					El Belloto, Chile. May 3, 1999

DeFX plugin for Winamp v.0.92

Hi there, 

I am very proud to introduce this sound processor for Winamp 2.x
and higher. 

Features
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- Pitch Modulation, choose between Chorus or Flange, and set your favourite
  configuration, changing Rate, Depth and Amount of effect.
- Voice Removal, remove the center channel depending of the specified amount. Most
  singers record their voices on this channel, if so, the voice will be removed.
- Reverberation, make your music sounds like it were played inside a big room. 
- Pitch change, rise or move down the pitch of the song without affecting tempo.
- Balance, let's you hear only the left or right channel on both speakers.


Version history
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version 0.5 (the day after I know HER...)
- First version released.  Was called DSP plugin and it crashes on NT.
  It was done while I was ill, I haven't to go to work :)

version 0.8 (...some time later)
- Changed chorus/flange LFO to use a sinus waveform instead of triangular.
- Optimized voice removal
- Fixed bug that cause DSP plguin to crash on NT (on Win95/98 may be too)
- Now you can minimize or close control panel.

version 0.9 (the day I say 'bye' to HER...)
- Change reverb code to use fixed point math instead of floating point.
   (change from 80% of CPU use on my P200MMX to 31%)
- Reverb gain adjusted to avoid clipping on most cases.
- New effects... Pitch Change (experimental) and balance control
- Improved Control Panel.
- Better 'readme' file.

version v0.92 (...one day after that :)
- Added slider to control the amount of original signal used on reverb
  (suggested by my friend Rafael Ramirez)
- Added msgbox to avoid "configure" bug.
- Fixed Load/Save settings bug.
- Fixed right/left swap on balance.


Miscelaneous.
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- Many people are asking me about the voice removal effect.  The effect is quite simple,
  it only removes the center channel where most voices (also drums and basses) are
  recorded.  If I quit this channel, all the sound that is 'stereo' remains 
  untouched or amplified. The problem is... if the voice isn't recorded at the 
  mono channel, it can't be removed.
- If you want to save your settings, you must close the control Panel.

Installation instructions.
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Copy the DeFX.dll file to your "plugin" folder (by default, under "winamp" folder).
Launch winamp and press Ctrl-K, on version 2.0X of winamp select the tab "Misc plugins",
for newer versions (like 2.10, 2.20) select DSP/Effect.  On the "Sound
Processing" combo box, select "DeFX".  If you want to launch the Control Panel,
press "Configure" after selecting DeFX as your Sound Processing plugin.

Contacting the author (me!).
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If you want to contact me, write to fcatrin@hotmail.com.  I answer all the mails.
If you want to know about future updates, only send a mail with the subject
"I use DeFX" and you will be added to my users list.

Finally, thanks to all people supporting DeFX. Greetings from Chile

Franco Catrin L.
mailto:fcatrin@hotmail.com
http://members.xoom.com/fcatrin

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PD1:
Some suggested settings:
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chorus: rate 25%, depth 50%, level 40%, stereo
flange: rate 20%, depth 40%, level 100%, stereo
reverb: length 50%, level 60%, input 55%

PD2:
Of course, this plugin is totally FREE.  I hope it will be distributed always
with this 'readme' file.

PD3:
If you want to publish this plugin on any media, like a compilation CDROM, please
let me know.

PD4:
Some Greetings... to my best friend Max Celedon, 
and of course, from the distance to HER, Jessica.
