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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual

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USER’S MANUAL

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SP-1

Sounds Sequences Sound Catalog••

2 Librarian

SP-12 Librarian for E-mu System’s SP-12™

and SP-12 Turbo digital drum machine lets

you save and load sounds and sequences in

a fraction of the time by using your Apple

Macintosh

computer.

Sounds, songs, and song segments can be

named to help organize your work. Also, the

SP-12 Librarian’s

Sound Catalog

keeps

track of your entire SP-12 sample library, so

you don’t have to!

And of course, the Sound Catalog can be

printed at any time to document your library.

So can sound files and song files, too.

The SP-12 Librarian for the Macintosh.

We’re putting power in your SP-12.

Version 1.2

Contents

Welcome ............................................................................ 2

About This Manual ............................................................. 2

System Requirements ........................................................ 2

Hardware Setup ................................................................. 2

Installing the SP-12 Librarian ............................................. 2

Disk Optimization ............................................................... 3

Summary of SP-12 Librarian Features............................... 3

The First Time You Use The SP-12 Librarian .................... 4

Using The SP-12 Librarian With MultiFinder...................... 4

Using The SP-12 Librarian With System 7......................... 4

Color Monitors and Multi-Monitor Setups........................... 4

How Much Memory is Enough? ......................................... 4

Learning The SP-12 Librarian ................................... 5

Creating A New File ....................................................... 5

Saving Sounds or Songs................................................ 5

Loading Sounds or Songs.............................................. 5

Creating The Sound Catalog.......................................... 6

Using The SP-12 Librarian......................................... 7

The “File” Menu

New............................................................................ 7

Open .......................................................................... 7

Close .......................................................................... 7

Save ........................................................................... 7

Save As...................................................................... 7

Page Setup ................................................................ 8

Print............................................................................ 8

Quit ............................................................................ 8

The “Edit” Menu

Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear ................................... 8

Preferences................................................................ 8

The “Catalog” Menu

Show Catalog............................................................. 9

Add Sounds To Catalog............................................. 10

Define Category ......................................................... 10

Set Category .............................................................. 10

Sort By File................................................................. 11

Sort By Category........................................................ 11

The “Windows” Menu

Available (1st four items)............................................ 11

View Names............................................................... 11

View All....................................................................... 11

SP-12 Link.................................................................. 12

Using a Sound File....................................................... 13

Using a Sequence File................................................. 15

Using The Sound Catalog............................................ 16

Behind The Scenes...................................................... 17

Messages And Errors ................................................. 18

Software License Agreement & Limited Warranty ............. 23

Summary of content (23 pages)

