Short: ProTracker support archive Author: Håvard Pedersen (havardp@mail.stud.ingok.hitos.no) Uploader: Håvard Pedersen (havardp@mail.stud.ingok.hitos.no) Version: Release 3 Type: mus/edit Replaces: mus/edit/ptsupp_1.lha Short: Long awaited extras for ProTracker. The ProTracker support achive is an archive stuffed with extras for ProTracker, the most popular music program ever on the Amiga. I've put it together because there haven't been released any versions of ProTracker for a while and I think the Amiga community deserves better support for PT. The disclaimer in the AmigaGuide documentation still yields. =) Please spread this archive to all of your friends and enemies. The scene really deserves this stuff. If you want to contact me for anything, please do. My address is found in the AmigaGuide documentation. Severe bugs has been fixed in the sources from the previous relese. This archive contains: * Complete AmigaGuide documentation for ProTracker. The documentation has been polished since the last release and should be easier for beginners. In addition to all stuff present in earlier helpfiles it contains: - Replyaddress with people listening to you. =) - Actual description of what PT is for. - In-depth discussion and light explanation on how to actually make music using ProTracker. - Description of all new PT-features including the DYN-system and the new chord-editor. - Version history from V0.89 to V3.18. - A lot of background history for ProTracker! - Known bugs. - Frequently asked questions. - An updated description of the module-format. (Both the old and the planned IFF-format!) - Both technical and easy-to-understand DYN explanations. - Description on how to use all sources in the archive. - Also comes in text-version for guys without the AmigaGuide system installed or if you want to print it out. - A brief chapter describing how to obtain information from the AmigaGuide documentation. (NEW!) - A new chapter describing musical theory. (NEW!) - A built-in musical dictionary. (NEW!) - Example-samples for the sample effects. (NEW!) * ProTracker assembler replay with the following features: - Mastervolume. - Balance. - Signal user when module reached end. - Rewind/fast forward (skips one pattern at a time). - Optional 68020+ optimizations. - Complete NoiseTracker compatibility. - Faster than original ProTracker replay. - Totally bugfree. Works on all Amigas. - Plays selectable amount of channels (for games). - Completely PC-relative. * New modulepacker called ProPruner, based on ProPacker v2.1 by Christian Estrup. Contains features such as: - Very fast replay. - Supports all ProTracker effect commands. - Mastervolume. - Balance. - Possibility to sync programs with the module. - Restart flag tells you when the module has reached its end. - Separate samplefiles to save chipmem. - Selectable amounts of channel to play for games. - Delta processing for better samplepacking. - Handles VBR register correctly. - CIA timing possible. - Pause/continue functions. - Skip forward/backwards one position at a time. - Completely PC-relative. - Should work on all assemblers. - Macro-based noteplayer interface for fancy replay. - All fancy options are fully selectable at assembly time. * A soundeffect engine for playing two samples in one Amiga audio channel. Features include: - Vertical blank mode. Plays soundeffects on a vertical blank basis. Easy to use. - Audio interrupt. Utilises OS to play sound. Gives