============================================================================== PROMIZER - the PROtracker optiMIZER A fast replaying system for games and demos ============= VERSION 0.2a --- TIME OF RELEASING : JULY 1992 ================= contact me for bug report, new ideas or just for fun (100% answer !!!) : Frank Hülsmann Timmerscheidtstr.14 4400 Münster/Germany Tel.: 0251-778278 copyright by mc68000/TECH !!! Promizer is NO Public Domain Software !!! The replayercode based on the code by AMIGA FREELANCERS protracker v1.1b. ============================================================================== A note to all packmenu makers and pd companies : PROMIZER is a freeware program. You can spread it, but only if you spread all files and if you don't make money with it !!!! But you can use the linked replayer without my permission (even for comercial productions). Files, that must be copied with the PROMIZER (in the PROMIZER directory): promizerv0.2a the optimizer promizerv0.2a.doc the file you reading at the moment promizerv0.2a_replay.s the replayer with many infos for coders promizerv0.2a_scope.s a scope replayer for promizer v0.2a ============================================================================== What optimized the PROMIZER ??? Well ... thats simple to say : the rastertime eating finetune function of the protracker (i used v1.1b, but it must run with v2.1a, too). My first idea to solve this problem, was to kill this function from the replayer code. But this wasn't a very clever way, because some good sounders i know uses this function, and i want to uses their sounds in near future for a good sounddisk. So another solutuion must found ... Some weeks later i got the propacker v2.1 (from Static Bytes). The replayer was one of the fastest i ever had before : max.15 rasters, but without finetuning, with it a lot of rasters more ... (but some thanks must go to ESTRUP/STATIC BYTES for the level6 interupt idea !!!) Again some weeks later, i found a good solution for this problem : why not precalc the whole sound ??? Modify all normal periods to finetuned ??? This was the beginning of the PROMIZER - it simple recalc the whole sounddata to finetuning !!! And that is not all ... You can now make a multi-song module, wich allow you different sounds using one sampleset (you can use maximum 50 sounds !!!). It works like tfmx or sonic arranger. But i think the replaycode of the promizer is a little bit faster then the two other tools .... The PROMIZER recalc the song and make it 100% rip protected, because the orginal protracker struct will killed and all patterndata will crypt, so it's impossible (ok, not impossible, but very hard ...) to rip your sounds !!! Even if you don't use the finetune or multisong function, you got a good ripp protection with a fast replayer code !!!! ============================================================================== How use the Promizer ??? Very simply. Just follow the screen instructions. The first file is the DESTINATION file. If you press the 'cancel' gadget here, you come back to cli. The second file you must choose must be a Protracker module !!! It must be a modul, because all samples will taken from this file !!! By pressing 'cancel' you go back to cli. The next file(s) you include to your big_file could be song files, because no samples are used from them. After pressing the 'cancel' gadget, the promizer will start the work !!! Each song can use an own sample information header, so you can use different loops and finetunes !!! How can i play my songs ??? Look in the replayer source for detail informations !!! You can use the scope player for own productions !!! ============================================================================== Planed updates in near future : pattern packer ............ packs pattern with simple 'byte run algorythmus' better sample optimizer ... well, this in this version isn't very effective... faster replaying .......... this is a must !!! bug fixing ................ why ??? ofcourse it's not 100% bugfree, so ... Have you a good idea for it ??? If yes, don't wait. Send a letter to me with all news you wanted included. ============================================================================== A note to all 600x0 (x>0) users : please set all system things to 68000'er standart. The replayer could crash, if you don't ...... sorry ..... But the multitask player should work fine on your mashine, too !!! ============================================================================== Hi to my friend Dr.Lecter of Tech, for making me two songs using one sample set !!! Use the multitask player for playing it !!! ==============================================================================