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- Drum Blaster V.2.0
- for the CMS Sound Blaster
- (C) by Larry Tipton 1991
-
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- Drum Blaster turns your Sound Blaster equipped PC into an electronic drum
- machine. Just tap any of the programed keys and off you go! In addition
- to various drum sounds I've included guitar riffs, voices and other
- effects. In addition, there are 10 user-defined drum sequences.
-
-
- Play along with the radio. Create your own rap song. Wonder in amazement.
- Impress your friends. Crank it up and drive your family crazy!!!
-
-
- What you'll need to get started:
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- 1) IBM compatible PC with a Sound Blaster card installed
- 2) EGA (minimum) graphics card/monitor
- 3) 330K free RAM
- 4) The Drum Blaster software!!!
- 5) A keyboard and a sense of rhythm would also be helpful.
-
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- Installation:
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- Just copy files to an appropriate sub directory on you hard disk (if you
- have one) or simply copy the files to diskette.
-
- Type DB. Press enter.
-
- Drum Blaster makes every attempt to locate the address of your Sound Blaster.
- If for some strange reason you get no sound from the Sound Blaster try typing
-
- DB XXX Y where XXX is the Port IO Address and Y is the interrupt number.
-
- To exit Drum Blaster press ESC.
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-
-
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- User Definable Sequences
- ========================
-
- Please note that Drum Blaster comes with 10 files with the extension
- "VOC". These are uncompressed 8-bit drum sequences. Drum Blaster searches
- the directory in which it resides for ten files with the "VOC" extension.
- The first ten files Drum Blaster finds are assigned to function keys F1-F10.
-
- You may replace these files with your own if you'd like. Make sure that
- you have at least 10 files with the VOC extension or Drum Blaster will
- not work. If you create your own VOC files make sure that they are
- uncompressed 8-bit files that are no larger than 65,554 bytes (each).
-
- You may speed up these sequences by pressing the + key. To slow them down
- press the '-' key. Pressing '*' resets the sequence speed the their original
- settings.
-
- The ten sequences included with Drum Blaster were created by me. First
- I used a product called "Band in a Box" to generate the drum beat. Next
- I edited the drum sequence using Cakewalk, played the drum sequence
- through an MT-32 and dumped it to tape. I then digitized the sequences
- into 8-bit VOC samples using Gary Maddox's fine Blaster Master program.
-
-
- Drum Blaster Librarian
- ======================
-
- The program DBLIB.EXE is useful to those who would like to create their
- own Drum Blaster 2.0 sound libraries. The syntax is simple:
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- DBLIB yourfile.lib
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- DBLIB will search the current directory for files with the file extension
- "VOC". These files must be uncompressed VOC samples. Do not try to use
- compressed files. Make sure that you have at least 43 VOC files in the
- directory where DBLIB resides. Make sure that no single VOC file
- is more than 65,554 bytes in length. Also, please remember that the lib
- you create should be kept to under 500,000 bytes total since the lib is
- loaded into low dos memory. I highly recommend that you manipulate/edit
- these files with Gary Maddox's Blaster Master.
-
- If you want Drum Blaster to use your library instead of the default
- DB.LIB you must type:
-
- SET DBLIB=yourfile.lib
-
- then press the enter key at the DOS prompt before running Drum Blaster.
-
- To reset Drum Blaster to default library type:
-
- SET DBLIB=db.lib
-
- then press enter.
-
-
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- Loop VOC Player
- ===============
-
- This small VOC player will play a VOC file up to 65,553 bytes in length
- continuously. Use it to test your own sampled drum sequences.
-
-
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- Compatibility
- =============
-
- Drum Blaster is compatible with the Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro and
- the Thunder Board.
-
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- _______________________________________________________________________________
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-
- Shareware
-
- Drum Blaster is user supported software for the IBM PC and compatibles. Drum
- Blaster is made available for a free ten day trial period. If you find
- this program useful, please register the program.
-
- To register Drum Blaster, please print this form, complete it, and mail
- it to the following address:
-
- Larry Tipton
- 107 Stratford Drive
- Colonial Height, VA 23834
-
-
- If you do not want to use the registration form, please provide this
- information to with your registration.
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-
-
- Name _____________________________________________________
-
- Address: _____________________________________________________
-
- _____________________________________________________
-
- _____________________________________________________
-
-
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- What version number are you registering?
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- _____________________________________________________
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- Is this a: (check one)
-
- [ ] Standard Registration $10 [US] - You will receive a registration
- validation code which will work
- with 1.XX and 2.XX versions of
- Drum Blaster.
-
-
-
- [ ] Preferred registration $15 [US] - Same as above but you'll also get
- a copy of the latest version of
- Drum Blaster mailed to your address.
- Disk Format _____________________
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- Where did you obtain your copy of this software? Please be specific.
-
- _____________________________________________________
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- Other comments or suggestions:
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- _____________________________________________________
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- _____________________________________________________
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- _____________________________________________________
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- _____________________________________________________
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- _____________________________________________________
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- _____________________________________________________
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- Thank you for taking the time to register!
-
-
-
- Thank you for registering Drum Blaster!
-
- Please specify diskette format... 5 1/4 or 3 1/2.
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
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- Legal Stuff
-
- Drum Blaster may not be changed/modified in any way except by the author.
- Drum Blaster may be freely distributed for the ten day trial period as long
- as it remains in its complete form.
-
- All warranties are disclaimed, including damage to hardware and/or software
- from use of this program. In no event will I be liable to you for any damages, including lost profits,
- lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of your
- use or inability to use the program, or any other claim by any other party.
-
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- Suggestions/comments are welcome. I can be reached on any of these fine BBS:
-
- Another Dimension (703) 667 - 3530
- The Blue Ridge Express (804) 790 - 1675
- Rusty and Edie's (216) 726 - 3589
-
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- One last thing...
-
- While creating this program I managed to produce quite of few Sound Blaster
- tools. For $25.00 I'll send you a registered version of Drum Blaster and the
- "VBLAST! C Programmers Tool Kit" (Turbo C, Large Model only). Included
- with this tool kit you'll find sample Turbo C programs which incorporate
- the features of VBLAST! (Drum Blaster uses VBLAST! functions). Write
- your own Sound Blaster applications. Develop your own VOC player.
- Develop a cool game with nifty sound effects.
-
-
- Sound Blaster is a registered trademark of Creative Labs, Inc
- Blaster Master (C) by Gary Maddox, all rights reserved.
- Drum Blaster (C) 1991 by Larry Tipton, all rights reserved.
-