Program: Sound Edit 1.0
Hardware Requirements: VGA, Mouse


  First of all, thanks for downloading Sound Edit.  If you're a novice 
programmer, a semi-serious programmer or a pro, I think there's something in 
this for you.  Like you, my number one goal is to produce quality software.  
That means I need all the high-level tools I can get.  Since I've written 
Sound Edit, its been one of my favorites.  I hope you'll find it as handy as I
do.
  The last game program I bought for my PC came with a menu listing a half 
dozen or so sound boards.  One of those options was the PC speaker.  Since my
machine is a PS/2 and I don't have an extra sound board, I chose the PC speaker
option.  What a drag!  All the sounds were short beeps or bells - very dull 
stuff.  I'm not naming names but this game was from one of the top 
entertainment software companies.  
  Unfortunately this is true for a lot of software.  The PC speaker gets no
respect.  That's too bad since the PC speaker is capable of more than you'd
expect.  It's also the only sound device available on EVERY PC.  This means
software written with PC speaker sound is 100% compatible with everybodys 
machine!  
  Alright, enough fanfare.  While I could go on, let's get down to business.
Sound Edit will allow you to create, edit and save sounds in very small files.
These files can then be used in programs you create to play back the sounds
you've invented.  On-line documentation in Sound Edit gives sample C code
showing how to load and play back a Sound Edit file.  For other languages, 
to help you write a custom playback routine, the data in a Sound Edit file
is described byte for byte.  
  The version of Sound Edit you've received is the Shareware Edition.  This
edition is the same as the registered edition without the ability to save 
files.  For information on ordering the full-featured registered edition press
the Save button.  Several sound files of varying quality were included also.
Try these out from within an application.  You'll see how easy it is to add
sound to any program!
  Finally a utility program, PLAY_SE.EXE is included to allow sounds to be 
played from batch files.
  Comments are welcome.  You can reach me on Compuserve at 71730,601.  Good 
luck and good programming.

		T. Roden
		September 1993
