From sdaino@compuserve.com Thu Mar 20 07:28:49 1997 Received: from dub-img-2.compuserve.com (dub-img-2.compuserve.com [149.174.206.132]) by watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA25465 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:28:49 -0500 Received: by dub-img-2.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515) id HAA29079; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:28:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:28:06 -0500 From: Stefano Daino Subject: D-SoundPRO 2.5 availability To: "John M. Sellens" Message-ID: <199703200728_MC2-12DB-1D22@compuserve.com> Status: RO Hi John, the new version of D-SoundPRO, the shareware sound editor for Macintosh and PowerMac computers, is available on the web. It includes a lot of new features, including the write to Roland disk function and full MIDI I/O to/from S-50, S-330, S-550 support. Please, may you update the readme file about D-SoundPRO you have in your archive with the abstract here below? Thank you very much for your support to the shareware distribution. Your archive is the main reference for people using Roland samplers. Best Regards Stefano Daino the Author of D-SoundPRO <-----------cut here for the abstract ----------------------------------------------> D-SoundPRO 2.5 COPYRIGHT © 1997 - Stefano Daino All rights reserved D-SoundPRO is a professional sound editor. It is capable of managing AIFF sound files and MIDI Sample I/O, and it permits very sophisticated sound manipulations. Its features are: - Load/Save AIFF mono/stereo 8/16 bits sound files up to 48 kHz - Import/Export sounds from 3 1/2 Roland® Samplers Disks (S50, S550, S330) - Import/Export sounds in RAW format - MIDI SAMPLE DUMP STANDARD and S50, S550, S330 MIDI Input/Output - Yamaha® SY sample headers support - Akai® SCSI sample dump support - Sophisticated and undoable sample edit & clipboard management - Floating palettes for edit tools, loops monitoring, sample info, and Virtual Keyboard. - X-Fade looping algorithm with programmable window length & X-fade coefficient - Time Stretching and Frequency Shifting parametric algorithms by a Spectral Resynthesizer - Rythm loop for fast auto looping of musical audio files - Oscillator function to generate new synthesized sound waves - Resample using interpolation - Pitch conversion - Normalization - Complex sample extraction functions - Zooms and visual tools - Full OMS 1.2 (or better) support (optionally) - First release of the Virtual Synthesizer module, to play samples from MIDI - It is a FAT application - it runs native on PowerMac - Japanese and Italian versions available - User Manual included System requirements: System 7.1, SoundManager 3.1 and a 68020 MAC supporting 16 bit audio (68030 mac recommended for MIDI). 68000 and 68k+FPU versions also available. Optional: MIDI interface and synth supporting MIDI Sample Dump Standard, a MAC with sound inputs, OMS 1.2 (or better). D-SoundPRO is a program which is distributed as SHAREWARE. This version is fully operating. You are permitted to use it on a trial basis for up to 15 days. If you wish to continue using this product beyond that period, you are expected to pay a registration fee of $30. You will always find the last version of D-SoundPRO at: http://www.harmony-central.com/Software/Mac http://www.synthzone.com/dsound.htm http://www.shareware.com into Compuserve database, (MIDI Forum) or into Info-mac database Please support the shareware concept and register your copy. You will help me to develop the next version of this program, which will include: - more sampler protocols support - DSP functions for digital effects - spectral analysis and resynthesis - a Synthesizer Module with ENVs - Splits and patches memories ... and more You will receive a registration code which you may enter to eliminate registration screens. Thank you for your help to this shareware product. You can distribute D-SoundPRO 2.5 on commercial CD-ROM if you include also all files in archive. You are kindly request to send me a free copy of your CD-ROM. For the Italian, 68000 and 68k+FPU versions please write to me. This is my E-Mail for informations, help and bugs report: Stefano Daino sdaino@compuserve.com ******************************************************** What is NEW in Version 2.5 (06-02-97) - The Time Stretching and Frequency Shifting parametric algorithms - S50, S550, S330 MIDI sample transfer support - Export function on S50, S550, S330 3" 1/5 disks - Akai® SCSI sample dump and sample directory support - Rythm loop for fast auto looping of musical audio files - Import/Export sounds in RAW format - Oscillator function to generate new synthesized sound waves - many bugs fixed ******************************************************** What was NEW in Version 2.4.1 (18-09-96) - FAT code, runs native on PowerMac - The virtual synthesizer is faster playing from MIDI - new Volume control to play more voices without distorsion - Better MIDI management, now works fine on slower Macs (tested on LCII) - Less Registration Dialogs for unregistered Users - Now opt+. cancels MIDI I/O - minor bugs fixed