New Features and Updates!


The Whoop It Up! icon can now be hidden from the desktop. 
Just open Whoop It Up! and click the Hide Icon box.


Random events
You can assign random sounds to any system, generic, or application event. 
Whoop It Up! will select a different wave file to play each time that event 
occurs.

To assign random sounds to events

     1.Choose which event type you wish to configure sounds for by choosing 
       one of the first three pushbuttons.
     2. In the Events list, select the event that you want to assign a random
        sound to. 
     3. In the Files list, select <random>. 

To choose the subdirectory Whoop It Up! selects random files from:

     1. Choose the Random... pushbutton.
     2. Select the subdirectory for random files from the list box.

Additional troubleshooting tips!
These are based on frequently asked questions. If you have any problems with 
Whoop It Up!, please review this (and your manual) before calling tech support.
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When I run Whoop It Up! after installation, no sounds appear in the SOUNDS 
window!
        Whoop It Up! must be "taught" where to find the sound assigned for each
        event. You may have to maneuver through the disk directories to find 
        the location of the files. If you used the default installation 
        directory, they will be in  \WHOOP\SOUNDS.Select an event you wish 
        to assign a sound to. Use the scroll  bar to scroll to the bottom of 
        the sounds window. You will see the drive designations [A],[B],[C],etc.,
        and the Root Directory. [..] Double click on the [..], then look for 
        the WHOOP directory. Double click the WHOOP directory and you should 
        see a SOUNDS sub-directory. Double click on that and all of the sound 
        files should appear. Click on the desired sound to finalize the 
        selection.

How do I use the preset assignments?
        There is a file on installation disk#1 called WHOOP.INI which you can
        copy into your Windows directory. This file will pre-assign all system  and     generic events. If you do not use the preset WHOOP.INI file, then WHOOP IT UP!  will create an unassigned file when you run the application, requiring you to   assign the desired sounds to each event.
        It is recommended that you use the supplied WHOOP.INI file. If a
        WHOOP.INI has already been created in your Windows directory by WHOOP 
        IT UP!, simply overwrite it.

How do I make Whoop It Up! run automatically when I start Windows?
        The easiest way is to place Whoop It Up! in the StartUp program group.
        Windows will automatically run any program it finds in the Startup 
        group. To do this:
        Click the Whoop It Up! program icon in your AudioClips program group 
        to select it, then select (in Program Manager) File, Move.
        You can use the scroll bar to select the Startup Group. Once the
        selection is made, click the OK button to finalize the move.

How do I make Whoop It Up! run minimized? - I don't want it opened when it runs.
        Click the Whoop It Up! program icon in your AudioClips program group to 
        select  it, then select (in Program Manager) File, Properties.
        You should see a "Run Minimized" box. Click it - an "X" should appear
        in the box. Click to OK button to finalize the procedure.

Some sounds "stutter" - why does this happen?
        This most frequently occurs on overlay driven programs like Nortons
        desktop or Wordperfect for Windows. As various overlay modules are 
        swapped in and out, Whoop responds to each as if it were an autonomous 
        program, thus triggering multiple generic events and their 
        corresponding sounds. The easiest way to remedy this is to use the 
        "Application" feature in Whoop It Up! to "silence" any executable               programs other than the main overlay manager of the offending program.  Do      this by selecting the program under Application, then setting the sound for     each event to NONE.

I have a previous version of AUDIOCLIPS already installed on my hard drive, 
and I want to install a different AUDIOCLIPS title also - what do I do?
        These .WAV files are compressed with a special audio compression 
        utility which achieves efficiencies far superior to conventional 
        compression.
        For those who may have a previously installed version of AudioClips,
        a batch file is provided on the disk (DECOMP. BAT) to automate
        decompression and installation of the Audioclips sound files only.
        Simply type DECOMP <destination drive> and optional drive and path 
        if you do not want the files copied to \WHOOP\SOUNDS.
        (Be sure to run the batch file from the install disk!)
Example:
 DECOMP C:   -  this will install the files onto your C: drive, in the
                directory \WHOOP\SOUNDS that was created by your 
                original AudioClips(tm) install, assuming you used
                the default install directory.

To install to a different drive or path:
Example:
  DECOMP D: \NEWPATH\SOUNDS  - this will install the files onto your
                              D: drive, in the directory NEWPATH\SOUNDS,
                              or whatever directory you designate in the 
                              path. 
LEAVE A SPACE BETWEEN THE DRIVE LETTER AND THE PATH!

For those who may want to decompress single files, the syntax for invoking 
SONARCX.EXE is:

 SONARCX <compressed-file> [<decompressed-file>]

 The <compressed-file> requires the extension, if any.  If it
 is not in the current directory, then the full path needed to
 reach the file from the current directory is also required.

 The <decompressed-file> is optional.  If it is omitted, then
 the path and name of the output, decompressed file will be
 taken from the path and root name of the compressed file.
 In either case, the extension will be .WAV.

