converter > > > release 1.5 final user documentation documentation version 1.9.5
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 10 foreword This software was originally created as an in-house prototype tool for direct
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 11 A note about the graphics system The graphics routines in converter are a low priority ta
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 12 features and uses Main Features • extremely low-latency system response time similar to
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 13 system requirements Different aspects of the software require more processing power tha
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 14 supported soundcards / hardware There are several standards for interface cards which c
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 15 SoundBlaster Cards There are a tremendous number of variations of the SoundBlaster family
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 16 Some of the literally hundreds of cards which should also work (since they are supposed to
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 17 mode may be useful for certain laptops. Also, remember to have the “SET BLASTER” environme
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 18 file listing of the converter package The following is a listing of all the files inclu
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 19 dual cards for simultaneous audio and midi input Since many consumer soundcards (notab
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 2 limitation and disclaimer of warranties By downloading and/or using converter (herein ref
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 20 software installation and configuration To ‘install’ converter, simply create a directo
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 21 The last parameter, “force clock compatibility”, is automatically adjusted by converter du
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 22 cable connections in a studio environment In a medium-complexity studio environment, wi
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 23 loading / running converter Unfamiliar with DOS? If you are using Windows9x on your co
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 24 calibrating hardware settings within converter Now that converter is up and running, th
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 25 using converter While the user interface in converter might seem daunting at first, wit
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 26 • hardware & system settings / audio filter settings [F11] : when set to display ‘ha
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 27 assigned to specific menus (such as [Alt]-[S] to “save program settings” or [Alt]-[F] for
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 28 the numeric keypad The user interface of converter has been designed around the use of th
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 29 midi clock generation There are a group of four keys which are used together to provide qu
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 3 new in version 1.5 The following features are new in this release of converter:The follo
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 30 turning on or off the midi message textbox If the scrolling midi message textbox, on the r
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 31 keyboard layout and hotkeys quick reference hotkeys, accessible at any time [Alt] – [E
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 32 accessible within the menu system display [Esc] pop-down / pop-up menu system displ
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 33 midi clock generator In addition to being able to synchronize its lfo generators to inc
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 34 directload keys By using the directload keys, commonly used programs (.set files) can b
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 35 bookmark hotkeys There are 8 keys which can be used for quick direct access to menu pag
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 36 menu pages and parameter descriptions The following pages of this manual are segmented
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 37 disk i/o Root : disk i/o [ Alt+Escape – F5 ] Program files store all the midi processor
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 38 core realtime engine settings root : realtime settings : core realtime settings [ Alt+Esca
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 39 mouse input Enables or disables input from the PC’s mouseport. Mouse to midi conversion do
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 4 new in version 1.4 The following features were introduced in version 1.4 of converter:Th
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 40 auxiliary realtime engine settings root : realtime settings : auxiliary realtime settings
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 41 spectral engine settings root : realtime settings : spectral engine settings [ Alt+Escape
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 42 display settings root : display settings [ Alt+Escape – F7 ] The default settings for t
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 43 translate numerics Determines whether or not converter displays midi statusbytes, note num
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 44 customize user panel root : customize user panel [ Alt+Escape – F8 ] panel meter (A – E
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 45 audio input Audio to midi conversion in converter is performed on the basis of amplitud
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 46 The following is an example of how to program converter in trigger mode, so that impulses
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 47 to continuous controller conversion, and program the channel to generate channel volume me
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 48 audio gate settings audio parameters : audio gate settings : lowpass / main+bandpass / hig
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 49 audio filter settings audio parameters : audio filter settings : lowpass / main+bandpass /
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 5 new in version 1.3 The following features were introducedThe following features were intr
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 50 audio midi data settings audio parameters : midi conversion settings : midi data settings
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 51 audio midi data reduction settings audio parameters : midi conversion settings : data redu
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 52 audio arithmetic operators audio parameters : midi conversion settings : arithmetic proces
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 53 IMPORTANT! Whenever creating an operation or program which works with note onnote onnote o
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 54 • go to the bytecheck parameters menu for this operation (F6). Set byte check #1 byte numb
