CapaMod v2.25 documentation file Copyright (C) 1993-1995 Heikki Ylinen (flap / Capacala) 1. INFO & THANKS. CapaMod is a player which plays 4,6 & 8 channel Pro Tracker, Noise Tracker, Star Trekker, Sound Tracker, 8 channel Octa Composer modules and 1-32 channel Fast Tracker and Scream Tracker ]I[ modules. CapaMod reads only the left/right info from S3M channel info. So you can set all channels to L1 or/and R1 and CapaMod still plays them all separate. This enables all 32 channels to be played. And then the thanks. Biggest thanks to Robert Adolfsson for GUSPlay Other thanks to: Joshua Jensen for GusMod PSi for MDP and Scream Tracker 3.21 Otto Chrons for DSMI and DMP Jussi Lahdenniemi for PMP Christian Kuendig for ZZPlay Phantom for ProTracker for GUS Stephan Danes and Ramon von Gorkom for Inertia Player Jaakko Lehtinen for JMP Mr.H for FastTracker 1.2 and 2.03 Henning Hellstr”m for SB Studio Samuel Audet for support and testing Jaz for some feature ideas Weasel for bug reports Oliver Deiter for the condom with two holes Crash Test Dummies for great music Primarch for beta testing All Capacala members for beta testing Erika Launonen for herself 2. THE USAGE First of all, you must have ULTRASND environment variable set. CapaMod won't work without it. And if you still encounter some problems, please make sure that you have installed the ULTRINIT, although it is not necessary. When you encounter some problems with GUS IRQ, use the option -TMR to force CapaMod to use system timer instead of GUS IRQ. It is also handy if you are running it under OS/2 GUS drivers. Here's the command line syntax: CMOD [modname] [@listfile] /options modname: Module name(s), wildcards allowed listfile: A file containing module names options: AMPxx - set amplification (0 - 48) PANxxx - set default panning (-64 - 64, default = 18) FDEx - set fadespeed (0 - 9, default = 9) LOPx - set module looping (0 or 1) MD0x - disable speed zero for MODs S30x - enable speed zero for S3Ms NPN - disable pan effects VBL - VBlank: disable BPM tempo, speed scale 0-255 (MODs) BCK[file] - start playing mod and execute [file] SCRxxxx - screen saver launch time in seconds (0 = off, default) AMY - force to Amiga limits (use only octaves 1-3) KBD - disable key repeating speed set RND - play modules in random order CLRx - set environment color (1=blue, 2=red, 3=green) M25 - force to use 80x25 mode TMR - use system timer instead of GUS's own IRQ MIC - enable mic-port LIN - enable line in -port You can also put your favorite command line options into an environment variable. For example: SET CAPAMOD=/fde0 /npn /amy CapaMod begins by loading the first module and invoking the main screen. Video mode will be changed to 80x50. On top of the screen you can see some useful info about module and location where the player currently is. Under this info are the channel indicator lines. They show the sample num- ber, name, effect, volume, pitch and panning of each channel. The volume bars, which are also in this section of a screen, are standard module-bars. They don't even try to be any kind of VU-meters. Information text is light cyan if the sample is triggered during the current row position. If the currently played effect is not supported, it will be shown in red. And under all this, there is the sample information. There you can find sample names, lengths, loops and finetunes/C4Spds. Sample being used is high- lighted and currently triggered sample is white. If sample is muted there are two lines crossing its left border. You can use the following keys to control playing and other stuff:  /  - set module position < / > - move cursor up/down Tab - change cursor location between samples and channels Space - mute / release a channel or a sample M - mute / release all channels or samples 1 - 8 - mute / release a channel indicated by the numberkey F1-F10 - set fadespeed (F10 fade off) - / + - set volume , / . - set panning of channel ; / : - set panning of channel 4 steps Home/End - set tempo PgD/PgU - set speed Del - set speed & tempo determined by the module N - fade out and load next module, another N stops fading and starts loading immediately Esc - fade out and quit, another Esc stops fading and quits immediately D - dos shell P - pause / release module H - help and other info L - switch looping on/off 0 - enable/disable speed zero  /  - scroll screen up / down Enter - stops fading and sets volume to 64 S - screen saver ( / ) - set default panning 3. CONTACTING THE AUTHOR (an old clich‚) If you find any bugs or encounter some problems, don't hesitate to contact me. You can also just write me a card where you tell how good CapaMod is and how good I am (just like Otto wants, greets to him by the way). And, as mentioned in the player, CapaMod is rubberware. That means if you use CapaMod, you must send me a condom from your home country. Mail: Heikki Ylinen Modem: DARKSˇDE BBS the Capacala WHQ Oravatie 9b +358-0-294 1594 node 1 02270 Espoo +358-0-294 0467 node 2 Finland E-Mail: flap@triplex.fipnet.fi You may also find me from some other finnish BBSs. I go by the name of flap or Hessu Ylinen. You can also reach me thru DGi-net by the name of Hessu Ylinen. 4. THE END