All the latest changes will be at the BOTTOM of this file. I am too lazy to keep track of the exact dates, but they are pretty much in chronological order. [version 5 and before] Oh geeze, the last time I kept track of changes I made was back at like version 2, so I'm not even going to attempt to make a list of all that stuff. [eawp5up1] frenchrn.pat cut beginning of lowest sample to lessen volume swell trumpet.pat same as above trombone.pat same as above viola.pat same as above tremstr.pat same as above pizzcato.pat same as above slowstr.pat same as above [eawp5up3] accordn.pat new accordion from Andy Bakke newage.pat resampled with C-Spline interpolatoin acguitar.pat relooped bottom sample, very slight difference britepno.pat retuned 5th sample violin.pat retuned 2nd highest sample piccolo.pat don't remember ... [eawpats6] I deleted several no longer used patches, rearranged some directories. To conserve hard drive space, I recommend deleting any old distribution and extracting this one afresh. snap.pat new perc instrument snarerol.pat new perc instrument ocarina.pat don't remember ... scratch1.pat different patch scratch2.pat different patch whistle1.pat looped it whistle2.pat looped it highq.pat different patch surdo2.pat different patch agogohi.pat retuned agogolo.pat retuned woodblk.pat retuned voxlead.pat I think I remapped this one congalo.pat retuned congahi2.pat retuned congahi1.pat retuned marcato.pat removed the panning in the envelope ... ethnic\gong.pat new instrument ethnic\tabla.pat new instrument gsdrum25\revcym.pat new instrument mazpat\fx\steps.pat retuned? mazpat\fx\rainyday.pat relooped mazpat\fx\newstep.pat filtered noise from steps.pat, edited and relooped mazpat\fx\newtrain.pat mutant of train.pat, relooped and changed note sfx\creak.pat retuned? sfx\bubbling.pat changed note it's keyed to sfx\dialtone.pat new instrument sfx\meow.pat new instrument sfx\doggrowl.pat new instrument sfx\ghost.pat new instrument sfx\laugh.pat don't remember... sfx\firework.pat new instrument sfx\thunder2.pat new instrument sfx\ghost2.pat new instrument sfx\scratch2.pat different patch sfx\scratch1.pat different patch sfx\train.pat don't remember... default.cfg updated, still out of date... ultrasnd.ini updated, still out of date... gssfx.cfg new instruments, mapping fixes gsdrums.cfg lots of mapping fixes, new drum sets gravis.cfg lots of drum mapping fixes, various other stuff xgmap2.cfg lots of drum mapping fixes, etc. mt-32.cfg numbering fixes, patch name fixes proteus2.cfg various small fixes XG drums will sound A LOT better now than previous releases now that the mappings are correct! Regular drums will also sound a lot better, now that they are keyed to the right notes, tuned better, etc.. The drumsets have been improved a good deal overall, both in the patches and the .cfg files. The new sfx are also very good. [eawp6up1] acpiano.pat relooped many samples, they sound MUCH better britepno.pat relooped some samples, cut noise from one harp.pat added loops to top two samples mutegtr.pat +25% amp to top sample, is closer to other samples now pizzcato.pat adjusted sample amps for better balance within patch timpani.pat retuned, removed nasty part at beginning, relooped roll xylophon.pat removed 2 msec of silence from front of top sample, I doubt anyone can hear a difference gravis.cfg pizzcato amp=130 (adjusts for the latest patch edit) gsdrums.cfg fixed 3 typos: "gsdrums25" -> "gsdrum25" [eawpats7] acpiano fixed decay of highest sample xylophon old+new samples, slight discontinuity but better range steeldrum new bottom sample, sounds more realistic? charang new massivly overdriven guitar seashore new sound of waves breaking on shore ocarina new ocarina sitar decays faster now barisax new baritone sax, kept lowest sample from old one piccolo new piccolo harmonca old+new samples, sounds more realistic recorder new recorder woodflut new wood flute oboe old+new samples tenorsax new tenor sax sprnosax new soprano sax accordn remaped regions, smoother transitions between samples sfx/bubbles1 new bubbling sound effect sfx/machgun2 raised it an octave xgmap2.cfg changed amp