Bhajis Loops v1.6 Installation guide

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Thanks for using Bhajis Loops! You will learn in this document how to install the different files required to use Bhajis Loops on the PC as well as on your Handheld device.

Installing Bhajis Loops on your Handheld

  1. If you use a PalmOS 5.0 Clié without streaming sound (ie a Clié of the NX/NZ/TG series), please download and install MCA2.
  2. Remove any older version of Bhajis Loops present on your handheld.
  3. Install the database Bhajis Loops.prc on your handheld. This is the main application database.
  4. If you want to install PioopiooPlayer, a free, redistribuable song player, install the following database: PiooPiooPlayer.prc.
  5. If you want to use AudX effect plugins, install all the databases in the plug-ins directory. Note that if you want to install the plug-ins on a memory card, you must install the files in the directory to /PALM/Programs/AudX/
  6. If you want to use a collection of standard GM-ready samples, install the databases GMinstruments and GMdrums, located in the GMBank directory.
  7. If you plan to install your application on the memory card and use the conduit, you will still need to install BhajisStub in RAM. This program does not appear in the launcher.
  8. If you have removed an older registered version, you will have to register again using the same registration code, and possibly re-set the preferences of the program.

 

Registration

When you purchase the application, a registration code will be given to you. Open the "About..." dialog box (Opt or Options / About menu command) and tap on the "Register" button. You can now enter your registration code (18 letters, all lowercase).

 

Installation of the conduit on a windows (98, 2000, XP) PC

Open the directory conduit and click on the conduit installer.bat icon. This will run a small script that will copy all the required files in the HotSync directory. Then, you can remove all the .exe and .dll files of the directory - they are safely copied in the HotSync directory.

SynchroPoolp.exe and SynchroPoolp.dll are the main conduit files. As for the other dll, they are PC versions of the plug-ins allowing you to render songs using plug-ins on the PC.

Finally, if you have WinAMP installed on your PC, you can copy the library in_bhajis.dll in your WinAMP plugin directory (usually, C:\Program Files\winamp\plugins). This plug-in will allow you to play Bhajis Loops songs on your PC!

 

New features of the version 1.6

Sample editor

A new option, "Auto play samples in sample loader" allows the automatic preview of samples in the sample loader dialog.

Modified samples can now be exported as .wav files.

A new tool is available to directly draw on-screen the waveform.

A vu-meter has been added in the "Record" dialog.

Samples can now be directly loaded from SF2 SoundFonts. Note: This function applies to the samples used in the SoundFont ; not to the patches/instruments.

 

Instrument editor

Copy/Paste functions have been added. It is now easy to clone an existing instrument.

Instruments can be layered, and mapped to specific note ranges.

64 instruments are now available.

A new high-pass filtering section has been added to each instrument, which can be combined with the existing low-pass section for interesting effects.

The filter cutoff can now be controlled by the LFO for "growl" or "sweep" effects.

The LFO now offers different waveforms (ramp, square wave, sine wave).

 

Pattern editor

A pattern library function allows you to quickly store and retrieve most frequently used patterns.

A new Flam effect, similar to the "note retrigger" of older sound trackers has been added.

 

Arrange window

An optional grid display is available. Useful if you want to pretend you are using a spreadsheet program!

New random words have been added to the title generator.

A new Microtuning dialog box allows the modification of the tuning of each note of the scale - useful for ethnic or historic musical experimentents!

 

Live mode

A new (visual) alarm function has been added - useful when you need to limit the duration of your performance.

A new "Warp" feature has been added, allowing you to specify transition rules between sections. This is particularly interesting if you are using Bhajis Loops as a backing machine.

 

Mixer

The mixer architecture has been redesigned to support 4 effect buses (+ a master effect), Mutes, and Solos.

Global vu-meters can be displayed in the top-right corner of the mixer view.

 

Playback engine

A "mono mixdown" option is available - if you want to listen to your song through only one earphone.

Several optimization has been added to the mixing engine, in order to increase polyphony.

 

Miscellaneous

A playlist has been added to the external player Pioopiooplayer! This application also has a new user interface.

Many Bug Fixes on T5 / Zodiac, and other devices supporting multiple VFS volumes.

The "Restore last screen" and "Save when quitting" options have been merged in "Restore last session".

The preference dialog has been redesigned.

The support of the Clié JogDial has been improved.

A bug has been fixed in the display of the color selection dialog.

The Load/Save dialog now has "Create directory" and "Remove directory" commands.

 

Plug-ins

Chorus, Phaser, Pitch-shifter plug-ins have been added, as well as a nasty buffer lock / software crash effect (Venetian Snares, Kid606 or Fennesz, watch out, we're coming!)

 

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