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OmniPlayer v1.00 zilym@hndymn.stat.com Written by Zilym Limms (c) 1993-95, Edward Schlunder ─══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ v1.00──[ More Features, Bugs Fixed ]──────────────────────────────[03-11-95] + Scope Rewritten in ASM The scope has been rewritten for speed and size.. Yes, this is part of a bunch of rewrites that OmniPlayer will have soon so that eventually it'll be 100% ASM or a mixture of ASM/C (yeah, moving most of my programming to C now instead of PDS). + Implemented a power bar at the top.. + ST v3.2 Fine Vibrato Implemented + Implemented UltraTracker v1.60 support to 2GDM + Added the setup program. This'll let you forget having to put -Cx and all that other crappy sound card config stuff on the command line. ! SB 1.xx, SB 2.xx, and SB16 IRQ 10 fixed ! Arpeggio Lockup Bug Fixed If a song tried using arpeggio without any notes played on the channel, it would sometimes cause arpeggio to lock up the machine. v0.99──[ More Features, GUS Bugs Fixed ]──────────────────────────[12-11-94] + Scrolling Sample List Implemented Good, finally I can read the *whole* greetings list with all these nice S3Ms I've got. + GDM Loader Rewritten in ASM GDM loading is now faster and uses even less memory (but only by a couple of bytes). Also uses considerably less EMS memory than other file format loading does. + Play Testing Implemented You can now press the QWERTY keys in the sample list to play the currently highlighted sample at different frequencies. If you don't like the music playing at the same time, pause it (space bar) and turn to master volume down to 0 (it won't turn down the play testing volume). + GUS Output Scope Implemented This isn't a *perfect* representation of what's being played, but it is so damn close that you won't notice anything odd. * Fixed Many GUS Bugs Fixed so many I don't have enough fingers to count 'em with. The problem with SBOS is gone, Porta Note+Vol Slide works correctly on GUS, the problem with exiting ST3 and MDP is gone, problem with EMS memory corruption is gone, problem with exiting Windows is gone, etc.. You shouldn't have any more problems with GUS support now. v0.98──[ GUS Support, 669 Runtime Loading ]───────────────────────[10-31-94] + Gravis Ultrasound Support Implemented NOTICE: GUS SUPPORT CURRENTLY LOCKS UP WHEN SBOS IS LOADED!! Whew! This one took a while, about 5-7 days. Had the first working version done in 5 days, but didn't get any time to implement UltraClick removal until 2 days later (darn school work!). The scopes are currently nonfunctional with a GUS. DMA channel is not autodetected, so it shows up as 0 on the screen. It's currently not used, so that's not a real problem. IRQ autodetection only checks for IRQs 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, and 15. If you have it on an IRQ other than those, you'll need to use the -Ixx parameter. + Command Line Filename Grab Routine Improved You can now specify more than one file spec on the command line. It no longer needs to be the first parameter. Files can also reside in directories other than the current one. * High Note Periods Fixed Some of the higher notes had incorrect period values in OP. This wasn't very noticable on my SBPro, with the GUS I started cringing all the time for some reason. This now has been fixed, module formats with high order octaves (notably S3Ms) should play slightly better now. + 669 Runtime Loading * 669 Sample Clicks Removed A mindless bug of one byte in the sample loading section for 669s caused each sample to have one extra sample to begin with that did not belong! This caused clicking in some modules. * S3M Volume Slide Fixed There is a slight bug in Scream Tracker 3's volume slide which will cause it to slide the volume down when there are two slide directions given. Now the S3M load routine will check for this and change the slide data accordingly. This will make 2ND_SKAV.S3M play correctly. * S3M Arpeggio Fixed This bug caused OP to not do an Arpeggio when it should have. * S3M BPM Effect Fixed Now BPMs below 32 are ignored rather than set to 32. This makes OP a little more consistant with ST3. v0.97──[ PAS Support, MED Runtime Loading ]───────────────────────[10-09-94] + Pro AudioSpectrum Support Implemented For those of you