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Demo Menu File #1 File #2 Start time End time Parameter #1 Parameter #2 Parameter #3 Parameter #4 Parameter #5 Parameter #6 1 Help (Alt-H) EXE\Help NONSINHERIT NOTEMPINHERIT NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP Help IMPORTANT: Run the commands in this menu in descending order, unless explicitly instructed to do otherwise! In order to highlight a menu entry, use the keypad or the mouse. The PgUp key brings you to the top of the list, End to the bottom (Close command); the Up and Down Arrow keys step you through. To execute a highlighted command, click the Left mouse button or hit Enter. Command line parameters are typed in from the keyboard, DOS-fashion. Function keys F1-F10 give current parameters (press Alt and F1-F10 for a list). Alt-H gives help for the highlighted menu entry. To leave the WAVmaker Demo Menu, press Esc, click the Right mouse button or execute the Close command. Execute the Help command (hit Enter) for extensive online help. \ 0a) Make WAVs /286 Demo\MakeWAVs /286 NSINHERIT NOTEMPINHERIT 1 CLEARSCR DISK NOPAUSE BEEP DFTtoWAV IMPORTANT: Do NOT run this command if you have a 386+. Use "Make WAVs /386+" instead. You need a few WAV (sample) files to run the demos. This command will create them using WM DFTtoWAV. Usage: makeWAVs /286 <parameter> <parameter> = 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. This affects the choice of DFT files to unpack. Higher value => more files to unpack (and more disk space & time required). To render the demo MIDI files, you need the WAVs unpacked with <parameter>... 1 for Solfeggi.MID (TRY THIS FIRST) 2 for Drums.MID + above 3 for SJam.MID + above 4 for Air.MID + above Disk space needed: 2 MB (1) to 10 MB (4). \ 0b) Make WAVs /386+ Demo\MakeWAVs /386+ NSINHERIT NOTEMPINHERIT 1 CLEARSCR DISK NOPAUSE BEEP DFT2WAV IMPORTANT: Do NOT run this command if you have a 286. Use "Make WAVs /286" instead. You need a few WAV (sample) files for the demos. This command will create them using WM DFT2WAV. Usage: makeWAVs /386+ <parameter> <parameter> = 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. This affects the choice of DFT files to unpack. Higher value => more files to unpack (and more disk space & time required). To render the demo MIDI files, you need the WAVs unpacked with <parameter>... 1 for Solfeggi.MID (TRY THIS FIRST) 2 for Drums.MID + above 3 for SJam.MID + above 4 for Air.MID + above Disk space needed: 2 MB (1) to 10 MB (4). \ 01) WAV Directory EXE\ReadDir NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT WAV\*.WAV NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP Read Browse a listing of the default WAV directory (exit with Esc or Right mouse button). This is the directory where the default sample files used for MIDI rendering are kept. MakeWAVs should have unpacked all DFTs to WAVs in this directory. TRY THIS: While browsing the directory listing, put the mouse cursor on a filename. Click the Left mouse button (or hit Enter). The file name will be highlighted. Hit Function key F1. You have now assigned the highlighted filename to Function key buffer F1. Press Alt-Fx (x=1-10) to see the values assigned to all buffers. When you return here, try hitting F1 and Alt-Fx again! In the examples below, the names of source and destination files will be assigned to F1 and F2. You can read about Function key operations in the help entry for the Read browser (hit Alt-H). \ 02) Temp Directory EXE\ReadDir NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT Temp\*.WAV NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP ReadDir Browse a listing of the temporary file directory (exit with Esc or Right mouse button). This is the directory where WAVmaker puts files created for its internal use. It is also the site of choice for DSP and file conversion operations. Verify that MakeWAVs has left copies of GM6F4.WAV and GM6F5.WAV in this directory. \ 03) Play WAVs Temp\ ..\EXE\WAVplay NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT GM6F4 NOCLEAR DISK NOPAUSE NOBEEP WAVplay IMPORTANT: WAVmaker's WAV player will only work if you have a Creative Labs Sound Blaster card! If you use another card, you must provide your own player (see note below). Play the WAV files in the Temp\ directory. Usage: WAVplay <filename> The WAV extension is optional. Notes: WAVmaker is initially set up to call WM SBWAV (WAV player for Sound Blasters). You can easily change this if you want to use another player. See Help (press Alt-H) for details. With WM SBWAV, Space bar and Left mouse button pause/resume playback; Esc key and Right mouse button abort it. \ 04) View WAVs Temp\ ..