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- Blaster Master V.4.0
- for the CMS Sound Blaster
- (C) by Gary Maddox 07/04/91
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- Version 4.0 - 07/04/91
- This version represents the most significant enhancements to BLASTER
- Master yet. The individual modules were imbedded into the editor for
- a much better user interface and an over-all reduction of about 400K
- in file size. New functions like INSERT and MUTE were added. All of
- the limited functions were extended to a 30 second maximum and the
- Hi-Res Sampler was completely un-crippled. A great deal of debugging
- and re-programming went into v4.0. Most of the problems with process-
- ing small VOC files should be fixed. I would also like to thank all
- of the folks at Paul Mace Software and Media Vision for there support!
-
- Version 3.1 - 05/20/91
- Dropped the old CGA Scope program and added a "new" real mode scope
- program. Added the DELETE option on the BMASTER program. Added an
- error message screen to most of the functions. Added a choice of which
- file to edit after a CUT or a SAVE to the editor. Added a recording
- module with a volume level graph.
-
- Version 3.0 - 03/30/91
- Fixed problem with recorder. Version 2.8 had a corrupted EXE file. When
- I started "fixing" what I thought was a bug, I broke it for real!!!
- Fixed problem with down sampler not processing the last segment of each
- file. Added an /EGA switch to BMASTER and SBEDIT to support older 64K EGA
- cards. Incorporated SBCOPE into SBEDIT to make the over-all package smaller.
- Added the much asked for "ZOOM" feature in the editor. Dropped the "Mark"
- or "Cut" button from the editor. Dropped the SBGRAPH program from the
- package. The "ZOOM" feature of the editor should handle this now. Updated
- the Hi-Res Sampler to work better in 33mhz mode.
-
- Version 2.9 - 02/15/91
- Quick bug fix version. I recently rewrote the record function to work
- with my '486 and to make it a bit more reliable. Someone was having
- lock ups on their machine. The version 2.8 recorder would probably
- ONLY work on a '486!
-
- Version 2.8 - 02/15/91
- Improved the digital delay program. Dropped the SBFILTER program and
- added an FFT based graphic equalizer. Made several enhancements to the
- editor, including a file selection dialog box and a playback position
- index. Fixed some in-compatiblity problems with certain graphics cards
- in the scope programs. Added a Range Bar to the Sound Graph. Added Radio
- buttons to the shell to Exit & Shell to DOS. Fixed minor bugs reported
- to me by my users.
-
- Version 2.7 - 12/15/90
- More bugs! Fixed several problems including problems with the Mixer
- program. Added a speed up program to go along with the slow down
- program. Added an Auto-Desk Animator/VOC file player for multi-media
- presentations. Added a command line switch to BMASTER.EXE to select the
- Sound Blaster port instead of scanning for it. Added a command line
- switch to SBEDIT.EXE to allow the passing of a file name, and made
- the temporary edit file function much faster. Added automatic detection
- of math co-processor chip and support. Tried to improve the documentation
- and also increased some of the time-outs to 25 seconds.
-
- Version 2.6 - 11/17/90
- Bug fix release. I found a very esoteric bug in an updated compiler
- I switched to that caused an error message when aborting a file. This
- error didn't cause any damage, but it was totally unacceptable.
-
- Version 2.5 - 11/15/90
- Added a graphic sample editor (EGA/VGA/Mouse Req.), Hi/Lo-Pass Filter
- module and a CGA version of the oscilloscope. Added an improved math
- function library to all modules that speeded up calculations. Reduced
- the size of all modules by 7-10K each.
-
- Version 2.0 - 10/15/90
- Added Down Sampling, BLASTER Scope and integrated playback and recording.
- Included the sample Reverser on the BMASTER.EXE shell. Also included a
- stand-alone "hi-res" sample module for fast PC's. Fixed bug that would
- not allow File Select to read root directories from floppy drives. Fixed
- a bug in Slow it Down! that caused certain files to "get stuck". Added
- support for small files with Digital Delay. Generally improved the speed
- of most functions.
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- Version 1.0 - 09/01/90 (officially released 09/15/90)
- First version, first release. Very well received and supported.