Specifications
converter 1.5
2000 - 2005 urr Sound Technologies Inc.
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disk i/o
Root : disk i/o
[ Alt+Escape – F5 ]
Program files store all the midi processor programs, audio, gameport and mouse settings, input source
configurations, several of the global system settings as well as the custom viewpanel settings. These
program files are stored in the same directory as the converter software; the program files are identified
by their ‘.set’ extension. A feature of converter is that the current program is automatically saved at exit
into the file
default.set
, and immediately re-loaded upon re-launching the program – so if the same
system configuration is always used, converter is always ready to operate immediately.
load program
Allows the selection of a program file (.set) to be loaded for operation. There is no support for directory
hierarchies in the load function – all ‘programs’ have to be stored in the same directory as converter
itself (not great but that feature is (hopefully) most likely not necessary)
This menu can be directly accessed at any time by pressing [alt]-[L].
save program
Allows you to save your programming work - useful feature! Just type in the filename (the filename input
box doesn’t allow you to use your own extension - .set is automatically added to the filename) and
press enter.
This menu can be directly accessed at any time by pressing [alt]-[S].
turn midi logfile on/off
Enables or disables the continuous storage of all input or generated midi data messages to a file called
logfile.txt
in the same directory as converter. This text file can be loaded in any text file viewer
(such as Edit under DOS or Notepad under Windows), and its contents are formatted in the same way
as in the scrolling message textbox on screen. This feature is best left off, and is merely provided for
those using converter as a means to debug midi message streams generated by other midi devices, or
some other type of technical work.
Note that this feature is unavailable when converter is being run from a floppy disk due to the inherent
lack of speed of the floppy disk drive – converter must be run from a hard disk for this function to be
visible.