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ProTracker/QTM effect information                 � 1993/4 Phoenix/Qunatum
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   The following 2 tables list the various effects avaible in ProTracker
type songs. Table 1 lists the standard effects (0-F), and table 2 lists the
'E' commands/effects.

   Table 1 - standard ProTracker commands/effects
   ----------------------------------------------

   00 - Arpegio                         08 - <not used>
   01 - Pitch slide up                  09 - Set sample offset
   02 - Pitch slide down                0A - Volume slide
   03 - Tone portamento                 0B - Jump to sequence
   04 - Vibrato                         0C - Set volume
   05 - Tone portamento + volume slide  0D - Pattern break
   06 - Vibrato + volume slide          0E - Various, see table 2
   07 - Tremelo                         0F - Set speed / tempo


   Table 2 - 'E' commands/effects
   ------------------------------

 * E0 - Set filter                      E8 - <not used>
   E1 - Fine pitch slide up             E9 - Retrig note
   E2 - Fine pitch slide down           EA - Fine volume slide up
   E3 - Glissando control               EB - Fine volume slide down
   E4 - Set vibrato waveform            EC - Note cut
   E5 - Set fine tuning                 ED - Note delay
   E6 - Pattern loop                    EE - Pattern delay
   E7 - Set tremelo waveform            EF - Invert loop

   * The 'Set filter' command can't be implemented on the Archimedes
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000001b0  41 72 70 65 67 69 6f 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |Arpegio         |
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00000320  6d 65 20 73 6c 69 64 65  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |me slide        |
00000330  20 20 30 45 20 2d 20 56  61 72 69 6f 75 73 2c 20  |  0E - Various, |
00000340  73 65 65 20 74 61 62 6c  65 20 32 0a 20 20 20 30  |see table 2.   0|
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000005f0  0a                                                |.|
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