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- GUSTRACK 1.03
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- Made By
- EJ Botterman jr.
- Uranuslaan 26
- 3318 EV Dordrecht
- The Netherlands
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- 1 ............ Introduction
- 2 ............ Legal Stuff
- 3 ............ Keys and Buttons
- 4 ............ Special Effects
- 5 ............ File Formats & Bugs
- 6 ............ Thanks
- 7 ............ Trouble Shooting
- 8 ............ Technical Info
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- Introduction:
- Welcome to gustrack. Gustrack is a ProTracker compatible
- 4 track mod editor for the Gravis UltraSound music card.
- This means you can load, save and edit standard modfiles.
- Its also possible to load and play 8 track mod's but it is
- NOT possible to save or edit one.
-
- To use gustrack you'll need atleast a 286 computer but a 386
- is recommended.
- You need a MicroSoft compatible mouse.
- You need a Gravis UltraSound card.
- You need a VGA card and monitor.
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- Legal Stuff:
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- Disclaimer:
- EJ Botterman specifically disclaims all warranties, expressed or
- implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of
- merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect
- to defects in the software and documentation.
- In no event shall EJ Botterman be liable for any loss of profit
- or damage, including but not limited to special, incidental,
- or consequential damages.
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- CrippleWare:
- Gustrack is not cripple ware. What you see is what you get.
- all functions in the registered version perform the same way
- as in the not registered version.
- You may use this program for 30 days after that you MUST register !!
- You will then receive you personal copy.
-
- Shareware programs lacking so many features that they
- become useless to the user are called CrippleWare.
- Since i do not believe in the idea of CrippleWare i distribute
- the complete version. You may call it stupid but atleast its fair !!
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- GusTrack is a Shareware program. This yields the following
- rules:
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- You are allowed to test GusTrack for a period of 30 days
- after receipt, to see if it fits your needs. After
- this period you are not allowed to use the program any
- further.
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- Whomever gets himself another version of GusTrack to get
- himself another 30 days of testing incurs penalty ( ever
- seen a HardDisk disintegrating to stardust? ).
-
- GusTrack may be freely distributed, even after expiration of
- the testing period.
-
- Even Shareware-Distributors or dealers, who are
- distributing Shareware by mail, may put GusTrack in their
- collection. The same is valid for other distribution
- channels.
- If you do it please send me a note so i know.
-
- GusTrack may not be used commercially in the testing period.
- This includes single sale and bundling with other soft- or
- hardware. Exceptions may be granted after contacting me. If
- I agree, I will send you a written permission.
-
- GusTrack may be used for display purposes, as long as the
- source of the program can be recognized unmistakably.
-
- GusTrack may not be modified and this is valid for the
- distribution archive, too. This includes adding advertising
- textfiles for BBS or something like that to the archive.
-
- Disassembling GusTrack does *not* incur penalty. But when
- using my routines, please state the original author.
- Saying this i have to be fair and say i took a big look on some
- of the GUS hardware routines made by Joshua Jensen.
- And that the above text was written by the author of WOWII,
- a great modplayer for the SB(pro) and DACS.
- ( Not for the GUS though :-( )
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- How do I register you ask ?
-
- To register send me $20, or the same amount in your
- currency (NO COINS !!!) and a self-addressed envelope including a
- disk but without a stamp to me.
- Also include a piece of paper stating your name, address and GusTrack
- version so if you ever ask for an update i'll now its you.
- You'll then receive a personal copy of GusTrack and you are entitled to
- upgrades for a minimal price, this means for free when you
- pick it up by modem or for the costs of sending it by mail.
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- Dutch users: speciale prijs, maar f25,- !
-
- You can also send me the money only and then download the program
- from MultiByte BBS.
- If you want this, include in your letter the password and name
- you want to use to login, and as soon as i have received your money
- GusTrack is ready for you to download.
- You must login to the BBS, this means you can't request it with a
- Fido Mailer.
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- Address:
- EJ Botterman jr.
- Uranuslaan 26
- 3318 EV Dordrecht
- The Netherlands
-
- Fido Address: 2:285/306.4
- Multi-Byte BBS: +31-78-190355
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- If you don't send me the right amount of money you will receive nothing
- and you are never entitled to a refund. I will let you know though.
-
- Newest Version:
- You can find the newest version of this program on MultiByte BBS and
- on BBS Geniaal II both are in the Netherlands.
- Phone Numbers:
- Multi-Byte BBS +31-78-190355 ( V32bis )
- Geniaal II +31-2290-43038 ( V32bis )
- +31-2290-45816 ( V32bis )
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- Keys and Buttons:
- If you are familiar with another tracker you'll have no
- problem using GusTrack.
