********************************************************* *** P R O - W I Z A R D ----- H I S T O R Y *** ********************************************************* --------------------------------\ --------------------- 20/04/94 --> Pro-Wizard "II" -- Version 2.0 --------------------------------/ Note : It's my birthday today ! ;-)) Let's partyyyyyyyyy !!! <8-))) Wooaahhhh !! I had told you that Pro-Wizard 2 would be available in February !? hem...hem... It took so much time, in fact ! But, at least, it is here ! The shareware version of Pro-Wizard. As you'll be able to read it in the doc-files, Pro-Wizard is now able to load SEVERAL files at a time ! (Multiselect) and, and, and : Pro-Wizard is now a File-Ripper ! It scans your files ENTIRELY, from the beginning to the end, searching for known music-formats ! Just read the doc-files or the doc-windows in the program for more ! Let's start with the new formats : - Parasite PP21 is in fact ----> ProPacker 3.0 ! - 12 new formats !!! - NoisePacker 1.0 (!!) Thanks to Marley / Infect ! - The Player v6.0a Very similar to P50A. (only normal samples) - Game Music Creator Kinda old-soundtracker format... - Soundtracker 2.6 By Mnemotron, some years ago... - Ice-Tracker Only "IT1.0" tested ! - StarTrekker Packer By Mr Spiv / CAVE in 1991. Thanks Speedy ! - Module Protector Several kinds... i.e Grapevine mags. - Avalon Packer Only one test-module, an Avalon demo. - Fuzzac Packer In old Silents '90 prods. Thanks Speedy ! - FC-M Packer Scoopex "Occasions of Sin" tune. - Old-Kefrens Yeah !! Some tunes in the old Kefrens MegaDemo 7 !! yep ! - And of course the Noise/Star/Protracker modules too. (just ripped) Not so bad !?!? ======> Up to >>> 40 <<< formats now in Pro-Wizzzzzzzzzzzz ! Concerning the bugs fixed : - P50A recognition problem when similar samples were used. (Thanks to Exotic'Men for sending some test-modules :-) - KRIS big problem encountered : there is a "transpose-note" function !! Again thanks to Turbo/Infect who sent me some modules that showed this fact ! I had to re-write entirely my check & convert routines. - UNIC recognition problems in very small modules. - SKYT bug in the PTK-heading build routine. - NP2 and NP3 problems with the replay position. - DIGITAL ILLUSIONS convert-routine improved. - PM40 recognition improved. - And, in fact, * ALL * the check-routines have been improved !! Thanx to Mexican Boy, my Beta-Tester (hehe), we found a lot of recognition problems due to the fact that Pro-Wizard doesn't only scan for modules at the beginning of a file, but in the WHOLE file! I can't remember how many bugs of this kind we found, but A LOT !!! And I'm afraid that there still remain some reco-bugs like that.... Due to the fact that Pro-Wizard runs entirely automatically in "multi-files" mode, it's very dangerous if there is such a recognition problem ---> crash ! Coz there are no "Are you sure ?" request in multi-files mode... ............test and see............ ========================================================================= = H A V E F U N W I T H T H I S V E R S I O N 2 ! ! ! ! = ========================================================================= _/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\_ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ --------------------------------\ --------------------- 31/01/94 --> Version 1.75 --------------------------------/ (New) format : Parasite ProPacker 2.1 ! In fact, this convert-routine has been in Pro-Wiz since the beginning, but I didn't know its real "name"... Pro-Wizard was able to make the difference between the Static Bytes PP21 and this Parasite PP21.... now, it's seperated as it's a particular format! By the way, it's often called "PP2?" or "PP2x". Real NEW one : The Player v5.0a !! As it seems to be quite often used in demos now, (Ref: The Party 3 Virtual Dreams Demo for example...) I've decided to include it so... But I still don't know if I'll include The Player 4.xx versions, coz, as the author - Jarno Paananen - said, "Those 4.x-versions were all more or less beta-versions" ! By the way, the P50A pattern-packing method is really GREAT !! (A bit hard to analyse at the beginning, hehe :-) Bugs Fixed : As always, some stricter