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The Wave Utilities 2.3
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Copyright (c) 1993 by TASsoft, All Rights Reserved.
Written by Tim Tschirner and Christoph Sundergeld
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.
This archive should contain these files:
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.
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.
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:
WINHELP C:\WINDOWS\WAVEUTIL\WAVEUTIL.HLP
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.
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!
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:
1) TASsoft 2) TASsoft
c/o c/o
Tim Tschirner Christoph Sundergeld
Clarenstr. 19 Beckhausstr. 175
32052 Herford 33611 Bielefeld
Germany Germany
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.
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:
1) Tim Tschirner
ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
2) Christoph Sundergeld
icsunder@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
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
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