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Revision history ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ahi.device ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 1.32 AHI is no longer a library, but a device ("ahi.device"). Doubled volume for stereo modes without panning. Changed the audio IDs for paula and wavetools. Moved the audio drivers from LIBS:AHI to DEVS:AHI. 1.286 'Cancel' text in the requester defaulted to the swedish word for cancel. Oops. AHI_GetAudioAttrsA() now takes 3 arguments instead of 2. Improved mixing rutines for AHIST_M8U samples a bit. More changes are needed! AHI_SetEffect() now only takes 2 arguments, and cannot be called from interrupts anymore. Added the first effect: AHIET_MASTERVOLUME. Removed some useless mixing routines and added a few other. When not using panning things should be faster now. Added a new database tag: AHIDB_Realtime. AHI_ControlAudioA() now returns an error code. More new data base tags: AHIDB_MaxPlaySamples, AHIDB_MaxRecordSamples and AHIDB_MixFreq. The way audio drivers tell ahi.device it can be used for recording has changed. Added second effect: AHIET_OUTPUTBUFFER. Sample frequencies can now be up to 131071 Hz, which should be enough for most users. Improved most of the mixing routines. Fixed some bugs in the 16 bit routines aswell. The requester now has menus and is keyboard controllable. Yet another new database tag: AHIDB_FullDuplex. Samples can now be played backwards (AHIST_LOOP sounds, however, cannot. ). I had to change the AHIAudioCtrl structure a little. Old drivers will NOT work any longer - they will probably crash! Hey, it's still a beta version - I'm allowed to do such things! The requester tags has been redefined, a recompile is neccessary. Removed a memory leak in AHI_AudioRequestA(). New tags for AHI_ControlAudioA(): AHIC_MonitorVolume and AHIC_MonitorVolume_Query. Removed the AHIDB_MixFreq tag in AHI_GetAudioAttrsA() and added AHIC_MixFreq_Query for AHI_ControlAudioA(). Cursor keys can now control the audio mode requester. Added 32 bit mixing routines with linear interpolation. 2.4 New field in the AHIAudioCtrlDrv structure: ahiac_BuffType. Rewrote parts of the mixing routines. Sometimes they read one sample to much, causing clicks. Hopefully they work now. The new routine is a little faster, by the way... Fixed the 32 bit linear interpolation mixing routines; they ALWAYS read at least one sample too much, sometimes two. Loads of new tags for AHI_ControlAudioA(): AHIC_InputGain, AHIC_InputGain_Query, AHIC_OutputVolume, AHIC_OutputVolume_Query, AHIC_Input, AHIC_Input_Query, AHIC_Output, and AHIC_Output_Query. Even more new tags for AHI_GetAudioAttrsA(): AHIDB_MinMonitorVolume, AHIDB_MaxMonitorVolume, AHIDB_MinInputGain, AHIDB_MaxInputGain, AHIDB_MinOutputVolume, AHIDB_MaxOutputVolume, AHIDB_Inputs, AHIDB_InputArg, AHIDB_Input, AHIDB_Outputs, AHIDB_OutputArg and AHIDB_Output. Increased the maximum frequency a sample can be played at to 262143 Hz. Previously, the requested number of channels was rounded to an even power of two, i.e. an 18 channel song actually used 32 channels. This is no longer the case. 2.23 Fixed a bug in AHI_GetAudioAttrsA(): Strings was not always NULL- terminated. CloseDevice() trashed some registers it shouldn't. Not so anymore. By mistake I used the function graphics.library/SetRPAttrs() in the requester code, which caused AHI to crash on pre-39 machines. Fixed some bugs in the autodocs AHI_AllocAudioA()/AHIA_RecordFunc. Note that the RecordFunc must return NULL from now on! All PlayerFreq related values should now be Fixed instead of ULONG. A kludge has been added to keep old programs going for some time. 3.861 Small bug fix in the requester code. AHI_DEFAULT_ID as AHIA_AudioID tag data (AHI_AllocAudioA()) didn't work. New function: AHI_PlayA(). MC68000-version added. New mode for audio drivers: AHISB_CANPOSTPROCESS. Bug fix: Turning off the AHIET_OUTPUTBUFFER effect resulted in an endless loop. Surround support added. New effects: AHIET_DSPMASK and AHIET_DSPECHO. New function: AHI_SampleFrameSize(). New (private) functions: AHI_AddAudioMode(), AHI_RemoveAudioMode() and AHI_LoadModeFile(). AddAudioModes does not have to be run before AHI can be used anymore. When 'ahi.device' is loaded, it will check if the audio mode database is loaded. If not, it will automatically scan DEVS:AudioModes/ for mode files and add them. Rewrote the last three non-critical functions in C instead of assembly. Added the new tag AHIB_Dizzy to AHI_BestAudioIDA(). New "effect": AHIET_CHANNELINFO. The first two device commands added: CMD_READ and CMD_WRITE The (obsolete) MultiLoop feature is not totally gone. Removed a bunch of mixing routines that almost never were used anyway. AHI_LoadSound() does not handle unsigned 8 bit samples anymore. You'll have to convert such samples before they can be played from now on. Added Storm C include files. More device commands: CMD_RESET, CMD_STOP, CMD_START and CMD_FLUSH. Stereo sounds can now be used too. Max frequency for AHI_SetFreq() increased once again: 1048575. Added two functions to calculate CPU usage and avoid lockups (ahiac_PreTimer and ahiac_PostTimer). Localized it. 3.948 AHIR_Locale should work now. AHIDB_MaxChannels didn't work in AHI_BestAudioID(). The users preferred audio mode can now be selected in the requester, by setting AHIR_DoDefaultMode to TRUE. Added an infowindow to the requester. All functions that take an audio mode id as input can now use AHI_DEFAULT_ID as well. CMD_READ should actually work now. I hope. Faster 16 bit mixing of 16 bit samples when using a "fast" mode. New flag for OpenDevice(): AHIDF_NOMODESCAN (private). (Wrote user docs.) (Updated "Programming Guidelines".) 3.1080 CMD_STOP and CMD_START should work better now? The freqgadget wasn't ghosted if the requester was opened with audioid set to AHI_DEFAULT_ID. Now it is. Up to 4 device units are now available. No more alignment restriction for CMD_WRITE. Removed IORequest size check for OpenDevice(AHI_NO_UNIT) in order to make some programs that open V3 without a valid V3 AHIRequest work. AHIST_INPUT redefined. Rewrote AHI_LoadSound() and AHI_UnloadSound() in C. Playing 16 bit stereo samples in mono-not-fast mode did not work. AHI_BestAudioID() and FilterTags in the audio mode requester had got the FullDuplex flag all wrong. The audio mode requester can now handle AHIR_PubScreenName set to NULL, meaning that is should open on the default public screen. The echo routines is now rewritten. "Fast echo" routines added. "No-cross-Full-mix" too. I tried to get AHIST_INPUT working, but I couldn't make the recording and playback sync. I suspect the problem is in the Paula driver, but I don't know... 3.1091 Major bug in the device interface code fixed. It could crash, and never used more that one channel. Amiga E modules added. 4.20 Bumped version to 4. (Transformed "Programming Guidelines" into "AHI Developer's Guide".) Added AHIE_HALFDUPLEX error code. 4.26 Some tweaks... AHIET_DSPMASK didn't work! Now it does. 4.99 Fixed a race condition when playing small chunks with CMD_WRITE. Fixed the problems with unreplied IO requests. Fixed a lockup problem with CMD_START (it's still far from perfect). Fixed some problems in AHI_BestAudioIDA(). ahiam_AudioID and ahiam_MixFreq are now left unchanged if the user cancels the audio mode requester. Added optional clipping when using master volume > 100%. So there. The functions that returned BOOL (AHI_GetAudioAttrsA() and AHI_AudioRequestA()) now sets all 32 bits and not just the lower word of the return code (BOOL is only 16 bit). Bug fixes in the "normal" mixing routines (not fast or hifi). Much faster HiFi routines. 4.109 Oops! I had some debug code left in the device (flashing backgrounds, anyone?)... Added 68060 version. 