MIDI EDITOR
In this new version 1.2, most of the bugs of version 1.1 have been fixed, and
new functionalities have been added. Note that settings created with versions
1.0 and 1.1 are compatible with this version (you can even jump directly from
1.0 to 1.2). For registered users (once again, we thank them all), the system
code remains unchanged.
- New 'Tip Of The day' window at application launch (language changes with
the help file language).
- New 'Getting started' window at first
application launch (actually, when no 'Bank Type' has been created yet...).
- Small help windows indicating which function keys can be used in the user
forms creation part, and in the sounds list part.
- MIDI Communication via
DLL, more efficient and reliable.
- New 'MIDI trace' window that shows the
contents of MIDI messages.
Bugs
- Bug concerning devices which don't use the ASCII
standard for sounds names fixed (D50 ...).
Evolutions
- User windows can now be restored by the 'Init
from' feature.
- Sounds numbers can be replaced by notes codes (A0, A#0
...).
- A particular MIDI OUT port can now be assigned to a Bank type.
Evolutions
- The determination engine becomes more clever. The
right format is found in more cases.
- The two default importation formats
(Raw SysEx file and Raw MIDIFILE) have also evoluted.
Bugs
- Modification of the value of a 'calculated parameter'
representing only a few bits of an offset would cause the other bits of this
particular offset to be set to zero. This has been fixed.
- Suppression of
a 'calculated parameter' : The 'Parameter' properties of user 'controls' linked
to a deleted 'calculated parameter' are automaticaly set to '*** None ***'.
- When the order of 'calculated parameter' changes, user 'controls' now keep the
link with the parameter they've been associated with.
- Behaviour of the
'Envelopes' control - which was far from perfect - fixed.
- Bug during the
duplication of 'Combo box' controls fixed.
Evolutions
- Change of look for the 'mixer' control (which
desperately needed it).
- A bitmap can now be included in 'Button'
controls, to indicate their function.
- New 'To Window button' control :
allows you to reach directly a particular user window.
- New 'Increment
Combo Box' control : This control allows you to increase the value of each
offset linked to the controls of the current window. Very usefull for devices in
which several memory parameters are repetitive (for instance: parameters
concerning oscillator 1, then, same parameter for oscillator 2 ...). See the
online help for further information.
- New 'Container' control : This
control allows you to gather controls together. As above, see the online help
for further information.
- New 'Numeric label' control : This very simple
control can be used to display the numeric value of a memory offset or a
'calculated parameter'.
- New 'MIDI button' control: You can assign a MIDI
message to a button. This control is usefull for instance to change the synth's
mode (patch, performance ...).
- Windows NT compatibility.
- Last 'Bank Type' used is now saved as the
default one.
- Correction of minor bugs concerning the Multi-Copy feature.
- ...
We sincerly thank all the people which helped us in building this version.
Thanks
to our beta-testers - all over the world - for their ideas and their patience :
Luis B. Almeida, Stephane Moog, Stephan Franck, Elmo at
ManyMidi, Paul Ward, Louis Rodrigue,
Russel Jenkins, Sean Lange, and a special thanks to Mark Murray who helped us
with the english help...
Thanks to Scott Lehman at
Harmony Central, our download
site in the United States,
to PC-Fun and Keyboards Magazine...
And most
of all, thanks to Natacha and Pascale for being so comprehensive.
Jean-Philippe & Laurent.
Last update : 07/06/97 by Laurent Le Bot