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$VER: Genies.eng V2.32 (20.03.2000) Copyright 2000 by Delirium Softdesign (Peter Kunath and Frank Riffel) In this document file are all genies listed that are offically released or supported by Delirium Softdesign. A description of the standard menus of the GUI is omitted. Only genie specific GUI elements are described herein. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WANTED: Developer docs for WaveTools/PeriSound, SoundStage and AD516. The first person which sends us the programming docs for one of these cards will get a free DeliTracker registration (and maybe a NotePlayer as well if the documentation is detailed enough). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. NOTEPLAYER GENIES Noteplayers that use MEMF_PUBLIC or MEMF_ANY require only a small chipmem buffer for playing the samples. This enables you to load modules that are even bigger than your actual chipmem. On the other hand this will cost you some extra cpu cycles. Name Description ========================== =========================================== AudioDev-NotePlayer --- Removed --- We removed this noteplayer because there are bugs in the audio.device which cause many problems. There are no workarounds for these bugs. Paula-NotePlayer Up to 4 Voices. Uses MEMF_CHIP to hold the samples. Uses the audio.device channel allocation but plays the 'notes' by writing directly to the current paula chip. GUI: Selection of the allocation precedence of the channels. Note: Some programs incorrectly using the audio.device will have problems. Term 3.4 is one of them. You can avoid the problems if you select 127 as allocation precedence. But then one of the advantages of this Noteplayer is gone away. 4Voices-NotePlayer Up to 4 Voices. Uses MEMF_ANY to hold the samples. Only a 1KB chipmem buffer is used. GUI: Each channel can be enabled/disabled. Note: On A3000 this NotePlayer eats about 4% more cpu-cycles than Paula-NotePlayer. 8Voices-NotePlayer Up to 8 Voices. Uses MEMF_ANY to hold the samples. Thanks to Jörg Schmidt. The mixing routine is © 1991 by Maxon Computer GmbH. GUI: Each channel can be enabled/disabled. 32Voices-NotePlayer Up to 32 Voices. Uses MEMF_ANY to hold the samples. Uses DeliMix. GUI: Left and Right stereo channel can be enabled or disabled. The Mixfrequency can be set between 4 kHz and 60 kHz. 32Voices-NotePlayerPlus Up to 32 Voices. Uses MEMF_ANY to hold the samples. Uses DeliMix. GUI: Left and Right stereo channel can be enabled or disabled. Additionally there is a volume boost slider. If Auto-Boost is enabled the boost is preset. This value depends on the requested number of channels. There are some trade off's with this NotePlayer: It requires quite a lot of CPU power. The Mixfrequency can be set between 4 kHz and 60 kHz. 14Bit-NotePlayer Up to 32 Voices. Uses MEMF_ANY to hold the samples. Uses DeliMix. The mixing result will be output with 14Bit quality. Due to used output scheme the output level might be low. You can raise the level with the boost-slider, but we recommend to use the volume control of your amplifier instead. If existent this genies uses the CyberSound calibration-prefs for optimum quality. GUI: Left and Right stereo channel can be enabled or disabled. The new version has an additional volume boost slider. If Auto-Boost is enabled the boost is preset. This value depends on the requested number of channels. As usual the Mixfrequency can be set between 4 kHz and 60 kHz. AHI-NotePlayer This NotePlayer is based on the AHI audio system from Martin Blom. For more information refer to: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~lcs/ahi.html Headphone-NotePlayer Up to 32 Voices. Uses MEMF_ANY to hold the samples. Uses DeliMix. This Noteplayer is intended for use with headphones. GUI: Left and Right stereo channel can be enabled or disabled. With a slider you can control the stereo factor: 0% = mono, 100% = full stereo, 50% = each channel is mixed with 50% level on the opposite side. Additionally there is a volume boost slider. If Auto-Boost is enabled the boost is preset. This value depends on the requested number of channels. The Mixfrequency can be set between 4 kHz and 60 kHz. ModSave-NotePlayer Up to 16 Voices. Uses MEMF_ANY to hold the samples. Uses DeliMix. With this noteplayer you can transform your favorite modules into samples :-) GUI: Left and Right stereo channel can be enabled or disabled. The Mixfrequency can be set between 4 kHz and 60 kHz. If the 'Save Sample' gadget is checked an IFF-8SVX sample will be written to the file you have specified in the 'Filename' gadget. If no filename is given, a file requester will pop up and ask you. With the 'Mode' Cyclegadget you can select whether a Mono or a Stereo sample should be created. In Mono mode up to eight channels are saved. In Stereo Mode, up to sixteen channels are saved. Additionally there is a volume boost slider. If Auto-Boost is enabled the boost is preset. This value depends on the requested number of channels. The Mixfrequency can be set between 4 kHz and 60 kHz. Toccata-NotePlayer Up to 32 Voices, supports Panning. Uses MEMF_ANY to hold the samples. This NotePlayer will use the Toccata soundboard to produce true 16bit sound. Note: DraCo users require at least V12 of the toccata.library. Available for registered users upon request. MPro-NotePlayer Up to 32 Voices, supports Panning. Uses MEMF_ANY to hold the samples. This NotePlayer will use the Maestro Professional card to produce true 16bit sound. Available for registered users upon request. 