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| W a t e r ’ s E d g e S o f t w a r e SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Contents “SP-12 Librarian” and “SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual” Copyright © 1989-93 Steve Makohin Macintosh® System Software is protected by various Apple ® copyrights. SP-12 Librarian APPLE COMPUTER, INC. (“APPLE”) MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE APPLE SOFTWARE.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Welcome System Requirements Installing the SP-12 Librarian Years after its initial release, E-mu System’s SP-12 is still one of the best drum machines around. The combination of great sounds and ease of use, for which E-mu is famous, has made the SP-12 a noteworthy drum machine even by today’s standards. To use the SP-12 Librarian, you need: SP-12 Librarian arrives on one 800K floppy disk (or a 400K disk if requested).
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Disk Optimization Summary of SP-12 Librarian Features This section deals with creating extra space on your 800K floppy disk. If you are using 400K floppy disks only, or if you have a hard disk, you can skip this section. Disk optimization is optional reading. General • SP-12 data is saved on Macintosh disks (floppies, hard disks, optical disks, removable disks, just about anything) • SP-12 Librarian saves and loads files a lot faster than a 1541 disk drive.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual The First Time You Use The SP-12 Librarian Using The SP-12 Librarian With MultiFinder How Much Memory Is Enough? The SP-12 Librarian assumes that you are using a 1 megahertz MIDI interface attached to the Macintosh’s modem port, since this is the most common configuration. If this describes your MIDI setup, you may skip the remainder of this section.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Learning The SP-12 Librarian Learning The SP-12 Librarian This section, Learning The SP-12 Librarian, deals briefly with saving files, loading files, and compiling the Sound Catalog. It is a summary of information found throughout the User’s Manual, and is intended to get you running in the shortest possible time. Learning The SP-12 Librarian contains key concepts that must be understood when using the SP-12 Librarian. We recommend that all users read this section.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Learning The SP-12 Librarian Creating The Sound Catalog What Should You Read Next? The SP-12 Librarian’s Sound Catalog is an index of your SP-12’s sample library. It contains the following information for each sample: Sample Name, Location (ie: the SP-12 button, such as “User 1” or “Tom 3”), the File Name in which the sample is located, the sample’s Category (ie: Toms, Cymbals, Effects, etc.), and the sample length in seconds. It does not contain the actual sample data.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using The SP-12 Librarian This section details all aspects of SP-12 Librarian use, starting with the menus. In-depth explanations for sound file windows, sequence file windows, and the Sound Catalog can be found later in this section. File menu: New New is used to create a new (blank) file.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using The SP-12 Librarian File menu: Page Setup Page Setup lets you define a number of printing features, such as the size of paper you print on and the orientation of the document on the page. Details can be found in your “Macintosh Owner’s Guide.” Page Setup applies to the active window only. The active window must be a sound file, sequence file, or Sound Catalog. Each file has its own Page Setup settings.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using The SP-12 Librarian Auto-Close Link Report Font Auto-Close Link is used to automatically close the SP-12 Link under certain circumstances (see the Windows menu’s SP-12 Link for details on the link). The illustration below shows the Auto-Close Link preference: Report Font is used to select the font family and font size that is used to print all SP-12 Librarian documents. The selection made in the Report Font preference applies to all files, not just the active window.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using The SP-12 Librarian Catalog menu: Add Sounds To Catalog Add Sounds To Catalog is used to add the active window’s sample information (but not the actual samples) to the Sound Catalog. The Sound Catalog is updated with RAM sample information only (not ROM). This command is dimmed and cannot be selected if the active window is not a sound file.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using The SP-12 Librarian Catalog menu: Sort By File Windows menu: View Names Windows menu: View All Sort By File is used to sort the Sound Catalog by sound file. The Sound Catalog window must be active to select this command. A check mark ( ) appears to the left of Sort By File if the Sound Catalog is sorted this way. A sound file can be displayed in two different ways: (1) sample names only, or (2) all information.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using The SP-12 Librarian Windows menu: SP-12 Link SP-12 Link is used to establish a link between the SP-12 and the Macintosh (it gets the two talking to each other on MIDI). The SP-12 Link is established for a single file at a time. You can equate this file with a 1541 disk, since the SP-12 reads from, or writes to this file in pretty much the same way it works with a 1541 disk drive, only a lot faster.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using A Sound File SP-12 The SP-12 Librarian’s sound files contain all the sample data sent by the SP-12, as well as the names and categories for each of the samples in that file. Sound files can be opened by using the File menu’s Open command.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using A Sound File Output Channel Number Tune/Decay Each sound is directed to one of 8 audio output channels on the back of the SP-12, as well as the “Mix” audio output. Each sound’s channel number can be seen in the “Ch” column when a sound window is in View All. If you click a sound’s channel column, a dialog appears as illustrated below: Each sound can be either tuned or decayed, as indicated in the “Tune/ Decay” column when a sound window is in View All.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using A Sequence File Using A Sequence File SP-12 The SP-12 Librarian’s sequence files contain all the song and segment data sent by the SP-12, as well as the names for each song and segment in that file. Sequence files can be opened by using the File menu’s Open command. Each open sequence file is represented by a single window, as illustrated below: The song and segment numbers correspond to the numbers used by the SP-12 (00 to 99).
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Using The Sound Catalog Using The Sound Catalog The Sound Catalog is a list of sample names compiled from various sound files. It does not contain the sample data itself, only the sample names (RAM samples only). You can think of the Sound Catalog as an index to your sample library. The Sound Catalog can be opened by using the Catalog menu’s Show Catalog command.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Behind The Scenes This section gives you a little background on how the SP-12 Librarian does its magic, as well as providing technical information for those who are interested. “Fail Safe” File Management Whenever the SP-12 saves sounds or sequences to an existing sound or sequence file, the SP-12 Librarian takes an additional step to ensure that the original data is not erased until a valid replacement has been obtained.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Messages And Errors Messages And Errors This section lists all the messages and errors you may encounter in the SP-12 Librarian. You will never see a majority of them. Use this section as a reference only. The only difference between a message and an error, is that an error indicates that something has gone wrong. The Macintosh will beep you when an error is reported. A message, on the other hand, just tells you what is going on.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual “File Name” could not be opened. File version can't be read by this application. The file, whose name is indicated by File Name , could not be opened because it was created by a newer version of the SP-12 Librarian. This error is a result of creating or updating a file with a newer version of the SP-12 Librarian, then using an older version of the librarian.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Messages And Errors Cassette/Disk NoDisk Connected This message appears only on the SP-12’s control panel. The SP-12 is not communicating with the SP-12 Librarian. Make sure your MIDI network is set up as described on page 2, check the MIDI cables, make sure the SP-12 Librarian application is running, make sure that the relevant file is open on the Macintosh and that the “SP-12 Link” window is open.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Insufficient memory to open “File Name”. There is not enough memory available to open the file whose name is indicated by File Name. This problem will occur only when memory is severely limited. Close any open desk accessories and try again. If this doesn’t work, quit the SP-12 Librarian. If you are not using MultiFinder or System 7 and disk caching is on, turn it off (via the Control Panel desk accessory).
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Messages And Errors Reading was terminated. I/O error. The SP-12 had to stop reading the sound or song file because a serious disk error has occurred. Your disk, or disk drive could be damaged. Quit the SP-12 Librarian and restart the Macintosh. Try the same operation again. If you can’t reproduce the problem, it was probably just a temporary glitch. Keep your guard up in case it happens again.
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SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual Software License Agreement & Limited Warranty This section is a copy of the Software License Agreement and Limited Warranty, which are printed on the sealed disk package: IMPORTANT! READ CAREFULLY BEFORE OPENING THE SEALED DISK PACKAGE. SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY This legal document is an agreement between you, the end user, and Water's Edge Software.