Freeverb - By Jezar at Dreampoint (http://www.dreampoint.co.uk)
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Welcome to FREE professional-quality reverb at last!
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It is already possible to get Professional Digital Multitrack with Automated Digital 
Mixing, along with top-notch, plug-in digital effects on your PC for just a few dollars, 
using the excellent "n-Track" software from http://www.fasoft.com

What frustrated me though, is the fact that it seemed impossible to buy professional
quality reverb for a decent price from anyone - let alone get it for free! Getting 
a good reverb for "n-Track" or indeed any other audio package, from the various 
online sources, could literally cost hundreds of dollars!

I wanted to adopt the same spirit as the author of "n-Track", and make high-quality
audio tools available at little or no cost to PC users, and the result is this - 
"Freeverb" - the first studio-quality reverb available for free.

Freeverb generates beautifully smooth reverb tails on any signal from drums to vocals.
Even when using the smallest "Room size", the reverb is still soft and pure and does
not "splatter" like even certain commercial units do!

And best of all, Freeverb is completely FREE. It does not cost you a penny. Please
feel free to distribute Freeverb to all your friends. You may distribute it any way
you see fit, provided that you only distribute the original ZIP file with this 
readme.txt document intact and unaltered.

FreeverbX is a DirectX audio effects plugin. If you require a version in VST
format, then you can download Freeverb VST from the dreampoint web site.

Visit http://www.dreampoint.co.uk to make sure you have the latest version!
And visit http://www.fasoft.com for a Digital Multitrack package for a few dollars!

HOW TO USE FREEVERB
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If you are updating a previous installation, just copy the contents of the FreeverbX folder over the contents of your previous FreeverbX folder.

If this is your first installation of FreeverbX then, after unzipping freeverbx.zip, move the "FreeverbX" folder to a place where you will ALWAYS keep it, and then double click on one of the two "activate" files, depending on what system you have. FreeverbX should then be available to your favourite DirectX enabled audio applications. Do not move the FreeverbX folder after installation. "Activate" assumes that windows is installed in C:\ if this is not the case then edit the . Future versions will have a more friendly installer. I just haven't learnt how to use InstallShield yet. Sorry.

Once you have loaded up Freeverb into your audio software, then simply use "Room size" 
to get the size of the room you want, and use the "Damping" control to get the softness of sound that you require. The "Mix" controls the blend between original and effected sound.

That's it!
I hope you find Freeverb useful.

Very best wishes,
Jezar,
Technology Consultant
Dreampoint
http://www.dreampoint.co.uk


These release notes written: 03/05/2000

APPENDIX A - SOFTWARE LICENSE
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The Freeverb software and accompanying materials in the ZIP file that this readme.txt
is packaged in, is Copyright(c) 2000 Jezar @ Dreampoint, and you have no intellectual 
property rights over the software. However you are hereby given a licence (at no cost) 
to use and distribute this software as you see fit, provided that you only distribute 
the original ZIP file which includes this readme.txt file.

APPENDIX B - DISCLAIMER
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This software is provided "as-is" with no warrantees of any kind. The software has
been checked for defects, but is not guaranteed to be error free. The software is
provided at no charge, and therefore neither Jezar nor Dreampoint can accept any
liablity from your use - or inability to use - this software. The software is
supplied in good faith as a gift. Please treat it as such, and use it entirely 
at your own risk. Jezar the author, has no association with either FASoft 
but I do recommend the n-Track software. 


APPENDIX C - VERSION HISTORY
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03/05/2000 Version 1.02 - Fixed operation under DirectX Mono Mode
02/05/2000 Version 1.01 - Fixed UI problems with saving/loading settings
01/05/2000 Version 1.00 - First DirectX version.


APPENDIX D - Known issues
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None currently


APPENDIX E - Acknowledgements
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Freeverb VST was created using the Steinberg VST development kit.
FreeverbX was created using the Cakewalk DirectX wizard.
Thanks must go to both of these companies for making the development
of plugins such an easy task.
All trademarks acknowledged.

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