Offline Help Manual Available!! Version .85 (final beta)

[Paul Legovitch]

Not sure if that's of any interest but I would add (providing this is correct):
* In IT Instrument mode, Note Off releases the sample's sustain loop, if there is one, and releases the instrument's sustain loops and then fades the volume according to the instrument's "Fade Out" value when the end of the envelope (or the end of the loop, if there is one) is reached.
* In IT Instrument mode, Note Fade fades the instrument out, according to the instrument's "Fade Out" value without releasing the sustain loops.

So you can f.e. apply a Note Fade and the volume starts fading while sustain loops are still active and then apply a Note Off to release the sustain loops and play the rest of the envelopes that can have interesting loops (while the volume is still fading). With a low fade out value, this offers interesting variations in how to end a note.

[Saga Musix]

Paul, that is not quite correct.
In XM mode, Note Off releases the sustain point and triggers fadeout. However, in IT mode, fadeout is really only triggered at the end of the envelope, and not when the loop end is reached or something. You can have an infinite sounding instrument that way, it won't fade out if it has a loop.

[Paul Legovitch]

Here's a little test :
Test_Note_Off.it
Instrument 1 has no loop : after a Note Off the rest of the envelope is played and then fading occurs at the end : normal.

Instrument 2 has a loop after the sustain loop : after a Note Off the loop is triggered and the volume fades. That's why I thought the end of the loop triggers the fading but...

Instrument 3 has a loop very far from the sustain loop : after a Note Off the volume fades directly and the loop is not even reached before the volume is at 0. Very strange I think.

In short :
* no loop -> fade out at the end of the envelope
* loop -> fade out right after a Note Off.

[Saga Musix]

Ok, that is indeed a different case, but the previous explanation was a bit unclear (I didn't know that you mean sustain + loop).

[Sam_Zen]

Is there really the need to explain the exact difference between Mono, Stereo, Quad, 8-Bit, 16-Bit, 32-Bit etc.

Wrong conclusion, so wrong question.
I was talking about the proper way to achieve a quad file.

[Saga Musix]

Well, there's just one... or?

[Sam_Zen]

That's what investigations are for, to check that.

[Harbinger]

I checked the chapter about export to WAV, and I noticed there was no additional info about the several WAV formats.
So also nothing about the Quad mode.
...
So I'm planning to make a thorough test about this with all the possible options and ways to export the proper file.
I will do this soon and write a report. Maybe it could be added to the final release.

Yes, i'd love to be able to include your findings. Heavy, detailed info will probably find its way in the Reference section, rather than the "Beginner's" section. Whatever you have you can e-mail me as a text file, or PM me with the relevant information in the post and i'll wade through it and see what i can copy over.

As a matter of fact, if ANYONE has some info you've learned the hard way that you didn't see already written up in the OHM, please send it to me. All i ask of everybody is that you double-check your statements, not only for veracity, but also for comprehensibility (i have to be able to understand your findings). :wink:

[Harbinger]

No, i haven't forgotten...

My computer's on the blink right now. Apparently, Windows machines do not come with surge protection like Macs do (must). I walked in from work one day and was notified that my computer was down for the count. I took it in to my local circuit surgeon and he confirmed the motherboard was fried by an electrical surge. It's going to cost me over $200 but the good news is that the hard drive seemed intact. We had a lot of original, un-backed-up music on it, and the day before this happened, we were going to back up everything on 4GB DVD-Rs....

Once i get my computer back, i'll check out the new MPT release and make corrections in the OHM 1.00, which was almost finished.

This has been a long 2 weeks... :cry:

[Saga Musix]

Good to hear that at least the HDD is still working. I hope that this does not just remind you to make backups at regular intervals - I think Purple Motion has still not learnt his lesson.

[Harbinger]

Old habits hard to break, new habits hard to start. I've had a computer steady for over 12 years and this was my first spike...but all my previous computers were macs. Now i must invest a few bucks in a surge protector, and yes, look into scheduling backups...

Touche.. :wink:

[Saga Musix]

Are surge protectors uncommon in the US? We have them everywhere here, I think they are now also built into fuse boxes by default.

[g]

I'm pretty sure Macs don't have surge protectors built in, but any info on that would be welcome...

[Harbinger]

I hafta believe they do, because all the time i had my Mac, i never had a problem with spikes. And from what my computer repairman told me, they happen all the time in the electrical grid, in various degrees. I can't believe i've been this lucky for over 12 years! In Florida, electrical storms are common, and many times (probably 4 or 5 times a week) the electrical grid shuts down for half a second here...

I don't know if surge protectors are "common" but they are widely available, and not pushed by computer salesman apparently...

[arfy]

Hey, just checking in, is everything still set for olhm 1.0? I have .85 here and even now, it's got to be one of the more helpful manuals out there. Anyway, keep up the good work, .