404 Companion by A.KASTNER A.K.A billyboy A.K.A Al Kay (c) 2008
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             "real shiftin' comin at ya"

VERSION History
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08/03/29 0.11beta
Corrected: lopitch button, which would give you only one file an octave above the original, now works as described
Corrected: changed the description of the lopitch/hitpitch to fit reality

08/03/28 0.1 beta

Basic functions working : file input, output directory, output name, hipitch, lopitch, 2octaves.
Basic GUI


Intro
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Ok, So this is basically a wrapper around a very cool program I found out on the net, "soundstretch"
The software does everything you'd want from a 404 in just 116 Ko, and more. The only thing is...

...there was no graphic user interface and you could only get one file per operation.

SO I learned VBScript "overnight", and less than a week afterwards, it is yours.

Operation
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It couldn't get easier.

Put the application and its folders wherever you wish. One cool place is on the root of your
CompactFlash Card, so wheerever there is a pc running windows, you can pitch shift !

You can run the app. 2 ways:

1. Fast "hardcore" method

-Put your wav file where the file "404 companion.hta" is.
-Rename your file to "input.wav"
-Run "404 companion.hta" by double clicking on it
-Choose your option : 

	- "Hipitch" Gives you 13 files from "output14.wav" (the pitch one semitone above the original pitch)
	  to "output25.wav" (doubled speed, sounding one octave higher).

	- "Lopitch" Gives you 13 files from "output01.wav" (halved speed, sounding one octave lower)
	  to "output13.wav" (original pitch...included for convenience).

	- "2octaves" Run Hipitch and Lopitch one after the other,
	  giving you two full octaves of 25 chromatically spaces samples.

1. Slow "userfriendly" method
- Select the wav file you want to pitch from the browser
- Select the folder you want your output files to be
- Select the name of your output files (if you enter "hitme", the result will be "hit01.wav" to "hitme25.wav")
- Choose your option as explained above, the resulting operations are exactly the same


Troubleshooting
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Q: The app runs ok, but I can't get no output
A: manythings may have gone bad : 	
					- the output files are "somewhere" inside your pc, 
					  but not where you expected them to be. Solution : search again
					- check first possibility again.
					- the file you selected is not a *.wav. Solution : be smart
					
Q: The app runs, but some strange sript error happens
A: Ok, the App is tested and tried, but there may be bugs. The most probable solution although is that 
   you are running Vista or windows 2000.  If not, well...I take no complaints anyway.

Q: The app does not start
A: Your not on a pc, or you you do not run windows...I take no complaints anyway.

Requests
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I take requests on sp-forums.com, thread   
 
SP-FORUMS Forum IndexSP-404 Tips 'n TricksPitchin'
 
Possible future features :
-One note pitch, "piano-like"
-timestretch, 
-pattern copy
-Sound copy

Contact
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Contact me through the sp-forums 
username : "billyboy"
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Legal shit
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This HTML application is provided "as is", I'm no responsible for the nasty shit
you could do to your system, files or hardware by using it. 
