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Party 96 RELEASE
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\___ /\____|__ /\_____\ \_/
\/ \/ \__> V1.7
by MoM^Cubic Team
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Q: What is the Cubic Player ?
A: Cubic Player (CP) is a music player which plays a variety of
sound formats on several sound cards.
Q: ... Cubic Team ... ?
A: Niklas continues developing the Cubic Player ! But the Player is not any
more related to the Cubic Team !
I try to make the doc, FAQ & a bit email support,don't blame him !!!!
Q: What sound cards are supported ?
A: Gravis UltraSound / MAX / DaughterBoard / PnP
SoundBlaster 1.x / 2.x / Pro / 16 / SB 32 / PnP
WSS compatible cards
Pro Audio Spectrum series
Disk Writer, writes .WAV output on disk.
Quiet Player =)
Q: Can not find OS4GW.EXE ?
A: Only in the Wired 96 PRE-Release :) Call DOS4GW CP.EXE !
This should work fine, don't mail us and we have the time, to fix it !
Q: What music formats are supported ?
A: MOD/NST/WOW, XM, S3M, DMF, MTM, ULT, 669, OKT, PTM, AMS, MDL, IT and MIDI.
Q: Which is the last version of Cubic Player?
A: The last Cubic Player version is the 2.0‡ Party 96 Version.
This release is only for professional User !
Q: Where can I get the latest Cubic-Player / Patches ?
Where can I find the offical Cubic Player homepage?
A: FASTEST and FiRST Sites:
Internet
http://www.isys.net/~michael.baekow/cubic/ (HOME PAGE)
http://www.fh-zwickau.de/~maz/ (GUS-Patches)
http://www.bg.univ.gda.pl/~wanted/en/cp.html
ftp://gawain.faw.uni-ulm.de/pub2/demoserv/music/utils/players/
ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/msdos/demos/music/programs/players/
ftp://ftp.hornet.org/pub/demos/music/programms/players/
FiDO Request
Digital Nightmare 2:2437/301 .. Magic "CP"
Cubic Team WHQ
Digital Nightmare +49-5121-157107 33.6k USR
+49-5121-39236 16.8k ZYX
+49-5121-157635 19.2k ZYX
+49-5121-157636 64.0k/128k ISDN
+49-5121-157107 64.0k/128k ISDN
+49-5121-157109 64.0k/128k ISDN
Q: Are you going to release new versions ?
A: Yes !
Q: Does the Cubic Player run with Windows 3.11 ?
A: NOT PERFECT ! If you try it, your system might crash !
Q: Does the Cubic Player run with Windows 95 ?
A: Yes, the Player should work fine, but you need more RAM & CPU power !
If your system doesn't have a P100 & 16 MB RAM, try it under DOS.
Q: Can you give me the source or a part of the source from the Cubic Player ?
A: NO, we don't give any part of our source away.
But you can get the Tiny XM Player a free GUS-XM Player inc. Source from
the Cubic Team.
Q: I have a problem finding a small routine that will play mod files.
I wanted to know if you can help finding a routine, lib or something
like this.
A: Try our Tiny XM Player, a free XM Player inc. source.
Q: How can I play MIDI files with my SB ?
A: You need the GUS MIDI-Patch files, then you must add the path of your .PAT
Files in your CP.INI, MPU-401 support is planed in a further Version.
[general]
guspatchpath=c:\ultrasnd\midi
;// the gus patches AND the DEFAULT.CFG are located here.
Q: Can I configure midi drivers for the CP 2.0‡ if I have a
Sound Blaster 16/MPU-401 with a daughter board Roland Sound Canvas SCB-55 ?
A: Wait for the 2.0 FINAL or get MiDPLAY from SoundWorX a colorful MPU-401/SB
MiDI-Player.
Q: I am having trouble getting the disk writing option (-cc40) to work with
CP 2.0‡
A: The config-system has been changed to 1.666.
Now you can select the disk-writer in the fileselector.
Select the device @: => DEVICES => DEVPDSK.DEV (Disk Writer)
For better quality try QMIX.DEV !
Q: First off, when I play certain WAV files, CP will cause DOS4GW to crash,
citing a DIVIDE BY ZERO error. most of these crashes occur when a WAV is
sampled at a little over 11000Hz...
A: You must get an updated driver for your soundcard.
Q: What about .IT support ?
A: The .IT Support is still under construction,
a ALPHA loader for the .IT Format is in the 2.0 is included.
But we are waiting for a .IT Player made with our SDK by the author
from the Impulse Tracker !
In fact .IT is different from the most .MOD formats, so 32 channels max.
16 samples / instrument, no NNAs, no sustain loops, some missing effects.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE 2.0 RELEASE VERSION, don't cry or complain via MAIL !!
Q: Do you plan to support MPEG-2/3 ?
A: Perhaps in a future version MPEG video/audio.
Q: Why don't you implement Nibbles, or similar game, in Cubic? Like
FT2-nibbles? Or just plain Snake...
A: Cubic Player is a MOD-Player, if you want to play a game get a EPIC or
Apogee SW game :)
Q: I have a AWE32 and a GUS in my computer. Will both cards be supported
simultaneously in the nearby future?
A: Right now, only 2 GUSs' are supported simultaneously.
Q: The documentation says "Most of this is obsolete since 1.666" Do you think
you could perhaps update it ?
A: Soon ! In the NEXT WEEK i hope we'll have a NEW documentaion.
Q: What does "wurfel mode" actually do?
A: "Wuerfel" is german word for cubic. The mode play a animation, when avail,
designed for special party-versions, CD-ROM rel. ...
Q: Some features like the "wuerfel mode" are in the 2.-1 missing,
are they removed ?
A: This features and much more are comming back !
Only in the 2.-1 Version are they temp. removed.
Q: Is it possible that you port Cubic Player to other software platforms like
OS/2 and some free Unices (Linux and FreeBSD) ?
A: WiN32 perhaps, but right now no support for other platforms is planed.
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