Sound Impression/Multimedia Sound Studio
UPDATE FILE #1 (NEWS01.TXT)

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News/Updates

USE ONLINE DOCS FOR LATEST HELP
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For the most current descriptions of features and functions, use the online Help system.  You can update your printed manual by printing any topic in the online document.  For printing instructions, choose the system's How to Use Help (Alt,H,H) menu item.

NEW GRAPHICS
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The MIDI Rack Component now has led vu meters for each of the 16 standard MIDI channels.  No functions of the MIDI Rack Component are effected.

GAIN FUNCTION ENHANCEMENT
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The Gain function of the Wave Editing Sessions has been enhanced, the ability to set a clipping (radial compression) level during gain via a scroll bar, and a normalizing feature have been added.

ENHANCED SIGNAL DRAWING
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The signal drawing routine used in the waveform editors has been enhanced substantially.  When in the virtual mode, redraws and zooms are now almost as fast as when in the RAM mode.

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SETUP FILE LIST
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Setup decompresses and copies the following files to a directory of your choosing on your hard disk:

* Audiosim.exe	(primary executable, the "Rack")
* Audiored.exe	(Waveform Editor executable)
* Audiormn.exe	(Session Manager executable; see note 1 below)
* Audiorcm.exe	(Wave Composer executable; see note 1 below)
* Audiocmp.dll  (program libraries; not executable or viewable)
* Audiocnv.dll	(")
* Audioctl.dll  (")
* Audiodlg.dll  (")
* Audiodrv.dll  (")
* Audiogpl.dll  (")
* Audiohlp.dll  (")
* Audiorak.dll  (")
* Audiosys.dll  (")
* Audiohlp.hlp	(main Help file; may be opened independently using Winhelp.exe)
* Audiotec.hlp  (Setup Help file; see note 2 below)
* News01.txt	(this file)
* Logout.txt	(installation activity record)

Note 1: The executable files AUDIORCM.EXE and AUDIORMN.EXE are not available in Multimedia Sound Studio or in all editions of Sound Impression.  For information on upgrading to advanced versions of Sound Impression that include these and other features, check the literature contained in your package or contact Asystem, 1878 West 11th Street, #185, Tracy, California 95376; phone: (510) 527-1011. 

Note 2: Audiotec.hlp may be removed after installation; the Help topics it contains are also available in the main Help file.

In addition to the files listed above, an initialization file named AUDIO.INI is created during installation and updated each time you run the program.  AUDIO.INI resides in your Windows directory.

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Starting Sound Impression\Multimedia Sound Studio
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If your sound card and all necessary drivers are installed, you can use any of the following methods to start Sound Impression (or Multimedia Sound Studio) immediately after Setup is successfully completed.  

* Double-click the "Rack" icon in Program Manager; or

* Call File Manager, open the directory window for the directory you named during Setup (default is C:\AUDIOSIM) then double-click the file named AUDIOSIM.EXE on the file list; or

* On any Windows Run command line, type the directory path you named during installation (again, the default was C:\AUDIOSIM), then a backslash, then AUDIOSIM.EXE.  For example, if you accepted the default directory for your Sound Impression files you would type:

	C:\AUDIOSIM\AUDIOSIM.EXE

then Return to open the main screen Rack.

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