SP-12 Librarian User Manual
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| Water’s Edge Software SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual “SP-12 Librarian” and “SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual” Contents Copyright © 1989-93 Steve Makohin Welcome ............................................................................ 2 Macintosh® System Software is protected by various Apple® copyrights. About This Manual ............................................................. 2 System Requirements ........................................................ 2 Hardware Setup ................................................................. 2 Installing the SP-12 Librarian ............................................. 2 SP-12 Librarian Disk Optimization ............................................................... 3 APPLE COMPUTER, INC. (“APPLE”) MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS Summary of SP-12 Librarian Features............................... 3 OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED Sounds • Sequences • Sound Catalog The First Time You Use The SP-12 Librarian .................... 4 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A Using The SP-12 Librarian With MultiFinder...................... 4 PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE APPLE SOFTWARE. APPLE Using The SP-12 Librarian With System 7......................... 4 DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY Color Monitors and Multi-Monitor Setups........................... 4 REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE How Much Memory is Enough? ......................................... 4 USE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ................................... 5 ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS OR OTHERWISE. THE Learning The SP-12 Librarian Creating A New File ....................................................... 5 ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE Saving Sounds or Songs................................................ 5 APPLE SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED BY YOU. THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED SP-12 Librarian for E-mu System’s SP-12™ Loading Sounds or Songs.............................................. 5 WARRANTIES IS NOT PERMITTED BY SOME STATES. THE ABOVE Creating The Sound Catalog.......................................... 6 EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. and SP-12 Turbo digital drum machine lets IN NO EVENT WILL APPLE, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES you save and load sounds and sequences in Using The SP-12 Librarian ......................................... 7 OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, a fraction of the time by using your Apple® The “File” Menu INCIDENTAL OR DIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS ® New............................................................................ 7 OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF Macintosh computer. Open .......................................................................... 7 BUSINESS INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF USE OR Close .......................................................................... 7 INABILITY TO USE THE APPLE SOFTWARE EVEN IF APPLE HAS BEEN Sounds, songs, and song segments can be Save ........................................................................... 7 ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME Save As ...................................................................... 7 STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY named to help organize your work. Also, the Page Setup ................................................................ 8 FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE SP-12 Librarian’s Sound Catalog keeps Print............................................................................ 8 LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. Apple’s liability to you for actual Quit ............................................................................ 8 damages from any cause whatsoever, regardless of the form of the action track of your entire SP-12 sample library, so The “Edit” Menu (whether in contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or otherwise), you don’t have to! Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear ................................... 8 will be limited to $50. Preferences................................................................ 8 The “Catalog” Menu And of course, the Sound Catalog can be Show Catalog ............................................................. 9 Add Sounds To Catalog ............................................. 10 printed at any time to document your library. Define Category ......................................................... 10 So can sound files and song files, too. Set Category .............................................................. 10 Sort By File................................................................. 11 The “SP-12 Librarian” is in no way affiliated with Sort By Category ........................................................ 11 E-mu Systems Inc., makers of the SP-12. The SP-12 Librarian for the Macintosh. The “Windows” Menu We’re putting power in your SP-12. Available (1st four items)............................................ 11 View Names ............................................................... 11 IMPORTANT! READ BOTH SIDES OF THE ENCLOSED View All....................................................................... 11 SP-12 Link.................................................................. 12 SEALED DISK PACKAGE BEFORE OPENING IT. Using a Sound File ....................................................... 13 Using a Sequence File ................................................. 15 Using The Sound Catalog ............................................ 16 Version 1.2 Behind The Scenes ...................................................... 17 Apple, ImageWriter, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Messages And Errors ................................................. 18 Finder and MultiFinder are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. MacDraw is a trademark of Claris International Inc. Software License Agreement & Limited Warranty ............. 23 MacPaint is a trademark of Claris International Inc. USER’S MANUAL MidiPascal is a trade mark of Altech Systems SP-12 is a trademark of E-mu Systems Inc. THINK Pascal is a registered trademark of Symantec Corporation Word is a trademark of Microsoft Inc. Water’s Edge Software Page 1 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 To use the SP-12 Librarian, you need: SP-12 Librarian arrives on one 800K floppy disk (or a 400K disk if best drum machines around. The combination of great sounds and • A Macintosh computer (512KE or higher, excluding the requested). The disk contains the SP-12 Librarian program and a ease of use, for which E-mu is famous, has made the SP-12 a Macintosh Portable, PowerBook, or Duo) System folder. The SP-12 Librarian is not copy-protected. To install noteworthy drum machine even by today’s standards. the SP-12 Librarian, do the following: • The Macintosh must have two floppy disk drives, or a hard In spite of the SP-12’s virtues, it was generally accepted that disk 1. Make a backup copy of the SP-12 Librarian disk, and store it in samples and sequences would be saved on a Commodore 1541 • Printer for the Macintosh (optional) a safe place. The backup disk must bear Water's Edge floppy disk drive. Although the 1541 is reliable and inexpensive (as Software’ copyright notice. disk drives go), it is also painfully slow. • A MIDI interface for your Macintosh with simultaneous MIDI in and MIDI out If you only have 400K disk drives: Welcome to the SP-12 Librarian, by Water's Edge Software. • 2 MIDI cables The SP-12 Librarian lets you use the power of your Macintosh to • You are now ready to use the SP-12 Librarian. Restart your • SP-12 drum machine Macintosh using the SP-12 Librarian disk as a startup disk. save sounds and sequences in a fraction of the time it takes a 1541 • The SP-12 Librarian program and User’s Manual disk drive. Numerous other SP-12 Librarian features help you If you only have 800K disk drives: organize your SP-12’s information, and present it in a professional manner. • You are now ready to use the SP-12 Librarian. Restart your Macintosh using the SP-12 Librarian disk as a startup disk. If you have a Hard Disk: 1. Start up your Macintosh using your hard disk as the startup disk. About This Manual Hardware Setup 2. Insert the SP-12 Librarian disk. 3. Drag the SP-12 Librarian icon from the floppy disk to your hard This manual is a comprehensive user’s guide for the SP-12 Librarian. The SP-12 Librarian, while communicating with the SP-12, disk. It details the installation and operation of the SP-12 Librarian, as well simultaneously processes incoming and outgoing MIDI information. Therefore, it requires two MIDI connections to operate. 4. Eject the SP-12 Librarian floppy disk. You are now ready to use as providing useful hints. the SP-12 Librarian. Several assumptions were made when writing this manual: Use the appropriate cables to connect your SP-12 to your • You are familiar with your Macintosh computer (hardware) and Macintosh’s MIDI interface. Although most 5-pin DIN cables such as related peripherals, such as disk drives, printer (optional), and those from Radio Shack will work, you should use high quality MIDI MIDI interface. cables available from your music store. • You are familiar with the use of your Macintosh, and are There are many ways to set up a MIDI network for various needs. accustomed to the various terms used to describe Macintosh The simplest