check-routines (for PRU2, XANN and Eureka Packer) and a pattern-counting problem for the Digital Illusions format.... but it didn't occured all the time... well, that's fixed now ! *************** * IMPORTANT * ---> This v1.75 version is probably the last Freeware one. *************** Yes, I'm actually working on Pro-Wizard v2.0 which promises to be OUTSTANDING !! Really... Hope I'll receive many registrations !! :-) Be sure it will be worth paying the Shareware fee ! This new version will be released soon, in February. Well, up to * 28 * formats in this v1.75 version ! --------------------------------\ --------------------- 25/01/94 --> Version 1.7 --------------------------------/ ATTENTION !! New formats recognized (4) : - Channel Player v1 - Channel Player v2 - Channel Player v3 These 3 versions of the Channel Player were found in the game "Fury of the Furries" (tunes by Moby !) and this format was coded by a great friend of Moby : Alan / Impact Inc. I HAD TO convert this ! And I fortunately managed to ! - Promizer v4.0 ! This convert-routine was based on ONLY ONE module !! Which is supplied with EaglePlayer you know... "PM40.Do you wanne" So, I might have missed some values or fonctions not present in this module..... to be continued... Now, up to * 26 * different formats in Pro-Wizard !!!! Also a little change concerning the requester "Who Composed It ?" : As the following formats still contain the original text in the samples names (Wanton, Kris, Unic, Laxity, ProRunner 1 & Eureka), I thought that it wasn't useful to ask for the composer name... as the authors often write their name or handle there (in the first sample_name). Therefore, this requester won't appear any more for these formats... --------------------------------\ --------------------- 21/01/94 --> Version 1.6 --------------------------------/ Bugs Fixed : Again some stricter check-routines for PP21 & Heatseeker 1.0 New Format Recognized : DIGITAL ILLUSIONS ! All the tunes from Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies. and some others...? I didn't want to analyse this format but I finally gave in to some friends' insistence on asking me to include it in Pro-Wizard... So ? Hope you're satisfied now :-))) Hein! Franky... Anyway, there are now -22- different formats in Pro-Wizzzz! Nota : When you convert all the Pinball D&F muzaks, don't forget to write the name of their author : Olof Gustafsson ! Thanx for him... --------------------------------\ --------------------- 16/01/94 --> Version 1.5a --------------------------------/ Happy New Year Amiga Freaks !! :-) Bugs Fixed : * Again some stricter check-routines for PP10 & PRU2. * Two effects had been forgotten in the XANN Depack routine, Thanx to -- Lux Interior / SYNTEX -- for the test-module. * And finally, after depacking the modules from Sanity "ARTE", I discovered that some samples would need a finetune ! Gosh!! I compared these new mods with the old I already had (Jesterday Loader & WOC92 1st tune) and it turned out that a new NoiseRunner version had been used in "ARTE" !! (grrmbbl) A new version which was able to handle finetunes, not as the first one..... so, I added the appropriate routine to check if there were finetunes or what in a NoiseRunner module. All is in order now. I want to apologize to my great friend - Moby - for all the annoyances that problem involved :-) --------------------------------\ --------------------- 18/12/93 --> Version 1.5 (Encore une...) --------------------------------/ // Special version for **** THE PARTY ]I[ **** :-))) // I won't be present, but Pro-Wizard will ! (( Thanx to all friends who will spread my tool at the party! \\ And have fun freaks !! Special HELLO to Turbo/Infect ! \\ Hope you'll release EXOTIC 3.0 !! New format recognized : PYGMY PROJECTS !! (Extension Demo) Yeah! Refer to the doc_files for more infos but I'm proud of this new convert routine ! :-) It works thanks to a pretty TIP ! (Nice "Bidouille" !) Hope it'll do same with the next modules from that format ! Do you know WHO coded this bloody format ?????? This guy enjoyed himself writing the notes BACKWARDS !!!! What a joke !! :-)))) The format that I had named "SANITY" is in fact called "NoiseRunner" ! Thanx to the player info