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- *****************************************************
- * «ProPats Lite v1.1» *
- * by Eero Räsänen (Email: cseera@uta.fi) *
- *****************************************************
-
-
- What is it ?
-
- ProPats Lite is an another upgrade for GUS patch set. It has 110
- replacements for UltraSound patch set. Many of the patches are smaller
- versions of the large ones also available through the net
- (french horn,brass section, pianos, flute,basses and many more ... ).
- This one really sounds GOOD !!! ProPats Lite also includes handy dos-based
- "patmenu" program to manage custom patch sets ( Like in Pro Patches III
- package, only a lot better ! ).
-
-
- The 1.1 version provides MORE KICK IN DRUMS AND BASSES and that's what GUS
- really needs ! A major upgrade !
-
-
- NOTE: READ THE INSTALLATION SECTION BEFORE DOING ANYTHING !!!
-
-
-
- Some sources (can't remember them all):
-
- ftp: src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/packages/ultrasound/sound/patches/files
- archive.epas.utoronto.ca/pub/pc/ultrasound/submit
- bach.nevada.edu/k2000/sounds
- ...at least these...
-
- packages: Pro Patches III
- GusPro
- Maxpats
- }gm_set
- GusPerc
- Roland*.zip files
- Proteus*.zip files
-
- synths: Roland SCC1
- TB Multisound Proteus 1/XR
- EPS 16+
- Kurzweil K2000
- ...Could be also some other...
-
- Almost all patches edited by me because of various reasons...
-
-
- Requirements
-
- * A GUS/MAX/ACE with 1 MB of memory. Well, it could work also with
- 512 KB. At least with patch cacheing applications.
- * Your original patches must be in the "midi" directory under your
- ultrasound directory.
-
-
- Features
-
- * 110 better sounding patches. More than a half of the patch set.
- Includes: 56 melodic patches of all cathegories and almost all drum
- patches ( 54 ).
- * Grows the original patch set (5660kB) only with 270 kB (5930kB).
- * Easy-to-use "Patmenu" program for managing the patch set.
- * Won't overwrite any of the original patches. Makes backups.
- If there is a reason to use the original patches, it can be done
- without touching installation disks.
- * Special game compability mode with reduced patch set size (5590kB).
- * Mega-Em 2.xx compatible - no warnings at all when loading patches.
- * Special mode for building Mega-Em 3.xx patch set. This mode only
- works with 1024 kB bank.
- * With "loadpats" from 32 bit AIL drivers, GUS can load 74 patches
- in "full mode" and 81 patches in "game compability mode".
- ( With original patches GUS can load 83 patches. )
-
-
-
- What's new in version 1.1 ( compared to v1.0 )
-
- These changes don't sound to be major ones, but they are...really.
- 46 of the v1.0 patches were changed and there are 3 new patches.
- Changes are listed here:
-
-
- (1) These sounds needed to be made quieter:
- Cabasa, Maracas, Shaker and Basslead
-
- (2) I Discovered a new way to make a sound louder without making it distorted.
- I used that technique to these patches:
- Acbass,Fngrbass,Slapbas1,Slapbas2,Synbass1,Synbass2,Pickbass,
- Fretless,Bottle, Syntom, Timpani, Mutegtr,Shakazul,
- A half of the drum kit.
-
- (3) Other corrections made :
- Aurora - the complete version...
- Halopad,Fantasia,
- Freshair,Unicorn - Better looping and envelope.
- Choir - Changed choir.pat sound so that the first (lowest)
- wave is (also) from original GUS patch because it
- differed too much from the other waves in the patch.
- Thanks goes to Imre "LaLa" Olajos, Jr. who noted me
- about this.
-
- (4) New patches:
- Synbass2 - Much louder version of the GUS original.
- Slapbas2 - " " "
- Shakazul - Louder and better enveloped version of the GUS original.
-
- (5) I'am not sure, if the 1.0 version was MegaEm 2.xx compatible,
- after all. I don't know when the patches got incompatible, but
- it should work now !
-
- (6) If you already haven't collected a library of xxxxx midi files, there
- is now included few midi files in the "miditest" directory.
-
-
-
- Disclaimer
-
- This package is provided AS IS without any warranty, expressed or
- implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular use.
-
-
-
- Installation
-
- NOTE: DON'T JUST UNCOMPRESS THE FILES UNDER YOUR \ULTRASND\MIDI DIRECTORY !
- =====
-
- 1. Uncompress the files pplt_*.a* to some other directory.
- For example: md c:\patches
- cd c:\patches
- arj x -y c:\pplt_*.a*
-
- (!)2. Make an environment variable called "propats" to point the directory you
- just created. To do this put a line "set propats=<directory>" in your
- "c:\autoexec.bat" file. It could be the first line in the autoexec.bat
- file. In this case the autoexec.bat would look like this (the essential
- line is marked with an arrow) :
-
- ══════════════════════ Autoexec.bat ═════════════════════════════════
- @REM ===== Gravis initialization =====
- .
- .
- .