for the new bubbles1 sound effect gssfx2.cfg same gravis.cfg tweaked amps (mostly brass and saxes) sndfont.cfg added lines to use the huge sf2 banks I have on 2 CDs, I got the banks from http://thesoundsite.ismi.net, most of the new samples came out of this stuff timidity.cfg no longer use sustain.cfg, you should use the -m option instead to set decays for pedal sustains eawpats.txt fixed typos, reworded a little bit drumsfx.txt changed a few things, not much difference here install.txt added recap of Win32 example install, changed example console flags and descriptions [eawp7up1] carillon Awave butchers some envelope content, so I restored the original envelope from the Midia set with a hex editor. The loop now decays as it is played, rather than maintain a constant volume. This sounds much better and more realistic. musicbox same as above woodflut changed range of highest sample, better transition gravis.cfg woodflut amp=80, it was too loud before. I may still need to balance the woodwind amps more. [eawp7up2] acguitar Raised volume of 3rd from top sample by 25%. Transitions between the neighboring samples are much better now, the volume no longer suddenly drops. I also filtered out most of the background hiss from the samples. Normally I wouldn't release an update with just a single patch, but since the acguitar is a fairly important instrument, I figured I'd go ahead and do it. I'm still not completely satisfied with it. If anyone has better samples, please send them my way. [eawpats8] britepno same envelopes as acpiano xylophon new tremstr new samples sweeper new seashore relooped glocken new syntom retuned, recentered toms retuned, recentered taiko retuned, recentered newage changed envelope, longer decay steeldrm new middle samples marcato new samples, better transitions, good improvement woodflut retuned all samples ocarina retuned all samples recorder retuned all samples acpiano new lower sample, replaced highest sample, +2 more high trumpet relooped 7th sample, retuned 8th sample, 6-7 ranges timpani disabled the loop newage resampled yet again with CORRECT C-Spline interpolation gravis.cfg various amp= changes gsdrums.cfg changed taiko note= to adjust for new note center eawpats.txt changed version number, moved stuff into install.txt drumsfx.txt changed version number, added a little at the bottom install.txt expanded it to answer more questions, READ IT [eawp8up1] englhorn transition between 2nd and 3rd samples is better charang old envelopes sounded bad, they are much better now bassoon lots of new samples, more realistic glocken 1st and 4th samples 25% louder newage I had forgotten to enable the loop... doh! xylophon lowered samples an octave..., merged in samples from older patch, removed dead space from ends of all samples marcato maximized amplitude of bottom sample (not much louder) woodflut loop of 2nd sample was slighty off for unknown reason gravis.cfg disgtr & charang amp=127, vibes amp=80 gssfx.cfg 98 vibes amp=80 for bank 72, (drum) bubbles1 note=48 xgmap2.cfg (drum) bubbles1 note=48 all cfgs added drum pans, taken from XG specs [eawp8up2] acguitar.pat BIG thanks go to Laurent Martelli for creating so many excellent samples to select from eawpats.txt added Laurent Martelli to the thank you list [eawpats9] sweeper.pat cut out 1st "hump", which was oversampled and had too much of a volume swell; sounds better in more midi acpiano.pat relooped 8th sample, adjusted it's range a little xylophon.pat removed the lowest sample, added 4 new low samples to take it's place and extend the usable range, tuned 3rd from top sample jazzgtr.pat new jazz guitar, samples from Marino 70 meg sf2 bank altosax.pat finally, better mid/high alto sax samples ^_^ !! gravis.cfg acguitar amp=155 (raised it by 5) jazzgtr amp=175 (new jazzgtr is softer than old one) fretless amp=175 (amp too high before, may still be?) altosax amp=115 (new altosax is softer than old one) [eawp9up1] recorder.pat retuned bottom sample marcato.pat changed several ranges, more "ugly" notes are avoided church.pat replaced bottom sample, thanks to Pavel Vrabec gravis.cfg charang amp=130 [eawpats10] Merged