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Beltower Player


Striking recordings can be shared widely and replayed/analysed with the player.   Beltower Player is a stand-alone application which can be freely downloaded and re-distributed.   Recordings of up to 16 bells, up to 50,000 rows, including free-strike mode, can be played and displayed in the striking report.   You can amend the bell sounds and the call and method voices, play-back on the front 6, back 6 or whichever, and you can also output to MIDI, the same as in Beltower.   See Re-Playing and Assessing your Striking

Screen Shot 1

  shows imperfect striking with the 2 and 3 striking particularly poorly, up to 70% out, and the fault assessment of the band as a whole.   It also shows the play-back cursor on the current row, and the row number in the status bar.   The blue and black numbers indicate the independent hand/back strokes of each strike.
Beltower Player Mixed

Screen Shot 2

  shows maximus with perfect striking in Windows Vista.   The method name is shown in the status bar as soon as it is called.

You can scroll to any row (now using the mouse wheel as well), and play-back from there.


The player can be ordered and supplied on CD or downloaded for free, below.   The latest version of Beltower includes all the features of the Player.
Beltower Player Bristol

Recent Improvements



Version 3.00 - Vista Ready


Beltower Player and Generally
  • WIN-VISTA:   amended default file locations for Windows Vista
  • FOLDERS:   segregate WAV files by Bell/Call/Method, add new DataPath folders for Recordings and User WAV files,   display shortened UserName\Documents paths,   improve default folder selection, include Documents folder,   improve file access validation incl CD/network,   add relative file links in DAT for Documents
  • RE-PLAY:   add menu item Stop replay
  • SHORT-CUTS:   add opt create short cuts on DeskTop and StartMenu for moved/renamed DAT files
  • SOUND SETTINGS:   enhanced highlight current bells
  • GENERALLY:   use distinct default folder for Player,   improved error messages,   bug-fixes in all areas
Help
  • WIN-VISTA:   convert to HTML c/w Contents,Index,Search,   convert www text to weblinks
  • FILES HELP:   updated/improved locations, search order and short-cuts
Installation
  • FOLDERS:   add user selectable data folder,   improve path selection and messages
  • SHORT-CUTS:   add DAT file parameter, create shortcut on desktop
  • UN-INSTALL:   improve uninstall
  • SAMPLES:   adjust BSR links to WAVMethod/Call,   add PlainH.wav to Player CD
  • INSTALL:   HTML Help where IE3+ exists,   sort/group files by destination

Version 2.00

  allows independent hand/back strokes,   shows row number in status bar,   mouse-wheel scrolling,   new opt start play-back part-way,   speed-up re-display,   Details Editor now maximizable,   allow ringing behind settings dialogs, with apply and continue,   MIDI: all banks: add opt patch bell sounds, all channels, staccato, opt Apply Now,   WAV: new common path button,   improved error messages,   auto-resume after menus,   add popup context menu,   show file name in title bar

v2.01

  has improved TenorAs validation and a missing DLL warning

v2.02

  will sound Look To... on earlier OSs and has improved Read_Me and Setup

v2.03

  enables called stages (eg. Triples) - (WAV calls only included with installation package)

v2.04

  has improved menu width detection

v2.05

  has improved Sound Settings messages and validation,   improved DAT file validation,   asks if overwriting Beltower DAT file,   and (CD only) extended WAV files to avoid missed strikes with high speed ringing   eg. when raising or lowering

v2.06

  bell sounds stop naturally on End key

v2.07

  improved warnings and auto-adjust SoundTenorAs

v2.08

  Sound Settings: indicate selected bells according to SoundTenorAs and number of bells recorded

v2.09

  improved message icons

v2.10

  Sound Settings: improve highlight selected bells v2.08 for 256 colour display,   Generally: improve messages for 640x480 display,   DAT now v9B to match Beltower v9.13

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