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- Deb's FM Instrument Editor Version 1.0
- (C) August 1995 by Deborah Lynn Franzen
-
-
- ***SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS***
-
- 1) About 230K of disk space.
- 2) About 70K of free Dos Memory (RAM).
-
- ***FILES LIST***
-
- Deb's FM Instrument Editor should come with the following 4 files
- plus hundreds of .SBI files:
-
- FILE NAME FILE DESCRIPTION
- ********* *****************************************************
- FMEDIT.EXE Program file (to run type FMEDIT at dos prompt).
- README.DOC This file.
- HELP.DOC Program help.
- REGISTER.DOC Registration information.
-
- If any of these files are missing or corrupted, please notify me
- or the BBS where you downloaded these files from. PLEASE DO NOT pass
- this program on to others if one or more files are missing!
-
-
- ***PROGRAM DESCRIPTION***
-
- The program itself is fairly self explanatory. You change the
- values to change the sound of the instrument. That's about it.
-
- I wrote this program because I am writing a MIDI player
- for DOS, and have yet to find all of the accurate instrument
- info, so some of the instruments in this program will not sound
- as you might expect them to. Most of them are fine, but there
- are a handful that I'm just not happy with. Because of this, I'm
- including HUNDREDS of extra SBI files for you to play with. If
- you do register this program, once I have all of the accurate
- instrument info you will be sent an updated copy of the program
- for no extra charge.
-
-
- ** THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT **
-
- Even if you are new to this type software distribution it
- shouldn't take you long before you realize why Shareware is
- becoming so popular among users and software programmers. Shareware
- is a distribution policy. It is not a classification of software.
-
- Shareware is created by proficient programmers just like
- the retail software market. You will find that there is excellent
- and not so good Shareware software just as there is good and bad
- retail software. The basic difference between Shareware and retail
- software is the manner in which the user commits to the purchase
- of the software.
-
- With Shareware you can try the software before you buy. There
- is no sales clerk to hang around and bother you, no driving around
- from store to store looking for deals, and no more buying a software
- program just to find out it isn't what you wanted at all. All you
- have to do is DOWNLOAD and sit back and try it out at home on your
- own computer. If you find that the Shareware package isn't something
- you're interested in, then you are not obligated to spend anything
- for it. If, on the other hand, you find that the Shareware package
- is something you will continue to use, then all you need do is
- register. Whether or not you like the program it is hoped that you
- will pass it on unchanged for others to try.
-
- The Shareware Registration is not only required but by the
- same token it will also help maintain the exceptional level of
- software quality that the Shareware Authors have continued to produce
- over the years. Without your assistance the Shareware Market would
- not have endured. Numerous programs which are in the software market
- nowadays would in no way have become accessible without the
- Shareware marketing concept. Gratify this view by registering those
- programs you truly use and by sharing them with others. Thanks for
- your support.
-
-
- ***SBI INSTRUMENT FILE FORMAT***
-
- Offset Description
- _______________________
- 0x00-0x03 File ID "SBI", 0x1A
- 0x04-0x23 Instrument Name
- 0x24-0x2E Instrument definition
- 0x2F-0x33 Reserved for future use
-
- **Note...
- Although these files are generally 52 bytes long, my
- program will accept any length SBI file as long as the last 16
- bytes are as listed above, so import all you like.
-
- SBI is a Sound Blaster instrument definition. Sound Blaster is
- registered to Creative Labs.
-