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- UltraWave(tm) Patch Library Piano Patches Quick Install:
-
- Patch Manager V1.5 (ships with V3.5x UltraSound software) now has a Patch
- Bank Manager which allows setting up and nameing your own custom General MIDI
- set(s) according to your own preferences. This is made possible by UltraSound's
- breakthrough RAM based Wavetable synthesis system.
-
- What follows here is just enough information to get you started with your new
- UltraWave(tm) custom piano patches, without going into a detailed explanation
- of Patch Man V1.5's many new features. For a complete description of Patch Man
- and the new 'Patch Bank Manager' feature, please refer to the UltraSound
- User Guide.
-
- - First, copy the patch files into your /Ultrasnd/midi directory.
- - Run Patch Manager V1.5 and click on the 'Bank Manager' menu item.
- - Click on the 'Selected bank' list box arrow and select 'melodic bank 0' from
- the patch bank list.
- - Next, select (click on) 'gppiano.pat' in the right column named 'patches
- available'.
- - Now select 'acpiano.pat' in the left '# name, and patch' column. Now that the
- destination patch and source patch have been selected,
- - Click on the the '<<' button between the list boxes.
- - Click the 'Patch Manager' menu item to return to Patch Manager. Double click
- on 'Acoustic Grand Piano' to load it, and audition it with your MIDI keyboard
- or with the mouse cursor on the Patch Man piano keyboard.
-
- When 'ACPIANO is selected in Patch Man or a program change in a MIDI file asks
- for an Acoustic piano (General MIDI patch #1), GPPIANO.PAT will load and play
- instead of the original ACPIANO.PAT.
-
- UltraSound uses initialization files in Windows and DOS to find the default
- patches it uses. In Windows, this file is 'Ultrasnd.ini' which can
- be found in your \UltraSnd\Windows directory. In DOS, 'default.cfg' in
- the \ultrasnd\midi directory is used.
-
- To use new patches, the 'Ultrasnd.ini'(in Windows) or 'Defaut.cfg (in DOS)
- file is altered to point to the new patch's name, instead of the standard
- patch. The entries look like this: '0 = acpiano'. When you do the patch
- substitution, the Ultrasnd.ini' file is altered to look for the newly assigned
- patches when requested by the software or user; eg: '0 = Newpatch.pat'.
-
- In Windows, UltraSound's Patch Bank Manager for Windows looks after this
- mapping for you, allowing new 'Banks' of patches to be assigned and named
- as desired; eg: 'Jazz GM set #27', 'Garage Rock #6', Al's Funk House' etc..
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-
- Also included in this .ZIP:
-
- The included MIDI file 'The Last Days of Summer' (c)copyright by Tracy Hurst
- is provided to demonstrate the GPPIANO patch. This .mid can be played on any
- UltraSound with 512K RAM or more, or on a 256k GUS with the 'conserve memory'
- option selected in the UltraSound setup dialog in Windows' Control Panel
- 'Drivers' applet.
-
- Advanced Gravis is continually adding features to and improving UltraSound
- software. Recent updates include the addition of the Patch Banking feature,
- simultaneus digital recording and playback, and more. If there is a GUS
- software update included, unzip it into a temporary directory, and follow the
- instructions in it's zip file on how to install the update.
-
- *** Enjoy Your New UltraWave(tm) Patches! ***