****************************************************************************** ** ** ** Welcome to Super Sound V2.1 Written By David O'Reilly ** ** Copyright 1991/92 K.B.E Software ** ** Distibuted by The AMOS P.D. Library ** ** ** ****************************************************************************** Information: This program has been developed over a period of 4 months and has alot of hard work and effort put in. There was a version one but it was called "The Amos Sound Studio" but due to its speed problems and memory consumption it was scrapped and SuperSound II appeared at the end of 1991. Some of the function were from the orignal code in version one but the variables and stucture of the procedures were altered to get plenty of speed from the compiler. Small parts were written in assembler so that it got faster and used less memory. Problems began to arrise with the sprites and for a reason not yet sorted no sprites would work after compilation so I spent a week altering the code so it handles bobs, but still I find problems with them. The program is fairly user friendly but I couldn't afford to spend any longer altering the code so that it was 100% user friendly. At the start of the coding I found problems with the AMOS file requester so I thought it better to write my own which cost me a few weeks extra work. The scroll bar is a bit simple but originally there wasn't one but after a few large directories I thought it best to include one. This program was deigned to use chip memory so if you haven't got alot of chip your samples will be limited to about 260k which with 1Meg you would only get anyway. Due to the size of an AMOS Compiled program you will find it eats your fast memory so with some functions you will find they may compilain about memory. I have 0.5Meg of Chip and 1.5Meg of fast and I have no problems with it. Include are 4 Banks with which you can store you samples. If you have no fast and lots of chip you will find that it only gives you about ¾ of your memory but if you have 1Meg Fast and loads of Chip then you'll be fine. As This is the PD version you are limited to about 65k samples and there is still a few bugs. Help: Menus.. ------- Project - New - Load - Save - Save Sample Save Range - About - Quit Effects 1 - Bass Boost - Treble Boost - Brighten Sound - Smooth Wave - Tremolo - Echo - LowPass Filter - HighPass Filter - Change Volume - Metallic Effects 2 - Treble Waah - Fade In - Fade Out - Waah in - Mix - Reverse - Octive Up - Octive Down Sampler - Sample - Monitor - Flash On/Off - Input - Left - Right Misc/Prefs - Workbench Open/Close - Filter On/Off - Icon On/Off - Set Bank - Bank 1 - Bank 2 - Bank 3 - Bank 4 - Use - Mono (Fixed in PD Version) - Stereo (Not in PD Version) - Tells you the current Bank - Configuration Editor Repeat Setup - Repeat On/Off - Seek Zero - Find Loop Edit - Cut - Copy - Paste - Delete - Clear ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROJECT MENU. New: Brings up a requester which Looks like this - "Enter Bank Length or Return to Kill Bank : " If you enter to Bank length it will reserve a clear bank for you to use. If You Press return it just frees the memory used for the current bank. Load: Brings up a file requester so you can choose a file to load. Save Sample: Asks you if you want to save it as "RAW" or "IFF". It the brings up a file requester so you can save your sample. Save Range: Same as Save Sample but saves the current Range. About: Copyright Notice Quit: Quits. EFFECTS 1 MENU. Bass Boost: Asks for a boost value of (0 to 400%) then Boosts the Bass Treble Boost: Asks for a boost value of (0 to 800%) then Boosts the Treble Brighten Sound: Tries to unfilter the sample Smooth Wave: Smooths the cuurent Range Tremolo: Asks for a cycle length of (0 to Sample Length) then asks how much you want to decrease the volume by. Echo: Designed by Damon Bennett. This Asks for a sample rate of (0-100%) then asks how many echos you would like. Some good effects can be created using this. LowPass Filter: This tries to reduce the High Pitch noises in the range. Basically attempts to make the sample sound better. HighPass Filter: Opposite to LowPass. This Removes the Low frequencies, leaving the high ones. Change Volume: This asks you for a percentage volume for the start of the range. Then it asks for a percentage volume for the end of the range. It then alters to volume of the range so that it smoothly changes from the start volume to the end one. Metallic: Asks for a