- @REM ===== Gravis initialization ends =====
- @echo off
- -> SET PROPATS=C:\PATCHES
- path C:\windows;C:\dos;c:\bat;....etc...
- goto %config%
- .
- .
- .
- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-
- 3. Boot your machine to update environment variables.
-
- 4. Go to your "patmenu" directory which is under your ProPats Lite
- directory. Run a command "PATMENU S". This should start a process
- for copying the new patches and backuping the old ones.
-
- 5. Try to play some midi files.
-
- 6. Be amazed ;-)
-
-
-
- Notes (READ!!)
-
- - You can copy the Patmenu.exe file to some other directory, as long
- as the .ini files stay in the "patmenu" directory. A good place
- is some directory in your path.
-
- - Before playing games you can enter a command "patmenu p". This lowers
- the size of the patch set size. After playing, you must enter
- command "patmenu s" to use all the ProPats patches again.
- Note that you don't have to do this for every game ! Do it only when
- you feel that some of the instruments are missing in the game musics.
- Especially games that have different music in every level need this
- mode. For example, a batch file for doom would look like this:
- ----------------------------------
- @echo off
- c:\patches\patmenu\patmenu p
- doom.exe
- c:\patches\patmenu\patmenu s
- ----------------------------------
-
- - How to use ProPats Lite with megaem 3.xx: First, delete the old MEGAEM 3
- patch set in your ultrasound directory (file 1024.bnk). Second, enter
- command "patmenu q". Then load megaem 3.xx - it should now build a new
- patch set. Enter command "patmenu s" ...
-
- - When started the first time Patmenu creates a directory called "backup"
- under your \ultrasnd\midi directory. Patmenu uses this directory to
- backup the original patches which are replaced by some custom patches.
- So DON'T EVER remove this directory !!!
-
- - Read the "patmenu.txt" for more information about the Patmenu program.
-
-
-
- New patches
-
- Here are the patches listed in 12 different cathegories.
- Changed or new patches, compared to version 1.0, are marked
- with "[new]" sign.
-
-
- PATCH NAME NEW SIZE ORIG.SIZE DIFFERENCE NOTES
- ================================================================
-
- -----PIANOS
- acpiano.pat 135423 - 65259 = 70164 (*)
- britepno.pat 133941 - 72739 = 61202 (*)
- epiano1.pat 19971 - 15005 = 4966
- hrpschrd.pat 18133 - 7709 = 10424
-
- -----CHROMATIC PERCUSSION
- xylophon.pat 4523 - 19085 = -14562 [new]
-
- -----ORGANS
- rockorg.pat 53029 - 60887 = -7858
- church.pat 23475 - 4609 = 18866 (**)
-
- -----GUITARS
- jazzgtr.pat 21919 - 55923 = -34004
- mutegtr.pat 33535 - 34577 = -1042 [new]
- distgtr.pat 57719 - 38249 = 19470
- odguitar.pat 54191 - 25845 = 28346
- cleangtr.pat 48323 - 46027 = 2296
- acguitar.pat 58549 - 52581 = 5968
- nyguitar.pat 72347 - 39211 = 33136 (*)
-
- -----BASSES
- acbass.pat 10209 - 10829 = -620 [new]
- fngrbass.pat 31293 - 19797 = 11496 [new]
- fretless.pat 9739 - 5605 = 4134 [new]
- pickbass.pat 33439 - 33213 = 226 [new]
- slapbas1.pat 27733 - 56133 = -28400 [new]
- slapbas2.pat 41581 - 41581 = 0 [new]
- synbass1.pat 10371 - 12627 = -2256 [new]
- synbass2.pat 6191 - 6191 = 0 [new]
-
-
- -----STRINGS AND ENSEMBLE
- cello.pat 59915 - 18741 = 41174 (*)
- harp.pat 23407 - 23927 = -520
- timpani.pat 44113 - 14473 = 29640 [new]
- marcato.pat 110971 - 122881 = -11910
- doo.pat 79713 - 17333 = 62380 (*)
- synstr1.pat 30543 - 62763 = -32220
- choir.pat 58859 - 45353 = 13506 (*) [new]
- orchhit.pat 43065 - 28751 = 14314
-
- -----BRASS
- frenchrn.pat 54831 - 28635 = 26196 (*)
- hitbrass.pat 65687 - 63369 = 2318
-
- -----REED AND PIPES
- bottle.pat 40099 - 25063 = 15036 (**) [new]
- englhorn.pat 24851 - 24675 = 176
- flute.pat 43445 - 12383 = 31062
- tenorsax.pat 28587 - 17367 = 11220
- woodflut.pat 43081 - 4191 = 38890 (*)
- shakazul.pat 62589 - 62589 = 0 [new]
-
- -----SYNTH LEAD,PADS AND FX
