RaceFX Version 5.0

RaceFX™ Sound Effects Player for Pinewood Derby, Space Derby, Raingutter Regatta and other similar races. RaceFX is a sound effects player which will add excitement to the racing atmosphere of your Pinewood Derby®, Awana® Grand Prix, Space Derby®, Raingutter Regatta and other similar races. RaceFX is very easy to use and is highly customizable.

RaceFX is not just for use at races! It can be customized for any circumstance where easy triggering of sound effects is required. This software has been used at parties, fire safety demonstrations, a U.S. Navy Submarine museum, a TaeKwon Do exhibition, radio shows, and more.

Key Features:

Sounds

• Lots of Sounds - Plays an almost unlimited number of sounds effects clips. You are only limited by the amount of screen space to display them.
• Packaged Sounds - 75 different sound effects are provided free of charge with the player.
• Customizable Sound Buttons - Any of the sound buttons can be configured to play any WAV, MID, MP3, AIF, AIFF, AU, or WMA sound files that you have. You can also replace any of the button images with BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, PNG or WMF images of your own.
• Playing Sounds - Play any sound effect with a click of a mouse or the use of a keyboard shortcut. Keyboard shortcuts are customizable (with exception of the Dashboard screen).
• Hide Sounds - Individual sound buttons can be hidden to limit the player to just the sounds that you intend to use at the time.
• Loop Sounds - Continuously play a sound clip. Sound effect will repeat until you stop it or play another sound effect.
• Overlap Sounds - You can play multiple sound clips simultaneously.

Sound Categories - Sound Categories are used to organize your sounds into groups.

• Customizable Categories - Create any number of sound categories. Any number of sounds can be added to a sound category.
• Hide Categories - Only display the sound categories that you intend to use at the time.

Dashboard - The Dashboard is a compact version of the main screen. It is fully re-sizable and customizable and can even stay on top of other programs, like our GrandPrix Race Manager™ software.

Play List - Tell a story with your sounds.

• Select a list of sound effects to be played in sequence.
• You can have the play list continuously repeat, if you wish.
• Create as many play lists as you wish.

General

• Data Files - You can create data files to store your configuration of categories and sounds. Create multiple data files, each tailored for a different purpose (e.g. one for Pinewood Derby, one for Space Derby, and one for Raingutter Regatta).
• Screen Background Color - You can further personalize RaceFX by changing the screen background color of the Main and Dashboard screens.
• Adjust Volume/Balance - You have easy access to your PC's sound and balance controls to allow for quick adjustment.

A portion of the profits from this software are donated to our local Awana club. Awana® is an international organization which seeks to teach girls and boys about the Gospel of Christ and to train them to serve Him through bible verse memorization, bible teaching, games, and other activities.

RaceFX is a trademark of Lisano Enterprises, LLC.
Awana is a registered trademark of Awana Clubs International.
Pinewood Derby and Space Derby are registered trademarks of the Boy Scouts of America.
Windows and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Registered users of any previous version of this software are eligible to purchase the upgrade. Anyone purchasing an earlier version of this software within 90 days of the newest version being released can contact us for a free upgrade.

What's New with Version 5.0:

Categories and Sounds Setup

• Implemented auto save upon leaving a row.
• Implemented better undo and redo capability.
• Improved the ability to copy and paste data into the data tables.
• Added ability to print the data in a table.
• Improved image processing.
• Miscellaneous other improvements to data entry.

Dashboard

• Added ability to rearrange the order of the sound buttons.
• Added ability to hide everything but the sound buttons (menu, toolbar and shortcut keys) for a more compact display. Screen features can be accessed via a right-click menu.
• When the toolbar is hidden, a Stop button will be displayed to make it easier to stop sounds.
• Added ability to play sounds from Dashboard Setup screen.

Play Lists

• Added ability to define an unlimited number of play lists.
• Added ability to use sounds more than once on a play list.

General

• Added "Always on Top" option to Main screen.
• Added ability to show the Play List and Dashboard at the same time.
• Other changes to increase the robustness of the software.

Version 4.0 Changes

Screenshots:

To view the RaceFX screen shots, click on the images below to enlarge.

Main Screen	Setup Screen (Sound Categories)	Setup Screen (Sounds)
Dashboard Screen	Dashboard Setup Screen	Play List

Minimum Software Requirements:

• 700 MHz Pentium III or better CPU
• Windows® 2000 SP3; 32 or 64 bit versions of XP SP2, Vista, or 7
• Internet Explorer® 5.01 or above
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• Sound Card
• 12 MB of hard drive space
• 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended)
• 800x600 screen resolution

RaceFX Downloads:

Download Version 5.0

Version 5.0 Updates

Previous Versions and their Updates

Download Version 5.0

Important Notes:

• If you do not have a serial number to unlock the software, it will run in Demo Mode. The demo mode has some limitations on it, but you should be able to sufficiently evaluate the software. Once you purchase a license and receive your serial number, you will be able to unlock all of the software's functionality.
• Serial numbers are product and version specific. You cannot use a serial number from one of our other software products or for a different version of RaceFX.

Prerequisites:

For Windows 2000 and XP Users: The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 needs to be installed in order to run this software. Download the appropriate file based on whether you are running a 32-bit or a 64-bit version of Windows. If you are not sure if you are running a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) version of Windows, check here.

Version 5.0 Files:

Operating System	Approx File Size	Download
Windows 2000 SP3, XP SP2, Vista, or 7	6.5 MB

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