Please if you like and use this program, send me $10.
If you are a student or too poor, just send me a postcard !
My postal address is:
Arnaud Masson
22 route d'Epinal
88600 Grandvillers
FRANCE
What's new ?
• 2.0b
First 'serious' version of AMP (it is now a $10 shareware and postcardware for students).
The engine itself hasn't been modified very much since v1.5, but the user interface is very different:
- the main window is nicer and pitch bend are clickable
- new control panel palette (like a CD player)
- new channel setup palettes (to see and change programs and controllers)
- new song catalog window which supports drag&drop from the Finder (to start a song, just double-click a name in the list)
AMP still works with either the MIDI Manager or QuickTime Instruments.
- When it uses QuickTime, AMP is now controller and pitch-bend aware.
- There is a new option for external devices that don't know the volume controller (#7); this can be simulated with the note velocity.
- Program changes in the drum channel can be disabled at startup by checking an option in the preference dialog.
• 2.0.1b
- with QT, the instrument selected is the one displayed (no more n-1 offset)
- the right border of the hilite frame of the song list is drawn
- new 'Rnd' (random play) button
- improved song window drawing
- launching the application with documents doesn't make it crash anymore
- a "Reset all controllers" message is sent a the beginning of each song
- menu commands for Play, Stop, Pause, Forward, Next, Previous, Random
• 2.0.2b
- internal change (a segment is locked)
* 2.0.2b1
- try to fix the bug that makes AMP crash on MacIIci (and probably other Mac). It seems that's caused by the Floating Point Unit (PowerPC haven't that problem because AMP is not PPC native and they don't emulate the MC6888x even if they have their own FPU). Now the player doesn't use floating numbers anymore.
- the player takes less time during background tasks, so it is faster.
* 2.0.2b2
- fix another bug about FPU. This version works with 68k FPU ! Thanks to Joseph ;-)
• 2.1.0b
- New Tracks window
- The tempo control is working again (it did nothing in 2.0.2bX)
- Fix the bug that made a bad tempo with some files in v2.0.2bX
- the files of the 'Songs' window are saved in a pref file when the application quits and they are automatically loaded at the next startup
- nicer buttons in the 'Panel' window
• 2.1.1b
- With QuickTime, notes are played on the 16 channels (not only the first ones)
- minor interface changes
- best display of the program names in the main window
- it is now possible to drag a song name from the song catalog onto the main window to play it
Things to do…
- 'Loop' button
- piano-roll style visualization
- remember window positions
- 'Piano' and 'Guitar' windows
- display the name of the chords that are played (Am, A7…)
I have no documentation about QuickTime Music.
If you know where I can find help, please tell me (by email) !