- sqrwave.pat 41709 - 30439 = 11270
- calliope.pat 41833 - 46303 = -4470
- charang.pat 15477 - 90661 = -75184
- basslead.pat 21385 - 53389 = -32004 [new]
- polysyn.pat 60641 - 60759 = -118
- halopad.pat 68515 - 60291 = 8224 [new]
- fantasia.pat 42359 - 47229 = -4870 [new]
- aurora.pat 23741 - 62503 = -38762 [new]
- unicorn.pat 65295 - 60505 = 4790 [new]
- freshair.pat 47445 - 58307 = -10862 [new]
-
- -----PERCUSSIVE
- steeldrm.pat 32815 - 24229 = 8586
- woodblk.pat 8719 - 7685 = 1034
- taiko.pat 33391 - 37671 = -4280
- syntom.pat 52903 - 61331 = -8428 [new]
-
- -----EFFECTS
- fx-fret.pat 9833 - 27631 = -17798
- telephon.pat 4987 - 9157 = -4170
- pistol.pat 31149 - 36595 = -5446
- helicptr.pat 32977 - 50327 = -17350
-
- -----DRUMS
- agogohi.pat 7249 - 7283 = -34
- agogolo.pat 7523 - 7283 = 240
- bongohi.pat 7613 - 7233 = 380 [new]
- bongolo.pat 8721 - 9201 = -480 [new]
- cabasa.pat 2969 - 17203 = -14234 [new]
- claps.pat 18819 - 11719 = 7100 [new]
- clave.pat 4923 - 5035 = -112 [new]
- congahi1.pat 5423 - 8753 = -3330 [new]
- congahi2.pat 8869 - 9713 = -844 [new]
- congalo.pat 9247 - 9713 = -466 [new]
- cowbell.pat 5581 - 6645 = -1064 [new]
- cuica1.pat 16869 - 18995 = -2126
- cuica2.pat 22723 - 26017 = -3294
- cymcrsh1.pat 65735 - 63353 = 2382
- cymcrsh2.pat 50579 - 62411 = -11832
- cymride1.pat 43193 - 35655 = 7538
- cymride2.pat 16463 - 35655 = -19192
- cymsplsh.pat 36913 - 63353 = -26440
- guiro1.pat 4285 - 8561 = -4276 [new]
- guiro2.pat 19061 - 18821 = 240 [new]
- highq.pat 7121 - 3945 = 3176 [new]
- hihatcl.pat 8439 - 9453 = -1014
- hihatop.pat 30107 - 40417 = -10310 [new]
- hihatpd.pat 7221 - 3925 = 3296
- jingles.pat 36865 - 34219 = 2646
- kick1.pat 17467 - 9411 = 8056 [new]
- kick2.pat 17579 - 10377 = 7202 [new]
- maracas.pat 10445 - 9433 = 1012 [new]
- metclick.pat 3723 - 539 = 3184 [new]
- scratch1.pat 8449 - 9091 = -642
- scratch2.pat 7913 - 4883 = 3030
- shaker.pat 3629 - 6527 = -2898 [new]
- slap.pat 11889 - 12031 = -142 [new]
- snare1.pat 19489 - 17417 = 2072
- snare2.pat 15563 - 8503 = 7060
- stickrim.pat 9475 - 6005 = 3470 [new]
- sticks.pat 7389 - 8757 = -1368
- surdo1.pat 19053 - 19527 = -474
- tamborin.pat 15637 - 18219 = -2582
- timbaleh.pat 18171 - 10839 = 7332
- timbalel.pat 20009 - 19787 = 222
- tomhi1.pat 17383 - 13467 = 3916 (**) [new]
- tomhi2.pat 21107 - 13455 = 7652 (**) [new]
- tomlo1.pat 24873 - 13455 = 11418 (**) [new]
- tomlo2.pat 33179 - 19527 = 13652 (**) [new]
- tommid1.pat 23929 - 13455 = 10474 (**) [new]
- tommid2.pat 29131 - 13455 = 15676 (**) [new]
- triangl1.pat 6215 - 4781 = 1434
- triangl2.pat 29391 - 31901 = -2510
- vibslap.pat 28493 - 19247 = 9246
- whistle1.pat 4391 - 4315 = 76
- whistle2.pat 3165 - 2173 = 992
- woodblk1.pat 5083 - 5035 = 48 [new]
- woodblk2.pat 8831 - 7685 = 1146 [new]
-
- (*) Patch not available in "game compability mode" nor in "megaem 3.xx mode".
- (**) Patch not available in "megaem 3.xx mode".
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Future plans
-
- Making the patch set even better.
- Making the patch set even better.
- Making the patch set even better.
-
- ...and just may be...
-
- .INI editor included in the Patmenu.
- Windows version of Patmenu.
-
-
-
- The end
-
- This package is free sofware. It means that you can use the patches for
- whatever purposes you want to.
-
- I didn't originally RECORD any of these patches, I "just" collected a bunch
- of waveforms and edited them smaller and/or better sounding. So, don't
- thank me about the actual sounds. Thank me about the file sizes, loops,
- envelopes, loudness and finding them...
-
- If you have something to ask, say or suggest my E-mail address
- is "cseera@uta.fi". Don't hesitate to mail me. I really would like to know
- your opinion about this patch set.
-
- And, if you only have 512kB GUS, this package would make the upgrade to be
- a profitable investement ! ;)
-
-
-
- * * *** HAVE FUN !!! *** * *
-
- E-)
-
-
-