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- Welcome to the Dame.
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- The Digital Audio Multilayering & Editing program initially made for
- the ST and now adapted to run on a Falcon without the need for external
- hardware.
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- Install:
- The Dame does not use ,for flexibility- and speed-reasons ,
- any filestructure to record music.
- It records music from the last partition of any harddisk-unit to
- the end of the harddisk , so , make sure the last partitions of all
- connected units are free. When you first start-up the program it will
- ask you if you want to install the program on a fresh unit.
- After this, it might sometimes be necessary to do an "Unsplit unit" (in
- the menu "Disk").
- You can use up to 8 units.
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- !!The internal harddisk in the Falcon is unit nr 4, scsi-unit 4 can
- therefore not be used.
- This version 3.2 can use 7 external scsi-harddisks of up to 1 Gb each.
- Bigger harddisks are supported but only 1 Gb is used.
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- Technical:
- Connect a line-level signal to the microphone-input of the Falcon the
- following way:
- + ____
- line-out --||--| |-- Mic-input The resistor has a value of 47K
- ¯¯¯¯ The Condensator is 10 uF/16V
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- Set Input gain of the control-panel at 3. This way you can connect
- standard line-levels of CD-players or DAT-recorders to the Falcon.
- For those of you who are interested: the DC-offset of the A/D-converter
- is filtered-out by the DSP and the Bass-boost of the Headphone-output is
- compensated by a digital filter in the DSP.
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- Software:
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- Dame_clr.prg is the color-version. "Set my colors to your own personal
- taste in the control panel (Set video to 16 colors or higher). But
- don't make me look like a christmastree".
- The required resolution is min 640*400 (VGA,video,overscan,etc).
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- Use the right mouse-button to show toolboxes.
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- Arrows in icons always stand for writing information (or recording).
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- ~~ in icons always stands for reading information (or playing).
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- The total available recording-space of a unit is divided into
- sectors of 1.5 seconds each. So, the unit can be compared to a long tape.
- For the musicians among you (like me).
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- The door is always exit or exit and restore.
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- The thumb is always Ok and accept the choice.
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- The [Return]-key on your keyboard is always Ok and accept (although you
- seldomly use your thumb to press [Return]).
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- 3D-buttons only work from TOS-version 4.02 and higher.
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- The decimal keyboard: [0] is play until end,[Enter] is play workblock,
- [.] is Stop.
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- Second click on a play- or record-icon is Stop.
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- The space-bar: play current take.
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- Use click and/or double-click on all buttons or texts to change, drag
- or show things....
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- Use the left and right mouse-button to step through the sectors when
- the mouse is a left-right arrow.
- [Insert] is go to first possible, [Clr Home] is go to last possible.
- (Not very logical, but notice the keyboard lay-out).
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- Use the up/down and left/right cursor-keys on your keyboard to single-step
- the slide or rectangle that the mouse is pointing to.
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- Use the following sequence to record and play simultaneously:
- pause(pistol) / record / play. If the chosen range is stereo, the
- left channel will be recorded and the right channel will be played.
- If mono, the chosen range will be played at the right output-channel and
- the left input-channel is recorded in the chosen range.
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- A Take is a defined piece of music on your harddisk.
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- You can give takes a name in the take-list ( LIST ) or define takes
- "on the fly" with the "Flagplay"-icon ([Return]=define start,
- [Space]=define end and next start).
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- Insert takes in the playlist with the according icon.
- Or use the [Return]- [Insert]- and [Delete]- keys when you're in
- the playlist.
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- Use the alphanumeric keys on your keyboard to select takes you
- have given a name.
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- You can use "Legend" to edit the unique parameters of each take
- such as the eq and volume in the playlist, 54 extra characters, Midi-
- parameter changes etc.
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- The sample-frequency is 50 kHz or 34 kHz. No compromises, the A/D/A-
- converter is not really bad, but not good enough, as it is.
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- All takes can be mixed, edited, effectuated(?) with All takes........
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- Effects are, for the moment, non-realtime. These effects were initially
- made for the ST. DSP-effects will be available soon.
-
- The filter-program now has realtime monitoring of the effect for
- accuracies to 1.5 at 50 kHz sample-rate if you click on "Draw actual filter".
- The DSP is too slow to use higher accuracies.
- Actually, the DSP56001 is a bit of an old-fashioned type.
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- You can have a maximum of 96 takes per unit (or 8*96 with "Split unit")
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- To mix a piece of music, create(delete) an empty (Master) space anywhere
- on your disk where you can mix All takes as many times as you like and
- even remove or change an already mixed take afterwards: The Multilayering.
-
- The "Pan" and "Vol"-slides are only used when you are mixing takes.
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- The [Tab]-key shows the Play-list. With the playlist you can "soft-edit"
- with All takes of All connected harddisks.
-
- This share-ware version can only play a maximum of 2 to 4 takes in
- the playlist.
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- The "pro"-version Playlist can contain a virtually unlimited number
- of takes. It is said that someone once made a Dame-playlist with over
- 600 items in it (and not just for fun).
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- If you have closed the Edit-window: choose "Set unit" to show it again.
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- If I have forgotten something (the other 1001 possibilities) I'M sorry.
- You have got a lot of instruments in the software , it is up to you
- what to do with it.
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- The Dame is not an insult to the intelligence of the user.
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- Software-availability:
- Dame without the playlist and archiving functions is shareware and
- can be copied freely. If you're using this program please pay
- 25 DM or the equivalent in your own currency to:
- OMT
- PO Box 522
- 6130 AM Sittard
- Holland
- You will then be registered.
- If you want some more information contact one of the persons below,
- or me, if you don't live in any of those countries.
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- Dame is also available for the ST, but only with additional hardware
- in the maximum-of-possibilities-package (see below).
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- For the Dame with playlist,archiving functions,manual,update-service,
- trouble-shooting, Professional Digital Input/Output, Chase-locking
- MTC-synchronisation etc. contact one of the following persons:
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- In Holland:
- Technica Del Arte
- Andre Smeets
- Koning Clovisstr. 74
- 6224 GZ Maastricht
- FAX: +31 (0)43 - 639700
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- In Deutschland:
- Stubnitz Gmbh
- Urs Blaser
- Ms. Stubnitz
- Marienehestr. 11
- 2510 Rostock 5
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- En France:
- Hubert Cuypers
- 11, rue Henri Gorjus
- 69004 Lyon
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- In die Schweiz:
- Balthasar Jucker
- Weihergasse 20
- 3005 Bern
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