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- Short: Fascinating "wrapped" scope for HP/DT/EP
- Author: blodskam@ebox.tninet.se (Erik Spåre)
- Uploader: blodskam@ebox.tninet.se (Erik Spåre)
- Version: 1.2
- Type: mus/misc
- Requires: OS 3.0+, 68020+, 2MB+ fast, reqtools.library, HiP or DT or EP
-
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- * RaveScope 1.2 Copyright © by Erik Spåre 980922 *
- * (Parsec) *
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-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- This program implements a new kind of scope, a "wrapped monoscope".
- Most modules look much better with a wrapped monoscope than they do
- with the traditional one (the double mode in Delitracker's monoscope, or
- the Spacescope in Eagleplayer). The Ravescope also has this "traditonal"
- mode, as well as a new "alternative" mode.
-
-
- LIMITATIONS
-
- If you select a non-native screen-mode, this program will (I hope)
- refuse to run it, maybe it will even exit. This will be taken care of
- in the next release, or when I get a gfx-card. If you have a gfx-card,
- then please tell me what happens... (It should work fine in a window
- though.)
-
-
- HINTS/WARNINGS
-
- * 100% usually looks the best for protracker modules. PS3M's or mp3's may
- look better with 200% because they only output 2 channels. Do not
- set the wrapped accuracy higher than this, it won't look good because
- (I think) often the sample frequency isn't high enough.
-
- * PS3M's look much better with a high volume-boost and the main-volume
- set to maximum in Hippoplayer.
-
- * DeliTracker gives the same data regardless of the sample-boost, but
- the volume must be set to maximum.
-
- * Resizing is very slow because each time the size change, all the look-up
- tables must be recalculated.
-
- ! Do not waste your life looking at this scope, as I have done!
-
-
- BACKGROUND
-
- 4-5 years ago I saw a monoscope for the first time. (It was the
- Quadraplayer's I think.) When, some months later, I tried to make my
- own (not having any idea of how it was done) I accidently invented this
- "wrapped" scopemode, and to my delight it looked even better.
-
- I released a first version of it in a music disk-mag I was coding at
- the time, Subculture. (The editor has now turned over to the dark side,
- so there will probably not be a new issue.) There I explained how to do
- it, hoping the scope would spread to my favourite module players. But it
- didn't, either because no one saw it, or because it's a bit complicated
- to implement. (It's not just a question of modifying the inner loop,
- like when converting a plain scope to a monoscope.)
-
-
- HISTORY
-
- v1.0 (980209)
-
- ** The first release.
-
-
- v1.1 (980315)
-
- ** Added support for DeliTracker through the DeliRave genie.
-
- ** Added the keyword 'DELICONFIG' so that you can use DeliRave's
- config settings with HippoPlayer as well.
-
- ** The wrapped mode has been prepared for use with 16 bit samples.
- Neither Hippoplayer nor Delitracker gives their userprograms more
- than 8 bits though, so this is quite pointless at the moment.
-
- ** Added a simple strobo-mode. This looks quite awful, but I seem to
- remember that this can be fun when the room is dark and you're
- drunk.
-
- ** Remembered to turn on compiler optimizations this time.
-
- BUGS: It is still very stable, much to my surprise. MPEGA player
- did occasionally give enforcer hits, and I felt a bit guilty for this
- because it has only happened when DeliRave has been active. (But on
- the other hand, I only run enforcer when running DeliRave...)
- Sometimes when a new module is loaded, it won't load until the
- ravewindow is activated. I haven't looked into this yet.
-
-
- v1.2 (980922)
-
- ** Restructured the whole program to make it easier to add support for
- more players. This turned out to be very complicated and took me
- several months.
-
- ** Rewrote the Delitracker genie to work with this new concept.
-
- ** Added Eagleplayer support.
-
- ** I accidently had two WaitTOF:s (wait until next frame) per display.
- Removed one of them.
-
- ** Got rid of strange flickering, both in window and fullscreen mode.
-
- ** Added a menu.
-
- ** Changed and added a few keyboard/menu shortcuts.
-
- ** There's now a special configuration file that will be loaded when
- the RaveScope is using Hippoplayer.
-
- ** Scrapped all commandline arguments. They were not needed since
- all players are now associated with a configuration file.
-
- ** The RaveScope can now be iconified. If it is, and a new RaveScope
- is started, this will deiconify the old one.
-
- ** When a RaveScope player starts to play it will automatically try to
- grab the RaveScope.
-
- ** Added colours for the fullscreen modes.
-
- ** Switched from text documentation to amigaguide and added an
- installer script.
-
- BUGS: Still very stable, though deadlocks can perhaps occur. There's
- a few minor flaws. No double buffering in colour mode for instance.
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 4764 3160 33.6% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +RaveScope
- 39120 13348 65.8% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +delirave.s
- 30007 10073 66.4% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +eaglerave.s
- 62552 16807 73.1% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +hostfuncs.s
- 1117 435 61.0% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +delirave.i
- 1417 550 61.1% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +eaglerave.i
- 4487 1554 65.3% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +monoscope.i
- 15810 4254 73.0% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +ravescope.i
- 25172 9810 61.0% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +RaveScope.guide
- 5357 2403 55.1% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +RaveScope.readme
- 4956 3269 34.0% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +RaveScope
- 3322 1109 66.6% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +Install
- 1237 477 61.4% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +Install.info
- 47972 25258 47.3% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +RaveScope
- 2061 628 69.5% 22-Sep-98 00:24:04 +RaveScope.info
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- 249351 93135 62.6% 23-Sep-98 22:54:46 15 files
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