旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Module Player V1.4 (c) 1994,1995 by Lord Excess of Sound Wizards Int. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Index for SWMP V1.4 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� I. General II. Utilisation III. Features IV. Support V. System Requirements VI. Optimisations VII. Thanks and Greets VIII. Changes from V1.3 IX. Copyrights, Restrictions X. Info Addresses I. General 컴컴컴컴컴 Sound Wizards Module Player (SWMP) is on the one hand quite a pretty module player with lots of extraordinary capabilities and on the other hand a software development kit that gives you access to the world of module files. Basically the drivers were coded in pure assembler what makes them running very stable and provides a maximum of speed. II. Utilisation 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� If you want to know how to link the drivers into your code, take a look at C.DOC, PAS.DOC or ASM.DOC. Here comes the description of the demo player. SWMP.EXE is a command line player, i.e. you have to specify modulefiles (sound files with extension .MOD) after you've typed in the name of the player, for example: C:\SOUND>SWMP TECHNOLO.MOD RELAXING.MOD This will first play Technolo.Mod, which has to be in the current directory (or else you have to add a path), and after that continue with Relaxing.Mod. If you specify only one file on the command line, the player will return to DOS when finished playing. If multiple files are selected, SWMP will play all files in order and then restart with the first one (demo mode). While playing you can use the following keys: ESC: Quit player SPACE/RETURN: Start next song CURSOR UP/DOWN,+,-: Change volume settings CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT: Change song position If the player refuses to play back a sound file, then the file specified is either not of MOD-type, there is not enough memory available or (in case you own a GUS) the DRAM size is too low. A setup program is available if you start the player without command line parameters. In most cases the automatic hardware detection should work, but if you encounter any errors try to setup the player with the correct configuration. III. Features 컴컴컴컴컴컴� - SWMP plays any 4,6 or 8 channel modules, no matter if 15 or 31 samples. All effects of ProTracker 2.3A/3.01 except of the SetFilter- and InvertLoop command are implemented, including extended speeds. I'm not going to list all compatible trackers and effect commands, because this would take up pages... - Sample length is no more reduced to 64KB !! - GUS specials: - *CORRECT* loops - calculated volume settings - UltraClicks (tm?) removed - SDKs are available for C, PASCAL & ASSEMBLER. IV. Support 컴컴컴컴컴� Currently the following sound devices are supported: - any SoundBlaster compatible card - any SoundBlaster Pro compatible card - Gravis UltraSound I have made the experience how much easier it is to program the GUS and how much better the results in quality are, therefore I'm not going to support non-wavetable cards in future releases. GUS really sounds best as things are now. V. System Requirements 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Of course you need at least one of the soundcards listed above. The PC-Speaker option is not available. In my opinion no sound at all is better than this. Secondly your CPU has to be a 80386 or above, because the new startup code uses the 386 instruction set (the drivers only need a 80286). VI. Optimisations (coder's stuff) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Note: This affects only the SoundBlaster drivers. Primarily I've optimized the drivers for size and sound quality. Instead of the ultra high speed block scaling routines I 'only' used the normal high speed linear scaling procs. But these are such tuned that you only notice a difference on 16MHz machines. The result is a much smaller use of memory at runtime. VII. Thanks and Greets 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Many thanks to all my encouraged beta testers! First of all I have to mention Oliver Eugster, having always time for a little test and putting his schoolwork aside. Many thanks also to Martin Sch꼛er for reading and correcting the documentation. Greets go out to the cool guys at GRAVIS (Brad Craig) ! A lot of thanks to all musicians composing these cool mods. The two sound files located in the main archive were done by Sound Wizards members. Hi Brian Klug. Thanks for the bug report in V1.3 !!! VIII. Changes from V1.3 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Version 1.3 contains a bug in the SDKs. When trying to load an invalid file the drivers don't return correctly. This bug has been fixed. A second change has been made in the startup code of SWMP.EXE because VIRSTOP incorrectly assumed that there was a FISH-6 virus in it, what is definitely not true. IX. Copyrights & Restrictions 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� This software is freeware. It may not be used in a commercial way without permission. But you may copy and use it as long as you do not modify the contents. In other words: If your sofware will be freeware too that's ok. Further I'm not liable for any damage this product could cause. All mentioned Trademarks and Copyrights are registered by their respective owners. If you are using the drivers in your code, a credit would be nice. X. Info Addresses 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� In case you have any comments or questions concerning this player or SOUND WIZARDS in general, here are our addresses: LORD EXCESS: AXEL: Beat Rigazzi Sound Wizards Sandackerweg 3 Reinacherstrasse 4 3363 Ober봭z 4147 Aesch phone: +41-(0)63-614981 phone: +41-(0)61-7512287 e-mail: rigazzi@iamexwi.unibe.ch fax: +41-(0)61-7512287 last but not least: This piece of work is dedicated to my girlfriend Daniela, the most beautiful girl of the world !!! Lord Excess in June '95