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******* Scream Tracker 2.2 - Technical information ********
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Sample storage on disk:
The samples used are stored to disk in 8 bit unsigned format.
(Amiga uses 8 bit signed format) To convert:
newbyte=(oldbyte+128) and 255.
Covox specification:
The Covox in setups means a device converting the printer ports
8 data lines to analog information (DA converter).
Informing about other output methods:
If you have knowledge of other PC cards/methods of outputting
8 bit digital sound, contact the author, and include a description
of the ouput method (Initialization and how to output a byte)
and the method will be added to new versions. REMARK that the
method must be a sequential byte at the time, and NOT for example
DMA, for sounds must be mixed in real time. See README for how
to contact the author.
File extension used with Scream Tracker:
.HLP - Help file
.STS - Scream Tracker song
.STM - Scream Tracker module
.ILB - Instrument library
.MOD - Amiga module
Scream Tracker program files:
ST.EXE - main program
ST.SET - saved setup
ST.ILB - main library (library names etc.)
STxx.ILB - libraries 00-99
Amiga conversion file extensions:
Amiga has 20 byte filenames, and PC only 8 byte ones. Due to this
fact amiga instrument names must be truncated to 8 chars. To avoid
confilict with for example BASSDRUM1 and BASSDRUM2 the converter
calculates an CRC of the entire amiga filename (chars added together)
and adds a CRC mod 512 to the files extension.
The examples would become: BASSDRUM.657 and BASSDRUM.658
Conversion differencies with amiga:
Volume Vibrato and Volume Portamento (NT 2.0) are converted
to funktions K and L, but have no effect in current version of
ST. The arpeggio command is now implemented, but because I have no
songs to test it with, it's probably bit different when compared
with the one in amiga. It will be checked when arpeggio using
songs arrive.
Benchmarks:
The new ST enables using the Timer interrupt, so benchmarking
is now easier. With my machine (20Mhz 386SX) and ST playing
at 12Mhz, my benchmarks showed that ST used 60% of raw processing
power.
The help file:
The help file is in ascii format only preceeded by a header.
It can be printed if the header is skipped.