neat quality. - Fast mixing. (Test yourself!) * Several extra sources: - A source that calculates the playtime of both CIA and VBlank-based ProTracker modules fast! - CIA shells for both the ProTracker and the ProPruner replay. Comes in both system-friendly AND unfriendly versions! (NEW!) - Allocation and freeing of audio channels. (NEW!) - A description on how to customize the ProTracker replay to fit your needs! (NEW!) * The TrackerTool command that repairs damaged modules. Improved from previous release. * Several example modules that shows the possibilities of ProTracker and effectcommands in use. (NEW!) * A fast, yet powerful moduleripper. (NEW!) - The only ripper that doesn't use a single byte chip memory if fastmemory is present. - The only ripper that also searches fastmemory and virtual memory, making it able to recover modules after a crash in ProTracker! - Sophisticated decrunch engine that allows you to load and decrunch files as well as allocate the memory used. - Supports redirectable IO, can be launched on a debug terminal. - Finds the following formats: Laxity Tracker, NoiseTracker v1.0-2.2, Phenomena Packer v1.0, ProPacker v2.0-v2.1, ProRunner v1.0-2.0, ProRunner v2.0 preprocessed, ProTracker v1.0-3.18 (also 100-pattern modules), QuadraComposer v1.3-2.1, SoundTracker v2.3-2.5, StarTrekker v1.0-1.3, UNIC Tracker and Wanton Packer. -- Howard of Mental Diseases -- ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 189266 65727 65.2% 07-Feb-96 14:07:34 +ProTracker.guide 1676 883 47.3% 08-Sep-95 22:15:00 +ProTracker.guide.info 31774 24731 22.1% 07-Nov-95 14:39:58 +mixed.8svx 10728 9680 9.7% 16-May-94 16:42:04 +Piano.8svx 10728 10413 2.9% 07-Nov-95 14:47:08 +PIANO_boost.8SVX 10728 8623 19.6% 01-Jan-96 19:03:30 +PIANO_chord.8SVX 32872 20478 37.7% 07-Nov-95 14:42:06 +PIANO_echo.8SVX 10728 9583 10.6% 07-Nov-95 14:48:10 +PIANO_filter.8SVX 10728 9685 9.7% 08-Nov-95 14:23:20 +PIANO_mod.8SVX 10728 9294 13.3% 08-Nov-95 14:24:58 +PIANO_vol.8SVX 10728 9418 12.2% 07-Nov-95 14:49:06 +PIANO_xfade.8SVX 31774 27928 12.1% 18-Jan-94 17:47:32 +Seq.8svx 31774 27911 12.1% 07-Nov-95 14:49:52 +SEQ_backw.8SVX 15938 14371 9.8% 07-Nov-95 14:50:32 +SEQ_ups.8SVX 37785 15488 59.0% 30-Jan-96 21:17:22 +Speedy Gonzales.guide 1812 1119 38.2% 16-May-94 16:58:30 +PPRSampler 1412 860 39.0% 16-May-94 16:39:54 +PPRStrip 3220 2066 35.8% 19-Dec-94 21:29:40 +ProPacker 24540 12340 49.7% 30-Jan-96 20:49:12 +SG 4223 1145 72.8% 30-Jan-96 21:02:36 +SG.info 4296 2202 48.7% 01-Nov-95 13:13:32 +TrackerTool 18436 12165 34.0% 03-Oct-94 16:26:38 +req.library 22680 6730 70.3% 01-Jan-96 20:33:24 +mod.chipper i 223518 157490 29.5% 01-Jan-96 20:33:04 +mod.cucumber boogie+ 31260 21804 30.2% 16-Jun-95 14:52:50 +mod.oh susanna 10198 3129 69.3% 01-Jan-96 20:37:56 +mod.silent night 104822 66191 36.8% 01-Jan-96 20:48:32 +mod.the realm of love 163736 91709 43.9% 01-Jan-96 20:38:26 +mod.warm pleasures+ 5387 2289 57.5% 30-Jan-96 21:16:38 +Readme.txt 3442 1255 63.5% 30-Jan-96 16:11:02 +AudioAlloc.s 4201 1430 65.9% 30-Jan-96 16:11:32 +CIAShell_HW.S 4567 1534 66.4% 30-Jan-96 16:11:40 +CIAShell_OS.S 69974 17908 74.4% 30-Jan-96 15:34:44 +ProPrunerRep.S 32805 8417 74.3% 30-Jan-96 16:10:30 +ProTrackerRep.S 5614 1981 64.7% 30-Jan-96 16:12:14 +PTCalcTime.S 2417 1179 51.2% 30-Jan-96 16:12:40 +PTCustomize.S 14757 4301 70.8% 30-Jan-96 16:12:52 +SoundFX.S -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 1205272 683457 43.2% 09-Feb-96 08:21:44 37 files