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- Awave, Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions, (c) FMJ-Software
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- Contents:
- a) General questions
- b) Problems under Windows 3.1
- c) Auditioning troubles
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- a) General questions:
-
- Q I can't save in .XYZ format even though Awave claim to support it!
- A Not all formats can store _all_ types of data. Ex: only very few
- formats support saving whole bank files while most formats (supported
- by Awave) supports saving single waveforms. What type of data you are
- trying to save is determined by what kind of 'node' or 'item' in the
- tree view list you have selected. See 'File Formats' in the program
- help file and look at the export formats list for info about what
- formats support what data types.
-
- Q I try to load, audition or play this really huge file, but it takes a
- very, very long time or the program just exits with an out-of-memory
- message...
- A Awave is currently limited to working only with files it can fit into
- memory. To play huge files you may need a huge amount of physical RAM.
- This is especially true for large MPEG audio files (BTW, the MPEG de-
- compressor is not very optimized at all so don't even expect a 1/10th
- of the speed of real time decompressors, e.g. XingSound).
-
- Q The AudioPlayer doesn't work. It sounds really strange, or things even
- locks up when I try to play certain, but not all, waveforms.
- A Try dechecking the 'Device can handle arbitrary playback rates' box in
- the Options->Program->AudioPlayer property tab (this can be necessay
- because a few buggy audio drivers report that they can do things which
- in fact, they can not).
-
- Q Why dont you make a DOS/OS2/Linux/Unix/Machintosh/Amiga/Atari version?
- A Because I don't have the time or the motivation.
- If there's enough people interrested interest (read "I'd register if
- only you'd do an"), I might be persuaded to do a command line version,
- stripped of the user interface and all editing functions...
-
- Q Is there a batch convert function?
- A No but you can open multiple files (do an Open File followed by one or
- more Insert File) and then save all items by using the Save All As
- function of the File menu. This will save all instruments (and also
- create instruments for all waveforms not contained in any instrument)
- or, it will save all waveforms, depending on the capabilities of the
- output format you choose. The items will be saved as files with the
- name you choose,the last two characters in the filename beeing used as
- an incrementing index. Ex, Myfile00.Wav, Myfile01.Wav, ...
-
- Q When saving stereo data to a format that only support mono waveforms
- or when doing an SDS transfer, how do I specify which channel of the
- stero data should be used?
- A In theese situation Awave always automatically merges the channels by
- an 'arithmetic average' algorithm. However, you can use the waveform
- item->Properties->Waveform->Process wizard to specifically convert the
- data to mono before you save it; there you can choose between 'average
- of channels', 'left channel only' or 'right channel only' algorithms.
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- b) Problems under Windows 3.1:
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- Q Program complains about not being able to load COMCTL32.DLL when I try
- to start it.
- A Read the requirements section again. You must have a Win32 platform
- that supports the common controls introduced in Windows 95.
- This may either be Windows 95,Windows NT v3.51 or later or Windows 3.1
- with the Win32s etxensions v1.3 or later installed. If you use Windows
- 3.1,look in the WIN32S.INI file in the ...\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory to
- determine what version of Win32s you have.If you need an update get it
- from Microsoft, or, you can dowload it from my WWW-page.
-
- Q When I select the 'AudioPlayer', the 'Clipboard', or the 'MidiSDSDump'
- virtual export format(s) in the Save dialog, it complains about
- 'invalid filename' under Windows 3.1 + Win32s.
- A That's right, it is an invalid name under the old 8.3 FAT.
- Instead use the equivalent Item menu commands.
-
- Q This automatic file association stuff doesn't seem to work.
- A No. It is disabled under Win32s because it was designed for Windows 95
- and under 3.1 it really clutters up things and doesn't work that well;
- so you'd probably not want it after all. You can manually associate
- files in the File Manager if you want to.
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- c) Auditioning troubles:
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- Q Program complains about not being able to load AWEMAN32.DLL when I try
- to use auditioning on the SB AWE32 (or comapatible).
- A You must have this .DLL installed in your WINDOWS or WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory.You must also have the very latest drivers that supports the
- new .SF2 file format.
-
- Q Where can I find theese .SF2 compatible drivers for the AWE32.
- A At the time this was written they were only available in beta version
- from: "ftp://www.creaf.com/pub/creative/files/beta"
-
- Q Program complains about not being able to load WFGATE.DLL when I try
- to use auditioning on the Maui/Tropez.
- A You must have this .DLL installed in your WINDOWS or WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory. It is available from Turtle Beach and it comes (and is
- automatically installed) with the latest versions of their WavePatch
- and Wave SE softwares.
-
- Q Program crashes when auditioning is enabled with the Maui/Tropez.
- A You must get a newer version of the WFGATE.DLL. It should be dated
- 95-08-18 or later (earlier versions are incompatible with Windows 95).
- At the time of this writing, it is only available as a patch from
- Turtle Beach but it should be included with later versions of their
- softwares. I can email you a copy if you can't find it anywhere else.
-
- Q When having auditioning enabled for the Maui/Tropez, why does it some-
- times take such a long time to start up?
- A Not my fault. It's the same thing as when starting TB's WavePatch.
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