- If you have never used a tracker before try to get hold of a
- program called ModEdit ( written by Mark J. Cox ).
- It will probably not run on your GUS but it has a great
- manual describing all facets of MOD files.
-
- Buttons:
- Buttons are used by moving the mouse onto them and click the
- left mouse button.
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- Most buttons explain themselves so i won't go into them.
- Also read the GusTrack.Rev file for some features.
- Just follow a few general 'rules'.
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- The left mouse button is used to press and release the
- buttons on the screen.
- Everywhere there is something to be typed, a filename, the
- names of samples or the song name, click the right mouse button onto
- it and a cursor will appear.
- While playing the right mouse button will stop the playing.
-
- Notes:
- Samples must have the extension .SMP to appear in the
- diskwindow. It is possible to load a sample with a different
- extension by typing in the filename of the sample. The same
- goes for MOD files and the extension .MOD
-
- The loading of a sample may take some time because other
- samples might have to be shifted inside the GUS memory to
- make some space. This takes some time. As soon as the
- loading is finished you can move the mouse arround and the
- name appears in the sample window.
- Gustrack does not check if there's enough memory on the GUS left
- to load the sample, so if there is'nt the result will probably be
- that you can't hear the sample.
- Also for GUS owners who are still working with 256K DRAM i would like
- to advice you to update the memory to 1 Meg since alot of Mod files
- exceed the 256K border in samples.
-
- Also do yourself a favor and save your mod file after
- changing samples because the memory on the GUS might be
- fragmented. This means that a sample could take much more space
- than it needs.
- After saving it reload it and continue editting your MOD file.
-
- Configuration File:
- Version 1.03 and up use a configuration file called GusTrack.Cnf
- This file will be made when you press the Save Cnf button.
- Inside this file will be saved :
- - The current Module Directory
- - The current Sample Directory
- - The Master Volume
- - The Panning settings
- On startup GusTrack will search for this file. If it cant find it
- GusTrack will default to the current directory as Module and Sample
- directory, the master volume will be 50 and the panning for channel 1
- till 4 will be in the middle.
-
-
- Keys:
- With the keyboard you can play notes. You won't hear a note
- if the cursor is not on a note position inside a track.
- A track looks like this :
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- Note
- \_ Sample
- | | ||
- C-3 01234
- |||
- Effect
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- Special Keys:
-
- Escape - Will get you out of most windows also used to quit
- the program and stop playing.
-
- Space Bar - When playing it will stop the playing. When not
- playing it will toggle Edit.
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- The key left to the 1 (`) is used to shell to DOS. It is possible to
- shell while playing. It is not possible to shell when you are in the
- Disk or Mixer window.
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- F1 - Low Octave
- F2 - High Octave
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- F5 - After editting a note or command the cursor will
- not advance to the next line in the pattern.
- F6 - Cursor will advance 1 line.
- F7 - Cursor will advance 2 lines.
- F8 - Cursor will advance 4 lines.
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- Tab - Advance cursor to next track.
- Shift+Tab - Advance cursor to previous track.
- Arrow keys - Move the cursor arround.
- Page Down - Advance cursor 8 lines.
- Page Up - Go 8 lines up.
- Home - Go to line 00.
- End - Go to line 63.
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- L.Shift + Arrows - Go forward or backwards in the song.
- L.Ctrl + Arrows - Go to next or previous pattern.
-
- Right Alt - Play Pattern.
- Right CTRL - Play Song.
- It is possible while playing to change from play pattern to play
- song and vice versa. (buttons will not be updated !)
-
- Right Shft - Record Pattern. ( not very accurate )
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- Editing keys:
- Insert - Insert position.
- Delete - Clear position.
- Back Space - Move track up 1 row deleting the row above.
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- Shift F3 - Cut Track (copy track to buffer and clear)
- (track. )
- Shift F4 - Copy Track (to buffer)
- Shift F5 - Paste Track (from buffer)
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- Ctrl F3 - Cut Pattern
- Ctrl F4 - Copy Pattern
- Ctrl F5 - Paste Pattern
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- Special Effects:
-
- Protracker V1.1b Effect Commands
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- 0 - Normal play or Arpeggio 0xy : x-first halfnote add, y-second
- 1 - Slide Up 1xx : upspeed
- 2 - Slide Down 2xx : downspeed
- 3 - Tone Portamento 3xx : up/down speed
- 4 - Vibrato 4xy : x-speed, y-depth
- 5 - Tone Portamento + Volume Slide 5xy : x-upspeed, y-downspeed
- 6 - Vibrato + Volume Slide 6xy : x-upspeed, y-downspeed
- 7 - Tremolo 7xy : x-speed, y-depth
- 8 - NOT USED
- 9 - Set SampleOffset 9xx : offset (23 -> 2300)
- A - VolumeSlide Axy : x-upspeed, y-downspeed
- B - Position Jump Bxx : songposition
- C - Set Volume Cxx : volume, 00-40
- D - Pattern Break Dxx : break position in next patt
- E - E-Commands Exy : see below...
