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- Short: Music player for KS2.0 or later, v1.32. Tons of features. GPL.
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- MultiPlayer 1.32
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- General-purpose multitasking player for music modules. Supports over
- 20 Popular module formats such as Protracker and MED.
-
- Provides volume, balance, and speed controls (with NTSC/PAL speed
- presets), both master and per-module.
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- Allows you to build module "programs" which are played in random order,
- in sequence, or only when you select them. Allows you to load and save
- these programs and use them like normal modules.
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- Allows module selection through two Workbench 2.0 AppWindows and
- AppIcons.
-
- Supports 2.0 commodities exchange so it can stay resident without any
- windows, and you can pop it up with a hot key.
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- Provides four optional, individiually selectable "flashy" windows: a
- standard note/volume spectrogram, a stereo waveform scope, a four-channel
- scope, and a miniature scrolling note display (looks like a tracker
- program, but you can't read the notes).
-
- Auto-detaches from the CLI and uses a custom overlay system for minimal
- memory usage.
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- Includes an ARexx port similar to that of RxTracker.
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- Compatible with any Amiga model, any processor, multitasks well, no
- special memory requirements.
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- Freely distributable with full source code under the GNU General Public
- License.
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- Supported Module Formats
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- MultiPlayer currently supports the following module types:
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- 15-instrument SoundTracker modules (most anyway)
- 31-instrument SoundTracker/NoiseTracker 1.3D modules
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- Protracker 1.0-1.1B modules
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- SoundTracker 2.6 modules
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- NoiseTracker 1.3D packed modules (with or without the embedded player)
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- NoisePacker 2.01 modules
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- Digital Sound Studio modules
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- StarTrekker 1.2 AM/FM modules (Extra '.NT' file required)
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- MED 3.00-3.21 and OctaMED/OctaMED Pro modules
- Note: Modules (MMD0, MMD1) only - not "Song&Samples" files.
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- Oktalyzer 4- and 8-channel modules
- Uses my own 8-channel play engine. 8-channel modules will
- be slightly higher quality on a 68020+ processor.
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- SoundFX V1.3 executable modules (Player V2.2)
- Will probably ONLY work with this version, since it does
- some run-time patching to make it play under MultiPlayer.
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- Future Composer 1.3 ('SMOD') and 1.4 ('FC14') modules
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- JamCrackerPro 1.0a modules
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- SoundMonitor 2.0 modules
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- SidMon 2.1 modules
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- Delta Music modules (two versions)
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- Mark II modules
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- Dave Whittaker modules
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- Face The Music modules (DO NOT COMPRESS!)
- This is very kludgy at best - you must have "PlayFTM:" ASSIGNed
- to the PlayFTM program file. (Didn't know you could ASSIGN
- to a file? Now you do!) The procedure involves loading the
- module, the external player, and then the module again. Ack!
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- Generic embedded-player modules that start with something like
- jmp init(pc)
- jmp music(pc)
- jmp end(pc)
- (Such as NoiseTracker 1.3 packed w/player modules)
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- AudioMaster III sequenced 8SVX sounds (mono only)
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- 'XMOD', 'AMOD', and 'GMOD' formats described in 'Formats.doc'
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- History (since 1.20)
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- 1.32 (R5, 14-Sep-92)
- Fixed a rather embarrassing bug that caused MultiPlayer to crash when
- a program was loaded as a module. (thx Jon Grout)
- Added Yet Another Compatibility Hack (YACH) to the Protracker player (ptsplay)
- to deal with old modules that stored repeat start in bytes instead of words.
- Added "Nasty Audio" feature in Prefs window, which makes MultiPlayer allocate
- auido channels at maximum priority: won't allow "beeps" and such above
- the music, and avoids conflicts with certain ill-behaved terminal programs.
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- 1.31 (R4, 23-Jul-92)
- Major source code cleanup; code no longer uses regargs.
- Eliminated overlay support (in preparation for a future metamorphosis...).
- Added NoisePacker 2.01 support.
- Fixed two SoundMonitor player bugs. (thx Teijo Kinnunen)
- Fixed infinite loop bug caused by "continue on error"
- feature. (thx Jeff Saffold)
- Fixed minor Guido bug that appeared in the program window.
- Added OctaMED Pro 4- and 8-channel module support. (thx Teijo Kinnunen)
- Added Cont gadget in control panel; Play gadget now restarts song. (sug Klinosky)
- Added Digital Sound Studio support (thx Jeff Booker)
- Fixed a nasty several-version-old bug causing hangs by certain combinations
- of actions in the Program window (especially load/save buttons).
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- 1.30 (R3, 25-May-92)
- GNU-ized and released with full source code.
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- 1.21 (R2, unreleased)
- Icon 8-colorized. (Thanks Barry McConnell!)
- The "Protracker tempo commands" option is now on by default.
- Protracker player now uses the audio.device NotePlayer, so all Protracker
- playing is now completely system-friendly.
- Some windows rearranged significantly.
- Other minor bug fixes and enhancements.
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