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Sometimes, I run across something that I feel
deserves a quick message to everyone.
Such is the case with Brian Marinari's
Guitar Effects Program
Imagine a 80k size program that can generate guitar
effects just like a rack processer costing hundreds
of dollars more.
This software runs on a 486/100, 4 Mb RAM, Windows
3.1+Win32s,3.11,95,NT.
It will provide chorus,stereo-reverb,flanger,128 bands
equaliser,wah-wah,hi/low pass filters, distortions
toolkit and noise gate.
Connect your guitar to the sound card input and you
are ready to go.
It uses your soundcard as the amplifier, or preamp, if
you want to connect to your standard guitar amplifier
And the best part is... You can get a free copy at
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~bmarinar/realtime.html
I might as well let Brian tell you about the program
-Jim
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As its name suggests, the Realtime Audio Effects software
lets you apply professional-quality audio DSP effects to
audio signals via your PC and soundcard. Any source from
which your soundcard's mixer allows you to record, such
as MIDI, CD, Line In, and Mic, can be heard with reverb,
chorus, distortion (tube and solid state), flanging,
EQ (not implemented yet), noise gating and more!
Requirements: At least a 486/100 (it may work with less
than this, try it and let us know), a hardware or software
full duplex soundcard, and a 32-bit Windows (Win 3.1
with WIN32S, Win 95--haven't tried NT yet, if someone
wants to try and let us know)
The current version on this web site allows all these
effects (except EQ--coming soon) and should work with all
Win32 compatible soundcards. However, as one user pointed
out, Windows isn't very friendly with full duplex operation.
Currently, the program uses Windows API calls that make
the program compatible with all sound cards. However, this
overhead introduces about 0.5 second delay between input
and output. This shouldn't affect users who use the software
for DSP effects on their CD or MIDI output, but for others,
such as those looking for guitar effects, it may not
be acceptable.
So we are working on a version that uses the driver
more directly, allowing us to eliminate this delay.
It is already working on one type of soundcard-- those that
use the Crystal Semiconductor CS4232 chipset. This is a
cheap, good quality soundcard (some can be found for $30!)
that has hardware full duplex capability that works well
with our software as it is.
In addition, many cards (including some Creative Labs
cards) do not implement full duplex well for this kind of
situation. In the future, we may sell CS4232 soundcards
ourselves as a package with the low delay software.
Even for those who already own a sound card, use of an
additional CS card and a pass through cable will allow
recording using recording programs like Cakewalk Pro
Audio without interfering with the effects program.
Please let us know what you think of this idea in the
feedback section. of our pages at
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~bmarinar/realtime.html
-Brian Marinari
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