- F - Set Speed Fxx : speed (00-1F) / *tempo (20-FF)
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- *E0- Set Filter E0x : 0-filter on, 1-filter off
- E1- FineSlide Up E1x : value
- E2- FineSlide Down E2x : value
- E3- Glissando Control E3x : 0-off, 1-on (use with tonep.)
- E4- Set Vibrato Waveform E4x : 0-sine, 1-ramp down, 2-square
- E5- Set FineTune E5x : set fine tune value
- E6- Jump to Loop E6x : jump to loop, play x times
- E7- Set Tremolo Waveform E7x : 0-sine, 1-ramp down. 2-square
- E8- NOT USED
- E9- Retrig Note E9x : retrig from note + x vblanks
- EA- Fine VolumeSlide Up EAx : add x to volume
- EB- Fine VolumeSlide Down EBx : subtract x from volume
- EC- NoteCut ECx : cut from note + x vblanks
- ED- NoteDelay EDx : delay note x vblanks
- EE- PatternDelay EEx : delay pattern x notes
- *EF- Invert Loop EFx : speed
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- All effects are implemented except the ones starting with a *. (E0 & EF)
-
- File Formats:
- GusTrack will read 4 track ProTracker files and also Star Tracker files.
- ( ID's M.K. and FLT4 )
- And it will read 8 Track Mod files made with Tritons Fast Tracker the
- Star Tracker or the Octalyzer.
- ( ID's 8CHN, FLT8 and OCTA)
- ( Does anyone know if the FLT8 format really excists ?)
-
- If it can't find one of the ID's it will assume its an old 15 sample
- mod file.
-
- When an error is encountered while reading you'll see the border round the
- screen turn red for a very short period of time.
- It has then refused to read the patterns and samples from the so called
- Mod file.
- The header is read though and you'll see some strange ASCII characters
- in the sample window as sample names.
-
- Bugs:
- Probably :-)
- If you found one please write me a NetMail so i can correct it in future
- versions.
- Also try to describe the situation when the bug took place and what was
- loaded in memory (TSR's Device drivers etc..)
-
-
- Thanks:
- - Special thanks go out to the Renaissance demo group for the info
- on programing the GUS.
- - Also to Gravis and Forte for giving out the excellent SDK
- and for making the GUS itself ofcourse.
- - To Joshua Jensen for the awesome mod player GUSMOD. (only BPM is missing)
- - Mr. Triton for his Fast-Tracker, the best tracker there is.
- (But it does'nt work on my GUS sniff! :-( )
-
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- Trooble Shooting:
-
- - The edit window does'nt scroll smoothly with fast Mod's.
- This is because your computer is too slow. Since GusTrack runs in
- graphics mode it takes more time to put everything on the screen
- then it would using text mode.
- Try to solve it by turning off the bar's.
- If it's still not running smoothly and your computer is not an 12 or 10Mhz
- 286 report it to me.
-
-
- - GusTrack only displays a message saying :
- Could Not Find A Gravis UltraSound.
-
-
- This means you either don't have a gus in your computer or
- GusTrack can't find it.
- If you have this problem and you do have a GUS please report it to me
- with your GUS setup ( IRQ DMA Port etc etc).
-
- - GusTrack only displays a message saying :
- This Program Needs a Mouse.
-
- Means you don't have a mouse or a mouse not microsoft compatible.
-
-
- - GusTrack only displays a message saying :
- Sorry, this program requires a VGA card.
-
- GusTrack could not find a VGA card. If you get this message please report
- it with your brand and type of VGA card.
-
- - When I switch of the bars, the window goes away but some of
- the bars stay.
-
- I know this problem and i haven'th been able to solve it (yet).
- Try turning off the music and then push the Bars button.
-
- - GusTrack won't save my MOD file !!!
-
- You cannot save an 8 Track's mod file.
- If you did'nt try to save an 8 Track mod file and GusTrack is
- still refusing to save your Mod file it is likely that something
- has changed the program itself.
- Please send me the GusTrack.Exe file so i can see who or what has
- messed up my program.
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- Techical Info:
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- GusTrack is made using - Borland C++ 3.0 (only C used though)
- - TASM 3.2
- - QEMM 6.02
- - A 386SX 20Mhz computer.
- - ± 12003827482 cigarettes
- - coffee !!!!
- - a few months of time whitch should have
- been used for my study.
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