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* »» Protracker 3.00 - Beta «« *
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This is a upgrade of ProTracker 1.3/2.0B, and is not based on PT's released
after the original release of PT1.3 by Amiga Freelancers, therefore you may
find features implemented in Pre PT1.3 releases that this version lacks.
However we hope that you'll find this release better than the other PT's
around :) We will ship new releases as soon as bugs are fixed, and new
features are implemented. Final release is scheduled to the Easter of '93.
ProTracker 3.00B was developed from April '92 to January '93 by Ivar Just
Olsen, Tom Bech and Bjarte Andreassen. Thanks to these people without whom
this program would not have been possible:
Amiga Freelancers (especially Lars Hamre) for releasing the Sourcecode of
PT1.3/2.0B, Janne S. for numerous suggestions and bugreports, Guardian for
testing PT on his NTSC '040 Amiga, ALFred and U4IA for moral support :), Arild
"WindWalker" Gjerd for letting us borrow his 50MHz '030 for development,
Vishnu for help on the AGA chipset and last but not least a special regard to
the rest of our friends in CryptoBurners.
History:
o PowerPacker support. Powerpacker.library must be present in the "sys:libs/"
directory. Version needed: 35.000 or higher. It is however recommended that
you have at least 1MB to use this feature with large modules. Note that
this feature will probably be replaced by xpk.library later.
o Protracker rearranged to MEDRES (or HIRES perhaps? Hi Buddha! :) 640x200x3.
o Format now works with dfx. Remember to specify which drive to format in
the "path" string-gadget.
o Midi has been kicked out (temporarily?).
o "SpectrumAnalyzer" has been kicked out.
o Protracker now works on Kickstart 2.04 and higher (SCS/ECS).
o Memory display now displays all memorytypes.
o Improved input handler. PT will now live peacefully with Commodities. We hope.
o Invented new fileformat based on Interchanged File Format (IFF) chunks.
See docs elsewhere on this disk for a discussion of this format.
o Hold record mode; waits for keypress before starting to record.
o New filerequester.
o Screen to back gadgets. You may also use Left Amiga + M/N.
o Standalone playroutine supporting Finetune etc. Not fast though :(
o Some speedups in the SampleEd. It was awfully slow at marking in MEDRES!
o Scroll bars added here and there (but not everywhere ;)
o New pointer! The old one was simply too big for the new resolution.. :)
o Setupscreen revised and merged into one.
o Date and time online at mainscreen.
o Task interferance problems fixed (Improved multitasking). No busy waits.
o The dragging routine in the sampler draws pixels instead of lines when
dragging.
o Major rearranging on mainscreen; editor centered and some new buttons for
editing, such as cut/paste, up/down octave etc.
o You may now click into the different tracks with the left mousebutton! :o
o Audio.device channel allocation, to ensure that other programs doesn't mess
with your tunes in a multitasking environment.
o Chords editor with up to 7 notes. (Hi JanneS :)
o PT now hopefully works on KS3.0 in AGA mode too (Hi Vishnu).
o The sampler works again! ;)
To do:
o Implement the new fileformat :)
- Commands ranging from 0..0xFF (0..255). All commands that CAN run in
paralell will do. Lotsa other commands (hi JanneS :).
- #Samples and #patterns to word size, I hope it will do for a while! :)
- Maximum sample size from 64Kb to 128Kb. It's there, why not use it?
o Digital filters and noise-reduction in the Sampler. Planned filters include
Lowpass, Highpass and Bandpass (FIR filters). Perhaps Graphic Equalizer too.
o Seek zero/loop in sampler.
o Fix bug in PLST; choosing [MOUNTL] causes hangup :(
o Protracker.library for non-tech programmers wanting to use PT modules in
their programs.
o Pattern (position<->pattern) editor.
o Save module as executable.
o Add icon.
o Load samples/instruments/patterns from an existing module.
o Screen positioning (For people with TV's or multisync/flickerfixer)
o Freehand sample-editing.
o ASDR editor for channel modulation.
o Optimise/Rewrite Playroutine.
o Gain/Finished info when (Power)Packing.
o Hypertext on-line help (a la Windows).
o Serial comm. to other protrackers.
o Fix bugs in general ;)
Things you want, but won't get:
o Splitting up each track of a pattern into a seperate "pattern", independent
of the others. After having talked to many musicians, we all agreed this is
all in vain. Nobody seems to be going to use it, due to the serious timing
problems that will arise. Use SIDMON instead, if you're really anxious to
use this feature ;)
o 8 channels Protracker. The Amiga is designed for 4 voices, if this feature
is to be implemented, the CPU has to mix the channels realtime, and will
use all CPU DMA on lowend Amigas. Forget it. Use StarTrekker if you want it.
o Intuition Protracker. Too much work :) maybe some sunny day...
o Beer.
Don't report these known bugs:
o Memory fragmentation when starting PT twice from Icon.
o Samples succeeding 32Kb are not displayed fully in the sampler window.
o Keyrepeat sometimes don't stop in pattern editor.
o Saving samples sometimes chooses the wrong device to write to.
o Turning off audio channels doesn't stop repeating instruments immidiately.
o Updating sample length when resampling/upsampling/downsampling.
o At present time you must launch PT as a project icon from WorkBench, or
from CLI. Tool icons will _hang_ your system!
o Applications that do not allocate the timers properly, will cause the
music to stop (eg. ProPlay). However, this is _not_ ProTrackers fault; PT
allocates the used timers gently :) As you see this is not really a bug, but
we just want kill potential "bug reports" in birth ;)
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Protracker 3.00B has been successfully tested on A/B/C2000 (KS1.2 to KS2.04),
A500 (KS1.2 to 2.04), A500+ (KS2.0) and A3000 (KS2.0). All 680x0 CPU's tested.
We reccomend that you do not crunch your PT with Imploder/PowerPacker or likes
if your Amiga has got MC68040 CPU, due to severe problems with the Code/Data-
Cache(s). Tested with MMU too, but not with virtual memory, so be careful if
you have got VM-System. All machines were tested with and without HardDisk
(except the A3000). Not tested on A4000 and A1200 but should work anyways.
Not tested on animals. The authors are not responsible for any damage or loss
of data as a result of using this program. This program may not be included in
PD libraries or likes without written permission from the authors. Also, your
charges for this program may not exceed the expences for disks and postage. You
may only spread this program if you include all files on this disk. Contact one
of the authors (see below) if you have questions in this direction.
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Signed: Tom "Outland" Bech of CryptoBurners. January 18th, 1993.
Please send bugreports and suggestions to my internet account (E-Mail):
db62@hp825.bih.no. Please do not flame my account for other reasons, ok? :)
At the present version bugs are most likely to appear in DiskOp screen, so if
you consider yourself a real bug-hunter, then this is definately the place
to start ;) We'd prefer that you direct most of the mail to Tom's E-Mail
account, but if you don't have access to an Internet account (or E-Mail), or
if you for any other reason want to contact one of the other authors, then
you may find the authors addresses below. We do not guarantie any answers,
so if you enclose equipment, eg. disks, then don't expect to get them back.
However, we will try to answer serious letters as far as we can. Please direct
all snail (eg. ordinary mail) concerning programming to Ivar.
Contact addresses to the authors:
Ivar "Olorin" Just Olsen
Mobergslien
N-5200 OS
Norway
Tom "Outland" Bech
Soere Skogvei 73
N-5037 SOLHEIMSVIKEN
Norway
Bjarte "Krest" Andreassen
Løtvetlia 12
N-5064 STRAUMSGREND
Norway
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