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PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE FILE BEFORE RUNNING THIS DARKWARE APPLICATION.
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~BATTERY ACID~
V.11.22.05
(C)2005 DARKWARE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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CONTENTS:
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1. PRACTICAL USE FOR BATTERY ACID
2. HOW TO USE BATTERY ACID - CONTROLS
3. HOW TO USE BATTERY ACID - TIPS
4. !CAUTION!
5. DISCLAIMER - YOU MUST READ THIS

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1. PRACTICAL USE FOR BATTERY ACID:
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Stereophonic Distortion
Stereophonic Bit Reduction
Stereophonic Wave Shaping
Alternative Audio Destruction
REALLY pissing off your neighbors

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2. HOW TO USE BATTERY ACID - CONTROLS:
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The controls on Battery Acid's GUI are not labeled, but yet, they are! By leaving your mouse cursor over a particular control, hovering, soon a pop-up description will appear telling you what said control does.

EFFECT BYPASS TOGGLE:

For immediate wet/dry comparisons.

DRY/WET MIX:

For getting that perfect balance between source and affected.

OVERALL VOLUME:

I have no idea what this does.

WAVESHAPERS:

These are the "green graph" looking things.  By grabbing the vectors (the squares on the line) and moving them around you can increase or decrease the frequency range said vector controls.  The lower vectors control bass, the highers the highs... just like an EQ yep!  This can be used slightly for subtle distortion or massively for gargantuan shredding.

FILTER RESONANCE:

Set the resonance of the filter.

FILTER CUTOFF:

Set the cutoff of the filter.

DISSOLVE AMOUNT:

How much do you want to dissolve the audio? This slider lets you decide. FEEL THE POWER! YOU ARE A GOD OF DESTRUCTION!

MELT AMOUNT:

How much do you want to melt the audio? This slider lets you decide. FEEL THE POWER! YOU ARE A GOD OF SLITHERY SULFURIC ACID!

CORRODE SLIDER LEFT/RIGHT:

Controls the downsampler of the respective stereo field bitcrusher.

ERODE SLIDER LEFT/RIGHT:

Controls the bit reduction of the respective stereo field bitcrusher.

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3. HOW TO USE BATTERY ACID - TIPS:
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The biggest thing to know about Battery Acid is that subtlety rules the day.  Don't go apeshite with the controls, caress them gently, and they will give you better results as a reward for your respect of their sensitive pixels.

Mix and match!  Don't just use only one effect... Battery Acid has FIVE different effects inside of it... Waveshaping, Bitdeduction, Filtering, Melting, and Dissolving!  Use a little bit of each to get that "special" level of desecration.

Battery Acid really likes "bassy" sounds, and long sustained sounds... these sorts of source material will lend to more acidic pleasure than, say, a quick clap or cowbell.

Don't forget the dry/wet mixer.  If you are after a certain sound, yet it all seems too overbearing... this is the slider you're searching for.

If it sounds too "grating" remember to use the cutoff, or turn down the resonance!  Grating sounds are a side-effect of all bitcrushers... or, um, the good ones at least. ;)

DO NOT IGNORE THE PRESETS! STUDY THEIR SETTINGS... MUCH TEACH YOU THEY CAN.

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4. !CAUTION!:
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WHEN EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW AUDIO APPLICATIONS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS DO SO AT LOW VOLUME LEVELS TO ENSURE UNDAMAGING DECIBEL THRESHOLDS FOR YOUR AUDIO MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND COMFORTABLE LISTENING LEVELS FOR ALL LISTENERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE APPLICATION BEING TESTED.

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5. DISCLAIMER - YOU MUST READ THIS:
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BY RUNNING ANY DARKWARE APPLICATION YOU ARE RELEASING DARKWARE AND ITS CREATOR FROM ANY LIABILITY CONCERNING POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM, OR ANY ILL EFFECTS OTHERWISE.  NEITHER DARKWARE NOR ITS CREATOR CAN THEREFORE BE HELD RESPONSIBLE SHOULD THE END USER FIND ANY DARKWARE APPLICATION TO BE UNSATISFACTORY OR DAMAGING.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS DISCLAIMER DO NOT RUN ANY DARKWARE APPLICATIONS AND ERASE THEM FROM YOUR STORAGE MEDIA IMMEDIATELY.