distort step then makes the sample sound like it being played through metal. EFFECTS 2 MENU. Treble Waah: This asks for a brightness multiplier which can be anything but the large the value the longer it takes. Fade In: Sort of like Change Volume but takes the whole sample and fades it in Fade Out: Same as Fade In but fades out Waah In: Like Treble Waah but asks for a Waah Depth which the does that number of passes to make the sample start dull and slowly get brighter. Mix: This takes the data in the copy buffer and mixes with the range Reverse: Flips the range so that it plays backwards Octive Up: Changes the samples octive so that the sample plays faster Octive Down: Same as Octive Up but makes it play slower SAMPLER MENU. Sample: Asks for a sample length Then it asks for a sample rate which can be between 502 to 28149 It then monitors the sample input until you press the RIGHT button to sample or the LEFT button to quit Monitor: Monitors the incoming signal from your sampler, letting you hear it. Flash: If this is on ( Flash * ) then when monitor is activated you will get a display of the signal as flashing lines. Input: This selects between the left and right side MISC/PREFS MENU. Workbench: Opens or closes the workbench. Filter: Turns the hardware filter on/off Icon: This gives you a choice of saving the SuperSound icon or not Set Bank: Alters the current editing bank Use: In the PD Version it does nothing Configuration Editor: Read the Next Part to See REPEAT SETUP MENU. Repeat On/Off: This turns the repeat bars on or off Seek Zero: From the current repeat bar it will search for a zero volume Find Loop: This just finds a zero from the first repeat bar and then the second EDIT MENU. Cut: Cuts the range data from the sample and stores it in the copy buffer Copy: Copies the range to the copy buffer Paste: Puts the data in the copy buffer into the sample at the range start position Del: Cuts the range data from the sample Clear: Sets the range volume to zero ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Configuration Editor This is the part of Super Sound which lets you setup how you want the program to run and look. You can change the screen colours plus the colours of the logo at the bottom of the screen. It lets you alter Checks and allows you to save the Configuration you have created. As this is the PD version a few features do nothing i.e LOAD doesn't do anything but when Super Sound loads in it tries to find its Config file in the `S' directory or the ROOT of DF0: if it can't find it then a default is used. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Full printed document will be availble from PD-Direct in the near future for around £3:00. This will contain useful info on how to get the most from your sampler hardware and info about a new product which is under way at this very moment. The Full version of Super Sound II can be obtained from PD-Direct at about £8:00 and wil be bug free and contain a few extra functions. It will also be full stereo and have better documentation. This version may be spread but the liecence ware one is copyrighted so it is illegal and immoral to spread it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- My address: 12 Salters Close, Werrington, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, ST9 0DB. If you have any comments or ideas then please write to me so I can make my next product what you want. I now must do a few thankyou's and greetz. 1st> Thanxs to Damon for fixing the problems with the AMOS Compiler 2nd> Thanxs to Europress »» Francois and the rest «« for making AMOS so good. 3rd> Thanxs to my parents for putting up with late nights and all the constant glasses of Semi-Skimmed milk ( It helps me think ) 4th> Thanxs to Peter Hickman for the magazine "All about AMOS" which I read for updates in AMOS.( I'm still waiting for my next copy) 5th> Thanxs to AMIGA COMPUTING - All the guys there - the magazine gives me something to read inbetween programming sessions. Hellos to ... Turk , Pink , Chris Hurst , Damon ( Barn'am ) Computer House , AmigaNuts , 17bit , Turbo Mart All doing Computers with Damon at Cauldon College. Hope you all buy the finished liecence ware version when it comes out on May 1st 1992 ... I can tell you its good !! A few extra features ... Real-time Effects Oscillascope A few more Effects No Bugs All functions in this version Full CHIP Mem ©17th April 1992 K.B.E Software -----------------------------------------------------------------------------