from EaglePlayer. And, this new "Pygmy" format may be the "NoiseRunner 2", I think... It's so similar... Well, there are -21- different formats now in Pro-Wizzzzzzzzzz ! --------------------------------\ --------------------- 16/12/93 --> Version 1.4a (!!!) --------------------------------/ Problem with AC1D format (Yes! The new one :-) Well, in the v1.4, the raw_file I worked from WAS NOT the REAL raw_module ripped from the DEMO !! (Ou tu l'as choppé Croquik ???? :-) By chance, I went to see a friend who had got this demo (Anarchy "In The Kitchen"), so I decided to ripp the tune by myself, just to verify..... And then, what a surprise when I tried to convert it with the FRESH NEW v1.4 !! No crash nor guru but, no notes either !!! The patterns were EMPTY ! (Damned ! The v1.4 was already spread !!! arrghhh..) The problem comes from the pattern_addys in mod+$100 (refer to the doc files). In the first raw_file I had, these values were relative to the beginning of the module, so I coded the appropriate routine.... but in the new raw_file I ripped, these values were relative to the beginning of CHIP-MEMORY !! So, the routine was adding a $996A value instead of a $380 !!! Gossshhhhh ! Hopefully, I discovered this fucking bug !! :-))) Hey, plus jamais ca Croquik !!! ok ??? Dorénavant, si vous voulez m'envoyer un nouveau format, assurez-vous qu'il est bien TEL QU'IL ETAIT EN MEMOIRE ! --------------------------------\ --------------------- 12/12/93 --> Version 1.4 --------------------------------/ New format recognized : AC1D !! Thanx to Croquik/DRD for the raw_file... Test-module : Anarchy "In The Kitchen" Demo ! Thus, there are 20 different formats in Pro-Wizzzzz ! Crypto Packer was renamed as "Heatseeker-module-cruncher v1.0" ! Its real name... Thanx to Speedy/Parasite for the info ! --------------------------------\ --------------------- 11/12/93 --> Version 1.3c --------------------------------/ Bugs fixed : Another bug in the NP2 & NP3 depack_routines : I've forgotten to test the command 5 (TonePorta + VolSlide) The value also needs a NEG.B to be well-depacked, as well as the 6 & 7 (=A) commands. And another little bug in the ProRunner 2.0 check-routine, also fixed now... Thanx to -- VideoKid & MexicanBoy -- for these ones ! --------------------------------\ --------------------- 02/12/93 --> Version 1.3b --------------------------------/ Bug fixed : Some ProRunner 2.0 modules ("SNT!") were intercepted by the Crypto-Packer check-routine, so they were recognized as Crypto-Packer Modules !!! I fixed the check-routine to make it stricter... All is in order now. --------------------------------\ --------------------- 15/11/93 --> Version 1.3a --------------------------------/ Bug fixed : NoisePacker v2 & v3 bug when all the 31 samples were used in a module ! That caused a "nice" GURU 8000 0025. I discovered this bug when I tried to depack the module from the LEMON Demo : GROOVY. Hanni-Packer was renamed as "Pha-Packer" --> its real name !!! (coded by Azatoth/PHA) --------------------------------\ --------------------- 23/09/93 --> Version 1.3 --------------------------------/ New format recognized : EUREKA_Packer !! A rather old pack_format coded by EUREKA, a french guy. You can find it in the old TuneDisk CONCEPT in 3 discs, in ANARCHY "Spring Melodies", & a demo from SILENTS... This brings the reco_formats up to 19 types ! --------------------------------\ --------------------- 17/09/93 --> Version 1.2 --------------------------------/ Home released... Bug fixed : Wanton_Packer convert-routine omission !! Just a "SUBQ #2" forgotten so that all the "B-3" notes were fucked ! (replaced by a "???" in Protracker) Which modules ? ----> FINLANDIA 3discs Music-Disk. Thanx to -- Sun / DreamDealers -- for this one !! --------------------------------\ --------------------- 25/08/93 --> Version 1.1 --------------------------------/ Released chez moi (!!) Bugs fixed : - ProPacker 1.0 & 2.1 : Patterns_table troubles... (When tracks were too high) - HanniPacker : Patterns_table overflow (and crash !!) --------------------------------\ --------------------- 21/08/93 --> Version 1.0 --------------------------------/ Released at the Garden Party III, Aurillac, FRANCE. Handles 18 formats...