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- Drum Blaster Version 3.0
- for the Sound Blaster
- Copyright 1991-1992 Larry Tipton
-
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- ____|__ | (R)
- --| | |-------------------
- Epic MegaGames | ____|__ | Association of
- 10406 Holbrook Drive | | |_| Shareware
- Potomac, MD 20854 |__| o | Professionals
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- |___|___| MEMBER
-
-
- Drum Blaster turns your Sound Blaster-equipped PC into a professional-sounding
- drum pad featuring digitized sound effects. Drum Blaster also works with the
- tiny built-in speaker on plain old PC's but the sounds won't shake your house
- nearly as much. If you don't have a Sound Blaster or compatible sound card,
- we highly recommend buying one from your local computer store!
-
- Drum Blaster put forty unique digitized sound effects at your fingertips.
- Tap out rhythms by pressing the keys! Drum Blaster also can play CMF music
- files in the background while you pound the drum.
-
- Drum Blaster also comes bundled with a built-in "Drum Traker" player to give
- you a preview of the drum sequencer that will soon be available from
- Epic MegaGames (stay tuned for more information!)
-
-
- Member, ASP
- ===========
-
- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal
- works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
- with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
- help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute with an ASP member,
- but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write
- to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskogeon, MI 49442-9427 or send
- a Compuserve message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
-
-
- Installation
- ============
-
- Drum Blaster requires, at minimum, the following PC configuration:
-
- - 512K RAM
- - EGA or VGA with at least 256K video memory.
- - Hard Drive or high density floppy drive.
-
- A Sound Blaster Card is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED but not required.
-
-
- Installation is a snap. Copy files to an appropriate sub directory on you
- hard disk (if you have one) or simply copy the files to diskette (requires
- a high density diskette).
-
- Copy all files to a directory of your choice on you hard drive or just run
- it from one high density floppy.
-
- TYPE DB. Press enter.
-
- Drum Blaster makes every attempt to locate the address of your Sound Blaster.
- If for some strange reason you get no sound from the Sound Blaster or it comes
- up in PC Speaker mode try typing:
-
- DB XXX Y where XXX is the Port IO Address and Y is the interrupt number.
-
-
- Modes of Operation
- ==================
-
- Drum Blaster has several modes of operation:
-
- - Drum Mode (default)
- - Synthesizer Toggle (lets you play notes in addition to sound effects)
- - Drum Traker Mode (requires a Sound Blaster)
- - CMF Music Mode (requires a Sound Blaster)
-
-
- Drum Mode
- =========
-
- This is the default or standard mode of operation. Press keys to produce
- various sound effects. Crank your stereo up to maximum volume in order to
- annoy your parents and neighbors.
-
-
- Synthesizer
- ===========
-
- Activated by pressing F3. A highlight box appears over the first digitized
- sample. Navigate by pressing the arrow keys. Pressing the ENTER key selects
- the sample within the highlight box as the active synthesizer instrument.
- Pressing ESC cancels the request.
-
- Now press the QWERTYUIOP[] keys to produce notes. This is sort of like a
- one-octave, 12-fret guitar. To return to Drum Mode press F4.
-
-
- Drum Traker
- ===========
-
- Activated by pressing F2. A file menu with a list of all available Drum
- Traker sequences and modules appears. Navigate by pressing the up and down
- arrows. Press ENTER to select. Pressing ESC cancels the request. While
- in this mode a TEMPO box appears. Pressing the up and down arrows keys
- changes the tempo of the sequence being played. Pressing any other key takes
- you out of Drum Traker Mode!
-
- > Look for Drum Traker coming soon from Epic MegaGames! Drum Traker allows
- > you to create your own sequences. Way cool.
-
-
- CMF Music
- =========
-
- Activate by pressing F5. A file menu with a list of all available CMF
- Songs appears. Navigate by pressing the up and down arrows. Press ENTER
- to select. Pressing ESC cancels the request. Pressing F6 stops the song
- being played.
-
- You can play along now by pressing the various drum pad keys!
-
- By the way: Three of the songs in the CMF menu were taken from the sound
- track of Jill of the Jungle, a VGA action-adventure game from Epic
- MegaGames. Two are original works of Dan Froelich: ACTION.CMF and
- FUNKY.CMF; AMAZING.CMF is Dan's transcription of Amazing Grace.
-
-
- Library Menu
- ============
-
- If you wish to change to a different Sound Blaster 3.0 Library select
- this option. Additional Libraries are available through Epic MegaGames!
- You can also create your Library files using the DBLIB.EXE program that
- comes with DRUM BLASTER 3.0. See DBLIB.DOC for more information.
-
- Drummer Menu
- ============
-
- If you which to change the Drummer/Keyboard Animations select this
- option. Drum Blaster 3.0 comes complete with two animation sets!
- Additional "Drummers" are available through Epic MegaGames!
-
- Ordering
- ========
-
- Type "PRINTME" to print the Epic MegaGames order form. Also check out
- our on-disk catalog (CATALOG.EXE) for information about our games!
-
- ______________________________________________________________________________
-
- Legal Stuff
-
- Drum Blaster may not be changed/modified in any way except by the author.
-
- All warranties are disclaimed, including damage to hardware and/or software
- from use of this program. In no event will Larry Tipton or Epic MegaGames
- be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings or other
- incidental or consequential damages arising out of use or inability to use
- this program, or any other claim by any other party.
-
- Have a nice day!
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- Sound Blaster is a registered trademark of Creative Labs, Inc
- Drum Blaster (C) 1991-92 by Larry Tipton, all rights reserved.