Welcome to the Dame. The Digital Audio Multilayering & Editing program initially made for the ST and now adapted to run on a Falcon without the need for external hardware. Install: The Dame does not use ,for flexibility- and speed-reasons , any filestructure to record music. It records music from the last partition of any harddisk-unit to the end of the harddisk , so , make sure the last partitions of all connected units are free. When you first start-up the program it will ask you if you want to install the program on a fresh unit. After this, it might sometimes be necessary to do an "Unsplit unit" (in the menu "Disk"). You can use up to 8 units. !!The internal harddisk in the Falcon is unit nr 4, scsi-unit 4 can therefore not be used. This version 3.2 can use 7 external scsi-harddisks of up to 1 Gb each. Bigger harddisks are supported but only 1 Gb is used. Technical: Connect a line-level signal to the microphone-input of the Falcon the following way: + ____ line-out --||--| |-- Mic-input The resistor has a value of 47K ÿÿÿÿ The Condensator is 10 uF/16V Set Input gain of the control-panel at 3. This way you can connect standard line-levels of CD-players or DAT-recorders to the Falcon. For those of you who are interested: the DC-offset of the A/D-converter is filtered-out by the DSP and the Bass-boost of the Headphone-output is compensated by a digital filter in the DSP. Software: Dame_clr.prg is the color-version. "Set my colors to your own personal taste in the control panel (Set video to 16 colors or higher). But don't make me look like a christmastree". The required resolution is min 640*400 (VGA,video,overscan,etc). Use the right mouse-button to show toolboxes. Arrows in icons always stand for writing information (or recording). ~~ in icons always stands for reading information (or playing). The total available recording-space of a unit is divided into sectors of 1.5 seconds each. So, the unit can be compared to a long tape. For the musicians among you (like me). The door is always exit or exit and restore. The thumb is always Ok and accept the choice. The [Return]-key on your keyboard is always Ok and accept (although you seldomly use your thumb to press [Return]). 3D-buttons only work from TOS-version 4.02 and higher. The decimal keyboard: [0] is play until end,[Enter] is play workblock, [.] is Stop. Second click on a play- or record-icon is Stop. The space-bar: play current take. Use click and/or double-click on all buttons or texts to change, drag or show things.... Use the left and right mouse-button to step through the sectors when the mouse is a left-right arrow. [Insert] is go to first possible, [Clr Home] is go to last possible. (Not very logical, but notice the keyboard lay-out). Use the up/down and left/right cursor-keys on your keyboard to single-step the slide or rectangle that the mouse is pointing to. Use the following sequence to record and play simultaneously: pause(pistol) / record / play. If the chosen range is stereo, the left channel will be recorded and the right channel will be played. If mono, the chosen range will be played at the right output-channel and the left input-channel is recorded in the chosen range. A Take is a defined piece of music on your harddisk. You can give takes a name in the take-list ( LIST ) or define takes "on the fly" with the "Flagplay"-icon ([Return]=define start, [Space]=define end and next start). Insert takes in the playlist with the according icon. Or use the [Return]- [Insert]- and [Delete]- keys when you're in the playlist. Use the alphanumeric keys on your keyboard to select takes you have given a name. You can use "Legend" to edit the unique parameters of each take such as the eq and volume in the playlist, 54 extra characters, Midi- parameter changes etc. The sample-frequency is 50 kHz or 34 kHz. No compromises, the A/D/A- converter is not really bad, but not good enough, as it is. All takes can be mixed, edited, effectuated(?) with All takes........ Effects are, for the moment, non-realtime. These effects were initially made for the ST. DSP-effects will be available soon. The filter-program now has realtime monitoring of the effect for accuracies to 1.5 at 50 kHz sample-rate if you click on "Draw actual filter". The DSP is too slow to use higher accuracies. Actually, the DSP56001 is a bit of an old-fashioned type. You can have a maximum of 96 takes per unit (or 8*96 with "Split unit") To mix a piece of music, create(delete) an empty (Master) space anywhere on your disk where you can mix All takes as many times as you like and even remove or change an already mixed take afterwards: The Multilayering. The "Pan" and "Vol"-slides are only used when you are mixing takes. The [Tab]-key shows the Play-list. With the playlist you can "soft-edit" with All takes of All connected harddisks. This share-ware version can only play a maximum of 2 to 4 takes in the playlist. The "pro"-version Playlist can contain a virtually unlimited number of takes. It is said that someone once made a Dame-playlist with over 600 items in it (and not just for fun). If you have closed the Edit-window: choose "Set unit" to show it again. If I have forgotten something (the other 1001 possibilities) I'M sorry. You have got a lot of instruments in the software , it is up to you what to do with it. The Dame is not an insult to the intelligence of the user. Software-availability: Dame without the playlist and archiving functions is shareware and can be copied freely. If you're using this program please pay 25 DM or the equivalent in your own currency to: OMT PO Box 522 6130 AM Sittard Holland You will then be registered. If you want some more information contact one of the persons below, or me, if you don't live in any of those countries. Dame is also available for the ST, but only with additional hardware in the maximum-of-possibilities-package (see below). For the Dame with playlist,archiving functions,manual,update-service, trouble-shooting,Professional Digital Input/Output, Chase-locking MTC-synchronisation etc. contact one of the following persons: In Holland: Technica Del Arte Andre Smeets Koning Clovisstr. 74 6224 GZ Maastricht In Deutschland: Stubnitz Gmbh Urs Blaser Ms. Stubnitz Marienehestr. 11 2510 Rostock 5 En France: Hubert Cuypers 11, rue Henri Gorjus 69004 Lyon In die Schweiz: Balthasar Jucker Weihergasse 20 3005 Bern