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- Short: Music composer (3.56/AHIr2) for OS 2.1+ (AHI)
- Author: Bjornar Henden <bhenden@sn.no> (original version)
- Uploader: Martin Blom <lcs@lysator.liu.se>
- Type: mus/edit
-
- This is a program to compose music modules. It should be compatible with
- the ProTracker module-format. Some of the advantages:
- - requires 2.0 and asl.library v38
- - font-sensitive gadget user interface
- - multiple windows, most of them sizeable
- - opens on any public screen
- - select screenmode
- - support for xpk
- - doesn't mess up your hires pointer
- - correctly allocates audio.device
- - builtin sampler (not the best)
-
- Some of the disadvantages:
- - no documentation
- - maybe too few functions at the moment
-
-
- NewTracker 3.56 AHIr2
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-
- In July '96 somebody on news:comp.sys.amiga.audio complained about the
- lack of trackers supporting AHI. Since I know it is very easy to make a
- tracker support sound cards by using AHI, I decided to do it myself. After
- all, if the current frequency of releases of software using AHI doesn't
- increase, AHI will be dead and buried before somebody makes an AHI tracker.
-
- So here it is. I searched AmiNet for a well programmed and reasonable
- sized tracker, found NewTracker, downloaded it, resourced it and hacked it.
-
- The hardest part was to transform the binary to something my assembler
- could handle. It took a litte more than one day. When the source
- assembled correctly, I started to do the actual work. It took about one
- day. Like I said, a piece of cake. Trust me, if I can do it, anybody can.
- SO START PROGRAMMING. NOW!
-
- The "Error allocating signal" bug is not mine, by the way. I didn't know
- about it until I had done more than half of the work, and didn't want to
- start all over again with another tracker.
-
- I did not replace the sampler code. Don't use it if you're using a
- printer or play using the Paula AHI driver. The sampler routines does not
- allocate the resources before hitting the hardware, which means that it
- will most probably confuse the Paula driver.
-
- CHANGES:
-
- Replaced audio.device opendevice/closedevice with AHI routines.
- Added an audio mode requester.
- Added the new ahi variables to the prefs file.
- Redirected all audio hardware banging to AHI.
- Changed sample loading to Fast-memory instead of Chip.
- Removed CIA timer code, AHI's timing is used instead (yes, it works with
- the filesave driver!).
- Commented out the Filter and Funk effects (Funk works perfectly,
- but it's such a lame effect that I wont support it).
-
- r2:
- I had the channels (left/right) swapped.
- The quadrascopes works with sound cards now.
- Some error checking added.
-
- I've now recieved the full sources for this program by Bjornar.
- Unfortunately, I've no time to finish a new version. If you'd like to give
- it a shot, contact me!
-
- /Martin Blom
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 628 271 56.8% 22-Apr-97 00:02:06 NewTracker-AHI.info
- 84044 41101 51.0% 08-Jul-94 21:31:18 +NewTracker
- 89608 41701 53.4% 21-Apr-97 10:51:28 +NewTracker-AHI
- 2518 1629 35.3% 21-Apr-97 11:04:36 +NewTracker-AHI.info
- 2849 1500 47.3% 22-Apr-97 00:02:44 +NewTracker-AHI.readme
- 1361 352 74.1% 21-Apr-97 11:03:54 +NewTracker-AHI.readme.info
- 2518 1629 35.3% 21-Apr-97 11:04:42 +NewTracker.info
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- 183526 88183 51.9% 22-Apr-97 11:56:32 7 files
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