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K4Ed Professional
Version 3.5
Copyright (C) 1992 by Martin Stengle and Bernd Jessel
The K4Ed_Professional is a Sharewareproduct which was designed
to edit and transfer sounddatas of the Kawai_K4-Synthesizer.
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NOTICE:
K4Ed_Professional_V3.5 is copyrighted by Martin Stengle and Bernd Jessel.
It may not be freely distributed. In no event will the author be liable for
direct or indirect damage or loss resulting from the use of this program.
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The midi.library is Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, Pregnant Badger Music.
All rights reserved.
Req.library is Copyright ©1989, 1990 by C.W. Fox and Bruce Dawson.
The library is FreeWare.
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0. CONTENTS ««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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1. Introduction
2. Requirements
3. DESCIPTION of the functions
- Gadgets
- Menu
4. How to edit
5. The waverequester
6. Playing notes
7. Keys setting
8. Registration
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1. INTRODUCTION ««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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K4Ed_Professional is a very comfortable soundeditor for the Kawai_K4-
Sythesizer which makes it easy for you to edit the numerous parameters
of Singles, Multis, Effects and Drums.
There are a lot of powerful funktions included in K4Ed_Professional, e.g.:
Editing of the parameters can be done by mouse (grab-and-drag) or by keys.
All changes will be send immediatly (autosend) to the K4 if desired.
If you want to hear and test your sound-creations you can simply use your
Amiga-keyboard (with 2.5 octaves) to play notes. Its also possible to
transpose the octaves (from C-1 to G#-6) and to change the velocity and
midichannel.
Another feature is the multipleload_funktion. This is very helpful if
you want to load a lot of Singles or Multis which are not stored in a
bank. You can load up to 64 Singles or Multis at once or if you choose
less you can insert them in a already filled bank.
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2. REQUIREMENTS ««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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To use K4Ed_Professional you need at least Kickstart2.0 (36.xx),
midi.library and req.library.
(further you need the diskfont.library, serial.device and printer.device
from your Workbench)
The receive- and the transmit-channel of your K4 must be set to 1.
Further set "Receive_program = Norm" and "Receive_exclusive = On".
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3. DESCIPTION of the functions «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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»» Gadgets »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»
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» Load : load sounddatas from any (disk-)device.
(factory settings of the K4 are included in the dumps directory)
» Save : save sounddatas to any (disk-)device.
» Get : receive data from K4
(the gadgets on the bottom determins the type of data)
» Put : transmit data to K4
(the gadgets on the bottom determins the type of data)
» Edit : if you are in single, multi, effect or drum mode you can edit
all parameters after selecting this gadget.
to leave the Edit-mode press this gadget again.
(for further explanations look HOW TO EDIT)
» Swap : to swap two singles, multis or effects with each other
» Quit : to exit the program
» All : |
» Block : |
» Single: \ These gadgets determins the type of data which is displayed.
» Multi : / If the selected buffer is empty the K4 logo is shown.
» Drum : |
» Effect: |
» Intern/Extern: to switch between the internal memory and an external card
please don't try to receive data from a card you dont have
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»» Menu »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»
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» PROJECT «
- About
some copyright notices and other informations
- Registration
some information of you :)
- Clear
to clear the actual buffer or all buffers
- Open
to load sounddatas from any (disk-)device
- Multiple Load
to load from one to 64 singles or multis at once
(a requester will appear asking you which datas you want to load
and for a position to insert them. Use the gadgets to enter a position.
"Start" means A-01 and "current" is the position of the last selected
Single or Multi. To continue select "OK". Now you are requested to
select the directory containing the Singles or Multis. In this reqester
only directorys are shown, files are invisible. The requester is
pre-setup to the directory in the environment for Singles or Multis.
After this all Singles or Multis of this directory are displayed.
Make your selection with the mouse and select "OK" when ready.
- Save
to save sounddatas to any (disk-)device, the program uses the path and
filenames of the environment
- Save as
to name and save sounddatas to any (disk-)device
- Print
to print out the data actually displayed
- Save & Quit
to save all buffers and exit the program
- Quit
to exit the program
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» ENVIRONMENT «
- Autosend
if enabled, the editbuffer of K4 will be updated after each parameter
change caused by mouse. If arrow-keys are used for editing the spacebar
must be pressed to update the editbuffer.
if disabled, the editbuffer of K4 will not be updated.
- Colours
Adjust : to adjust colours
Default: to select the default colours
- Enable Get/Put
to enable or disable the Get/Put option
- Pathnames
a large requester will appear in which you can enter a specified
directory and filename for loading/saving of each different buffer
- Select Font
Diskfont: to select a specified font from disk
proportional fonts and fontsizes < 9 are supported
Topaz 80: to select the Amiga ROM font (for a faster textoutput)
- Displaymode
to choose the resolution and depth (amount of colours) of the
K4Editor-screen. All available resolutions (>640x276) are supported.
In Kickstart 2.0, some resolutions (productivity, ...) are only available
with max. 4 colours. In this case "Depth" have to be set to 2, otherwise
these reolutions are not displayed in the requester.
- Load environment
Default : to load the default preferences
the program will try to load the file k4editor.setup
from the s: directory. If the file is not available
the internal defaults are used.
Specify : to load a specified preferences
- Save environment
to save a specified preferences
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» RECEIVE «
With these items you can receive all kinds of dumps from K4.
(same funktions as get-gadget)
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» TRANSMIT «
With these items you can transmit all kinds of dumps to K4.
