AWE SOFTWARE WE LOVE
Last update: 20 Dec 95
This has never been a complete list of all programs available for the AWE, and now it's not even close.
I haven't had the time required for checking out and reviewing all programs out there, but I don't think
that's too bad - other AWE Web sites have quite a lot of program references and other stuff. There's only
one program here right now, one that I can't live without. No serious AWE-musician can live without it.
CONTROL SOFTWARE
- AWE32 VIRTUAL BANK MANAGER (AWEVBANK)
An excellent piece of code by Markus Eisenstoeck / Megota Software (megota@ping.at).
Finally we have an advanced and useful replacement for the original AWE Control Panel, all wrapped up in a nice and
comfortable Win95-style user interface.
Idea: you create virtual banks by picking desired instruments from different SBKs. This way the unwanted
instruments of an SBK won't be sent to the AWE, so you save a lot of memory. Quick and easy browsing makes it very
easy to find the right sounds from your hundreds of SBKs. "Normal" SBK loading and recalling is of course possible.
In addition to that, you can choose which effects to use along with the Virtual Banks. And the coolest thing
of all - you can create your own custom effect settings in the FX-Factory! You're no longer
bond by Creative's simple GS-compatible effects - both reverbs and choruses can now be tailored after your needs.
Try it out and you'll see that the Effects Engine is far more versatile than it has seemed to be so far. Big
thanks go to Vince Vu alias Judge Dredd who originally sfound out how to tweak the effect.
This program now comes bundled with a MIDI Sysex interface written by Mathias Hjelt / Murexware (yep, that's right).
This addition makes it possible to load Virtual Banks by sending sysex messages to the driver. In combination
with the "auto-send" function of a sequencer, this allows you to automatically have the right instruments
loaded and right effects selected as soon as a song is loaded. No more need to click around in the control
panel when changing songs, no more waste of AWE RAM!
Download and feel the power of real software for real musicians! It's available on
Megota Software's homepage.