4.158 AHI_LoadSound() now returns an error if the user tries to play unsigned samples in HiFi modes (i.e., I removed the AHI-Noteplayer-for-Delitracker kludge). AHI_LoadSound() always returned 0 if the driver overloaded the function. Now it returns the correct value. AHI_SetEffect() would return 0 even if the driver overloaded the function. Fixed an overflow error in the HiFi-routines. Removed distortion when playing sounds backwards in HiFi mode. CMD_START was never executed... Sigh. NSCMD_DEVICEQUERY didn't know about CMD_START and CMD_STOP. Echo will no longer trash memory. Bug in the 32 bit stereo echo routine removed. AHI preferences ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 0.1 There is now a prefs program, written by Ruediger Sopp, that can be used to select default audio mode, frequency etc. 1.0 New preferences program, rewritten from scratch. This one (barely) fits on a 640×200 screen using Topaz 8. 4.3 Bumped version to 4. Localized it. "Reset to Defaults" didn't reset the Global Options. "Restore" fixed (always loaded ENV:Sys/ahi.prefs, even if invoked with a FROM argument. 4.5 New global option: Mastervolume with(%|out) clipping. MUI version written by Stéphane Barbaray added. Small bug fix in the MUI version, and CTRL-C also works now. AddAudioModes ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 1.1 AddAudioModes rewritten. New switch: REMOVE. 1.2 AddAudioModes got another switch, DBLSCAN, which tries to open and then immediately close a native, double-scan screen. At least CyberGraphX keeps the scan rate when ECS/AGA screens are closed, so this enables >28 kHz sample rates for graphic card owners. My guess is that this requires V39 or greater to work, but it should work with both ECS and AGA. Don't forget to install a doublescan monior driver if you don't already have one. 1.5 AddAudioModes DBLSCAN now scans the audio mode database for the screen mode that allows highest sample rates. The device is now opened with the AHIDF_NOMODESCAN flag. 4.1 Bumped version to 4. AHI-Handler ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 1.8 Changed the priority of the AUDIO: handler to 5. 4.1 Bumped version to 4. 4.2 Much improved error handling. delfina.audio ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Note: delfina.audio is ©1996-1997 Petsoff Limited Partnership and written by Teemu Suikki. The latest release of this driver can be found at <URL:ftp://spot.lnet.lut.fi/pub/delfina/>. filesave.audio ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 1.0 First version. 1.1 Updated for HiFi (32 bit) mixing routines. 2.0 Bumped version to 2. Bug fix: Previously called AslRequest instead of AslRequestTags, resulting in an Enforcer hit. 2.1 Minor bug fixes. Added sampler emulation. This means that this driver can now be used to simulate a sound card with sampler. Just select an audio file when the requester pops up. (This feature is only for programmers and requires OS 3.0 or higher, because datatypes.library is used to load the audio file.) 2.2 Now works with 2.0 systems, too. The file should be a raw 8 bit signed sample (i.e. no headers). 2.3 Changed the number of avalable mixing/sampling frequencies. 2.4 MC68000-version added. Minor improvements and larger buffer makes it several times faster. Fixed a bug in AHIsub_Enable(). AHIsub_AllocAudio() did not return the correct error code on failure. 2.5 Now displays a requester instead of an alert if asl.library cannot be opened. 2.6 The requester about missing asl.library is now only showed once. melody.audio ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Note: melody.audio is ©1997 Kato and written by Thorsten Hansen. The latest release of this driver can be found at <URL:http://home.pages.de/~kato>. paula.audio ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 2.0 Bumped version to 2. Bug fix: 14 bit uncalibrated mode now works as it should. 2.2 Various bugfixes. Added support for parallel port samplers (only generic mono this time). Changed the number of avalable mixing/sampling frequencies. The video mode is now checked to see if mixing frequencies above 28867 Hz is possible. 2.3 Bug fix: Driver reported wrong resolution for 14 bit modes. MC68000-version added. Bug fix: Distortion because of playing samples from an odd address. Kinda lame bug: I made sure the length was even, but forgot the start address. 