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- News from version 1.2 to 1.3:
- - Files are checked to know if it is a Mod-File or not. If not, the
- computer never crash !
- - New command: Pause/Play. Activ everywhere
- - New commands: <- and ->. Activ everywhere
- - New feature in Show Module Information: dynamic Mod-position.
-
- NTK4_MOD.TTP QUICK DOCUMENTATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- NTK4_MOD.TTP is a Falcon-only .MOD player. A .MOD file is a music
- (refered to soundtrack) that consists of sampled instruments and a
- complex partition. Most of .MOD files are 4-voices music, thus means
- that the player must be able to play up to 4 voices in the same that.
- Note that the player must be able to add real-time effects on the
- played samples. The .MOD files were created for the Commodore Amiga,
- then some coders wrote player for Atari ST, PC, Mac ... Some time
- later, true soundtrackers appeared on others machines than Amiga.
-
- In the Atari World, Mod player take an important amount of time
- since the sound-chips were not able to really play 4 independant
- samples. From the Falcon030 and its DSP, players has been writted and
- they take a very low amount of time. Nullos/DNT crew wrote his own
- Mod-player, totally re-writting _all_ the routines, including the
- original Protracker' bugs. His Mod-player has a very good sound
- quality and it is quite reliable. Unfortunaly, Nullos brought with his
- player only source code and a mini-player of NTK4 file; that's why I
- wrote NTK4_MOD.TTP.
-
- NTK4_MOD.TTP is only able to play 4-voices MOD files
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- To run the player, you may use several ways:
-
- - double-click on the TTP, then write the MOD path and name
-
- - double-click on the TTP, then write a path as
- "D:\MISC\MUSIC\*.MOD", thus will play a random Mod
-
- - put a MOD-File on it.
-
- Extra features: to automatically put the player in background,
- let's begin the command line with a '&' or ' ' character. To
- automatically stop the player, put '-' as a command line.
- Automatically refers to don't show the menu. You can key in a name
- using wildcard ( ? and * ) in order to play a random file.
-
- When the Player is active, you will be asked to choose a command in
- a menu. Please note that the .Mod name ans title are displayed.
-
- Press 0 to quit the player, in putting the player OFF. Thus will
- kill the player from the memory
-
- Press 1 to quit the player, in putting the player ON. Thus will
- only put the Player in the background. This option is very cool, I
- think: you can listen to your Mod-File in doing other things ! Please
- note that the player stay in memory, so don't change the resolution
- using the desktop ! In order to return to the menu, double-click on
- the TTP, then put _nothing_ in the asked line.
-
- Press 2 to show some figures about the Mod-File. It also show the
- actual position in the music.
-
- Press 3 to show informations about the program, It will show a
- quick documentation and show the Mod name and title. It also show the
- lenght of RAM the Program+Mod take.
-
- Press 4 to show actual amount of time used by the player. The 'max'
- item show you how the maximum amount of time used from you pushed 4.
-
- Press 5 to Pause the player, press 5 again to put it on. Note that
- this command is activ wherever you are in the TTP.
-
- Press <- and -> to move yourself through the mod. Note that this
- command is activ wherever you are in the TTP. <- will only change the
- Mod-position in song if line 8 has been played, else it only reinit
- the pattern.
-
- DESKTOP INSTALLATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- You may put the TTP on your desktop to drop Mod-File on its icon.
- Select the TTP, then click 'open application', In PATH item, choose
- 'Top Window'. (Don't forget to save the desktop).
-
-
- INTERNALS
- ~~~~~~~~~
-
- When quitted, the player keep its address in memory using the
- Cookie-Jar ("NTK4" cookie). It use dynamic memory allocation, so it
- doesn't work with Multitos, sorry !
-
-
- CONTACT AUTHORS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- My address is:
- Gilles BOUTHENOT
- 8 rue des Murgers
- 5350 MANDEURE
- - FRANCE -
- You can reach me throught RTEL, in bal 'MEGAR'
- or through Email: megar@email.teaser.com (randomly)
-
- The player coder (Nullos/DNT crew) is:
- Sylvain LANGLADE
- 62bis rue de l'Oradou
- 63000 CLERMONT-FERRAND
- - FRANCE -
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