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- Cool Edit 1.34
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- Copy (or unzip) all the files into their own program directory, like C:\COOL or
- something similar. From File Manager, select COOL.EXE and drag it into your
- favorite Program Manager group. Alternately, you can go File->New from Program
- Manager and select Browse, then find COOL.EXE and choose it.
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- There have been tons of new features added (which should explain the the fact
- that the program has almost doubled in size!) If you wish to save space on
- your hard drive, it is OK to remove any of the .FLT files you want. Each .FLT
- file allows Cool Edit to load a certain file format. If there are formats that
- you never use, you can delete the associated .FLT file for that format. For
- example, if you never use the Next/Sun AU file format, then delete the file
- AU.FLT from your \COOL program directory. You may also remove .XFM files if
- there are effects that you never use. Please keep the STRETCH.XFM, FILTER.XFM
- and AMPLIFY.XFM modules though, as they are crucial for operation in other
- parts of the program.
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- Following are the new features, enhancements, and bug fixes since version 1.33:
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- NEW FEATURES
- * Most transform and generate functions placed in their own separate modules
- for smaller EXE and expandability.
- * Repeat Last Command (F2 for dialog, F3 for immediate) feature added.
- * Convert Sample Type function added to convert sample types with varying
- levels of quality.
- * Pause button added for pausing recording or playback.
- * New Distortion transform added for creating overdriven, blown speaker, and
- fuzz effects.
- * New Echo Chamber transform added for creating echoes based on room dimensions
- and microphone placement.
- * New Generate DTMF Signals function added for creating those telephone tones.
- * Batch processing added to Scripts to run a script on a complete batch of
- files while saving files under new names.
- * New Next/Sun (.AU), Raw 8-bit signed (.SAM), SampleVision (.SMP), ASCII Text
- (.TXT), Dialogic Voice (.VOC) and A-Law/mu-Law Wave (.WAV) file formats
- added.
- * Settings for practically every dialog are now remembered between runs.
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- ENHANCEMENTS
- * Auto Play feature in File Open dialogs to preview sounds through installed
- Windows compression driver.
- * Show Info feature in File Open dialogs to view file information before
- opening.
- * Save As file filter Options button added for compression methods that have
- options.
- * Most all transform and generate functions work during Single channel editing.
- * Amplify, Normalize and Channel Mixer now faster on slow machines.
- * Filter and Noise Reduction performance enhanced on stereo operations.
- * Overall application performance improved including start up time and display
- speed.
- * Progress meter has Pause button for suspending calculations if the processor
- is needed elsewhere.
- * Normalize made a separate transform for quick and "scriptable" normalization.
- * Invert made separate from Channel Mixer.
- * Amplify has decibel scale option and both logarithmic and linear fades.
- * Brainwave Synchronizer now supports variable Intensity and Centering.
- * Noise Reduction displays noise profile, allows loading and saving of noise
- profiles, and has more adjustable parameters which can lead to improved noise
- reduciton.
- * Generate Tones now has separate initial and final modulation parameters and
- 5 independantly adjustable frequency multipliers for more interesting
- effects.
- * Monitor Source level metering made more reliable.
- * Settings now contains temporary directory choice, compressed drive option.
- * Play may begin from cursor or from left edge of visible screen depending on
- settings.
- * Frequency Analysis displays stereo information with Left in Cyan and Right in
- Magenta, with more precise frequency interpolation.
- * CD Player and controls improved, with Disk Insert ability added.
- * Added Auto Zoom button to Cue List so double-clicking brings cue or range
- into complete view.
- * Zoom In without any selection zooms in at cursor, and Zoom In does not clear
- highlighted selection anymore.
- * Wave files may be up to 1 Gig in size.
- * Open and Save As can be part of a Script now, for writing even larger script
- macros that use temporary files.
- * Select Wave Device displays current sound card's basic capabilities.
- * Current file size and number of samples now displayed during recording.
- * Time accuracy increased to 3 digits beyond decimal.
- * Time displays alternate between seconds, frames, and samples (double-click
- Time displays in lower right to switch display format).
- * More default sample rates added to New Waveform dialog.
- * Uses fewer resources per instance, so more Cool Edit windows may be open at
- one time.
- * Right Click extends selection as well as Shift + Left Click.
- * CD "id" compatible with de-facto MusicBox standard. Plus, over 10,000 CD
- titles and song lists can be stored.
- * Generate Tones now more flexable with user-definable frequency multipliers
- that can vary over time.
- * Stretch (preserve tempo/preserve none) function uses improved interpolation
- method to reduce unwanted artifacts.
- * Stretch (preserve pitch/preserve tempo) function has new Fractional Interval
- Overlap elongation method for more choices in quality of stretch.
- * Spectral Analysis takes advantage of 256-color and greater displays to show
- finer detail with more colors.
- * Progress bar updates ETA time more often, at shorter intervals.
- * Cool Edit added to your Extensions (File Manager) automatically for all file
- types that Cool Edit understands.
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- BUG FIXES
- * Making Music preview "Listen" mode turns notes OFF when done.
- * Stretch while preserving attributes improved slightly.
- * Filtering reconstruction algorithm modified slightly to reduce negative
- artifacts in filtered signal.
- * Fixed bug in finding proper file format filter when loading (caused WAV files
- to load as Raw PCM).
- * Program loads fine now under NT when there is a musuc CD in the drive.
- * Numerous little bugs and glitches have been resolved.
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- Thanks to everyone who sent in suggestions and such. I have implemented some
- of them, but did not have time to get around to them all as it has been about
- six months already since the last update.
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- Cool Edit is (c) 1992-1994 David Johnston
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