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News from version 1.4 to 1.5:
- Some minor changes
- new depacker (thanks to Fabien Pigere (Createur))
- many changes to prepare v2.0
(version 2.0 will include complete interface, visual effects and
file manager, with support for ZIP file)
News from version 1.3 to 1.4:
- The version of the program is displayed in the starting up message.
- * Balance Manager * (see "Balance Manager" chapter)
- Booting process remains showed (loading,unpacking,converting). Allow
you to read the filename of your Mod if you were using AUTO_MOD to
play a random mod.
- adding a bit of explanation about AUTO_MOD.TOS
- on TOS > 4.0, the mouse remains active while it runs a TOS program,
so now the mouse is hidden.
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 but Amiga.
In the Atari World, Mod players 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
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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.
BALANCE MANAGER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This screen allows you to change the balance for any of the four
channels. As an exemple, a channel used only for 'bom-bom' beat should
be set to its median value. Thus means that the sound will be played
by the right and left speakers. You can change the value manually.
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).
You can use AUTO_MOD.TOS to call NTK4_MOD for you, with the correct
path. You must edit AUTO_MOD.TOS with a sector editor and change the
paths where you put your Mods and NTK4_MOD.TTP. Very useful: only one
double click and a Mod is played !
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
25350 MANDEURE
- FRANCE -
You can reach me throught RTEL, in bal 'MEGAR'
or through Email: megar@mail.fc-net.fr
The coder of the player is:
Sylvain LANGLADE
62bis rue de l'Oradou
63000 CLERMONT-FERRAND
- FRANCE -
New versions will be availlable at:
THE BBS (+33)42 51 11 35 (Paris)
FTP: ftp.cnam.fr/pub/Atari