(same funktions as put-gadget)
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» EDIT «
With these items you can jump into the editor for a single, multi,
effect or drum.
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» SPECIAL «
- Swap
Swap two data dumps in respect of the actual block-mode
- Copy
Copy one data dump to another position
- Progchange
when selected, a program_change message is send to K4 everytime you
select a single or multi.
- Switch Int/Ext
to switch between the internal memory and an external card,
the actual mode is shown on the gadget on the right bottom.
intern: all transmissions will be send to/from intern K4 memory.
extern: all transmissions will be send to/from an extern memory card.
- Split
split all_data dump into
block_single data dump,
block_multi data dump,
block_effect data dump,
drum data dump.
If you load or receive an All-dump and you want to work on the Singles,
Multis, Effects or Drums, you have to split the All-dump first into
its components. The All-dump is still stored in memory after this and
is not changed until you use "unsplit" to copy back the several dumps
to the all_buffer.
- Unsplit
opposit of the Split function. Ask what buffers you want to copy back
to the all_buffer.
If you want to save or transmit an All-dump containing the changed
datas, you have to unsplit the All-dump. This funktion collects
the several dumps into the All-dump.
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4. HOW TO EDIT «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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The first thing to do is to receive a data dump from your K4 or to load
one from disk. If you filled your all_buffer and you would like to edit
any sound data you first have to split the all_buffer into its components.
For this select Split in the menu. After this you should click on
Single, Multi, Effect or Drum. You will enter now the selected block_buffer.
There you can pick a data dump by clicking on its name. Make shure that
Autosend in the environment-menu is enabled.
Now select the Edit-Gadget. You have entered the Edit-mode in this moment.
Use the mouse to select and change the parameters.
While changing keep left mousebutton pressed and move the mouse.
Moving the mouse to the top or right margin increases the value of the
parameter. Moving the mouse to the bottom or left margin decreases the
value of the parameter. After releasing the left mousebutton the
editbuffer of the K4 will be updated.
If you use the cursor keys to select and change the parameters, the
spacebar must be pressed to update the editbuffer of K4.
If you want to hear your new sound press any key (see Keys setting)
to play a melody, rhythm, drumpattern or something you like.
I think you will understand the system of editing very soon.
As long as you are in the Edit-mode you can`t select a menu or gadget.
To end the Edit-mode select the Edit-Gadget. Your new data will be copied
immediately to the block_buffer. Use Unsplit in the menu to copy the data
in the all_buffer.
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In single_edit-mode you can activate a comfortable waverequester by
clicking on the names of the waveformes.
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If you are in Edit-mode you can use the Amiga-keyboard to play notes.
A short info (Okt:1 Chan: 1 Vel: 50) appears in the headline.
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Octave actual Velocity
channel
These parameteres chould be changed with the numeric keypad or with the
function keys.
For further information please refere to KEYS SETTING.
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These keys are only working in the Edit-mode:
left/right arrow : to walk through the parameters
up/down arrow : to increase/decrease the value of a parameter
spacebar : to update the editbuffer of the K4
if you change the value of a parameter with the cursor
keys, and you want to send the changes to K4, the
spacebar must be pressed.
if you change the value of a parameter with the mouse,
the changes will be send automatically.
make shure that the autosendflag in the menu is set!
A-Z, 1-0 : to play notes from the Amiga-keyboard
2 3 5 6 7 9 0 ` \
higher octave: q w e r t z u i o p ü +
a s f g h k l ä
lower octave : < y x c v b n m , . -
Del : to delete midi-drones from a specific channel
sometimes it occures that a note didn`t get his note-off
message (e.g. if you press keys from the keypad while
playing notes). The Del-Key sends a All-Notes-Off-message
to the actual channel.
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THE NUMERIC KEYPAD:
1-2-3 : to transpose the notes from Amiga-keyboard press
"1" to decrease by one octave
"2" to choose the default value (=2)
"3" to increase by one octave
the value 1 means that the lower octave starts by C1,
the value 2 means that the lower octave starts by C2, etc...
4-5-6 : to increase/decrease the channel of the notes
in single-edit you should take channel 1,
in drum-edit you should take channel 10,
in multi-edit you can make your choice.
"4" to decrease by one channel
"5" to choose the default value
(single-multi-and effect-edit=1, drum-edit=10)
"6" to increase by one channel
7-8-9 : to increase/decrease the velocity of the notes.
Its a kind of volume control; a high value stands for loud
a low value stands for soft.
"7" to decrease velocity by 10
"8" to choose the default value (=50)
"9" to increase velocity by 10
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THE FUNCTION KEYS:
The function keys are equivalent to the numeric Keypad.
F1 : decreases notes of Amigakeyboard by one octave
F2 : default value (=2)
F3 : increases notes of Amigakeyboard by one octave
F4 : decreases the channel of the notes by one
F5 : default value (single,multi and effect=1, drum=10)
F6 : increases the channel of the notes by one
F7 : decreases the velocity of the notes by 10
F8 : default value (=50)
F9 : increases the velocity of the notes by 10
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8. REGISTRATION ««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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If you want to support this project and become a registered user please send
your contribution of $40.- or DM50.-(prefered) (cash or Check) to one of the
addresses below and you will get the latest full-working version of
K4Ed Professional.
Martin Stengle Bernd Jessel
Kaspar-Kerll-Str.37 Schleissheimerstr.229b
81245 Muenchen 80809 Muenchen
Germany Germany
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