with PAS cards, you no longer have to listen to modules in 21KHz mono with the SB1.x engine. Make sure to have MVSOUND.SYS installed and then use the -C5 option to select PAS output. Thanks go to John & Robert Peasley for letting me borrow their PAS and to Hurricane/OTM for letting me borrow his PAS User's Guide. Note: For those of you who don't know it, you really should use a 16bit DMA channel (those above channel 3) because it really uses a lot less CPU time. Try it yourself, you'll notice the difference with a bench marking program under an OS shell. * MED 2GDM Conversion Rewritten I completely rewrote the MED conversion in 2GDM since the old routines were before I had any documentation on the file format! So, naturally, the old one had many bugs and inefficiencies.. This one should fix most little problems experienced before. + MED Runtime Loader Finnished the MED runtime loading routine.. Currently doesn't support OctaMED modules; I don't have any to test on!!!!! Please get in contact with me if you have a lot of OctaMED or regular MED modules because I have very few to work with!! + MOD Runtime Loading is Faster I rewrote the signed/unsigned sample conversion routine in ASM, so MOD that use a LOT of sample data will load faster. + Mixing is Faster Mixing is now faster.. It's almost as fast as it'll ever get now; the main mix loop is only 9 instructions long in the mono version! Panning now longer uses so much CPU time either! * Scope Works on DMA <> 1 Previously the digital output scope only worked on systems with their sound cards setup on DMA 1. * Set Pan Fixed (8xx, Xxx) The 128 position panning effect was being converted slightly wrong before. Not a real big deal, but, we're trying to make OP as close to perfect as possible. * Pitch Effects Fixed Many of the pitch related effects were able to start up an ended sample when they shouldn't have. Now OP won't start playing when it shouldn't be. * Internal Changes Some minor internal changes made in the MSE interface for upcomming GUS support and BWSB release. v0.96──[ Bugs Fixed ]─────────────────────────────────────────────[09-27-94] * SB16 Works Again I had meant to release v0.95 a couple days ago, but this bug *had* to be fixed. Sorry. * Stuttering Fixed on Pattern Change The left and right keys no longer cause the module to stutter. v0.95──[ Bugs Fixed ]─ Not Released ──────────────────────────────[09-23-94] + Master Volume Implemented You can now change the master volume level instead of being stuck at 64. Use the -/+ keys to change volume. + Set Global Volume Effect Implemented The ST3 set global volume effect has now been implemented. Not many modules exist using this. + Tremolo and Tremolo Waveform Implemented Yep, I finally got around to doing it! I don't really have any modules to test this very well with, so help me out folks by playing you're mods with OP!! * SB16 Lockup Fixed The SB16 MSE should work correctly now.. I haven't been able to get Stalker to test it yet, but at least it doesn't lock up on my system anymore. One stupid line of code was missing, and that's all. * Arpeggio Fixed Arpeggio will no longer start up a sound if it has ended. * Retrigger Fixed Retrig had another timing problem that has been fixed. * Pattern Loop Fixed Pattern loop would previously loop on some occasions when there wasn't evena pattern loop start location. * Note/Sample Events Fixed There was a little problem with a note event without sample event that made it possible for a division by zero. Now DONTUWAN.MOD will play without locking up. * Vibrato DIV/0 Fixed Another vibrato division by zero error fixed.. Sure would be great if we got rid of all these stupid DIV/0 bugs.. * Porta to Note Fixed Previously it was possible to start a porta to note without having a note currently playing, which could possibly cause a division by zero. * Panning Changed Panning has been changed to make middle positions a little louder (and thus can compete with L/R positions). * Pause Fixed Pause (space bar) now works again. v0.94──[ More Effects, MTM Loading ]──────────────────────────────[09-15-94] + Pattern Loop Implemented The pattern loop effect (E6x) has now been implemented. + Invert Loop Implemented The invert loop (aka Funk It) effect (EFx) has now been implemented. Hardly any modules use this one though, so I