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WaveBlaster Tamer
by Keith Cowgill
Copyright (C) 1994
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Version 1.3 - 12/29/93
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- NOW! Register your version of Waveblaster Tamer on-line with
CompuServe. Go SWREG at any ! prompt. The registration ID for
WaveBlaster Tamer is 1821. When I receive your registration
notice, I will immediately ship your registered version of
WaveBlaster Tamer along with a 50+ page user manual.
-- 12/29
- Fixed bug in configure routine that would inaccurately specify
the alternate .MID file
-- 12/26
- WaveBlaster Tamer used to exit in a way that would lock up your
computer if you tried to access the FM synth afterward. Thanks
to Gary Maddox for alerting me to that one. It shouldn't
happen now.
-- 12/23
- Composed a demo song, WBTDEMO.WRK, to be played with CakeWalk
Apprentice that demonstrates many of the included WaveBlaster
Tamer free presets. I probably should have done this right
from the beginning, since it demonstrates the whole point of
WaveBlaster Tamer. The song shows you the control you have
when you can not only compose on the WaveBlaster but also have
complete control over each individual preset, or instrument,
you use.
IMPORTANT: To hear this demo as it was composed, you must (1)
use WaveBlaster Tamer to upload WBTAMER.CBK to your WaveBlaster
and (2) make sure all of the ports (which are currently set to
1 in WBTDEMO.WRK) are changed to reflect the SB16 MIDI Out Port
number you use in your version of Cakewalk Apprentice.
-- 12/20
- Improved MS Windows support.
When Windows is detected (which will occur when you are running
in Windows Enhanced Mode), conflicting WaveBlaster Tamer
operations will shut down. This includes recognition of a
Roland MPU-401 card, external calls to PLAYMIDI.EXE and
SB16SET.EXE (these two Creative Labs utilities don't seem to
operate all that well in enhanced mode--on the other hand, you
still can achieve those options with substitute Windows
applications).
All other functions still work, including MIDI In support on
the SB16 MIDI port, so, with the exception of the above,
WaveBlaster Tamer is fully functional under Windows.
WBTAMER.PIF and WBTAMER.ICO are now included in all
distribution disks--see your Microsoft Windows user manual for
installing DOS applications in Windows using .PIF and .ICO
files. Also, some menu colors will change slightly, to make
them a little easier to read should you be running WaveBlaster
Tamer in Enhanced Mode using a window.
-- 12/19
- A little change in the way WaveBlaster Tamer works in the
Preset Edit area, for your convenience. Before, whenever you
changed a preset, it would be saved, but not be updated in the
WaveBlaster. When you were completely through editing, you
were supposed to upload the entire preset file from the File
Util menu.
Now, every time you press F1, Shift-F1, or F2, WaveBlaster
Tamer will send a changed preset not only to instrument #1 for
temporary auditioning, but also to its actual location in the
WaveBlaster--so you don't have to download the whole file each
time you change one preset.
-- 12/18
- Added several new demo presets. Added a new file, PRESETS.DOC
to the distribution package that tells you what in the world I
was thinking of when I created these presets.
-- 12/18
- Fixed bug that would cause WaveBlaster Tamer to crash if
multiple Shift-F2s or F9s were pressed.
-- 12/16
- Added F3 (Panic!) to global function keys. This turns all
notes off.
-- 12/16
- Cleaned up Configuration routine to allow longer pathnames, and
added address support for additional true Roland-compatible
MPU-401 MIDI cards.
-- 12/16
- Added the capability of supporting true Roland-compatible
MPU-401 cards. Now, MIDI input can come from SB Midi In port,
Roland MIDI In port, or both. Input from either port will be
sent to the WaveBlaster. (However, the routine chokes on
simultaneous key presses from both keyboards. You can play
both keyboards with WaveBlaster Tamer, but not at the same
instant.)
-- 12/16
- Discovered (to my shame and embarrasement) that some keyboards,
such as the Casio CZ-101 (which turn notes off by sending
Velocity=0 commands rather than NoteOffs) didn't work as well
with my assembler MIDI-In routine as others. But they do now.
-- 12/16
- Cakewalk Apprentice uses a file called PATCHES.INI that
maintains the names of all the patches on a particular sound
module. Now, whenever Waveblaster Tamer saves a .CBK file, it
also creates an .INI file of the same name (e.g., if you save a
file name WBTAMER.CBK, WBTAMER.INI will also be created. If
you know how to import that into your PATCHES.INI file, you'll
be able to put call your new patches by name in Cakewalk.
Details on this operation are available in your Cakewalk manual
and your WaveBlaster Tamer user manual. Included WBTAMER.INI
in the distribution package for you to explore.
-- 12/15
- Up until now, selecting a sample--both in the preset editing
menu and the audition sample menu--required different keystroke
routines to scroll through those parameters than parameters in
every other part of WaveBlaster Tamer. Rewrote routines to
include normal scrolling keystroke routines, so everything
works the same.
-- 12/14
- When you are scrolling through samples in the preset editing
menu, the current preset is immediately uploaded to the
WaveBlaster with the new sample as soon as the sample's name
appears on the screen. If you have a MIDI In device attached to
your MIDI port, you can have one hand on the scrolling key and
the other playing the MIDI In device until you find the sound
you want. If you reject all changes when you are through with
the preset edit screen, the original sample will be restored,
so you don't have to re-upload the preset file.
-- 12/14
- Internal improvements to reduce memory and speed execution.
-- 12/14
Version 1.2 - 12/12/93
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- On a morning somewhere between December 5th and 11th, I woke
up with an extraordinarily embarrasing question on my mind:
Why didn't I make WaveBlaster Tamer capable of responding to
MIDI input? Then--using WaveBlaster Tamer as the front
end--I could have a WaveBlaster/keyboard combination that
would act as any other sample-playback keyboard.
I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but here it is
now. Just so the program can keep up with you speed demons
out there, I wrote the MIDI IN routines in assembler.
Debugging assembler code always gives me hives, so I hope
you're satisfied with yourselves.
Notes: The demo version of WaveBlaster Tamer quits responding
to MIDI input after a while.
As before, hitting F1 will play a few notes with your
changed preset. What's new is that you can hit
Shift-F1 to send your preset changes to the
WaveBlaster without hearing the audition tones (which
you will be playing instead on your MIDI IN device).
I've added a new preset to the WBTAMER.CBK file that
demonstrates the potential of WaveBlaster Tamer and
your MIDI input device. It's a keyboard split with
Fretless Bass on notes below Middle C and Electric
Piano on notes Middle C on up. -- 12/12
Version 1.1 - 12/05/93
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- Fixed preset name pop-up menu to reflect any name changes
entered during an editing session. (In demo mode, change is
not reflected on preset editing screen. -- 12/5
- Fixed default directory suggestion for alternative .MID file
in setup. -- 12/4
- Pressing ESC in initial patch list prior to entering patch
editor leaves unnecessary .BAK file. -- 12/4
- Trying to download WBTAMER.CBK in the demo version from any
other than logged directory would be unsuccessful and leave a
0-length file. -- 12/4
Version 1.0 - 12/03/93
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First version, first release.