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- Renaissance'94 presents RMP - Renaissance Music Player
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- Copyright (C) 1994 by Renaissance
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- ■ Renaissance Music Player v1.20 - Coded By Daredevil of Renaissance
- ■ Music System Coded By StarScream & Daredevil of Renaissance
- ■ Setup program and documentation by Ryan Cramer of Renaissance
- ■ Player interface by C.C.Catch of Renaissance
- ■ Jolly FILE_ID.DIZ made by StarScream of Renaissance ;)
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- WHAT IS RMP?
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- RMP is Renaissance's latest module player. We feel that is our best ever
- and RMP has been designed to (hopefully) be one of the most accurate ProTracker
- players available! RMP also fully supports Scream Tracker ]I[ and Multitracker
- modules!
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- RMP was not designed to be a really fancy player full of countless features.
- Instead, we decided to focus on making the sound quality as good as
- possible. Judge for yourself, we think that RMP is one of the best sounding
- players available. In addition, we support a huge array of soundcards in
- native mode (see the feature list below).
-
- Primarily, RMP is a test of our new music system. We will not be adding a
- lot of useless features or releasing new versions every day. Please do not
- e-mail us asking for such things. However, we are dedicated to making our
- new music drivers the best that they can be. We are very interested in
- making sure that RMP works on all systems and soundcards. If you should
- have any difficulty with RMP on your system, please contact us! For
- information on contacting us, please see the file REN-94.NFO.
-
- Here are some of the most important features of RMP:
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- ■ Excellent sound quality!
- ■ Supports 4, 6, 8, and 16 channel MODs, S3Ms, and MTMs
- ■ Full accurate protracker support (Except effects E0 and EF)
- ■ Support for many soundcards including:
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- - Gravis Ultrasound
- - Soundblaster 1.x
- - Soundblaster 2.x
- - Soundblaster Pro
- - Soundblaster 16
- - AudioTrix Pro
- - Pro Audio Spectrum
- - Pro Audio Spectrum 16
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- ■ EMS/XMS support
- ■ Special tracking mode and instrument list mode
- ■ Extremely stable DOS shell
- ■ Coded in 100% 386 protected mode ASM
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- INSTALLING RMP
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- Installing RMP is a very easy process. Just follow these steps:
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- 1. UNZIP the RMP archive somewhere on your system, we recommend a directory
- called \RMP. If you are reading this, you've probably already done this.
-
- 2. Run the program RMPSETUP.EXE to configure RMP for your soundcard.
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- 3. You're all set! If you have any difficulties getting RMP to work on your
- system, please contact us at one of the locations listed in REN-94.NFO.
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- RMP KEYLIST
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- The following keys are available while using RMP:
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- Left Arrow/Page Up - Skip Back One Order
- Right Arrow/Page Down - Skip Forward One Order
- Up Arrow - Increase Master Volume
- Down Arrow - Decrease Master Volume
- F1-F12 - Master Volume (F1=20, F2=40, F3=60, etc.)
- Space Bar - Toggle Instrument Names Screen
- Enter - Toggle Tracking Mode On/Off
- D - Shell to DOS
- M - Toggle Debugging Mode
- 1-9,0 - Toggle Channels 1-10 On/Off
- ALT 1-6 - Toggle Channels 11-16 On/Off
- Escape - Quit to DOS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- RMP is distributed under the Shareware concept. You are granted a
- license to use and share it under the following conditions:
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- o RMP is not distributed in a modified form.
- o No fee is charged for RMP itself.
- o All references to the copyright and author are retained.
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- There is a no fee for this program.
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- This program and ALL FILES included in the archive are:
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- Copyright (c) 1994, Renaissance, All Rights Reserved.
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- LIABILITY
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- The author makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including
- without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness
- for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any damages,
- whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from a failure
- of this program to operate in the manner desired by the user. The author
- will not be liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused
- directly or indirectly by use of the program.
-
- When trying new software, always backup any and all important files on
- your system.
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- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
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- We recommend using RMPSETUP to configure RMP, however, you can also use the
- command line parameters as shown below:
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- Usage: RMP <Options> [MOD/S3M/MTM Filename]
-
- Options:
- /Cx Soundcard 0=GUS 1=SB10 2=SB20 3=SBPro 4=SB16 5=ATP 6=PAS 7=PAS16
- /Pxxx Soundcard Port
- /Ixx Soundcard IRQ
- /Dx Soundcard DMA
- /Sxxxxx Soundcard Mixing Rate
- /M Force Mono Mode (If configured for Stereo)
- /T Force Stereo Mode (If configured for Mono)
- /8 Force 8bit Mode (If configured for 16bit)
- /16 Force 16bit Mode (If configured for 8bit)
- /N No Display - Start In DOS Shell
- /R Start In Tracking Mode
- /Vxxx Master Volume (0-255)
- /A Disable Stereo Panning (Much Faster)
- /L Disable Song Looping (Exit To DOS At End Of Song)
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- WARNING: When using the command line parameters, please make sure that you
- specify ALL parameters related to your soundcard configuration, otherwise
- those values will be read from the RMP configuration program and may be in
- an undetermined state.
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- ADDITIONAL NOTES
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- RMP may not play all S3Ms and MTMs 100% correctly. RMP was designed to
- maintain full protracker accuracy but not everything from S3Ms and MTMs
- have been implemented. However, RMP does and will play the majority of S3Ms
- and MTMs correctly, if you come across any bugs or problems with the
- replay, please contact us so that we can fix it.
-
- RMP attempts to load modules into XMS or EMS. If no high memory is
- available, RMP will load the module into conventional memory.
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- RMP supports a maximum of sixteen channels. The actual music drivers can
- support more channels, but for the player we have limited it to sixteen to
- maintain the highest possible sound quality.
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- 16 bit DMAs may not work for the PAS16 and SB16. We are currently working
- on the problem, but we have not had many opportunities to test with these
- cards.
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- GREETS & THANKS TO PEOPLE WHO HELPED OUT
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- ■ GTG
- ■ Stefan Danes
- ■ Otto Chrons
- ■ Diablo
- ■ GodHead
- ■ Syntax Error
- ■ Necros
- ■ Leviathan
- ■ Nemesis
- ■ Tran
- ■ The Shadow
- ■ Vernor
- ■ Black Artist
- ■ Berky
- ■ WhiteFiend (Tell Steve thanks for the PAS16!)
- ■ All My Other Pre-Beta Testers
- ■ Sorry To Anyone I Forgot - Its Been One Hell Of A Month! =)
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