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- BETA NOTES!!!!
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- The tool requires the AHI 4 archive. The Tool cannot be used using the Paula
- driver for the internal sound chip.
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- IMPORTANT: Do not save valuable or important songs with the AHI tool in the track, the size of the
- tool structure data that is saved with the song may and will change, this will result in
- problems with older/newer tools. Save two versions of the song if necessary, one with the tools
- in the tracks, another with them removed.
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- bug reports to gi@gj-cent.demon.co.uk
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- i'm irc most nights, join #amiga on the europe side and look for Gi (of course :)
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- Brief Instructions
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- Before loading up the tool install AHI 4 and setup the Default audio mode using the AHI prefs
- program, set it to a mode on your audio card, Paula and Filesave aren't suitable.
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- Copy the tool to your B&Pipes tool directory.
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- Load B&Pipes.
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- Open the toolbox and select install tool from the menu. Select AHI.ptool as the tool to install.
- The AHI tool has a Red and White trumpet as it's icon, similar to the Amigophone tool.
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- Drop the tool into the track as normal.
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- Double click the icon to open the Edit window.
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- Description of Buttons
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- Load - Loads a 16-bit AIFF sample to the current selected channel.
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- Flush - Opens up a requestor with the choice to clear the current sound or all sounds.
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- Select AHI mode - Allows you to change the audio mode used by AHI.
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- Load Next - Loads a sample on the current channel and selects the next channel, for quicker
- loading of many sounds.
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- Reset - Resets the Pan position to Center.
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- Scratch - Toggles the scratch mode on/off.
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- Loop - Turns looping of sound on/off
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- Find - (not done yet) Finds a point in the sample where the volume is zero, to make click free loops.
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- Description of Sliders
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- Channel - Selects the current sound for this track.
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- Volume - Mastervolume for the track.
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- Pan - Selects Pan position for the track. (only works in Stereo++ modes)
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- Finetune - alters the pitch of the sound by small amounts.
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- Scratch Length - when scratching this selects how much of the sample will be heard once the
- scratching has finished, 0 means the rest of the sample will be played.
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- Scratch Range - selects the zoom factor for scratching, allows you to use just a small part of
- the sample.
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- Scratch Start - selects where in the sample the scratching will start
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- Attack - fades in a sample over a time period. Slider selects speed.
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- Decay - Fades the sample out when the note is released. Slider selects speed.
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- Pitch Bend Range - Shortens the range of the pitch wheel.
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- Loop Start - Selects where the loop (if on) will start, if Loop start is larger than loop end
- the looping will be played backwards, the little R for reverse pops up to let you know.
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- Loop End - Selects where the loop (if on) will end
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- Echo - Switches the echo off/on for this channel. (currently not fully working)
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- Echo Mix - Sets the balance between the processed signal, and the original signal.
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- Delay - Sets the distance between each echo.
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- Feedback - Sets how long the echos will sustain.
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- Cross - Sets how much of the signal will be fed into the other channel when panning.
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- AHI Mastervol - selects the mastervolume used by AHI.
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- Known Bugs/Limitations
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- -Only 16-bit AIFF samples can be used currently.
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- -Offset/Scratch with Loop switched on doesn't work correctly (will be fixed shortly)
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- -Scratch Only works in mono, this may change in the future.
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- -Pitch bend only works while a note is being played, ie. you can't raise the wheel before the note
- has started.
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- -Selecting the input channel (red arrow) on the track seems to mess up the sliders.
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- -Altering the volume using CC#7 affects decay, (it sustains the decay)
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- -Pitchbend and scratch ranges aren't very linear yet, same with Attack and Decay.
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- -You can't select the same sound on two tracks and play the same notes (this may change)
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- -Echo on/off isn't working to well
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- -Sample labels are lost now and then.
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