Sound Builder Manual

SoundBuilder 1.0.1 Copyright © 1993 Kenneth W. Arthur 2204 Wheeler St. Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Compuserve: 71201,543 America Online: kwarthur May 1, 1993 Page 1 Table Of Contents I. Introduction 3 A. License Agreement 3 B. Warranty Information 4 C. Distribution Rights 4 D. System Requirements 5 E. Technical Support 5 II. Playing Sounds 5 III. Recording Sounds 9 IV. Editing Sounds 11 A. Basic Commands 11 B. Close-up Editing 13 C. Markers 13 V. Saving Sounds 15 A. Compression 16 B. Resources 16 C. SoundBuilder File Format 16 D. Wave Files 17 VI. Menu Commands 18 A. File Menu 18 B. Edit Menu 18 C. View Menu 19 D. Options Menu 19 E. Windows Menu 19 Page 2 I. Introduction Welcome! SoundBuilder is a sound editor and recording application. Version 1.0.1 of SoundBuilder supports the recording, playing, and editing of 8-bit, mono sounds. Some of SoundBuilder’s features are listed below. Enjoy yourself!! * Asynchronous recording of sound. * Ability to specify sample rate and length of recordings. * Asynchronous playback of sound. * Support of cut, copy, paste, clear, and undo commands. * Ability to play sounds in the “clipboard”. * Save sounds as resources or in SoundBuilder’s native format. * Save multiple sounds to one file. * 3 to 1 and 6 to 1 compression of sounds. * Import and export of .wav files. This manual assumes the reader is familiar with the basic Macintosh skills such as opening files , clicking, dragging, manipulating windows, etc. If you need help with these items, please read your Macintosh user manual before continuing. A. License Information You have the rights to use and distribute this program under the conditions described in sections B and C below. If you do not agree to these terms you must immediately destroy all copies of SoundBuilder in your possession. You need not register the program, but if you do you will receive a valid serial number. When …