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Delay Calculator v1.1E Carl Lofgren
Arkov. 51
by 121 55 Johanneshov
SWEDEN
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Manual for v1.1E, last modified 8 april 1994.
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INDEX
1) General Information
2) Shareware
3) About the Delay Calculations
4) About the Hz Calculations
5) About the BPM Calculations
6) Program/Accessory modes
7) Test equipment and programs
8) Bugs and restrictions
9) Registrations
10) Phuture developments
11) How you can contact me
1) General Information
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This program helps you with various calculations in different
music situations. These calculations are not very hard to figure
out by yourself (if you were listening to your math-teacher at
school that will say) but when I make music, I want to make
music. NOT doing calculations. Even how easy they might be.
As you might have seen, this program is not the only which makes
"music" calculations, but what makes this program different is :
a) Shareware. Total cost: a stamp and a disk.
b) VERY easy to handle.
c) Direct support from the programmer.
that will say, by me...:-)
d) Very stable, on almost ANY setup. It won't
make your computer go mental.
e) You can use the program as BOTH an accessory,
and as a program. Just change the extension.
f) It doesn't use a lot of memory.
g) It supports most resoultions.
Besides, if YOU support the program, I will certainly
continuing making updates. And I do have some plans for it. Read
on.
2) Shareware
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Delay Calculator is NOT Public Domain. It's SHAREWARE. It costs
one double sided disk to get registered (no name is alright!).
Extremely expensive, don't you think? PLEASE show that shareware
works. If you want the latest version please contact me and I'll
tell you if there are any new versions in sight.
When you register, please let me know your set-up, including
all MIDI-related stuff, and where you found the program.
This is version 1.1E ----- In what language the program is in.
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| |______ The number of the update.
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|_______ The versionnumber.
Currently, the program is available only in English. A version
in French is under rethinking. I could also make a German
version. Please let me know if you want one.
Please read HISTORY.TXT for more information about all released
versions.
The program is divided into three main parts.
a) The Delay Calculator
b) The Hertz Calculator
c) The BPM Calculator
3) Delay Calculator
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What it does:
As your brilliant track is going in a specfied tempo (in BPM),
the delay is also set in a tempo (but in mS). What this part
actually do is converting BPM to mS. You can make the delay
bounce in right tempo but with some more swing by using the
different styles. Try them out, and you'll hear which ones you
like and which one's you don't.
How you do it:
Just enter the tempo in the BPM box. And press "Calculate" or
press <Return> and a box will pop up with the delay values. If
you want to use a style, select the desired style ("Swing" for
example) and then do the same thing as above. Press "Calculate"
in other words.
4) Hertz Calculator
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What it does:
This function converts the BPM to Hertz. This is VERY useful if
you own a synthesizer were you set -for example- the LFO in
Hertz. I know only one synth that does that, and that is the
Kurzweil K2000. Yes. I own this monster. And I'm very happy that
I do.
NOTE! That the this function will not be affected by the style
setting. I might make it so, but... well. The day I have time I
might do that.
How you do it:
Just enter the tempo in the BPM box, and then press the "Hz"
button, and a box will show with some acceptable values.
5) BPM Calculator
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What it does:
You can use this function when you want to figure out the tempo
of a track, a sampled beat,an acapella or whatever it could be.
How you do it:
After you have pressed the OK button, the program will start
recording your input. Hit the space-bar for each beat. The best
way to get the best result, is to play the track (or what
it could be) and hitting the space-bar as the track plays.
Usually 8 hits should be perfectly enough, but the more beats
you are entering the better result. I have put a maximum limit
to 50 beats.
Press ESC whenever you want to stop, or exit to the main menu.
6) The program will work as an accessory and as a program
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The program works both as an accessory (ACC), and as a program
(PRG). Just change the extension.
7) Test equipment and programs
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It has been tested on following models :
STFM (TOS 1.02/1MB),
STe (TOS 1.062/2MB),
Mega ST (TOS 2.06/4MB),
TT (TOS 3.06/8MB with or without Fast-RAM),
Falcon030 (TOS 4.02/14MB).
It has also been tested together with follwing programs :
Name : Compability :
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1ST Word Plus v3.10 No problems.
Avalon v2.0 No problems.
Cubase v2.0 No problems. I use it almost every day.
DarkLord v3.10 Some minor bugs. When having the DarkLord
window open, and using the Calculator on
top of it, it can happen that the mouse-
pointer disappear! Strange indeed. I'll
have to check with the programmer of
DarkLord.
Otherwise. It work without any problems.
Delay Calc. v1.1E Yes. Incredible, isn't it? No compability
programs with itself.
Gembench v3.40 No problems.
K4-Editor by Geerdes PROBLEMS! But NOT caused by my Delay Calc.
Same problems happens with the excellent
screen-savers Before Dawn and DarkLord.
The graphics are not correct re-drawn.
MIDI Quest Jr. v2.16 No problems. But you can't access any
accessories within MIDI Quest Jr. It has
got an GUI of it's own, unfortunately.
NVDI v2.50 No problems.
X-oR v1.12 No problems.
8) Known bugs / restrictions
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It will NOT work in ST-Low or in TT-Low. And there will probably
be no support for those resolutions either. Who run a sequencer
in Low-resolution?
If you have for ex. 4 windowns open on the desktop and you open
DC as an accessory, it MIGHT happen that some fragments of the
dialogs will stay in the windows for a while. When you exit