SBank
| Latest Version: | 1.51 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Release Date: | 1994-02-11[1] | ||
| Company: | N/A | ||
| Development Status: | Unmaintained | ||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||
| Developer(s): | Jamie O'Connell | ||
| Interface: | CLI N/A | ||
| Language: | C++ | ||
| Open Source: | Closed | ||
| Source Availability: | No | ||
| License: | Copyrighted Freeware | ||
| Type: | Instrument Librarian, Instrument Converter, Patch Converter | ||
| Relevant Engine: | N/A | ||
| Platform: | DOS | ||
| Localization: | English | ||
| Website: | N/A | ||
Description
Jamie O'Connell's SBank is a command line utility for managing Sound Blaster and Adlib instrument files and sound banks. It will translate between .INS, .SBI, .BNK, and .IBK files. In addition, it will report instrument names stored in bank files, and display musical parameters contained in the instrument definitions.
Features
SBANK is a command line utility for managing Sound Blaster and Adlib instrument files and sound banks. Compatible with the Sound Blaster and Adlib music cards. It will translate between .INS, .SBI, .BNK, and .IBK files. In addition, it will report instrument names stored in bank files, and display musical parameters contained in the instrument definitions.
Requirements
Version History
Changes to SBANK
-- Version 1.51
94-02-11
-- Version 1.10
92.12.08 Fix Bank View display for non-bank files
-- Version 1.09
92.06.29 Reformatted Parameter display -- Information is easier to read.
-- Version 1.08
92.06.25 It seems that CL is now using the 12th byte of the Timbre record to store a percussive voice. Zero means melodic, any other value is the voice number of the instrument.
-- Version 1.07
92.06.02 Added Generation of underbars for Timbre names containing spaces. The underbars are only used when outputting a DOS filename (SBI, INS files).
-- Version 1.06
91.09.21 Added the -I ListFName option for translating bankfiles. Removed the -Q option (too unclean for a command line utility).
-- Version 1.05
91.08.11 After experimentation, it was felt that it would be better to copy the Op0 parameters to the Op1 parameters instead of zeroing out the Op1 parameters (percussion mode). Fixed many small annoying bugs. Changed the format for parameter display.
-- Version 1.04
91.04.12 Made several performance enhancements. Corrected error messages. Cleaned up the code.
-- Version 1.03
91.02.03 Facilitated zeroing out the carrier parameters when writing an IBK or SBI instrument (they have no way of storing PERC info)
Development Status
Jamie O'Connell's SBank SBANK is a command line librarian - file Converter for instruments and sound banks compatible with the Sound Blaster and Adlib music cards. See the SBANK.TXT text file for information on how to use it. SBank is no longer actively maintained.
Usage
SBANK BankFile [-AUMDXLVSTI?] [BankFile|Instrument...]
BankFile is the name or path of a BNK or IBK instrument
bankfile -- It will be created if appropriate.
Instrument is the name of an instrument or the name or
path of an .INS or .SBI instrument file.
Options
Option letters are case insensitive and may be preceded by either - or /. They specify the operations to perform.
-A -U option also appears. -U -A option also appears. -M -M implies both append and update. After a successful insertion, the instrument file is deleted. Wildcards are allowed. -D -X option to remove an instrument from a bank file. -X extract the named instruments from the bank file. The type of instrument file to create is determined from the filename suffix. -L list the names of the instruments contained in the bank file. This option formats the names one per line. Only instrument names are displayed. It is useful for creating input for command line filters or file redirection. -V list the names of the instruments contained in the bank file. The instruments are formatted eight names to a line in the same order they are encountered in the bank file. For a BNK file, they will be sorted alphabetically; for an IBK bank, they are presented in the order they were appended. This is also the order of increasing MIDI program change numbers. -S show the parameters for an instrument or instruments. This option formats and displays the parameters that comprise the instrument sound. -T translate from one file type to another. For this option the first named file is the source and the second is the target. This is the only option that will operate between instrument files as well as between bank files. If the source and target are bank files, this option acts as a merge command, merging the source into the target; and the -I ListFile option may be used to select instruments to translate. -I FName specifies an ASCII text file containing a list of instrument names to be used when translating between two bank files. This file should be formatted with one instrument name per line. The -L option will output a list in the proper format, which may be redirected to a file, and then edited (See Examples). -? display brief help information. See SBANK.TXT for more information
Download
Download from here:
SBank 1.51:
File:SBANK151.zip (ZIP file) [24.2 KB]
SBank 1.10:
Known Issues
Credits
Legal
References
- ↑ From included SBANK.TXT
Also See
- Instrument Librarians
- Instrument Converters
- Patch Converters
- in the SCI Specifications
- Sound Resource Articles