2.4 Can now use the Aura sound card as sampler instead of one in the parallel port. 2.5 Better handling of the Aura sampler. The driver is now defined to have two inputs, instead of using two separate mode files. 3.0 Added protection against CPU overload. 3.1 The variable AHIpaulaFilterFreq is now checked when the audio is allocated. 4.1 Bumped version to 4. 4.2 This is unbelievable, but I had swapped the left and right channel! 4.5 Crashed related to the PCMCIA code removed. Oops. 4.6 Better checks for >28 kHz modes. 4.7 Added variable AHIpaulaSampleLimit, to remove the screen mode checks. 4.8 Better checking of videomode with Picasso 96 (req. 1.18+). 4.10 HiFi modes added. Added support for the Clarity sampler? 4.11 Rewrote the conversion routines, they should be faster now? Added the AHIpaulaBufferLength environment variable. 4.12 There were errors in the new conversion routines, when the tempo changed. 8 bit modes now have hardware volume control. 4.13 Added the AHIpaulaSwapChannels environment variable. AHIsub_GetAttr() is much faster now. prelude.audio ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Note: prelude.audio is ©1996-1997 A.C.T. and written by Thomas Wenzel. The latest release of this driver and documentation can be found at <URL:http://linux.rz.fh-hannover.de/~wenzel/Prelude.html>. toccata.audio ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 2.1 First public version. 2.10 Lots of bug fixes, but there is need for many more. 2.11 More bug fixes. I think it actually is usable now... 2.12 Will now do all mixing in a software interrupt if the environment variable AHItoccataNoTask is set to 1. 2.14 Added support for the hacked "toccata..library". It works much better than the AHItoccataNoTask kludge. AHIC_MonitorVolume works as it was supposed to now. Bug in the mutal exclusive code fixed. 2.15 A little less clicks now. 2.17 Better hardint checking. Doesn't fail to load anymore if toccata.library v12 cannot be opened. 4.1 Added protection against CPU overload. Added HiFi modes. 4.3 Added the AHItoccataIrqSize environment variable. 4.4 Added workarounds for bugs in the AD1845 chip. No more white noise on the DraCo Motion! wavetools.audio ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 1.10 Updated for beta 2 (AHIC_MonitorVolume, AHIC_MonitorVolume_Query) 2.0 Bumped version to 2. Added support for AHIC_OutputVolume, AHIC_OutputVolume_Query, AHIDB_MinMonitorVolume, AHIDB_MaxMonitorVolume, AHIDB_MinOutputVolume, AHIDB_MaxOutputVolume, AHIDB_Inputs, AHIDB_Input, AHIDB_Outputs and AHIDB_Output. 2.1 Wow, at last! Somebody is actually USING this driver now! Version 2.0 didn't even work, and nobody reported it until recently... Note: The following changes were done by Johan Nyblom <nyblom@ludd.luth.se> 2.11 Bug fixes, input gain added. Other software ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ The hook structure in PT-AHIPlay.s missed the userdata field. PT-AHIPlay.s doesn't use AHIST_LOOP sounds anymore. RecordTestQnD.s now uses AHIC_MonitorVolume. ScanAudioModes updated for V2. PT-AHIPlay.s updated to use Fixed instead of ULONG for player frequencies. DoubleBuffer example program added. HarddiskRecord example program added. The protracker replay code has been rewritten. Protracker datatype added. RecordTest example program added. PlayTest example program added. Updated the AHI-Noteplayer for Delitracker to version 1.4. Audio handler added. Simpleplay updated. The protracker replay code fixed (left/righ channel swapped), and a major bug in the example PlayerFunc was removed (didn't save register a2!). Protracker datatype updated. Now it actually obeys the AHI rules, which hopefully means no more crashes with Toccata. Added DSPECHO and DSPMASK to SimplePlay. Protracker datatype would cause a total lockup with the filesave driver. Not anymore. ARGH!! The doublebuffer.c example used an incorrect formual for calculating the buffer size! Moved the Delitracker noteplayer out of the developer archive (what's the point when it doesn't include any source?). The protracker replay code called AHI_ControlAudioA() every interrupt, since I fotgot to clear ptd_NewTempo. Added Melody to the distribution.