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<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 22pt">SBTimbre FM Editor</span><br />''Version 3.51''<br />''Author: [[Jamie O' Connell]]''<br />''1994-02-11''</div></div> | <div align="center"><span style="font-size: 22pt">SBTimbre FM Editor</span><br />''Version 3.51''<br />''Author: [[Jamie O'Connell]]''<br />''1994-02-11''</div></div> | ||
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 SBTimbre FM Editor Title Screen | |||
| Latest Version: | 3.50 | ||
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| Release Date: | 1994-02-11[1] | ||
| Company: | N/A | ||
| Development Status: | Stable | ||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||
| Developer(s): | Jamie O'Connell | ||
| Interface: | GUI | ||
| Language: | C++ | ||
| Open Source: | Closed | ||
| Source Availability: | No | ||
| License: | Copyrighted Freeware | ||
| Type: | Timbre Editor | ||
| Relevant Engine: | N/A | ||
| Platform: | DOS | ||
| Localization: | English | ||
| Website: | midiox.com SBTimbre | ||
Description
Jamie O' Connell's SBTimbre FM Editor Jamie O'Connell's SBTimbre FM Editor SBTimbre is a Timbre editor -- it lets you create and modify instrument sounds for the Sound Blaster and Adlib FM Cards. You can audition sounds using a Sound Blaster or MPU-401 compatible MIDI interface and a MIDI controller (a piano keyboard for instance), or by pressing buttons on-screen using a mouse or computer keyboard. The present version of SBTimbre operates only on IBK format bank files, but you can use the SBANK utility to convert between IBK and BNK file formats.
Features
- SBTimbre features include
- Sound Blaster MIDI, MPU401 MIDI
- Multiple Open IBK Files.
- Creation of new IBK files.
- Copying of Timbres between IBK files.
- Editing of Individual Melodic Timbres.
- Editing of Individual Percussion Timbres.
- "Spin" edit controls using a Mouse or +- keys
- Auditioning of tones in any window.
- Auto-Generation of Timbres through randomizing.
- 43/50 Line Screen option (EGA/VGA required).
- CUA compliant Text Mode Windows.
- Extensive MIDI implementation.
- Compatible with the Cakewalk FM Card driver file format (IBK files)
- Compatible with the Jamie O'Connell - FM Synth MIDI Windows driver
Requirements
Version History
Development Status
The current SBTimbre FM Editor is a stable release version.
Options
Option letters are case insensitive and may be preceded by either - or /. They specify the operations to perform.
-A append the specified instruments (INS or SBI files) to the named bank file. Wildcards (* and ?) may be used to select the instrument files. The bank file is created if it does not exist. Duplicate instrument names in the bank file are not updated unless the -U option also appears.
-U update the specified existing instruments in the named bank file. Wildcards are allowed. Specified instruments that do not exist are not added unless the -A option also appears.
-M move the specified instruments to the named bank file. Specifying -M implies both append and update. After a successful insertion, the instrument file is deleted. Wildcards are allowed.
-D delete and discard the named instruments from the bank file. This can be used with the -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.
Download
Download from here:
SBTimbreFMEditor.zip (ZIP file) [134 KB]
Known Issues
- None
Credits
AcknowledgementsCakewalk is a trademark of Twelve Tone Systems.
Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Labs Ltd.
Adlib is a trademark of Adlib Corporation.
Legal
SBTimbre is Copyrighted Freeware. Vendors may distribute SBTimbre provided that no more than a reasonable fee is charged for distribution and all the supporting files are included (with the exception of this file). It may be included on a disk containing other software.
This program is provided without any warranty, expressed or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose.
You can reach me at:
Jamie O'Connell CIS: 72662,1433
JamieOConnell@msn.com
References
- ↑ From the included README file
Also See
- MIDI Articles
- Category:SysEx Articles
- Timbre Editors
- Sound Resource (SCI)
- in the SCI Specifications
- Sound Resource Articles
- midiox.com SBTimbre