DRUMSFX into the regular EAWPATS archive acguitar remade patch from Laurent's samples, did a better job this time fngrbass all new samples, thanks to Tasos Tzimoro for pointing out how bad the previous patch was by sending me one of the new samples woodflut retuned middle sample, retuned top sample, recentered top sample on the correct pitch (oops), range of bottom sample raised one half step altosax relooped top sample to make it louder cymcrsh1 & 2 Tasos helped me tune/amp some old better samples I had passed over before because they had sounded odd nyguitar discovered ancestor of previous patch, edited it englhorn all new barisax added/replaced some new samples acbass hex edited in the envelope from fngrbass fretless hex edited in the envelope from fngrbass acpiano maximized amplitude of 7th sample raised bottom end of 7th range by one half step bassoon retuned 7th sample, adjusted lowest range, removed several samples, relooped a few to tune the loops sfx/windchim hex edited in the envelope from tubebell.pat gravis.cfg added amps for many cymbals, thanks again to Tasos newage amp=115 (was amp=120) xgmap2.cfg added needed keep=loop keep=env to sfx drumsets (oops) gsdrums.cfg tweaked a few amps copyrigh.txt further clarified that the patches should remain free drumsfx.txt nothing really new, just added some comments at top eawpats.txt added more people to thank, explained DRUMSFX merger install.txt organized a little bit better, added Win32 GUI fix patguide.txt lots of good advice from me on how to create patches [eawp10up1] new harpsichord, basses and epiano2 hrpschrd all new samples courtesy of John Sankey synbass2 new fretless new synbass1 different sample, old fngrbass relooped w/ new decay gravis.cfg changed most of the bass amps for better balance basslead back down to 100%, may still be too loud? changed conga pitches steeldrm back down to 100% now that basses are balanced cleangtr back down to 100% increased hihat and ride cymbal amps various other minor tweaks gsdrums.cfg changed conga pitches added Room drums into Brush set changed Tabla drum pitches in Ethnic set I really need better Ethnic drum and pitch guesses... Anyone with a SC-88 want to send me an mp3 of all of the Ethnic drums being played sequentially? xgmap2.cfg commented out badmaou, it sounded ... bad use new conga pitches, but -10 semitones for XG drums [eawpats11] recorder new low sample, adjusted ranges (new sample from http://www.soundfont.esmartmusic.com) tenorsax retuned 1st and 3rd samples tuba top 2 sample loop points from Unison SF2 bank, retuned pizzcato added release envelopes, lack thereof was causing pops frenchrn all new samples from Mustheory SF2 bank tubebell different envelopes (notes decay while on) slightly different samples from ancestor patch concrtbd Concert Bass Drum from General User SF2 bank choir lowered ranges one semitone for smoother transitions steeldrm replaced some samples with samples from http://members.1012surfnet.at/henry.kellner/dl02.html played by Andre Varkonyi timpani declipped the sample (source code for the declipper I wrote will be available soon, along with a Win32 .exe) harp top two samples didn't have correct envelopes gsdrum25/revcym new reverse cymbal from Ricky (last name unknown) xgmap2.cfg XG conga pitches are correct now for all sets correct revcym pitch gravis.cfg reedorg was way too loud, may still need tweaking adjusted several brass amps adjust steeldrm amp for new samples repitched congas timpani amp=200 (declipping halved most of the sample) gsdrums.cfg use new concrtbd for all the concert bass drums; repitched congas corrected the tabla pitches (based on bongos/congas); BIG thanks go to Pedro Lopez for sending me an mp3 of the Ethnic set from his SC-88 which I will use to overhaul the Ethnic set in a future release correct revcym pitch eawpats.txt updated thanks [eawpats12] Not a lot new, but the britepno is quite nice englhorn retuned all the samples britepno all new, thanks go to Jeff Medaglia acpiano much shorter release accordn remapped the ranges sitar changed envelopes again marimba changed envelope eawpats.txt updated thanks