INTRODUCING: PATCHEZE
- a revolutionary patch management system -
- for owners of the Gravis Ultrasound -

What IS PatchEZE?

PatchEZE is an application for Microsoft Windows 3.1 that enables you to
select Ultrasound patches to use for each MIDI program number (or
instrument). Patches can come from any directory on your hard drive, and
there is NO need to exit Windows, or modify your ULTRASND.INI file.

How Does It Work?

Two directories are kept on your hard drive, one for all your normal Gravis
supplied patches, and one for your custom patches. These directories are
switched around so that at any one time your MIDI directory could contain
the Gravis patches, or the custom ones. Hence, you can still use other
programs (such as emulators like MegaEM) that require the Gravis patches.

PatchEZE performs patch copying (to the patch working directory for custom
patches) for you, and because TWO directories are kept, there is no need
to keep backups whatsoever.

Main Features

 + Advanced Patch Mapping
    - Click the "Map" button to map the currently selected
      patch file to the selected instrument. The patch will be
      copied to the patch working directory for you.
    - Click the "Gravis" button to use the default Gravis patch
      for the selected instrument.
    - The "Duplicate Mapping" menu selection lets you use the
      same patch for two instruments without having to "Map" it
      twice.
 + Patch Library Maintenance Features
    - Edit long (60 char) and short (16 char) descriptions for
      each patch. If you make correct use of this feature you
      won't need to always listen to a patch to know which one
      it is, or how it sounds.
    - Edit the instrument names that will be displayed to make
      them more appropriate if you have instrument patches not
      part of the General MIDI instrument set.
    - One of the suggested patch management systems can be 
      set up during installation.
    - Patch installation features make copying patches to special
      directories easy. Just click the "Install" button and the
      selected patch will be copied to whatever directory you
      have set for the selected instrument! If you use one of
      the suggested patch management systems, these will all
      be set up for you.
    - A handy "Zoom to dir" button is provided to instantly take
      you to the directory of patches you like to use for the
      selected instrument.
 + Patch Auditioning
    - Audition patches with an external MIDI keyboard, or 
      by using the "Audition" button and scrollbar.
 + Patch Sets!
    - Save your favourite patch mappings to a patch set file so
      that you can set up custom patches for certain MIDI songs
      just by loading the corresponding patch set!
 + Full Documentation
    - All the information you need to know on how to run PatchEZE
      is provided On-Line in a comprehensive help file.

Shareware

PatchEZE is not free, but it also isn't expensive. Actually, for all the
features it provides, it is very inexpensive shareware. It is free for
evaluation purposes only for the first 14 days, after which, you must 
register. Registration is only $A20 or $US15.

Where Can I Get It?

PatchEZE has been uploaded to the following FTP sites:

 archive.epas.utoronto.ca          /pub/pc/ultrasound/submit
 ftp.cica.indiana.edu              /pub/pc/win3/uploads
                                   (or check /pub/pc/win3/sounds)
 wuarchive.wustl.edu               /pub/msdos_uploads/sound

     File: P-EZE-10.ZIP
     Readme: P-EZE-10.TXT (same text as this post)

PatchEZE has also been posted, uuencoded and split into three files of less
than 64k each, to the comp.binaries.ms-windows newsgroup.

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