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 55 byte. Very complex midi stream manipulations can be achieved. Just remember that if you tr
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 56 midi processor program settings midi parameters : program settings [ F2 – programselection
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 57 midi program operation parameters midi parameters : program settings : operation settings
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 58 operation byte check parameters midi parameters : program settings : operation settings :
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 59 operation transform parameters midi parameters : program settings : operation settings : t
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 6 new in version 1.1 The following features were introduced in version 1.1 of converter:The
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 60 operand explanation of operand and transform value no xform no action is performed on an
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 61 operand explanation of operand and transform value function Performs a
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 62 gameport input Gameport to midi conversion allows for a cheap and easy source of addit
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 63 buffer size is greater than the minimum required, midi (or a combination of midi and audio
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 64 The following is a structural map of the menu hierarchy for the gameport input menu sectio
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 65 gameport input settings game/mouse/lfo parameters : gameport parameters : input settings [
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 66 gameport axis midi conversion settings game/mouse/lfo parameters : gameport parameters : m
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 67 gameport button midi conversion settings g/m/l parameters : gameport parameters : midi con
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 68 gameport arithmetic operators g/m/l parameters : gameport parameters : arithmetic processo
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 69 gameport control functions game/mouse/lfo parameters : gameport parameters : arithmetic pr
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 7 converter 1.0 (however, any version 1.1-specific programming will not be loaded or saved in
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 70 mouse input Mouse input conversion is programmed in the same way as the gameport input,
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 71 mouse input settings game/mouse/lfo parameters : mouse parameters : input settings [ F4 –
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 72 mouse axis midi conversion settings game/mouse/lfo parameters : mouse parameters : midi co
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 73 mouse button midi conversion settings game/mouse/lfo parameters : mouse parameters : midi
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 74 mouse arithmetic operators game/mouse/lfo parameters : mouse parameters : arithmetic proce
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 75 mouse control functions game/mouse/lfo parameters : mouse parameters : arithmetic processo
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 76 lfo generators In addition to the previously described input sources, converter provide
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 77 Here’s a basic outline of the menu hierarchy for the lfo generators. root lfo setting
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 78 lfo transmit enable/disable game/mouse/lfo parameters : lfo parameters : transmit enable/d
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 79 lfo midi conversion settings game/mouse/lfo parameters : lfo parameters : midi conversion
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 8 contents introducintroducintroducintroduction to convertertion to convertertion to conve
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 80 lfo arithmetic operators game/mouse/lfo parameters : lfo parameters : arithmetic operators
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 81 signal paths The following diagrams show a simplified overall view of the flow of input
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 82 joystick input signal paths joystick A x-axisoffsetadjustmentmidiconversionarithmeticproc
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 83 preset program files Several ‘preset’ settings files (.set) accompany the converter dis
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 84 midi data protocol specifications Midi is a simple asynchronous serial interface able t
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 85 controllers / mode changes (MSB) controller controller number data byte 2 bank select
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 86 high-resolution component (LSB) for controllers (unused by converter) controller control
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 87 troubleshooting As a general troubleshooting tip, if converter is having trouble functi
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 88 My Roland MPU-401 (or compatible) isn’t found by converter! This means you have specified
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 89 When I try to run converter under Windows Millenium Edition, WindowsXP, or various flavour
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 9 gameport inputgameport inputgameport inputgameport input system overview 62 input setti
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 90 using converter I get the message “warning – CPU LOAD HIGH” – what shoul
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 91 I just booted up converter, and when I transmit midi messages from the external midi contr
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 92 proper soundcard configuration under DOS This section is provided for users configuring
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 93 Note that the numbers above are for a specific configuration – they aren’t ‘one size fits
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 94 Roland UART-mode MPU-401 and compatible These interface cards (generally) do not use a D
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 95 creating a bootable DOS floppy to auto-run converter Since converter and its associated
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 96 Create a bootdisk manually Here’s the steps: • Find a blank 1.44MB 3.5” floppy disk, and
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 97 tips to ensure best speed / performance As with any complex system open to many differe
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 98 gameport interface pinout Warning! The following information is provided for users with
converter 1.5 2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc. 99
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