NoiseMaster 1.0 from New Noise - Evaluation version NoiseMaster is a shareware sample-editor for Windows. It supports the MS-Windows Wave (.WAV) and the Creative Labs Voice (.VOC) sample formats. NoiseMaster can handle 16 bit samples, although only in WAV-format. Because NoiseMaster uses the Windows 3.1 MultiMedia functions it will work on all soundcards, that is, if you have installed the windows drivers for your card. If you have installed the speaker-driver it will even play samples through your PC-speaker. This evaluation version provides the standard cut, copy and paste functions for editing your samples as well as the possibility to reverse, mute or fade a selected sample part. Conversion between stereo / mono samples and 8 / 16 bits samples is also possible. The sample-rate scrollbar lets you play your samples at different speeds. Using NoiseMaster is quick and easy because the most important functions can be executed by pressing buttons, instead of using the pull-down menus. REGISTERING NOISEMASTER NoiseMaster is shareware. You may freely copy and distribute this evaluation version, but if you decide to keep using it, you are required to register. Registration costs 30 dutch guilders (for Holland) or 20 US dollars (for outside Holland). Send this amount in checks or cash (no coins!) + your name and address to : New Noise P.O. Box 6092 2702 AB Zoetermeer Holland Registered users will receive the latest version of NoiseMaster, which will not display the registration reminder at startup. But what's more important : future versions will feature many interesting functions not included in this version. For example : echo, reverse echo, high-pass, low-pass and band-pass filters, a help function, possibility to record to disk, for long samples. And possibly : functions YOU suggested. Just include your suggestions with your registration letter ! All reasonable suggestions will be considered. We encourage you to send us your remarks, recommendations, or even ... bug-reports :) USING NOISEMASTER This is a short manual to get you started with NoiseMaster. The registered version will include a standard Windows Help file. All functions described below can be accessed via the menu or via the buttons. Open : Open a sample file using a standard Windows 3.1 file-open dialog box. Use the file-type selection to show .WAV, .VOC or all files. ReOpen : Reload the current sample. Save : Save the current sample. Save As : Save the current sample using a standard Windows 3.1 file-open dialog box. Use the file-type selection list to choose the destination format. This way samples can be converted between the two supported formats .WAV and .VOC. Exit : Exit NoiseMaster. Loop : Check this to play the sample in a loop. Play : Play the entire sample. Play Block : Play only the currently selected part of the sample. Stop : Stop playing. Pause : Pause playback. Press Pause again to resume playing. Record : Brings up a dialog box to specify recording parameters. Pressing OK will start recording. If the combination of recording parameters is beyond your soundcards capabilities the OK-button will be disabled. This also happens if you specify a recording length longer than the maximum length possible. Cut : Cut the selected part from the sample and put it on the clipboard. Copy : Put the selected part from the sample on the clipboard. Paste : Past the clipboard contents into the sample at the marker position. The marker position must be set before pasting. Setting the marker position is done by clicking the right mouse button on the sample at the desired position. How the clipboard contents is combined with the sample depends on the Paste Mode, which is set in the Options menu : Insert : Insert clipboard contents at the marker position. Overwrite : Overwrite sample with clipboard contents starting at the marker position. This operation may increase the sample size. Mix : Mix the clipboard contents with the sample starting at the marker position. This operation may also increase the sample size. Trim : Trim (crop) the sample. After trimming only the selected part of the sample will remain. Sample rate scrollbar : This scrollbar show the current sample rate and allows you to change it. Moving the scrollbar thumb will directly play the sample at the new sample rate. After playing around you can press the reset button to reset the sample rate to its original value. Reverse : Reverse the selected part of the sample. Mute : Mute the selected part of the sample. Fade In : Fade the selection from silence to the original volume. Fade Out : Fade the selection from the original volume to silence. Swap Channels : Swaps the left and right channel of stereo samples. Mono to Stereo / Stereo to Mono : Converts mono to stereo samples (not very useful, yet) and stereo sample to mono samples. 8 bits to 16 bits / 16 bits to 8 bits : Converts 8 bits samples to 16 bits sample (not very useful either) and 16 bits samples to 8 bits samples. Halve SampleRate : Halves the sample rate (halves sample size too). Making selections and setting markers : Selecting a part of a sample is done by simply dragging with the left mouse button over the sample window : press the left mouse button at the start of the selection, hold down the mouse button, drag it to the end of the desired selection and then release the mouse button. The Begin and End fields show the begin and end samples of the selection. A marker which specifies the paste position is set by pressing the right mouse button at the desired position. The position field shows the exact position. Options : Drawing Mode : Specifies the method of drawing the sample : Connected lines : This the default mode. Lines are drawn between the sample values. Vertical lines : Lines are drawn from the zero line to the sample value. Mirrored vertical lines : Same as the previous mode, only draws the lines both up and down. Dots : Draws dots at the sample values. Paste Mode : Specifies the method of pasting. Insert : Insert clipboard contents at the marker position. Overwrite : Overwrite sample with clipboard contents starting at the marker position. This operation may increase the sample size. Mix : Mix the clipboard contents with the sample starting at the marker position. This operation may also increase the sample size. Zooming in and out : Initially the entire sample is shown in the sample window. To zoom in on a part of a sample, select that part of the sample and then press the Zoom In button. After zooming in, the scrollbar under the sample window can be used to move the sample to the left or to the right. You can keep zooming in on the sample until the zoom factor (displayed between the zoom buttons) is 1:1. This zoom factor shows the number of samples that are represented by each horizontal pixel on screen. Pressing the Zoom Out button always brings you back to the initial view, which shows the entire sample. OTHER PRODUCTS Also available from New Noise : NoiseMixer for the Soundblaster Pro : This is a replacement for the SoundBlaster Pro Mixer Control from Creative Labs, which is packed with the SoundBlaster Pro. NoiseMixer looks much better and uses another way of setting the mixer volumes. Instead of two sliders for the left and right channel, NoiseMaster has a volume and balance slider, which is more intuitive to work with. Other features are : filter settings, input selection, saving default settings, All Max and All Off buttons etc... Available from SoniX Productions : Promixer : A replacement for the SBP-MIX utility packed with the SoundBlaster Pro. Promixer has a graphical interface and is not a TSR like SBP-MIX. This makes it easier to quickly change the volume and filter settings on the mixerchip of the soundblaster pro. Promixer is a DOS-tool and it is public domain, so no money is charged for it. Sedit-Pro : Sedit-Pro is a VOC, WAV, IFF and MOD sample editor for DOS, with a windows-like user interface. Sedit-Pro features a lot of interesting effects and edit functions like : Flanger, High and low pass filters, a design option for designing your own sounds, a popup synthesizer to play tunes with the sample loaded - and more. THANKS AND GREETINGS Thanks to Jeroen Koomen and Marcel v/d Lem Anuj Dev for beta testing the 16 bits support Ad de Vries for beta testing and useful comments Greetings to : SoniX Productions Ultraforce Development This is all for now, bye, Alwin Hoogerdijk for New Noise (E-mail : alwin@kgs.twi.tudelft.nl)