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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-)))
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- 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.
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- 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 !
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-
- Let's start with the new formats :
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- - Parasite PP21 is in fact ----> ProPacker 3.0 !
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- - 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)
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- Not so bad !?!?
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- ======> Up to >>> 40 <<< formats now in Pro-Wizzzzzzzzzzzz !
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- Concerning the bugs fixed :
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- - P50A recognition problem when similar samples were used.
- (Thanks to Exotic'Men for sending some test-modules :-)
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- - 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.
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- - UNIC recognition problems in very small modules.
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- - SKYT bug in the PTK-heading build routine.
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- - NP2 and NP3 problems with the replay position.
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- - DIGITAL ILLUSIONS convert-routine improved.
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- - PM40 recognition improved.
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- - And, in fact, * ALL * the check-routines have been improved !!
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- 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!
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- I can't remember how many bugs of this kind we found, but A LOT !!!
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- 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...
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- ............test and see............
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- --------------------- 31/01/94 --> Version 1.75
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- (New) format : Parasite ProPacker 2.1 !
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- 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.
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-
- 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) :
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- - 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 !!!!
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-
- 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
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- New Format Recognized :
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- DIGITAL ILLUSIONS ! All the tunes from Pinball Dreams and
- Pinball Fantasies.
- and some others...?
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- 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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- --------------------- 16/01/94 --> Version 1.5a
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- Happy New Year Amiga Freaks !! :-)
-
- Bugs Fixed :
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- * Again some stricter check-routines for PP10 & PRU2.
-
- * Two effects had been forgotten in the XANN Depack routine,
- Thanx to -- Lux Interior / SYNTEX -- for the test-module.
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- * And finally, after depacking the modules from Sanity "ARTE",
- I discovered that some samples would need a finetune !
- Gosh!! I compared these new mods with the old I already had
- (Jesterday Loader & WOC92 1st tune) and it turned out that
- a new NoiseRunner version had been used in "ARTE" !! (grrmbbl)
- A new version which was able to handle finetunes, not as the
- first one..... so, I added the appropriate routine to check
- if there were finetunes or what in a NoiseRunner module.
- All is in order now.
- I want to apologize to my great friend - Moby - for all the
- annoyances that problem involved :-)
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- --------------------- 18/12/93 --> Version 1.5 (Encore une...)
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- // Special version for **** THE PARTY ]I[ **** :-)))
- // I won't be present, but Pro-Wizard will !
- (( Thanx to all friends who will spread my tool at the party!
- \\ And have fun freaks !! Special HELLO to Turbo/Infect !
- \\ Hope you'll release EXOTIC 3.0 !!
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- New format recognized : PYGMY PROJECTS !! (Extension Demo)
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- Yeah! Refer to the doc_files for more infos but I'm proud
- of this new convert routine ! :-)
- It works thanks to a pretty TIP ! (Nice "Bidouille" !)
- Hope it'll do same with the next modules from that format !
-
- Do you know WHO coded this bloody format ??????
- This guy enjoyed himself writing the notes BACKWARDS !!!!
- What a joke !! :-))))
-
- The format that I had named "SANITY" is in fact called "NoiseRunner" !
- Thanx to the player info from EaglePlayer.
- And, this new "Pygmy" format may be the "NoiseRunner 2", I think...
- It's so similar...
-
- Well, there are -21- different formats now in Pro-Wizzzzzzzzzz !
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- --------------------- 16/12/93 --> Version 1.4a (!!!)
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- Problem with AC1D format (Yes! The new one :-)
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- Well, in the v1.4, the raw_file I worked from WAS NOT
- the REAL raw_module ripped from the DEMO !!
- (Ou tu l'as choppé Croquik ???? :-)
-
- By chance, I went to see a friend who had got this demo
- (Anarchy "In The Kitchen"), so I decided to ripp the tune
- by myself, just to verify..... And then, what a surprise
- when I tried to convert it with the FRESH NEW v1.4 !!
- No crash nor guru but, no notes either !!!
- The patterns were EMPTY ! (Damned ! The v1.4 was already
- spread !!! arrghhh..)
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- The problem comes from the pattern_addys in mod+$100
- (refer to the doc files). In the first raw_file I had,
- these values were relative to the beginning of the
- module, so I coded the appropriate routine.... but in the
- new raw_file I ripped, these values were relative to the
- beginning of CHIP-MEMORY !! So, the routine was adding
- a $996A value instead of a $380 !!! Gossshhhhh !
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- Hopefully, I discovered this fucking bug !! :-)))
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- Hey, plus jamais ca Croquik !!! ok ???
- Dorénavant, si vous voulez m'envoyer un nouveau format,
- assurez-vous qu'il est bien TEL QU'IL ETAIT EN MEMOIRE !
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- --------------------- 12/12/93 --> Version 1.4
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- New format recognized : AC1D !!
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- Thanx to Croquik/DRD for the raw_file...
- Test-module : Anarchy "In The Kitchen" Demo !
- Thus, there are 20 different formats in Pro-Wizzzzz !
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- Crypto Packer was renamed as "Heatseeker-module-cruncher v1.0" !
- Its real name... Thanx to Speedy/Parasite for the info !
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- --------------------- 11/12/93 --> Version 1.3c
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- Bugs fixed : Another bug in the NP2 & NP3 depack_routines :
- I've forgotten to test the command 5 (TonePorta + VolSlide)
- The value also needs a NEG.B to be well-depacked,
- as well as the 6 & 7 (=A) commands.
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- And another little bug in the ProRunner 2.0 check-routine,
- also fixed now...
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- Thanx to -- VideoKid & MexicanBoy -- for these ones !
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- --------------------- 02/12/93 --> Version 1.3b
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- Bug fixed : Some ProRunner 2.0 modules ("SNT!") were intercepted by the
- Crypto-Packer check-routine, so they were recognized as
- Crypto-Packer Modules !!! I fixed the check-routine to make
- it stricter... All is in order now.
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- --------------------- 15/11/93 --> Version 1.3a
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- Bug fixed : NoisePacker v2 & v3 bug when all the 31 samples were used
- in a module ! That caused a "nice" GURU 8000 0025.
- I discovered this bug when I tried to depack the module
- from the LEMON Demo : GROOVY.
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- Hanni-Packer was renamed as "Pha-Packer" --> its real name !!!
- (coded by Azatoth/PHA)
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- --------------------- 23/09/93 --> Version 1.3
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- New format recognized : EUREKA_Packer !!
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- A rather old pack_format coded by EUREKA, a french guy.
- You can find it in the old TuneDisk CONCEPT in 3 discs,
- in ANARCHY "Spring Melodies", & a demo from SILENTS...
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- This brings the reco_formats up to 19 types !
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- --------------------- 17/09/93 --> Version 1.2
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- Home released...
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- Bug fixed : Wanton_Packer convert-routine omission !!
- Just a "SUBQ #2" forgotten
- so that all the "B-3" notes were fucked !
- (replaced by a "???" in Protracker)
- Which modules ? ----> FINLANDIA 3discs Music-Disk.
-
- Thanx to -- Sun / DreamDealers -- for this one !!
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- --------------------- 25/08/93 --> Version 1.1
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- Released chez moi (!!)
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- Bugs fixed :
- - ProPacker 1.0 & 2.1 : Patterns_table troubles...
- (When tracks were too high)
- - HanniPacker : Patterns_table overflow (and crash !!)
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- --------------------- 21/08/93 --> Version 1.0
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- Released at the Garden Party III, Aurillac, FRANCE.
- Handles 18 formats...
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