes
you play pass through the Echo Tool and into the Sequence
Display. The Sequence Display actually shows the echo
graphically. Tools placed on the Input PipeLine affect notes
upon recording. Tools placed on the Output PipeLine effect
notes upon playback only.
25) Remove the Echo Tool in Track 1's Output PipeLine.
To do so, click on the Tool with the mouse, then press the
Delete key on your Amiga keyboard.
Basic Editing
26) Open Track 1's Edit window. You can do this in
two ways:
Double-click on Track 1's Sequence Display.
Click once on Track 1's Sequence Display, then press
the Return key on your Amiga keyboard.
27) Use the Expansion Gadget to expand the Sequence
Editor window. Do this by clicking on the gray triangle on the
Sequence E