AWESET:(1)

📦 version 0.5.2, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 AWESET:(1) — the AWE32 manual, but it's a group chat 💖

okay so bestie, aweset lives in the AWE32 manual, section one, and it is exactly the little tool you want when you're fiddling with your awe sound driver. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

aweset: — set controlling parameters of awe sound driver

that's the whole job description, and honestly? iconic. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so like, aweset -- control awedrv parameters. it's giving driver whisperer. 🧚

ver.0.5.2 copyright (c) 1996-2003 by Takashi Iwai

the usage is literally this, copy it exactly bestie:

usage: aweset [-options] command [argument] ...

and then the options:

🌈 options:

  • --help, -h — print help message. your safety net fr fr 😭
  • --verbose, -v — verbose mode. it will yap. we love a yapper. 🗣️
  • --file=config, -f — read commands from file. load up your little command stash from config 📂

🌸 COMMANDS 🌸

here's the format, so you know what you're reading:

name (abbrev) argument : description

and here's every single one, no skipping, i promised:

  • init (i) — argument: --- — initialize AWE chip and state. the factory reset moment ✨
  • exclusive (e) — bool — exclusive note mode (default:on)
  • realpan (p) — bool — realtime panning change (default:on)
  • gusbank (g) — value — GUS-instrument bank number (default:0)
  • keepeffect (k) — bool — keep effect controls after clearing voices (default:off)
  • zeroatten (z) — value — zero attenuation level (default:32)
  • chnprior (C) — bool — channel priority mode (default:off)
  • modsense (m) — value — modulation wheel sense (default:18)
  • defpreset (P) — value — default preset number (default:0)
  • defbank (B) — value — default bank number (default:0)
  • defdrum (D) — value — default drumset number (default:0)
  • toggledrum (a) — bool — accept to change bank on drum channels (default:off)
  • newvolume (n) — bool — Win-like volume calculation method (default:on)
  • chorus (c) — value — chorus mode (default:2)
  • reverb (r) — value — reverb mode (default:4)
  • bass (b) — value — equalizer bass level (default:5)
  • treble (t) — value — equalizer treble level (default:9)
  • debug (d) — value — debug mode (default:0)
  • panexchange (x) — bool — exchange panning direction (default:off)
note that the abbrevs are case sensitive bestie — C is channel priority, c is chorus. do not mix those up, i am begging 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • sfxload(1) — go read that one too, the crossover episode 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. 🫶

the AWE32 driver and utilities were written by Takashi Iwai <iwai@dragon.mm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>. the actual legend. bow down 👑

and that's the whole thing, bestie — this page is from awesfx 0.5.2, dated August 2019, and it's a whole mood. go tweak those parameters, you main character 🦋✨💖

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