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- The Wave Utilities 2.3
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- Copyright (c) 1993 by TASsoft, All Rights Reserved.
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- Written by Tim Tschirner and Christoph Sundergeld
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- Thank you for downloading and trying The Wave Utilities! Feel free to
- pass a copy to all your friends and upload them to a BBS near you.
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- This archive should contain these files:
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- README.TXT - What you're currently reading
- LOOPER.EXE - Looper Windows Application
- PLAYER.EXE - Player Windows Application
- WAVEUTIL.HLP - Help File for The Wave Utilities 2.3
- WAVEUTIL.REV - Revision history, lists all new features
- REGISTER.FRM - Registration form for The Wave Utilities 2.3
- BWCC.DLL - Borland's Windows Custom Control Library
- LOOPME01.WAV - A sample wave file to use with Looper
- LOOPME02.WAV - A sample wave file to use with Looper
- PLAYME01.WAV - A sample wave file to use with Player
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- What Are The Wave Utilities?
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- The Wave Utilities 2.3 are a Multimedia Tool Package for Microsoft
- Windows. This package consists of Looper and Player, two sound
- applications.
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- Looper is a Windows application that plays digitized audio files in
- wave format (files with the .wav extension) continuously in the
- background. It can handle all the types and formats of Wave files that
- your sound card is capable playing of. The size of the Wave file to be
- looped must not be larger than half of your installed physical memory
- (not the virtual memory Windows provides).
- You can easily stop and restart the looping process.
- With Looper you can have a lot of fun. It can almost turn your computer
- into a Sampler, a Beat Box or a drum machine.
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- Player is a sound player which can handle all the types and formats of
- Wave files that your sound card is capable playing of. There are no
- limitations to the length of the Wave file to be played.
- You are now able to play Wave files by simply doubleclicking them in
- the File Manager. Normally, this isn't the case - launching a Wave file
- calls up the Sound Recorder with the Wave file loaded in memory.
- If you have a Pro AudioSpectrum 16 or compatible sound card, you can
- use its feature to play back two Wave files simultaneously with Looper
- and Player. Player can also play Wave files while you're playing .mod
- files and much more.
- Once you installed Player, launching a Wave file from the File Manager
- or Norton Desktop For Windows drive window will play the sound. This
- allows greater flexibility for organizing and playing sounds. For
- example, you can now install all of your sounds in a Program Manager
- group. Doubleclicking their icons will then play them.
- By installing a Wave file in your Autostart Group you are now able to
- play a sound of unlimited length when Windows starts up.
- When you use Norton Desktop For Windows as your Windows Shell, you can
- make easy use of Player's feature to play back several Wave files after
- another.
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- What Software And Hardware Requirements Do They Have?
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- You must have either Windows with Multimedia Extensions or Windows 3.1
- or above installed on your system. You will also need at least 1 Mega-
- byte of RAM and a sound card that is capable of playing back digitized
- sounds (such as a Sound Blaster card).
- It is also required that you put the file BWCC.DLL which comes with
- The Wave Utilities 2.3 in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. It contains
- the custom controls for The Wave Utilities. If you should already have
- a copy of it you only have to keep the one with the latest date.
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- How Do I Install Them On My System?
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- The installation is very easy. Simply copy BWCC.DLL into your
- WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory and the Wave files into the directory where
- you store your other Wave files. The remaining files can be copied to
- any directory of your choice, e.g. C:\WINDOWS\WAVEUTIL.
- For more details, start Windows, load the Windows Help and open the
- WAVEUTIL.HLP file. If Windows is already running, start the Windows
- Help and open WAVEUTIL.HLP.
- You can also start the Windows Help from the DOS prompt.
- Assuming that WAVEUTIL.HLP is located in the WINDOWS\WAVEUTIL
- directory on drive c, simply enter this command at the DOS prompt:
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- WINHELP C:\WINDOWS\WAVEUTIL\WAVEUTIL.HLP
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- If WAVEUTIL.HLP is not in the above directory, just replace it with
- the correct directory.
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- Are The Wave Utilities Freeware Or Shareware Or What?
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- The Wave Utilities are released as Shareware. This means that you can
- use them for two weeks without any restrictions, but after that period
- you must either register or delete them. When you register, you will
- receive a unique Personal Registration Code (PRC). With this PRC you
- can turn the Shareware Versions of Looper and Player into registered
- versions.
- But that's not all: Since we both don't like the update strategies
- of the big software companies, we're having our own.
- Once you're a registered customer, ALL future updates are free for you.
- Just download the latest version, enter your PRC and you have the
- latest, registered version.
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- The registration fee is only $15 (U.S. funds) when you send cash and
- $18 (U.S. funds) if you prefer to send a cheque (this is only to cover
- the fee for cashing the cheque). If you send a cheque, please make it
- payable to either one of us but not to TASsoft!
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- To register, simply search for the registration form in The Wave
- Utilities help file and click the Print button to print it (You can
- also print the file REGISTER.FRM which is included in this archive).
- Then complete it, put it together with the $15 or the cheque into an
- envelope and send it back to us at one these addresses:
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- 1) TASsoft 2) TASsoft
- c/o c/o
- Tim Tschirner Christoph Sundergeld
- Clarenstr. 19 Beckhausstr. 175
- 32052 Herford 33611 Bielefeld
- Germany Germany
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- As soon as your order reaches us, we will mail you your PRC.
- If you have an E-mail address that we can access from the Internet, we
- can also send you your PRC to that address via E-mail. Please have a
- look at WAVEUTIL.HLP for more details on E-mail connections.
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- If you're already a registered user of The Wave Utilities, you can get
- your PRC to unlock all future versions for only $5 (U.S. funds). If we
- can send you the PRC via E-mail the update fee is only $3 (U.S. funds).
- To update, simply print the registratin form (see above), complete it,
- check the update box, put it together with the money into an envelope
- and send it back to us.
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- Your Comments, Troubles, Bug Reports, Etc.:
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- We would really like to hear your comments on Looper and Player!
- If you encounter a bug or have any comments, questions or problems,
- you can contact us at the following Internet E-mail addresses:
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- 1) Tim Tschirner
- ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
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- 2) Christoph Sundergeld
- icsunder@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
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- Note: These addresses can be accessed from a lot of Network systems.
- Take a look at WAVEUTIL.HLP, it has more information on this.
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- A Special Note For Owners Of A Pro AudioSpectrum 16 Or Compatible:
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- If you have a Pro AudioSpectrum 16 or compatible sound card installed
- in your system, you can use its special feature of playing back two
- Wave files simultaneously with The Wave Utilities.
- Be sure to consult WAVEUTIL.HLP for more detailed information on this
- great feature!
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