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  Sample info window: (Shortkey s)

  Pressing  the S-Button will, if samples are supported (see module types)
  open a new  window called the sampleinfo  window. The samples are  always
  saved in signed IFF-8SVX format.

  From left to right it will display the number of the sample,  name,  size
  in  bytes,  type  of  the  sample  and  whether  it's  placed in chip- or
  fast-memory.

  The sample can be of these different types:

  XX - it means that it's a sample with the sample bit XX.
  AM - Synthetic voices (Amplitude Modulation)
  FM - Precalculated synthetic voices (Frequency Modulation)
  HB - Sample used as a synthetic voice (HyBrid)
  AL - AdLib sound used in S3M modules
  WS - WaveSample. Same as hybrid samples, but these  can be played in  the
       sample window. Used in Art of Noise.
  ?? - Unknown type
  -- - No sample

  If the type is typed in bold it means that the sample is unsigned.

  The sampleinfo window is not only a display/info window, you can actually
  use it to accompany your favourite modules. You can do it in two ways:

  1. Pause  the  module  (in  the  main  window) and use your mouse, or the
     keypad,  to  select a sample. Then you can use your keyboard (like in
     Protracker) to play the sample at different notes, ranging from C-1 to
     B-3.  Like  in  protracker you can use F1 and F2 to change whether the
     z-key  should  be a C-1 (default) or a C-2 note. Note that if a sample
     has the volume set to 0, then it will be played with a value of 64.

  2. Turn off one  of the sound-channels and, like before, choose a sample
     with the keypad or with the mouse. Then use the keyboard to accompany
     the module.

  Multichannel Mode:
     Per default  APlayer will only play  the sample in one channel. But if
     you   press  "DEL"   (the  Delete  key)   in  the  sampleinfo  window,
     multichannel mode will be enabled.
     If you are in pause mode, all the channels  which are ON will be used.
     If  you are  using the  accompany  function, the  OFF  turned channels
     will be used to play the samples.
     Please note that the number of channels used is  dependant of the used
     Player.

  The last function in the sampleinfo window is the little  disk-gadget  in
  the upper right corner of the window. Selecting a sample and pressing the
  disk-gadget will open a requester which will let you save the  sample  as
  an  8SVX  soundfile with the samplerate 16574 (in pal) or 16726 (in ntsc)
  which is the C-3 note. Pressing "return" will do the same.
  If you have the Multi Sample Saver Agent present in  your agent list, it
  will pop up to give you much more options on how to save the sample

  Instead of using the keypad or the mouse, you can use the keyboard.

  If you want to stop the playing sample NOW! then  you  can  hit  the  "<"
  which is placed on the right side of the left shift key.


  NOTE: Not  all players support  the sample info window, and therefore not
        the  sample-save  and  accompany  functions. (see Module types for
        more info)