\EXE\WAView NSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT GM6F4 NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP WAView View the WAV files in the Temp\ directory. Usage: WAView <filename> The default extension is WAV. Options: Some other day! USE HELP TO LEARN ABOUT ZOOMING/SCALING. TRY THIS: Assign an optional position (time) in the WAV file you are viewing to Function key F5. The procedure is just like the one used above with the directory listings. Check the Function key list when you return here. Note that WAView has put the start and end times on F3 and F4. You'll use sample position export a lot when running WAView from the DSP menus and PRGed. \ 05) Mix WAVs Temp\ ..\EXE\WAVmix NSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT GM6F4 GM6F5 FIL1 DOSBOX ALL PAUSE BEEP WAVmix Now some simple signal processing. First, let's mix GM6F4 and GM6F5 in the new file FIL1; do not use the /m option (a stereo file is better in the next step). Usage: WAVmix <source #1> [<source #2> ...] <destination> The default extension is WAV. Source files may NOT be overwritten. Options: /a <factor L>[:<factor R>] (amplify left[:right] channel of preceding <source #x> by a real factor) /m (create single-channel WAV file) /8b (create 8-bit WAV file) /11k (create 11025 Hz WAV file) /22k (create 22050 Hz WAV file) /q (quiet mode: no screen output) \ 06) Flange FIL1 > 2 Temp\ ..\EXE\Flange NSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT FIL1 FIL2 .3:.7 .9 0:1 .5 DOSBOX ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP Flange Next, some healthy flanging (if you do not know about flanging, see the help entry: hit Alt-H). Usage: Flange <source> <destination> <original level>:<effect level> <feedback> <time offset>:<time variation> <effect rate> Times are expressed in milliseconds, rate in Hz. Feedback is a real factor with modulus < 1 (= 0 for chorus). The levels are real amplitude factors. The default extension is WAV. The source file may NOT be overwritten. Options: /l (affect left channel only) /r (affect right channel only) /w <start>:<end> (effect window) /q (quiet mode: no screen output) \ 07) Extend FIL2 > 3 Temp\ ..\EXE\Extend NSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT FIL2 FIL3 END:3000 DOSBOX ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP Extend In the next step, we'll add some echo. In order to make room for a natural echo decay, we must first append some silent space at the end of FIL2. By the way, have you checked your Function keys lately? Try Alt-F1 again! Usage: Extend <source> <destination> <start time>:<duration> Start time and duration are expressed in milliseconds. Letting <start> take on the "value" END (as in END:1000) puts the silent section at the end of the original file. The default extension is WAV. The source file may NOT be overwritten. Option: /q (quiet mode: no screen output) \ 08) Echo FIL3 > 4 Temp\ ..\EXE\WMecho NSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT FIL3 FIL4 .4 800 DOSBOX ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP WMecho OK, let's add that echo to FIL3! If you have not viewed and/or listened to the files created so far (FIL1, FIL2, and now FIL4; FIL3 is just like FIL2 + trailing silence) do so after this step, then go on to the next step. Usage: Echo <source> <destination> <feedback> <delay time> The delay time is expressed in milliseconds. Feedback is a real factor with modulus < 1. The default extension is WAV. The source file may NOT be overwritten. Options: /l (affect left channel only) /r (affect right channel only) /w <start>:<end> (effect window) /q (quiet mode: no screen output) Window times are in milliseconds. \ 09) MID Directory EXE\ReadDir NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT MID\*.MID NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP ReadDir Enough of this DSP stuff (by now you've got the idea!). Let's see which demo MIDs you have... \ 10) Play MID MID\ ..\EXE\MIDplay NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT Solfeggi NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP MIDplay IMPORTANT: WAVmaker's MID player will only work if you have a Creative Labs Sound Blaster card! If you use another card, you must provide your own player (same remarks as for WM WAVplay; hit Alt-H for details). OK, try listening to a demo MID using your sound card's synthesizer. This will give you something to compare with later, after rendering MIDs to WAVs. Usage: MIDplay <filename> The MID extension is optional. Note: With WM SBMIDI, Space bar and Left mouse button pause/resume playback; Esc key and Right mouse button abort it. \ 11) MID Scan MID\ ..