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*** P R O - W I Z A R D ----- H I S T O R Y ***
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--------------------- 20/04/94 --> Pro-Wizard "II" -- Version 2.0
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Note : It's my birthday today ! ;-)) Let's partyyyyyyyyy !!! <8-)))
Wooaahhhh !! I had told you that Pro-Wizard 2 would be available
in February !? hem...hem... It took so much time, in fact !
But, at least, it is here ! The shareware version of Pro-Wizard.
As you'll be able to read it in the doc-files, Pro-Wizard is now able
to load SEVERAL files at a time ! (Multiselect) and, and, and :
Pro-Wizard is now a File-Ripper ! It scans your files ENTIRELY,
from the beginning to the end, searching for known music-formats !
Just read the doc-files or the doc-windows in the program for more !
Let's start with the new formats :
- Parasite PP21 is in fact ----> ProPacker 3.0 !
- 12 new formats !!!
- NoisePacker 1.0 (!!) Thanks to Marley / Infect !
- The Player v6.0a Very similar to P50A. (only normal samples)
- Game Music Creator Kinda old-soundtracker format...
- Soundtracker 2.6 By Mnemotron, some years ago...
- Ice-Tracker Only "IT1.0" tested !
- StarTrekker Packer By Mr Spiv / CAVE in 1991. Thanks Speedy !
- Module Protector Several kinds... i.e Grapevine mags.
- Avalon Packer Only one test-module, an Avalon demo.
- Fuzzac Packer In old Silents '90 prods. Thanks Speedy !
- FC-M Packer Scoopex "Occasions of Sin" tune.
- Old-Kefrens Yeah !! Some tunes in the old Kefrens
MegaDemo 7 !! yep !
- And of course the Noise/Star/Protracker modules too. (just ripped)
Not so bad !?!?
======> Up to >>> 40 <<< formats now in Pro-Wizzzzzzzzzzzz !
Concerning the bugs fixed :
- P50A recognition problem when similar samples were used.
(Thanks to Exotic'Men for sending some test-modules :-)
- KRIS big problem encountered : there is a "transpose-note" function !!
Again thanks to Turbo/Infect who sent me some modules that showed
this fact ! I had to re-write entirely my check & convert routines.
- UNIC recognition problems in very small modules.
- SKYT bug in the PTK-heading build routine.
- NP2 and NP3 problems with the replay position.
- DIGITAL ILLUSIONS convert-routine improved.
- PM40 recognition improved.
- And, in fact, * ALL * the check-routines have been improved !!
Thanx to Mexican Boy, my Beta-Tester (hehe), we found a lot of
recognition problems due to the fact that Pro-Wizard doesn't only
scan for modules at the beginning of a file, but in the WHOLE file!
I can't remember how many bugs of this kind we found, but A LOT !!!
And I'm afraid that there still remain some reco-bugs like that....
Due to the fact that Pro-Wizard runs entirely automatically
in "multi-files" mode, it's very dangerous if there is such a
recognition problem ---> crash ! Coz there are no "Are you sure ?"
request in multi-files mode...
............test and see............
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= H A V E F U N W I T H T H I S V E R S I O N 2 ! ! ! ! =
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--------------------- 31/01/94 --> Version 1.75
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(New) format : Parasite ProPacker 2.1 !
In fact, this convert-routine has been in Pro-Wiz since
the beginning, but I didn't know its real "name"...
Pro-Wizard was able to make the difference between the
Static Bytes PP21 and this Parasite PP21.... now, it's
seperated as it's a particular format!
By the way, it's often called "PP2?" or "PP2x".
Real NEW one : The Player v5.0a !!
As it seems to be quite often used in demos now,
(Ref: The Party 3 Virtual Dreams Demo for example...)
I've decided to include it so...
But I still don't know if I'll include The Player 4.xx
versions, coz, as the author - Jarno Paananen - said,
"Those 4.x-versions were all more or less beta-versions" !
By the way, the P50A pattern-packing method is really
GREAT !! (A bit hard to analyse at the beginning, hehe :-)
Bugs Fixed : As always, some stricter check-routines (for PRU2, XANN and
Eureka Packer) and a pattern-counting problem for the
Digital Illusions format.... but it didn't occured all the
time... well, that's fixed now !
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* IMPORTANT * ---> This v1.75 version is probably the last Freeware one.
*************** Yes, I'm actually working on Pro-Wizard v2.0 which
promises to be OUTSTANDING !! Really...
Hope I'll receive many registrations !! :-)
Be sure it will be worth paying the Shareware fee !
This new version will be released soon, in February.
Well, up to * 28 * formats in this v1.75 version !
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--------------------- 25/01/94 --> Version 1.7
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ATTENTION !! New formats recognized (4) :
- Channel Player v1
- Channel Player v2
- Channel Player v3
These 3 versions of the Channel Player were found in
the game "Fury of the Furries" (tunes by Moby !) and
this format was coded by a great friend of Moby :
Alan / Impact Inc.
I HAD TO convert this ! And I fortunately managed to !
- Promizer v4.0 !
This convert-routine was based on ONLY ONE module !!
Which is supplied with EaglePlayer you know...
"PM40.Do you wanne"
So, I might have missed some values or fonctions
not present in this module..... to be continued...
Now, up to * 26 * different formats in Pro-Wizard !!!!
Also a little change concerning the requester "Who Composed It ?" :
As the following formats still contain the original text in the samples
names (Wanton, Kris, Unic, Laxity, ProRunner 1 & Eureka), I thought that
it wasn't useful to ask for the composer name... as the authors often
write their name or handle there (in the first sample_name).
Therefore, this requester won't appear any more for these formats...
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--------------------- 21/01/94 --> Version 1.6
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Bugs Fixed : Again some stricter check-routines for PP21 & Heatseeker 1.0
New Format Recognized :
DIGITAL ILLUSIONS ! All the tunes from Pinball Dreams and
Pinball Fantasies.
and some others...?
I didn't want to analyse this format but I finally gave in
to some friends' insistence on asking me to include it in
Pro-Wizard... So ? Hope you're satisfied now :-)))
Hein! Franky...
Anyway, there are now -22- different formats in Pro-Wizzzz!
Nota : When you convert all the Pinball D&F muzaks, don't forget to write
the name of their author : Olof Gustafsson ! Thanx for him...
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