Probe House DMA SAmple Player v4.2

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Utility/Music
Freeware
STe/TT/Falcon


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William Wong of Probe House Software has recently released a new version of PH Player which can play 8/16 bit samples in mono/stereo on any DMA equipped machine.
When passed a sample PH Player processes the file, adjusts the playback speed to suit, then plays it.
PH Player can be installed as a desktop accessory, run from the desktop, installed as a viewer within programs such as CAB, or installed as an application on the desktop to play samples.
When installed as a desktop accessory PH Player can automatically play a sample located on the boot partition called "PHPLAYER.WAV" - I've got the original ATV interlude as my auto playing sample!
The range of audio formats automatically recognised is comprehensive and includes the following: AU, AVR, WAV, SND, AIF, SGI/Apple, IFF, VOC, RAW and MS and IMA ADPCM wave in mono and stereo. The common playback speeds in the range 5500 to 50066kHz are supported.
This version sports a new interface from which you can Play, Stop or Load samples using the non-modal dialog. PH Player is easy to use and control using either the mouse or keyboard and, apart from a delay as the program processes the file for playing, which varies depending on the size of the sample being loaded, everything happens pretty quickly and cleanly.
The author states PH Player runs fine under MultiTOS (AES 4.1) and that he hasn't tested it with MagiC. I tried it with MagiC and it runs fine as an application but there are problems running it as a desktop accessory.
I would like to see some sort of simple playlist facility implemented and the ability to search a folder and process/play any samples found.
William is planning to include support for playing large samples if there's enough interest so do take the time to provide some feedback.

[] Author: William Wong
Email: wongck@letterbox.com
URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/6880/phsw.html


Mike Kerslake


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