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Difference between hp3 and hpalib (by Bjoern Stabells):
> - my port, hpalib, uses AConvertBuffer(), while hp3 doesn't. I'm actually
> not sure if it's necessary. :)
> - hp3 also supports 8bit linear, while hpalib only supports 16bit linear
> - hpalib does a 3 second wait to let the audio stream fill up, while
> hp3 doesn't, resulting in uneven playback (silent gaps in the music)
> - hp3 rounds the frequency to always use a legal frequency, while
> hpalib really should be able to handle all frequencies, but doesn't
> right now.
>
old Readme for the hp3 port.
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[ NOTE: this is still undergoing development, and will probably be
enhanced, as some parts don't work very well. ]
The is a port of tracker, version 3.19, to HP-UX 7x5 machines with
audio devices that can handle 16-bit CD-quality stereo audio. Tracker
plays Amiga MOD files, which are generally of much higher quality than
most computer music that most people have heard (however, MOD files
still aren't excellent in terms of sound quality -- they are merely
"very good").
Note that you must have an audio device that supports stereo and
16-bit data. Other audio output devices are not supported, although
support may be added in the future.
You also need HP-UX 9.01 to use this program, and you must have set
up audio services on your 7x5 workstation. See the audio services
manual to see how to set this up.
***** Quickstart instructions:
1. Put these files in some convenient directory. The tracker binary
contains no hard-coded paths, and can be placed anywhere.
2. The files whose names end with ".mod" are Amiga "MOD" files, which
contain instructions on how to play a song. Each .mod file is one
song.
3. To play a song to the headphone jack, do (for example):
tracker -volume -20 -mix 40 boesen.mod
(You may have to add paths to the tracker binary or to boensen.mod)
If you want the song to be output to the internal speaker, do:
tracker -speaker -volume 0 -mix 40 boesen.mod
IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE A VOLUME LEVEL OF ZERO (0) IF YOU ARE LISTENING
USING HEADPHONES. A VOLUME LEVEL OF ZERO IS LOUD, AND COULD
CONCEIVABLY CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR HEARING. Frankly, you probably
shouldn't use anything above -5 if you are listening using
headphones.
4. There are three .mod files in this distribution. They are among the
best that I've heard, and represent a wide range of musical tastes:
boesen.mod -- Piano (harpsichord???). Sounds like a
barroom piano player.
crystalh.mod -- Perhaps the most famous Amiga mod file. I
can't describe this. A poor description
would be a combination between rock and new
wave music.
xmas.mod -- This sounds like a drunken rock DJ's idea of
Christmas Muzak h*ll. Still, it's quite
impressive.
***** Other notes:
1. The volume is specified in dB, and the default volume setting is
-20dB. Note that setting the volume to -5dB and higher could
conceivably cause damage to your hearing if you listen to mod files
using a headphone.
2. After running tracker, X-Windows (vue) can no longer beep. I have no
idea why, although I'm looking into this.
***** Here's the usage information:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Usage: tracker [options] filename [...]
-help Display usage information
-quiet Print no output other than errors
-picky Do not tolerate any faults (default is to ignore most)
-tolerant Ignore all faults
-mono Select single audio channel output
-stereo Select dual audio channel output
-verbose Show text representation of song
-repeats <count> Number of repeats (0 is forever) (default 1)
-speed <speed> Song speed. Some songs want 60 (default 50)
-mix <percent> Percent of channel mixing. (0 = spatial, 100 = mono)
-new -old -both Select default reading type (default is -both)
-frequency <freq> Set playback frequency in Hz
-oversample <times> Set oversampling factor
-transpose <n> Transpose all notes up
-scroll Show what's going on
-sync Try to synch audio output with display
-speaker Output audio to internal speaker (HP-UX only).
-volume <n> Set volume in dB (HP-UX only).
RunTime:
e,x exit program
n next song
p restart/previous song
> fast forward
< rewind
S NTSC tempo s PAL tempo
? Switch between normal and scroll mode
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Darryl Okahata
darrylo@sr.hp.com