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- CapaMod v2.25 documentation file
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- Copyright (C) 1993-1995 Heikki Ylinen (flap / Capacala)
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- 1. INFO & THANKS.
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- CapaMod is a player which plays 4,6 & 8 channel Pro Tracker, Noise Tracker,
- Star Trekker, Sound Tracker, 8 channel Octa Composer modules and 1-32 channel
- Fast Tracker and Scream Tracker ]I[ modules.
- CapaMod reads only the left/right info from S3M channel info. So you can
- set all channels to L1 or/and R1 and CapaMod still plays them all separate.
- This enables all 32 channels to be played.
-
- And then the thanks.
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- Biggest thanks to Robert Adolfsson for GUSPlay
- Other thanks to:
- Joshua Jensen for GusMod
- PSi for MDP and Scream Tracker 3.21
- Otto Chrons for DSMI and DMP
- Jussi Lahdenniemi for PMP
- Christian Kuendig for ZZPlay
- Phantom for ProTracker for GUS
- Stephan Danes and Ramon von Gorkom for Inertia Player
- Jaakko Lehtinen for JMP
- Mr.H for FastTracker 1.2 and 2.03
- Henning Hellström for SB Studio
- Samuel Audet for support and testing
- Jaz for some feature ideas
- Weasel for bug reports
- Oliver Deiter for the condom with two holes
- Crash Test Dummies for great music
- Primarch for beta testing
- All Capacala members for beta testing
- Erika Launonen for herself
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- 2. THE USAGE
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- First of all, you must have ULTRASND environment variable set. CapaMod won't
- work without it. And if you still encounter some problems, please make sure
- that you have installed the ULTRINIT, although it is not necessary.
- When you encounter some problems with GUS IRQ, use the option -TMR to force
- CapaMod to use system timer instead of GUS IRQ. It is also handy if you are
- running it under OS/2 GUS drivers.
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- Here's the command line syntax:
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- CMOD [modname] [@listfile] /options
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- modname: Module name(s), wildcards allowed
- listfile: A file containing module names
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- options: AMPxx - set amplification (0 - 48)
- PANxxx - set default panning (-64 - 64, default = 18)
- FDEx - set fadespeed (0 - 9, default = 9)
- LOPx - set module looping (0 or 1)
- MD0x - disable speed zero for MODs
- S30x - enable speed zero for S3Ms
- NPN - disable pan effects
- VBL - VBlank: disable BPM tempo, speed scale 0-255 (MODs)
- BCK[file] - start playing mod and execute [file]
- SCRxxxx - screen saver launch time in seconds (0 = off, default)
- AMY - force to Amiga limits (use only octaves 1-3)
- KBD - disable key repeating speed set
- RND - play modules in random order
- CLRx - set environment color (1=blue, 2=red, 3=green)
- M25 - force to use 80x25 mode
- TMR - use system timer instead of GUS's own IRQ
- MIC - enable mic-port
- LIN - enable line in -port
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- You can also put your favorite command line options into an environment
- variable. For example:
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- SET CAPAMOD=/fde0 /npn /amy
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- CapaMod begins by loading the first module and invoking the main screen.
- Video mode will be changed to 80x50. On top of the screen you can see some
- useful info about module and location where the player currently is.
- Under this info are the channel indicator lines. They show the sample num-
- ber, name, effect, volume, pitch and panning of each channel. The volume bars,
- which are also in this section of a screen, are standard module-bars. They
- don't even try to be any kind of VU-meters. Information text is light cyan if
- the sample is triggered during the current row position. If the currently
- played effect is not supported, it will be shown in red.
- And under all this, there is the sample information. There you can find
- sample names, lengths, loops and finetunes/C4Spds. Sample being used is high-
- lighted and currently triggered sample is white. If sample is muted there are
- two lines crossing its left border.
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- You can use the following keys to control playing and other stuff:
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- / - set module position
- < / > - move cursor up/down
- Tab - change cursor location between samples and channels
- Space - mute / release a channel or a sample
- M - mute / release all channels or samples
- 1 - 8 - mute / release a channel indicated by the numberkey
- F1-F10 - set fadespeed (F10 fade off)
- - / + - set volume
- , / . - set panning of channel
- ; / : - set panning of channel 4 steps
- Home/End - set tempo
- PgD/PgU - set speed
- Del - set speed & tempo determined by the module
- N - fade out and load next module,
- another N stops fading and starts loading immediately
- Esc - fade out and quit,
- another Esc stops fading and quits immediately
- D - dos shell
- P - pause / release module
- H - help and other info
- L - switch looping on/off
- 0 - enable/disable speed zero
- / - scroll screen up / down
- Enter - stops fading and sets volume to 64
- S - screen saver
- ( / ) - set default panning
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- 3. CONTACTING THE AUTHOR (an old cliché)
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- If you find any bugs or encounter some problems, don't hesitate to contact
- me. You can also just write me a card where you tell how good CapaMod is and
- how good I am (just like Otto wants, greets to him by the way).
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- And, as mentioned in the player, CapaMod is rubberware. That means if you
- use CapaMod, you must send me a condom from your home country.
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- Mail: Heikki Ylinen Modem: DARKSíDE BBS the Capacala WHQ
- Oravatie 9b +358-0-294 1594 node 1
- 02270 Espoo +358-0-294 0467 node 2
- Finland
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- E-Mail: flap@triplex.fipnet.fi
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- You may also find me from some other finnish BBSs. I go by the name of flap
- or Hessu Ylinen. You can also reach me thru DGi-net by the name of Hessu
- Ylinen.
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- 4. THE END
-