◊ This application is distributed as shareware: if you like it, please honor the shareware system by sending $15 (cash, US checks, or international money orders) to the author at the address above. You can choose “Register…” from the Apple menu in SoundEffects to print or save a registration form. If you don’t like printed stuff, just write down a note with your name, your address and the version of the program you’re registering.
◊ If you think the suggested fee is too much or too little, you may send anything you think is reasonable. If you really can’t afford it, postcards or letters will be welcome.
• Introduction
◊ SoundEffects is a powerful sound editor. Its strength resides in the capability of applying many digital effects to recorded sounds, and since the effects are plug-in modules, you can enhance the program at any time by just adding any new modules as they become available. Not only can SoundEffects change sounds in many ways through its variety of effects, but it can also handle multi-channel sounds, sampled at any rate up to 64kHz and with any sample size between 1 and 32 bits.
Recording rate and sample size are only limited by your Mac or your sound input device.
◊ This version is still a preliminary one. The first version that was released had a few bugs, and they have all been fixed. One feature it still doesn’t have, however, is Undo. I am very sorry for this, and version 1.0 will surely support it. Many more features and many more effects will be added in the next release - take a look at the section “Future Improvements” for more details.
◊ If you’re on internet, you can get new versions and updates by anonymous ftp from:
ftp://ftp.alpcom.it/software/mac/Ricci
• Installation and System Requirements
◊ SoundEffects requires System 7, but it works on any Mac from the Mac Plus up to the latest coolest models.
◊ Be sure that the “Effects Folder” is in the same folder as the SoundEffects application or in the Preferences folder inside your System Folder. SoundEffects looks inside this folder for its effects whenever it is launched.
• Future improvements
◊ The plans for the next release are an Undo command (of course), a Mixer, a Spectrum analyzer, native PowerPC application and effects, the ability to simultaneously Play and Record, a playback indicator that shows which part of the sound is playing and full Drag Manager support.
◊ Look out for new cool effects!
◊ If you have any suggestions, send me a mail!
• Writing plug-in modules for SoundEffects
◊ Programmers may wish to add their own effects to SoundEffects. Included with this version is a developer’s toolkit that contains everything you need to write a module in C. You can also create native PowerPC effects!
◊ All online services and bulletin boards may make it available to their users at no charge other than the normal connection fees.
◊ All non-profit user groups may distribute it.
◊ All magazines may publish it on floppy disk without asking me first, as long as I get a copy of the issue containing my software.
◊ All CD-ROM shareware collections and CD-ROM magazines may include it without my prior consent, as long as I get either a copy of the CD-ROM or an offer to buy the CD-ROM at a discounted price.
◊ For more information, contact me at the above address or by e-mail.
• New Features and Version history
◊ 0.9.2 - This version has more effects and fixes some cosmetic problems.
◊ 0.9.1 - Because of various delays, version 1.0 is not ready yet, and this version is released to fix some known bugs and add some new features. The main improvements are:
- Stereo recording should now works perfectly.
- Document windows are fully resizable.
- The waveforms can be drawn by lines as well as by dots.
- You can open Sound Designer II documents. They will open as untitled.
- You can open the Sound control panel directly by clicking the sound input device’s button in the Level window.
- A slider to control the Sound Input Gain now appears in the Level window on Macs that support this feature.
- An indicator shows where the current selection is.
- All icons are bigger.
In addition, the following features have been added through plug-in effects:
◊ 0.9 - First public release (after 32 beta versions…).
• Thanks to…
◊ Lots of help and suggestions came from Alessandro Levi Montalcini, Craig O’Donnell, Jamie McCarthy, Martin Obrist, Thomas Baker, Chris Breen, Fabrizio Oddone, James Zdralek.
◊ Thanks to Alessandro, for the layout of this document.
◊ I’d like to thank all my registered users one by one, but they are too many to list here.
• Disclaimer
◊ SoundEffects shouldn’t cause any damage, but you’re using it at your own risk.
• Have fun!
◊ And don't forget to register your copy of SoundEffects! I worked hard for many months to make it powerful and solid, yet I’m keeping the price very low so that everyone can afford it.
