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- QUACK Sound Effects Studio V3.0.1
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-
- Release 3.0.1 fixes a potential problem with the Music Modulator component. It
- is a minor upgrade to 3.0. The information below relates to both 3.0 and 3.0.1
-
- QUACK V3.0 has a new look, some great new components, and a whole lot more.
- Here are the diferences since V2.0:
-
- New components
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-
- Sequencer - sequence, delay and repeat up to 4 different sounds to build
- complex sound sequences out of basic elements (you can also daisy-chain
- Sequencer components to add more than 4 sounds).
-
- Echo - you can guess what this component does!
-
- Music modulator - allows you to set oscillator frequencies in terms of
- musical notes rather than Hertz, and also to generate musically linear FM.
-
- Fuzz - amplitude clipping to add distortion effects, in a variety of ways
-
- Comb filter - the classic delay-line notch filter, which can do wonderful
- things to white noise and other complex signals.
-
- Top Hat filter - another classic filter, the moving average filter, in
- both lowpass and highpass variants.
-
- Tweak - floating windows which can be attached to key parameters, making it
- much easier to change values while experimenting.
-
- Some existing components have been improved:
-
- Sawtooth, Squarewave - now the mark/space ratio can be controlled
- dynamically.
-
- Noise - now has an offset value.
-
- All oscillators - are now phase adjustable.
-
-
- Usability enhancements
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-
- The most visible new feature is the new-look component icons - both the
- icons and their inputs are colour coded according to a standard system so
- that it is much easier to see what is going on.
-
- QUACK can now be registered by password, so you can register by email
- without having to wait for your disk to arrive by post.
-
- Our example patch maps are now cataloged and indexed in HTML, so that you
- can use your preferred Web Browser to search for examples which illustrate
- techniques which interest you.
-
- Our new tools menu allows you to launch your favorite companion applications
- from within QUACK. Improved "Set Soundfile" functionality makes it easier
- to fine tune your creations. We also hope that our new Win95 style Help
- and Tip Of The Day will make life easier.
-
-
- Shareware Version
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-
- If you are using a shareware version of QUACK, please read the information
- under Help|Registration, and register within 30 days if you wish to continue
- using the product. You will then receive a password which will unlock the
- full functionality of QUACK.
-
- Note that the shareware version is save disabled - if you want to save your
- completed patch maps, you will have to register. But don't worry, it is
- still available at the same low price it has always been!
-
-
- Coming soon...
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-
- Future versions of QUACK are expected to include:
-
- Some great new components:
- - Wavetable generation
- - Digital filters
- - Generic envelopes
- - much more.......
-
- Enhanced support for different output formats (including MIDI patches).
-
- More usability enhancements.
-
-
- Feedback
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-
- We would like to know if you find bugs, or have ideas for how QUACK could be
- improved.
-
- We are also interested to know who is using QUACK, what for, and what they
- think about it, so that we can develop QUACK is the right direction.
-
- Also, if you develop any killer Patch Maps which you would like to share
- with the world, why not send them in? We will include the best with the next
- release.
-
- Contact us at
-
- morello@mag-net.co.uk
-
- or
-
- PO Box 3201
- Milton Keynes
- MK5 7ZY
- ENGLAND
-
- or http://morello.wildnet.co.uk
-