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Sæbø, Norway, Tuesday the 29th of January 1991
Finally it's here; the Esion XLII tracker. Some have waited a long time
for this, but mostly no-one ever expected it.
The ESION XLII tracker is a program for writing music using samples. It
supports four completely independent channels, realtime pitch bending and
full volume control.
The tracker has been split in two versions, an ST version (TRAK_ST.PRG) and
an STe version (TRAK_STE.PRG). This has been done to push the separate
versions as much as the computers allow. Compare the STe version to the ST
version and you'll see what I'm talking about. The TRAK_ST.PRG should work
on all Ataris, the TRAK_STE.PRG is STe specific.
We will not move on to brag about our mega, ultra, giga fantastic tracker
which beats anything else on the surface of earth, and start critising
An Cool for being such a stupid git, then go on about how bad Quartet is
etc. etc. We think you see for yourself what the programme is good for,
and when compared to existing programs for writing music, Esion does in
most cases come out on top.
If you think that the TCB tracker is a hundred times better than the ESION
XLII tracker, we should notify you of the fact that ESION DOES load TCB
modules, HAS better sound, and that 49.95 quid IS rather a lot of money.
This is not the final version of the ESION XLII tracker, in fact, it's not
the ESION XLII tracker at all, it's the ESION XLI tracker. We have on purpose
removed some of the functions, and it contains nothing more than what meets
the eye. Furthermore there is no error checking whatsoever in the demo. It
is, however, perfectly possible to write genuine music, and it should beat
the hell out of the TCB Tracker.
As for documentation you are left completely at your own. However, it is
100% compatible with the NoiseTracker Amiga v1.3 and most other trackers
existing for the ST, provided these are built around the soundtracker
format. (Not Future Composer. Sorry, Hippel! ;^}
If noone has been naughty the disk should contain the following files:
\ DESKTOP.INF
TRAK_ST.PRG
TRAK_STE.PRG
ABOUT.TXT
VARIOUS.TXT
VIEW!.TTP
All code was written by Karl Anders Øygard during the periods from the 10th
of August to the 25th of August and from the 15th of November to the 31st
of December 1990.
Advice, explanations and corrections were given by Hans Arild Runde.
The graphical layout was designed by Karl Anders Øygard and Hans Arild Runde.
Thanks to Joar Karsten Øygard, Kjetil Homme and Gard Eggesbø Abrahamsen for
moral/immoral support.
The sound tables in the ST version of Esion was based on the ST Replay
Professional sound tables and finetuned with an oscilloscope most willingly
lend by the Møre og Romsdal Highschool of Engineering.
The following programs have been of invaluable help throughout the development
of ESION: DevPac ST 2 (hail HiSoft!), Cyber Paint II, NeoChrome 2.19 and
Universal Item Selector 3.1
The ESION XLII tracker is under continual development, steadily being upgraded
and improved. If we get sufficient support, we may try to include the
following features:
- TCB tracker-module saving
- AVR-sample loading/saving
- Midi support
- TT support
- Quartet song loading (saving?)
- Sample editor
- YM2149 support (DMA-sound computers only)
- Future Composer compatibility
- 25 Khz (Mega) STe?
- 8 voices
- Monochrome support..
- 32 voices (ATW only :^P
The latter five are not very likely to come through, though. :-)
The ESION XLII tracker is *NOT* public domain. It is shareware. If you
use the tracker and think it is a worthwhile product, you may register
by mailing the author 20 pounds. You will then receive the official
version of ESION together with documentation, a couple of disks with
samples, and replay routines for ST/E for incorporation in your very
own programs.
The ESION XLII tracker may not be sold in any PD library unless a
reasonable part of the profit is paid to us. Also, the unchanged document
files *must* follow the tracker.
At the moment we are looking for distributors, so ESION XLII may very
well appear on the commercial market. If you are interested in distributing
the tracker for us or need music for a game, do contact us!
Karl Anders Øygard
Box 8
N-6180 SÆBØ
NORWAY
Phone: +47 070 40015 (weekends and holidays only)
Giro account: 0824 0427940
EAN: Karl Anders 0ygard <C=no;PRMD=uninett;O=AAHS;S=data3d> (X.400)
Karl Anders 0ygard <data3d@aahs.no> (RFC822)
The ESION XLII tracker is (C) 1991 OUCH productions ltd.
The TCB tracker is (C) 1990 MPH Computer Supplies.
ST Replay Professional and Quartet is (C) 1989 Microdeal inc.
With love from Norway...
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Varios Doc File:
Ålesund, Tuesday the 29. January 1991.
Yiihaaa!
Having finally managed to get this tracker ready, I think I'll take a few days
off (and go to school as I'm supposed to). I dunno really, we'll have to see
about that.
I think I'll just keep this text short, ain't got time to write something more
extensive. (The time is 3:43 in the night)
Introducing to U: the O.U.C.H. crew! (Applause. Funky music.) Coming from
Norway these guys vow to fight the forever enduring war against bad demos
and lamers in general. (Dramatic sound fx.) The O.U.C.H. crew are (fanfare):
WizzCat, Lord Hackbear, Exorcist, Gladiator, Zealot and Orange Crush.
TCB, the Lost Boys and the Overlanders, watch out! They're coming to get ya!
(Sorry about that one, I got a bit torn away.. B^)
School really kill me these days. But, for no apparent reason, I'm still doing
well. Damn, I want some show, so that I can go skiing again. It's almost 4
years since we had a real winter. There's no feeling like speeding down the
Norwegian mountains, run off the track, crash into a tree and get run over by
a showplough.
Anyway, a few hackerconnected greetings must go to: The POMPEY PIRATES (thanks
for putting up with me), the CryptoBurners (Yeah, what about it?), RAZOR 1911,
(Haha, Nosferatu, U'll never convert me!), XITE (Most kind of u!), the Lost
Boyz of London (*QUARTET*?), the CareBears (!An Cool >;^], the Overlanders
(French fries, please? haha), Imagina (We beat ya *any* day! ;^) and Infinity
(I think).
Not hackerconnected greetings go to: the guy behind MiNT (Man! This is great),
Douglas Adams (you know), Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, Clive Barker, etc.
HiSoft (for DevPac etc. etc.), Bresenham, Stephen Donaldson, Gadgets & Small
and
Antigreetings go to: the Virgins (NO!), Jason & Kylie (RRAAAHHhhh!), Atari
Norway (F*CK YOU!), Saddam Hussein (*NO COMMENT*) and TeleHerket (the
Norwegian phone company. They charge you 50p a min. for a call to UK.)
I've included some of the best scandinavian tunes available on the disk,
just to show off the capabilities of the tracker. The modules were written
by:
KLISJE PÅ KLISJE - Walkman
SHORT - Walkman
DAISY CHAIN - Rhesus Minus
SPELL-AMELIORATION - Uncle Tom
VICTOR - Jesper Kyd (I think)
Ughh, now that I'm done with that, I think I'll write a mindbashing demo or
sth. like that (Vectordemo > 'The Hunt for 7. October', Tec? I know it can be
done!). Anyway, U watch out for the O.U.C.H. Minidemo/666-crew partydemo.
Coming soon to a mailbox near you. (If I can manage to write a meny for it..)
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WizzCat
Box 8, N-6180
NORWAY
``Why do mice eat so much, yet never get any bigger?''