\EXE\Scan NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT Solfeggi NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP MIDscan Now let's concentrate on one of those MIDs, and have a closer look at the MID events contained in it. WM MIDscan will generate a listing and let you browse it. Exit the browser by clicking the Left mouse button or by hitting Esc, as usual. Usage: Scan <filename> The default extension is MID. Later on, you may also want to try out the freeware utility MIDICAT (it's in the MID Menu). It's a nice complement to WM MIDscan, especially when analyzing drum tracks. \ 12) MID to LST EXE\MIDtoLST NSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT Solfeggi DOSBOX ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP MIDtoLST Stick with that MID. WM MIDtoLST will convert it to LST (WM playlist) format. IMPORTANT: Add " /d ALL:10" to the command line if you have chosen a piece containing drums. Usage: MIDtoLST <source file> [<destination file>] If no destination file is specified, the source filename is used. Default extensions are MID and LST, respectively. Options: /MID <alternate MID directory> /LST <alternate LST directory> /PRG <alternate PRG directory> /d <track>:<channel> (use Drum PRGs) /q (quiet mode: no screen output) \ 13) LST Directory EXE\ReadDir NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT LST\*.LST NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP ReadDir Verify that WM MIDtoLST has translated the MID file to a LST file in the LST\ directory. \ 14) Browse LST EXE\Read NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT LST\Solfeggi.LST NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP Read The LST files are in human-readable form; you could even write your music as LSTs. Go back to step (12) and hit Alt-H for a description of the format. Here, you can browse the LST file(s) created above. *** IMPORTANT *** In the next step, you'll render your LST files, i.e. make music in WAV form from them. THIS IS A TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS. If you can't spare your PC for an hour or more at this time, stop here and continue the demo run later. If you have a low-end machine (286 and/or no FPU) do consider running WM LSTtoWAV overnight. \ 15) LST to WAV EXE\LSTtoWAV NSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT Solfeggi /m DOSBOX DISK PAUSE BEEP LSTtoWAV Time to render your LST file! You can save some disk space by using the "/m" (mono) option (Solfeggi does not use stereo panning at all, so no loss there). Usage: LSTtoWAV <source file> [<destination file>] If no destination file is specified, the source filename is used. Default extensions are LST and WAV, respectively. Options: /m (create single-channel WAV file) /8b (create 8-bit WAV file) /11k (create 11025 Hz WAV file) /22k (create 22050 Hz WAV file) /n <antialiasing [1-4]> /a <amplitude factor> /LST <alternate LST directory> /Song <alternate Song directory> /WAV <alternate WAV directory> /q (quiet mode: no screen output) Default antialising is 4 (slow!). \ 16) Song Directory EXE\ReadDir NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT Song\*.WAV NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP ReadDir Verify that WM LSTtoWAV has rendered the LST file as a WAV file in the Song\ directory. \ 17) Play Song Song\ ..\EXE\WAVplay NONSINHERIT TEMPINHERIT Solfeggi NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP WAVplay ONCE AGAIN: WM SBWAV will only work if you have a Creative Labs Sound Blaster card. Play the song rendered by WM MIDtoLST/WM LSTtoWAV. Compare with the output produced by WM MIDplay! Usage: WAVplay <filename> The WAV extension is optional. Note: With WM SBWAV, Space bar and Left mouse button pause/resume playback; Esc key and Right mouse button abort it. \ 18) That's all! EXE\Help Register NONSINHERIT NOTEMPINHERIT NOCLEAR ALL NOPAUSE NOBEEP Register That wraps up this short demo. We have only scratched the surface, but by now you should be able to explore WAVmaker on your own. Remember, help is only an Alt-H away! You may want to clean up the Temp\ directory (delete all WAVs in it without remorse, they won't be needed again). You can do this from the File Menu. You can also delete the songs created above (in Song\) and the related LST files (in LST\). Note: Sooner or later, you will want to try WM PRGed (WAVmaker's patch editor) on the demo PRGs. PRG will NOT work with D0.PRG, since you do not have all the WAVs referred to in that file. To get the full GM compliant sample library, you must * REGISTER * ! Hit Enter now for more on this fascinating topic... \