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╒═════════════════════════════════════════════════════│ █▐ ∩-f/┤¢tστ's │══╕
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│ ≡≡≡ DIGITRAKKER ≡≡≡ NEW FEATURES ≡≡≡ │ █ █▐ █▐ █ █▐ █▐ │ │
│ │ ▐███▐ █▐ ▐███▐ █▐ │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────│ █▐ │──┤
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════│ t r a k k▐██▌e r │══╛
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│ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │
┌──│ ▓ ▓ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ ▒ ▒ │ new features in the version 2.3 08/07/95 │
└──│ ▒ ▒ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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+ superior instrument-system:
+ features:
+ 255 instruments
+ 16 samples per instrument out of 255
+ for EACH sample in one instrument:
+ volume and panning
+ one 15-point volume-envelope out of 64
+ one 15-point panning-envelope out of 64
+ volume-fadout
+ auto-vibrato
+ volume, panning and the envelopes can be switched on/off for every
sample in an instrument
+ powerfull instrument- and envelope-editor
+ new instrument display-mode
+ now loads PAT-files (gus-patches) and XI-files (fasttracker 2)
as instruments
+ testing samples AND instruments from disk is possible
+ new keyboard-system:
+ simultaneous sound-producing
+ keyrelease-note recording
+ real synthesizer-feeling!
+ changes in the clear-, printer- and config-menu
+ changes in the 'MDL'-format (new format version)
+ new instrument-format: 'IST'
+ [most] XM-files will be loaded correctly now!
+ rewritten xm export-routine:
+ now writes the correct length-declaration in the instrument-headers:
some players won't crash down anymore, when loading exported digitrakker
xm-files
+ doesn't left out "00"-arpeggios
+ converts "00"-volumeslides correctly
+ contains all features of the new instrument-system!
+ new songlist-displaymode: for a perfect overview of your whole song
+ little doc-file included
+ fast program-part switch with ALT+F5-F12: switches between pattern-editor,
diskmenu, sample-editor and all other program-parts!
+ the pattern-window and the pan-positions will not be updated in the sound-
interrupt anymore: this caused soundclicks and some other rubbish on slow
machines (hi lard!). I hope, that these days are over now!
+ improved and debugged tracker...:
+ 16 bit samples will be crunched, too!
+ overwrite-warning when saving existing files
+ mastervolume in the config-menu
+ possible to convert 16 bit samples to 8 bit and vice versa (when changing
the sample-type)
+ samples can be saved as signed-raw files
+ better multiple channel-switching
+ "make dir"-function now with a request-window
+ cutted notes (with the ECx-command) will continue, when turning on the
volume again
+ Ctrl+E switches fullscreen-mode on/off in the pattern-editor
+ a bug: the E8x-command doesn't tilt the tracker any more (thanx to THE
LORD for this hint!)
+ a 2nd bug: polychannels will be updated, when switching them in the
pattern-editor with ALT+N or ALT+R in the 6- or 8-channel-display
+ more bugs...
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│ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │
┌──│ ▓ ▓ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ ▒ ▒ │ new features in the version 2.2 beta 03/06/95 │
└──│ ▒ ▒ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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+ PTM-Support: Loads the new Polytracker-moduleformat (version 3.2);
Digitrakker is the only released program, which plays polytracker-songs!
+ extended program-configuration:
+ "USER I"- and "USER II"-directory is now definable in the config-menu
+ you can choose two different fonts for the tracker-desktop
+ more predefined colours, six palettes are userdefined
+ effect-line swap-function in the pattern-editor (ALT+V)
+ several small improvements (explore them...)
+ killed bugs...
+ no crash, when editing the sample-volume
+ no crash after using the hotkeys in the online-help-window
+ more bugs...
*****************************************************************************
* Digitrakker 2.2 is only a beta-version and was released in a *
* crash-action! The next real version will contain the *
* finished instrument-editor after all and some more fine things.... *
*****************************************************************************
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┌──│ ▓ ▓ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ ▒ ▒ │ new features in the version 2.1 28/03/95 │
└──│ ▒ ▒ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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+ XM-Export: Digitrakker saves MoDuLes as XM-sounds, too!
+ IFF-Support: Samples can be loaded and saved in the IFF-format.
+ complete new diskmenu (greater directory-window, full song-/samplenames
will be displayed, different directory-sort-criterions [filenames, length,
date] and much more...)
+ new "test sample"-function: plays samples from disk without loading them
+ the sampleeditor has been extended:
+ sample-zooming
+ sample-finetuning (in 1/128 halfnote-steps)
+ volume fadein/fadeout
+ new clear-menu (as an example you can remove all unused samples!)
+ effect-parameter modify-function in the pattern-editor (ALT+W)
+ autosave-option for the program-configuration
+ new effect-command: mainvolume-slide
+ some small modifications...
+ the panning-slide commands: the panposition is beeing increased now after
every tick (=frame) [not after every noteposition]
+ better gus-autodetection (searches for ULTRASND-variable first)
+ modified song-dump (now prints composer- and pattern-names, too)
+ modified online-help (now with separate chapters)
+ bugs fixed...
+ a little bug (no panic! no information are lost!) in the save-routine has
been removed: now MDLs are even a bit shorter than before!!
+ when saving 16-bit samples to disk (alone or in a module) they will not
be packed any more with the 8-bit algorithm (which blows them up)
+ no overflow when trying to select more than 256 different patterns
+ loads xm-sounds now with the correct notes
+ doesn't display the program-information when switching between panning-/
channelname-display in the mainmenu
+ more bugs...
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┌──│ ▓ ▓ ▓ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ ▒ ▒ ▒ │ digitrakker version 2.0 02/03/95 │
└──│ ▒ ▒ ▒ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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+ the first released version of digitrakker
Start of coding was the 1st of september in 1994. Most parts of the tracker
were coded while my time in the army (which started in october '94 and will
finish in september '95!).
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┌──│ ▓ ▓ ▓ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ ▒ ▒ ▒ │ digital tracker version 1.0 │
└──│ ▒ ▒ ▒ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ ▒▒▒ ▒ ▒▒▒ │
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+ a four-channel MOD-based tracker with soundblaster-mono support
I started to code this at the 1st of februar 1994, one month after
learning 80x86-assembler (and with 4 years of experience in Z80-assembler
coding!). It contains the same user-desktop as in today's versions, with
sample-editor etc. After two month I stopped coding it: It was senseless to
write a 4 channel music-editor in times of 32 track-modules!
This tracker was never released.