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File contents
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Background SoundTracker ModulePlayer v1.04 30-Aug-1990 17:23
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Coding & design by ALT_Man
This little module will play the specified Amiga-soundtracker module until
told to stop. It allocates space from the RMA to fit the module in so it's
best to be at the supervisor '*' prompt when you load tunes. Use *PM to load
the PlayerModule.
Start a tune going using: *PlayMod <modulename>
where <modulename> is the name of an Amiga soundtracker module. From version
1.00, automatic selection of 15 or 31 instrument format is performed.
Note: Using a *PlayMod while one tune is playing will cause the first tune
to be stopped and the second one loaded & started.
Stop a tune playing with: *PlayStop
Show information about a tune with: *PlayStatus
This shows song name (not filename!), 15/31 instrument format, tune length, and
module length.
Set channel separation with: *PlayStereo <0|1>
Where 0 is Archimedes channels (slight bias left/right so tunes can be heard
out of single-speaker archies) and 1 is Amiga channels (full left/right).
Sample rate is currently fixed at 29Khz per channel. Takes appx 25%-ish CPU
time.
Contact points:
Voice: (0749) 72234 (ask for Hugo)
(0831) 444192 (VodaFone)
Data : (0749) 679794 (300-2400 - 1 line )
(0749) 670030 (300-HST/V32 - 2 lines)
Email: Prestel - 045847608, CIX - altman
Snail: Hugo Fiennes, Burcott Manor, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1NH
Have fun, y'all!
ALT_Man
Version 1.03
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- If you have problems with modules giving address exceptions: it is probably
that the player can't work out what format the file is in: if the player finds a &78 (decimal 120, ascii 'x') at position &1D7 in the file it loads, it
assumes it is a 15 instrument file. If you have 15 instrument files without
this byte, load an editor (eg !Edit) and find byte &1D7 (decimal 471) using
f5, and key [copy] (to delete that character), and then [x] (must be
lowercase, this is the hex &78). Then the module will play just fine.
Version 1.04
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- Just got filetype allocation from Acorn. Official filetype for
soundtracker modules is now &cb6.
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From vers| 000002c0 69 6f 6e 0a 31 2e 30 30 2c 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 |ion.1.00, automa| 000002d0 74 69 63 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 |tic selection of| 000002e0 20 31 35 20 6f 72 20 33 31 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 | 15 or 31 instru| 000002f0 6d 65 6e 74 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 69 73 20 70 |ment format is p| 00000300 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 2e 0a 0a 4e 6f 74 65 3a |erformed...Note:| 00000310 20 55 73 69 6e 67 20 61 20 2a 50 6c 61 79 4d 6f | Using a *PlayMo| 00000320 64 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 74 75 6e 65 |d while one tune| 00000330 20 69 73 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 77 69 6c 6c | is playing will| 00000340 20 63 61 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 | cause the first| 00000350 20 74 75 6e 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 74 6f 20 62 | tune. to b| 00000360 65 20 73 74 6f 70 70 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 |e stopped and th| 00000370 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 6c 6f 61 |e second one loa| 00000380 64 65 64 20 26 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a |ded & started...| 00000390 53 74 6f 70 20 61 20 74 75 6e 65 20 70 6c 61 79 |Stop a tune play| 000003a0 69 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 3a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ing with: | 000003b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2a 50 6c 61 79 53 | *PlayS| 000003c0 74 6f 70 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |top | 000003d0 20 20 20 20 20 0a 0a 53 68 6f 77 20 69 6e 66 6f | ..Show info| 000003e0 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 61 20 |rmation about a | 000003f0 74 75 6e 65 20 77 69 74 68 3a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |tune with: | 00000400 20 2a 50 6c 61 79 53 74 61 74 75 73 0a 54 68 69 | *PlayStatus.Thi| 00000410 73 20 73 68 6f 77 73 20 73 6f 6e 67 20 6e 61 6d |s shows song nam| 00000420 65 20 28 6e 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 21 |e (not filename!| 00000430 29 2c 20 31 35 2f 33 31 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 6d |), 15/31 instrum| 00000440 65 6e 74 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 2c 20 74 75 6e 65 |ent format, tune| 00000450 20 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 2c 20 61 6e 64 0a 6d 6f 64 | length, and.mod| 00000460 75 6c 65 20 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 2e 0a 0a 53 65 74 |ule length...Set| 00000470 20 63 68 61 6e 6e 65 6c 20 73 65 70 61 72 61 74 | channel separat| 00000480 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 3a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ion with: | 00000490 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2a 50 6c 61 79 53 74 65 72 | *PlaySter| 000004a0 65 6f 20 3c 30 7c 31 3e 0a 57 68 65 72 65 20 30 |eo <0|1>.Where 0| 000004b0 20 69 73 20 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 63 | is Archimedes c| 000004c0 68 61 6e 6e 65 6c 73 20 28 73 6c 69 67 68 74 20 |hannels (slight | 000004d0 62 69 61 73 20 6c 65 66 74 2f 72 69 67 68 74 20 |bias left/right | 000004e0 73 6f 20 74 75 6e 65 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 |so tunes can be | 000004f0 68 65 61 72 64 0a 6f 75 74 20 6f 66 20 73 69 6e |heard.out of sin| 00000500 67 6c 65 2d 73 70 65 61 6b 65 72 20 61 72 63 68 |gle-speaker arch| 00000510 69 65 73 29 20 61 6e 64 20 31 20 69 73 20 41 6d |ies) and 1 is Am| 00000520 69 67 61 20 63 68 61 6e 6e 65 6c 73 20 28 66 75 |iga channels (fu| 00000530 6c 6c 20 6c 65 66 74 2f 72 69 67 68 74 29 2e 0a |ll left/right)..| 00000540 0a 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 72 61 74 65 20 69 73 20 |.Sample rate is | 00000550 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 66 69 78 65 64 20 |currently fixed | 00000560 61 74 20 32 39 4b 68 7a 20 70 65 72 20 63 68 61 |at 29Khz per cha| 00000570 6e 6e 65 6c 2e 20 54 61 6b 65 73 20 61 70 70 78 |nnel. 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Then | 00000900 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |the module will | 00000910 70 6c 61 79 20 6a 75 73 74 20 66 69 6e 65 2e 0a |play just fine..| 00000920 0a 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 31 2e 30 34 0a 2d 2d |.Version 1.04.--| 00000930 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 2d 20 4a 75 |----------..- Ju| 00000940 73 74 20 67 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 74 79 70 65 20 |st got filetype | 00000950 61 6c 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |allocation from | 00000960 41 63 6f 72 6e 2e 20 4f 66 66 69 63 69 61 6c 20 |Acorn. Official | 00000970 66 69 6c 65 74 79 70 65 20 66 6f 72 0a 20 20 73 |filetype for. s| 00000980 6f 75 6e 64 74 72 61 63 6b 65 72 20 6d 6f 64 75 |oundtracker modu| 00000990 6c 65 73 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 77 20 26 63 62 36 2e |les is now &cb6.| 000009a0 0a 0a |..| 000009a2
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