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- USS Help File
-
- This file contains information about the USS Digital Recording Studio.
- Information in this file should be identical to that contained in the
- USS manual. The purpose of this file is to provide an on line help
- utility for the USS user. Upon the press of the F1 key, a screen will
- pop up and topics will be displayed. Those topics which are displayed
- are the text following the "TOPIC" keyword placed at the beginning of
- any line. When the mouse clicks on any of the displayed topics, the
- text after the topic and before the next topic will be displayed on the
- screen. PageUp and PageDn are supplied for topics longer than the display
- length. Lines longer than 42 characters will character wrap to the next line.
- The display screen can fit only 21 lines of text. The display will only
- print alpha-numeric characters(0-9,a-z,A-Z). Characters such as TAB will not
- be printed.
-
- This is the first help topic...
- TOPIC ABOUT USS
- UltraSound Studio (USS) is a digital
- recording and editing station for use
- with the Gravis Ultrasound Sound Card.
-
- It provides CD quality recording and
- playback on the PC.
-
- TOPIC Editing Icons
- On the leftmost side of the USS screen
- there are Editing Icons. From top to
- bottom, the functions provided are:
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- MIX
- CUT
- INSERT
- UNDO
- FADE
- ECHO
- REVERB
- REVERSE
- COMPRESSION TIME
- QUIET TIME
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- MIX:
- The MIX function provides digital mixing
- capabilities of any or all currently open
- reels. Individual level control sliders
- are provided for each channel of each reel
- to be mixed. To adjust the level for a
- channel, use the mouse to move the slider
- control for that channel located to the
- right of the filename icons. To test
- a mix at a particular level setting,
- press the TEST button.
-
- CUT:
- The CUT function removes the section of
- the master reel between the block pointers
-
- INSERT:
- The INSERT function inserts the section
- between the block pointers of a
- secondary reel into the master reel.
-
- UNDO:
- The UNDO function will undo any editing
- done to the master reel an infinite number
- of times back to the last save.
-
- FADE:
- The FADE function can be used to fade in
- or out the section of the master reel
- between the block pointers.
-
- ECHO:
- This function adds echo to the section of
- the master reel between the block pointers
- The delay sets the starting point of the
- echo and the decay sets the rate at which
- the effect dissipates.
-
- REVERB:
- This function adds reverb to the section
- of the master reel between the block
- pointers. The delay and decay are
- similar to echo.
-
- REVERSE:
- This function reverses the section of the
- master reel between the block pointers.
-
- COMPRESSION TIME:
- Can be used to change the time between
- the block pointers on the master reel.
-
- QUIET TIME:
- Silences the section of the master reel
- between the block pointers.
-
- TOPIC Speed Menu
- This menu lets you choose the frequency
- for recording and playback. You can
- choose from 44kHz, 22kHz, 11kHz or enter
- any frequency from 4Hz to 44kHz with the
- set other command.
-
- TOPIC Desk Menu
- From this menu you can find out about USS,
- clear the whole desk at once, change
- counter dispay options.
-
- TOPIC Compression
- Select from three types of compression on
- the control panel ADPCM, A-Law and
- U-Law(Mew-Law), available only with 16bit
- recording.
-
- TOPIC Looping
- By pressing the Looping button on the
- control panel and then pressing play on
- any reel that reel will repeat continuosly
- until stop is pressed.
-
- TOPIC Punch-In
- Punch-In allows recording to begin during
- playback of any reel by pressing the
- record button.
-
- TOPIC Reels
- The reels do not do anything but look good.
-
- TOPIC Control Panel and Sliders and buttons
- The sliders on the control panel adjust
- input and output levels.
-
- TOPIC Control Panel and Buttons
- The buttons on the control panel toggle
- their labeled functions, for example
- between 8 and 16 bit. See Operating
- Manual for details
-