The SoundMusicSys Driver was created with game design in mind. Using a standard MIDI file, and samples created from any source, it will play music through the Macintosh speaker with a minimal performance impact. Perfect for Multimedia products.
It gives you complete playback control of sound effects, with the ability to mix music and sound.
• Supports Systems 6.0.2 and above, including System 7.0’s 32 bit memory model.
• Total support for Multi-Finder and Finder 7.0.
• Integrated sound effects engine. No more hassles with the Sound Manager!
• Compatibility with all Macintosh platforms.
• Highly optimized 68000 code, designed to take advantage of 68020, 68030 data cache. PowerPC soon.
• 4 voices on Macintosh Classic consumes 40% CPU time.
• 8 voices on Macintosh LC consumes 20% CPU time.
• 16 voices on Macintosh IIfx consumes 10% CPU time.
• Maximum 16 voices, given maximum CPU usage and memory availability.
• Supports ‘snd’ resources type 1 and 2 for sampled instruments and sound effects. MACE support for sound effects.
• Utilizes a custom loss-less compression of sound effects and music to achieve 10-30% savings.
• Playback of files on disk.
• Compact code. Driver is 40k on disk. Requires a minimum of 100k of RAM.
• Compact music. 20 minutes of a Mozart concerto, with flute, piano, horns, and oboe, is about 200k of disk space.
• Simple programming interface. One call to initialize driver, one call to play song or sound effect, and one call to stop.
• Looping support for songs, samples, and sound effects.
• Two times over sampling mode for high performance playback for high quality sound.
• Linear Interpolation mode for highest quality playback.
• Responds to volume, and velocity. (Consumes CPU time)
• Keyboard splits.
• MIDI File Format 1.0 support.
• 16 MIDI channel support, responds to program changes.
• Direct export of MIDI data from Opcode’s Vision via the Clipboard.
• 32 Track capable.
• Instrument mixdown and instrument modifiers (such as distortion, equalization and amplitude scaling) no performance loss.
• Over two years of testing.
• Support for Apple’s Sound Manager 3.0.
• Working closely with Apple Computer to maintain compatibility with future Macintosh hardware and system software changes.
• Comprehensive technical support, from purchase to publication of your product.
This technology is licensed for use in consumer products for one time fee, and no royalties.
Contact Steve Hales; the phone number is (415) 258-9223 office, (415) 258-9353 fax, hales@netcom.com email. He handles technical issues and pricing for the Macintosh music technology.
Products that use the SoundMusicSys technology include: Disney Screen Saver Collection, After Dark 3.0, Simpsons, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia 2, Carmen San Diego Series, Math Workshop, Flying Nightmares, Out of this World, Mario Teaches Typing, Wolfenstien 3D, Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, The Incredible Machine I and II, Dinosaur Adventure, Amazon Trail, Odell Down Under, SnapDragon, Microsoft Encarta, Microsoft Bookshelf, SimCity, SimCity 2000, SimEarth, SimLife, SimAnt, RoboSport, Elfish, SimTown, Zurk's Learning Safari, Falcon MC, 7th Guest, Spectre VR, Spectre Supreme, Legend of Kyrandia, Return to Zork, Lemmings, Oh no more Lemmings, Might & Magic III, Take-a-break Crosswords, Star Trek:25th anniversary, Flashback, Out of the Sun, Breakthru. General Magic/Sony MagicCap Personal Communicator. Mario Is Missing. Mario Is Missing Deluxe. Mario's Time Machine, Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, and many more currently in development from Maxis, Brøderbund, Presage for New World Computing, Berkeley Systems, Interplay Productions, Knowledge Adventure, Spectrum HoloByte, MECC, Velocity Development, Electronic Arts, Westwood/Virgin Games, Psygnosis/Sony, Microsoft Corp. Apple Computer, Inc., General Magic, Inc, Activision, Inc, Domark, Inc, and Alliance Interactive, Inc.