guess this was wasted effort.. Oh well. + MTM Runtime Loading Implemented Yeah, well, not much else to say about this one.. I implemented it *late* last night, so make sure you email me your bug reports! + Wildcards Supported You can now enter a wildcard for the filename and it'll play all the modules matching that file spec. Press N to cycle to the next module.. * Sample Looping Fixed A major bug in the stereo mixing routine has been fixed. Previously a looped sample would periodically turn it's volume to zero without my permission. I can't believe I didn't catch this bug before, ugh.. * Video Mode Switching Fixed Now going in and out of 50 line mode is done with some different routines, hopefully these will stop the problems Steve Govenar was having with his monitor. v0.93──[ Bugs Fixed ]─ Not Released ──────────────────────────────[09-12-94] * Floppy Access Fixed Previously floppy drive access would cause OP to lock up on slow machines (or maybe all machines) with the music engine. * 2GDM Recognizes STMs with BMOD2STM Magic ID * Arpeggio Bug Fixed A small bug in the arpeggio command has been fixed. Sometimes caused the wrong arpeggio to be done.. COUNTER.MOD now plays right.. * Pattern Break Finished The pattern break command can now break to a row other than row zero. Now BEYOND.ULT (from UT v1.4) will play the last couple orders correctly and 64MANIA.S3M (from ST3) will play the first couple orders correctly. * Note Delay Fixed For some reason note delay didn't work in the last version. * Sample/Note Events Fixed Previously a sample only event would still set the period value where it should have only set the sample number and offset. Now ODYSSEY3.MOD can porta up and down correctly. * Retrigger Fixed Retrig is now fully Protracker compatible. Previously we had some problems with timing and such. * S3M Retrigger+Vol Slide Completed The volume sliding with command Qxy was not implemented before. It has been finished and such 64MANIA plays correctly. * S3M Portas Fixed Porta speeds of 0 weren't recognized before. * S3M Volume Slides (D0x, Dx0, DFx, DxF) Compatible S3M volume slides should now be 100% compatible with OP and play perfectly.. Previously it was possible for a volume slide to get the wrong effect data, but it didn't seem appearent in all my S3Ms. * MOD Volume Slide Fixed Previously if a volume slide command was issued with a slide rate of zero (A00), it did a volume slide equal to a previous slide that had an effect parameter. A00 (volume slide of no speed) is now ignored. ODYSSEY3.MOD will now volume slide correctly. * 669 Effects Fixed Effects a, b, c, d, and e are now a little more compatible with Composer 669 in that they will continue until an effect data value of 0. Some porta speeds will still sound wrong however, there's not really anything to do about that. * ULT Porta to Note Fixed Porta note will now continue on until effect data 0 like UltraTracker does it. * Scope Speed Fixed A stupid little compiler switch was screwing up the scopes before. I've fixed it and now the scopes are much faster (about the speed we had in EGP, except faster). v0.92──[ MOD/S3M RTL ]────────────────────────────────────────────[09-05-94] + MOD Runtime Loading Support You can now load your MODs into OmniPlayer without using the 2GDM utility. This routine is exactly like the one in 2GDM, so it does take a while to load when compared to a GDM that is already converted. Not too bad though, at least in this one we're only writing to memory instead disk again. + S3M Runtime Loading Support Same deal here.. No need to convert S3Ms to GDM now, just play 'em as is.. More module formats to come soon! + Module Offset Parameter (-Oxxxxx) You can now use the -Oxxx command to play modules within other files (such as music in demo EXEs). Just run MODSCAN on the file to find the module offsets then use OP with -Oxx with the offset you found with MODSCAN. Remember to include the EXE extension when loading modules from EXEs. See documents (OMNIPLAY.DOC) for better explaination. + Arpeggio Implemented The arpeggio (0xy) effect is now implemented.. Now all those old chip tunez'll sound good! + Set Pan Implemented Sixteen position panning is now implemented (E8x). 