2.DECRUNCH GENIES Name Description ========================== =========================================== Decruncher This genie can decrunch 'imploded' files and LhA, GZip, Zip and Lzx archives. Only the first file from an archive will be decrunched. Files that match the exclude pattern will be skipped. 3.CONVERT GENIES Name Description ========================== =========================================== Deli-Wizard Copyright © 1994-95 by Nicolas FRANCK. Reconverts the most Protracker 'Packers' back to ProTracker. Currently, -51- formats are recognized and converted: Noise/Protracker Heatseeker Packer Xann-Packer Pha-Packer NoisePacker_v1/2 NoisePacker_v3 Promizer_v1.0c Promizer_v1.8a Promizer_v2.0 Wanton-Packer SKYT-Packer ProPacker_v1.0 ProPacker_v2.1 ProPacker_v3.0 ProRunner_v1.0 Laxity-Tracker UNIC-Tracker KRIS-Tracker ProRunner_v2.0 NoiseRunner EUREKA-Packer AC1D-Packer Pygmy Projects Digital Illusions Channel Player v1 Channel Player v2 Channel Player v3 Promizer_v4.0 The Player v5.0a StarTrekker Pack' The Player v6.0a GMC Module Protector Promizer v0.1 Soundtracker 2.6 FC-M Packer IceTracker Fuzzac Packer Kefrens Sound Machine The Player 40A/40B/41A Tracker Packer 1/2/3 NoiseTracker Pak Polka Packer Power Music Soundtracker Pro 3.0 Zen Packer The Player v6.1a Hornet Packer GUI: Enable/Disable conversion routines. Modules can be saved with the 'Save Module' button. This will bring up a file requester. Note: To become a registered user of both Pro-Wizard-2 and Deli-Wizard, send 50 FF / 15$ US / 20 DM to: Nicolas FRANCK 157, Rue de Strasbourg 77350 Le Mée sur Seine France You can send bugreports and suggestions concerning Deli-Wizard or Pro-Wizard to this address as well. Converter This genie converts 'exotic' modules into more common formats that can be played with DeliTracker. Currently these formats are recognized and converted: In Stereo! => Synthesis GraveComposer => FastTracker Octalyzer => FastTracker (this format is not the same as Oktalyzer!) MED Song => MED Module StarTrekker8 => TakeTracker FutureComposer 1.3 => FutureComposer 1.4 SoundTracker => SoundTracker15 DigitalTracker 1.0 => TakeTracker GUI: Enable/Disable conversion routines. ST-NT-PT-Song_Converter The genie converts Sound/Noise/ProTracker Songs into modules. The song and all samples may be packed. The samples may be either located in the volume that the song tells (e.g. ST-01:) or in an equal named subdirectory (e.g. ST-01/). The path of this subdir can be set with the GUI. If a sample is not found the user is asked for a replacement. GUI: Sets the instrument search path. 4.OTHER GENIES Name Description ========================== =========================================== ModuleInfo This genie will show some information about the current module. At the moment the real module name, file size, number of patterns, estimated duration, sample names and length may be displayed GUI: 'Settings'-Menu: Duration will enable the calculation of the estimated playtime. MonoScope This genie displays current waveform in a neat new way. This genie works with up to 8 Voices. Each pixel represents a point in time. The x and y co-ordinates of it are correlated to the sample. In 'Single Mode' the x position is taken from the amplitude of the left channel. The y position is taken from the amplitude of the right channel. This is how the left channel correlates to the right. The x co-ordinate of an point in 'Double Mode' is taken from the amplitude of the signal. The y co-ordinate is taken from the amplitude a fixed short time interval later. This mode shows how the signal correlates to itself. GUI: Settings : Nasty Blit This is to fix some problems with (EGS) GfX cards. These arise from blit operations done by the cpu. If enabled Forbid()/Permit() is used to to protect those operations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Single Mode A-I Select single mode Double Mode A-O Select double mode StereoScope This genie displays current waveform as stereo signal. If you would connect an oscilloscope at the audio jacks and select a frequency range of about 2 kHz you should see the same signals. This genie works with up to 8 Voices. GUI: Settings : Nasty Blit This is to fix some problems with (EGS) GfX cards. These arise from blit operations done by the cpu. If enabled Forbid()/Permit() is