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- The Real-Time Effects Generator V2.0
-
- ©1993 KBE Software/Quantum Design
-
- Freely Distributable
- PD Freeware
-
- Screen Introduction.
-
- The TREG screen has very few icons on it. In the top right corner are
- three icons labelled 'A','I' and the screen to back icon. 'A' is the
- 'About' selector and just brings up some information. 'I' is for 'Iconify'
- and will hide TREG and place a small window on your workbench. To return
- to TREG you just close the window. The screen to back icon push the TREG
- screen behind all the other workbench screens. As TREG doesn't actually
- use a workbench screen it opens a small screen and uses that to detect if
- TREG is at the front. Due to a BUG in AMOS, not TREG, you will find that
- the TREG screen may look to be at the front but in fact AMOS has a small
- screen at the bottom of the display. You can't see the screen but you
- might notice a few pixels missing from the bottom of screens. In the left
- corner is the 'Quit' gadget and this, of course, closes TREG.
-
- Below the title bar are two panels with sliders. There four sliders
- are used to set the parameters for the effects. These will be activated
- when you select an effect that needs input.
-
- Below this are two displays and a column of gadgets. These gadgets are
- used to start effects and create presets for the effects. There displays
- show all effects in the current TREG directory and also the current presets
- for the selected effect.
-
- Effects.
-
- Unlike most programs TREG now uses modules on the disk for its effects.
- Each effect has a machine code program on the disk which contains all the
- information about the effect and also the code to produce the effect.
- These are stored in a directory which needs an assign set to it called
- 'TREG:'. Inside this directory is where the effects are stored and also
- where all presets are stored. A preset is just the effects parameters
- saved to disk under a name so that you may recall them. Some other
- programs allow a similar thing but are limited to a buffer for storing the
- data. Saving the files to disk separately means you can have as many
- presets as you desire. Many programs come with what looks like a lot of
- effects but in actual fact they are just presets of a few effects. TREG
- allows you to create you own presets or use the ones supplied.
-
- Operations.
-
- Operating TREG is very easy. Just select which effect you want from
- the left display. This loads that effect into memory and displays all
- presets for it in the right display. You can now either select a preset
- from the right display or use the sliders at the top. Once the effect is
- set to operate how you want then you then need to select the channel. At
- the top of the screen just below the sliders are three gadgets marked
- 'L','R' and 'S'. These simply mean 'Left','Right' or 'Stereo'. You will
- only be able to select the sides which the effect supports so if you try to
- click stereo and it doesn't work then the effect doesn't support stereo.
- Once the channel is set you can now activate the effect. This is very
- simple, just select 'Go!'. Make sure you sampler is plugged in and has
- input!
-
- Creating A Preset.
-
- This is very simple. Once you have set your effects parameters and
- want to save them, just select 'Create'. This will ask you for a name and
- then try to save the settings to disk.
-
- Creating An Effect.
-
- This is not so easy. This is a job for those who know a bit about
- assembler. There are two files in the 'Effects' directory. One is called
- 'Effect.s' and this is the template for an effect. The other is 'Delay.s'
- and is a simple example of how to create an effect. I advise caution when
- playing around with this as it is very easy to crash your computer. All
- you need to do once you have written your effect is to save it as and
- executable file into the 'TREG:' assign. Now when TREG loads it will find
- your new effect and display it in the list. If you have got something
- wrong in the header then there is a good chance it will ignore the effect.
-
- Gadgets.
-
- 'SetDir' : This allows you to set the directory where TREG will
- find the effects/presets.
-
- 'Go!' : This activates the current effect.
- 'Default' : Sets the effect to its starting parameters.
- 'Filter' : Toggles the hardware filter.
-
- 'Create' : This allows you to create a preset file.
- 'Rename' : This will rename the selected preset file.
- 'Delete' : Deletes the selected preset.
-
- Notice.
-
- I take NO responsibility for any problems/crashes caused by the use of the
- program. You use it at your own risk and as you find it.
-
- Most effects will work and a 68000 but a few will work better on faster
- machines. The chorus effect won't seem to work on a 68000 but works fine
- on a A1200. All presets were created on an A1200 so might sound strange on
- slower machines. Have a play around with them and create your own presets.
- This program is not perfect as with so many processors and computers it is
- very hard to make something work on all.
-
- The best thing is to experiment. TREG was written for people to play
- around with and have a bit of fun with a keyboard or mic.
-