128 position panning is converted to 16 with 2GDM. Set Surround is not implemented yet (it's not really a pan position anyway). + Vibrato Waveform Implemented Sine, Ramp Down, and Square Wave are now implemented with the Vibrato Waveform command (E4x). Random will be implemented as soon as Voltaire can get me PT 2.x source. * Vibrato DIV/0 Bug Fixed Vibrato under very rare circumstances caused a DIV/0 error. Found By: Alex Chalfin * Note Delay and Note Cut Bug Fixed Note delay and note cut had a slight timing problem (was off by one frame). * Porta to Note/Porta to Note+Vol Slide Fixed Porta to Note contained another small bug that caused it to do a pitch slide when it was not supposed to. * MOD Pattern Number Wrong In previous versions the number of patterns in a module was being calculated incorrectly which occasionly caused modules to have their samples unaligned. * S3M Volume Slides Fixed D0F and DF0 were treated as fine volume slides previously. I noticed that ST3 treats those as smooth slides, so I fixed it. Thanks to Tek for bringing it to my attention at the last OTM Get Together. * Stereo Mixing is Faster! Stereo mixing has been sped up a bit so now it's just a tad slower than mono mixing rather than being light years behind the mono mixer like before. *Finally* I can play 16 channel S3Ms in stereo at the full 22KHz <g>! * Minor Internal Changes Structure of the internals and some others things have changed that are of no particular concern of yours.. v0.91──[ Bugs, Reorganizing ]─────────────────────────────────────[08-28-94] + First (official) Public Release * MOD/MTM Spasmic Effects There was a bug in the MOD/MTM conversion routines that caused them to occasionally add in an effect or two without it actually appearing in the MOD. This would cause problems with divisions by zero and such. * Porta to Note/Porta to Note+Vol Slide Fixed Porta to Note contained a very small bug which caused it to slide the pitch up towards Period 0 (which would cause division by zero) when it shouldn't do a porta at all. This did not occur in many modules, but in those that it did, it reaped major havoc.. Found By: Clint Holeman * Note Delay Fixed Note Delay no longer cuts off the previous note at the beginning of the row. * Sample Name Scroll Nonexistant Previously, if you had more than about 37 samples, you could "scroll" beyond the 37th sample in the sample screen where you were not supposed to. This caused screen messes and sometimes bombed the program. Presently this has been restricted, there is still no scroll feature. * Clicks Removed OP v0.90 had some problems with loud modules clicking. The volume tables have been adjusted and this should now be completely gone. + Internal Reorganizations I've just about finalized the MSE and GDM v1.00 formats. As such, previous MSEs are incompatible and previous GDMs (from EGP) are also incompatible. GDMs from OP v0.90 are still playable, however, it is advisable to reconvert any modules that cause division by zero errors. + Stereo Panning Stereo panning is slowly being implemented. Currently only left and right positions are done, but this will be completed soon. + Amplification You can now amplify quiet modules with the -Axx parameter. Values below 10 decrease the volume and above 10 increases the volume. If you increase the volume too much, you may get clicks in the output. If so, just use a lower amplification value. + EMS Memory Indicator You can now see how much EMS memory a module is using by looking up where the former "Mode:" display was. As you'll notice, this baby really wastes EMS memory on smaller modules. This is due to the fact that EMS memory is allocated in 16K chunks rather than 16 byte pages like in base memory. v0.90──[ Restart ]────────────────────────────────────────────────[08-10-94] + Name Change [Experimental Gentilezza Player to OmniPlayer] This module player was previously known as the Experimental Gentilezza Player. I went on a 3 week vacation and while I was gone, the others members of Gentilezza changed the group name to OverThrowMachine (OTM) without my knowledge or consent (thanks a lot guys :-( ). Therefore, EGP no longer seemed a sensible name. So EGP has now become OmniPlayer, and has started back at version 0.90 Beta. + Multitasking Support OmniPlayer now works correctly under Windows 3.1 in Enhanced mode. DesqView has not been tested, but it should work as well. OS/2 isn't supported.