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TCB SOUND TRACKER
Make music with the ultimate sample player from the
world renkowned The Care Bears programming team
Sound Tracker is another stunning piece of software from The Care Bears, but
this time it's not a demo - it's a four-channel stereo sound sample replay
system that enables you to create your own songs. The sound quality is far
better than anything heard before on the ST and what's more, it only takes up
about 28 per cent of the ST's processor time. That means there is still plenty
of processing power to drive fast arcade games with dozens of sprites,
scrolling backgrounds and so on.
To play the demo piece of music on the disk boot up Sound Tracker in low
resolution then click on the Load Module button. Using the cursor keys select
Vortex and then hit the Return key. Now click on the Play button. Sound
channels one to four can be selected or deselected by clicking on the buttons
1, 2, 3 and 4 at the top of the screen. Click on Stop when you have had
enough.
Several samples are loaded with the module and these can be played from the
keyboard. Click on the arrows next to the SAM# button to select the sample then
hit a key on the keyboard. The replay speed and pitch depend on the key
pressed.
Sound Tracker is still being developed and more functions are constantly
being added. Here are some to try:
F1 = cut current channel
F2 = cut current pattern
F3 = paste current channel
F4 = paste current pattern
F5 = toggle monitor on/off
F6 = toggle write on/off
F7 = jump to 0
F8 = jump to 10
F9 = jump to 20
F10 = jump to 30
( = fast loop set
) = -
delete = start
\ = rec.
right shift = stop
insert = patt
clrhome = -
help = pos
undo = -
By pressing Insert in the file selector you can enter your own name (in
this demo only upper case) and Undo to undo the save/load function. Press
'clrhome' to toggle the music on/off.
The finished version of Sound Tracker will feature a built-in
sampling-editor, suport for MIDI, more edit functions, drum edit screen, stereo
mode, a replay routine and other stuff like how to use your music in your games
or demos... There will be a file called REPLAY.ROT and you simply include a
machine code routine like this to start the music:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
x:
pea 0
move.w #$20,-(sp)
trap #1
addq.l #6,sp
moveq #1,d0 ;replay mod
lea my_music,a0
jsr digi_rout
move.w #7,-(sp)
trap #1
addq.l #2,sp
moveq #0,d0
jsr digi_rout
illegal
my_music:
incbin mysong.mod
even
digi_rout:
incbin replay.rot
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The full version of this software will be be launched at the European
Computer Entertainment show in September. If you would like any more details
about this software, then please contact: MPH, 10 Chandlers Court, Eaton,
Norwich, Norfolk NR4 6EY.
HARDWARE: 1Mb RAM, colour monitor