THE RAMTRACKER V1.0 - HARD USER MANUAL + TROUBLESHOOTING
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ON LINE
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IN THE EDITOR YOU CAN ALWAYS PRESS ? FOR ON LINE HELP !

basic keys:

PRESS   F1 - to start/stop music
        F2 - continue
       ESC - main menu : load music and a BRIEF HELP ! /in the event editor/
       ALT - for fast forward
CTRL+ENTER - switch between editing parts
       ESC - go backward


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INSTALLING THE RAMTRACKER(TM)
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-run START.BAT (it will automatically start the editor)


Now the RAMTRACKER engine has became tricky : the AWEUTIL (relocated in the 
editor) in this mode works very unstable. When you start RAMTRACKER it
detects the system's speed to do a right timing for the AWEUTIL (which
freezes when receives commands too fast) however it might not work properly
(before installing this speedtest routine the program seriously freezed on
several PENTIUMs). On the first page on the right bottom you can see a text:

                           DETECTED SPEED : 1107
             (This is can be varied over a very wide range)

If your system hangs during the usage of the editor, you should set the
SPEED MANUALLY:

type RAMV1P - XXXX

where XXXX is the speed you wish to run the RTRK with. In the case above
you should try with the number 1200 or 1300. 

Once you found the right speed, then you should set it into a .BAT file.

-COPY the POLYTUNE.SBK (the example soundfont bank) to the SFBANK directory
 of your soundcard's directory.

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WORKING METHOD
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RAMTRACKER(TM) V1+ is developed to work only with the SOUNDBLASTER 32 family.
UNLUCKILY NO FM SUPPORTED (BUT WE SUPPORT FM, CAUSE WE LOVE THAT!)

THIS TIME OWN SAMPLES ARE ALLOWED.

FOR OPL2/OPL3 FM BLOCK PLAYERS/TRACKERS YOU MUST SEEK FOR OUR EDITOR CALLED
AMC V1.0 (* NEXT RELEASE *)

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IMPORTANT NOTICES
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THE SOUNDFONT BANK FILES MUST BE STORED IN YOUR AWE32's DIRECTORY'S
SFBANK directory. The AWE32 directory must be set up in your AUTOEXEC.BAT 
- this is no problem if your installed your card fine.
(the line "SET SOUND C:\SB16" )

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TROUBLESHOOTING !
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1. INITIALIZATION FAULT

   - aweutil initalization fault : if you had no problems running the 
     first version of RAMTRACKER you won't have problem here neither.
     If you had you'll have to wait for the next RAMTRACKER V2 which
     is totally independent from the computer hardware.
     We found, that some computer mainboards doesn't allowe to feedback
     the midiport, and AWEUTIL can not handle the problem anymore, so nor
     the RAMTRACK.

2. NO PRODUCED SOUND:

   - boost the volume
   - no instrument selected (while typing in the sounds)
   - aweutil failed.

3. FREEZE / SYSTEM SHOCK

   - due to the AWEUTIL, the system might freeze. Creative Labs still couldn't
     fix it. We can not wait anymore for that, so we developed our own 
     driver, and it works 100% on all SBAWE32 with any computer.
     Save your music as many times as you can.
     Or wait for RAMTRACKER V2.0

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TECHNICAL HOTLINE
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Technical Hotline is available at the ABSOLUTE! LTD's BBS system called
HiT SPACE. Leave message here or E-MAIL to : JAYGRAFF@URSUS.BKE.HU.

SO, call : +36-1-252-0196

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HELP US !
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Good musicians wanted...Do some musics, send to us, and if you are good enough
you can get a BETA release of the SECOND version in order to help us doing
demosongs. 

We have also several people using ramtracker featuring for LIVE music !

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CONTACT CORNER !
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ABSOLUTE! Ltd. / RAMJET PRODUCTIONS
H-1141, BUDAPEST
Komcsy 1/b HUNGARY
Tel / Fax : +36-1-252-0196

BBS HiT SPACE : +36-1-252-0196 (22:00->06:00 in the TRIAL period)

E-MAIL : JAYGRAFF@URSUS.BKE.HU
