Please write your questions, critics, and suggestions for the next version here (encouragements are welcome too
). That way it will be easier for me to keep track of them and address the issues that might pop up. To keep in mind:
1) Blip is a stand-alone application only, so don't try to run it from your host
.2) If you get an error and can't run Blip, you are probably missing dlls. Please install this (it's small):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en
that way, you will be sure to get everything you need to run Blip, and other Windows programs using the same Dlls.
3) To get a sound from Blip you will first need to create your kit, i.e. associate a sound with each row of the grid. Then you can press on play and start composing / drawing in real-time.
To create a kit, select wave files in the kit editor (little drum icon).
You can either select files manually, or select a whole folder to fill the kit automatically in one click. You can also ask Blip to choose samples randomly on your hard disk for some crazy loops, or ask it to slice a long wave into 64 shorter samples and assign them.
If you don't know what Blip's icons are for, simply hover over them, and a short hint is displayed at the bottom of the window.
4) sound quality (i.e linear / quadratic interpolation or truncation for lowfi) can be selected in the settings window.
5) Make sure to read the pdf documentation as a lot of shortcuts and tricks are available to use the program.
Thanks,
Nicolas
