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- K4Ed Professional
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- Demo-Version 2.99
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- Copyright (C) 1992 by Martin Stengle and Bernd Jessel
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- The K4Ed_Professional is a Sharewareproduct which was designed
- to edit and transfer sounddatas of the Kawai_K4-Synthesizer.
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- NOTICE:
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- K4Ed_Professional_V2.99 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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- REQUIREMENTS «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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- To use K4Ed_Professional you need the midi.library and the req.library.
- (further you need the diskfont.library, serial.device and printer.device)
- The receive- and the transmit-channel of your K4 must be set to 1.
- Further set "Receive_program = Norm" and "Receive_exclusive = On".
- Required stacksize is 50000. If you start K4Ed_Professional from Workbench
- the stack will be set automatically to 50000 (from the .info-file).
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- 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.
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- There are a lot of powerful funktions included in K4Ed_Professional, e.g.:
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- Editing of the parameters can be done by mouse (drag-and-move) or by keys.
- All changes will be send immediatly (autosend) to the K4 if desired.
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- 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.
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- 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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- The environment of the program (colors, font, pathnames, etc...) is
- easy to set and can be stored.
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- 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)
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- » Save : save sounddatas to any (disk-)device.
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- » Get : receive data from K4
- (the gadgets on the bottom determins the type of data)
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- » Put : transmit data to K4
- (the gadgets on the bottom determins the type of data)
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- » 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)
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- » Swap : to swap two singles, multis or effects with each other
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- » Quit : to exit the program
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- » 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: |
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- » 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 «
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- - About
- some copyright notices and other informations
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- - Registration
- to print out a registration formular
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- - Clear
- to clear the actual buffer or all buffers
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- - Open
- to load sounddatas from any (disk-)device
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- - 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. 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.
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- - Save
- to save sounddatas to any (disk-)device, the program uses the path and
- filenames of the environment
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- - Save as
- to name and save sounddatas to any (disk-)device
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- - Print
- to print out the data actually displayed
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- - Save & Quit
- to save all buffers and exit the program
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- - Quit
- to exit the program
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- » ENVIRONMENT «
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- - 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.
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- - Colours
- Adjust : to adjust colours
- Default: to select the default colours
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- - Enable Get/Put
- to enable or disable the Get/Put option
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- - Pathnames
- a large requester will appear in which you can enter a specified
- directory and filename for loading/saving of each different buffer
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- - 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)
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- - Interlace
- to switch between non-interlace and interlace resolution
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- - 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
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- - Save environment
- to save a specified preferences
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- » RECEIVE «
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- With these items you can receive all kinds of dumps from K4.
- (same funktions as get-gadget)
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- » TRANSMIT «
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- With these items you can transmit all kinds of dumps to K4.
- (same funktions as put-gadget)
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- » EDIT «
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- With these items you can jump into the editor for a single, multi,
- effect or drum.
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- » SPECIAL «
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- - Swap
- Swap two data dumps in respect of the actual block-mode
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- - Copy
- Copy one data dump to another position
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- - 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.
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- - 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.
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- - 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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- 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.
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- If you want to hear your new sound press any key (see Keys setting)
- to play a melody, rhythm, drumpattern or something you like.
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- 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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- KEYS SETTING «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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- These keys are only working in the Edit-mode:
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- left/right arrow : to walk through the parameters
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- up/down arrow : to increase/decrease the value of a parameter
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- spacebar : to update the editbuffer of the K4
- make shure that the autosendflag in the menu is set!
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- A-Z, 1-0 : to play notes from the Amiga-keyboard
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- 2 3 5 6 7 9 0 ` \
- higher octave: q w e r t z u i o p ü +
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- a s f g h k l ä
- lower octave : < y x c v b n m , . -
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- Del : to delete midi-drones from a specific channel
- sometimes it occures that a note didn`t get his note-off
- message (i.e. 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 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...
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- 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
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- 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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- RESTRICTION ««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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- In this demoversion the Save- and Transmit-option is disabled and
- autosend is only available in Multis and Drums.
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- REGISTRATION «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««
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- If you want to support this project and become a registered user please send
- your contribution of $30.- or DM40.-(prefered) (cash or Check) to one of the
- addresses below and you will get the latest full-working version of
- K4Ed Professional.
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- Martin Stengle Bernd Jessel
- Kaspar-Kerll-Str.37 Schleissheimerstr.229b
- 8000 Muenchen 60 8000 Muenchen 40
- Germany Germany
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