used to to protect those operations. QuadraScope This genie displays current waveform of up to 4 channels - not sizeable, moderate cpu load. GUI: Settings : Nasty Blit This is to fix some problems with (EGS) GfX cards. These arise from blit operations done by the cpu. If enabled Forbid()/Permit() is used to to protect those operations. QuadraScopePlus Copyright 1994-95 by Florian Vorberger. This genie displays the waveforms of up to 4 channels. QuadraScope+ updates 50 times a second. This means it needs quite a lot of CPU cycles. The CPU power increase is approx. linear to the windows size. If you experience a slow display you might need to shrink your window. If you use a 'Solid' display the required CPU power depends more on the window height. GUI: Settings : Nasty Blit This is to fix some problems with (EGS) GfX cards. These arise from blit operations done by the cpu. If enabled Forbid()/Permit() is used to to protect those operations. ~~~~~~~~~~ Half A-A Displays the absolute level from zero to top. Treat samples unsigned. Mirror A-M Same as half except the zero line is centered and the level is also drawn in the negative range. Note: If 'Half' and 'Mirror' are off the sample is treated as signed. This is the default mode. ~~~~~~~~~~ Dot A-D Draw only sample values Line A-L Connect sample values with lines. Solid A-O Filled display QuadraScope+ written by Florian Vorberger. It may only be distributed along with the DeliTracker_II package! You are allowed to use QuadraScope+ only for NON-Commercial purposes. If you find any bugs, have any ideas for improving 'Quadrascope+' or want a special commercial-usage agreement please contact: Florian.Vorberger@informatik.tu-muenchen.de or Delirium Softdesign (we will forward any wishes). LightOrgan_Color This genie displays the summed volume level (amplitude) of up to 8 channels. The sum of the left channels control the blue level and the right channels control the red level. This genie allocates one pen and therefore requires at least V39. Note: If you want to run this genie on your Workbench Screen you must choose a screen mode with at least 16 colors! FFTAnalyzer This genie displays the frequency spectrum of up to 4 left and right channels. The display is divided into two columns (one for the left and one for the right channels). Each column consists of 64 equally spaced bars. A single bar represents a frequency range of 110Hz. The topmost bar represents the highest frequency range (ie. 7.5kHz). The displayed amplitude of a frequency range is proportional to the sound pressure level in dB(A). Refer to DIN IEC-651 for more information. The frequency spectrum is calculated using a highly optimized 504-Point-Fast-Fourier-Transform. Big thanks to Kim Øyhus for providing the new FFT routine! GUI: Settings : Nasty Blit This is to fix some problems with (EGS) GfX cards. These arise from blit operations done by the cpu. If enabled Forbid()/Permit() is used to to protect those operations. FFTScope This genie displays the change of the frequency spectrum over time. It supports up to four left and right channels. The lightness of the pixels corresponds to the value of the frequency component (ie. lighter color indicates higher intensity). The frequency axis starts at the window bottom (low frequencies). GUI: Settings : Nasty Blit This is to fix some problems with (EGS) GfX cards. These arise from blit operations done by the cpu. If enabled Forbid()/Permit() is used to to protect those operations. ~~~~~~~~~~ Frequency Range Allows you to select the frequency range which will be displayed (6 - 8 octaves). DrWhoGenie This genie is based on the rotating tunnel effect from Sanity's demo 'ARTE'. Many thanks to Chaos/Sanity for his routines! This genie needs OS 3.0 and a screen with at least 16 free pens. GUI: Settings : Nasty Blit This is to fix some problems with (EGS) GfX cards. These arise from blit operations done by the cpu. If enabled Forbid()/Permit() is used to to protect those operations. ~~~~~~~~~~ Own C2P A-2 A highly optimized C2P conversion routine in conjunction with BltBitMapRastPort() is used to draw the picture. Use WPA A-W Uses the V39 OS function WritePixelArray8() to draw the picture. Use WCP A-C Uses the V40 OS function WriteChunkyPixels() to draw the picture. Note: Please check which option is the fastest on your system! ~~~~~~~~~~ 16 Colors A-1 Uses 16 colors for the tunnel. 64 Colors A-6 Uses 64 colors for the tunnel. If 64 colors are not available it tries to allocate fewer colors. But at least 16 colors must be available or the genie won't run. LevelMeter This genie displays the sound pressure level of up to 16 different channel. The CPU-usage is moderate. GUI: Settings : ~~~~~~~~~~ Height »Half Halves the window height. »Full Switches to full height. Width »Variable The horizontal size is dynamically adjusted each time the number of active channels changes. »4 Channels Displays a fixed number . of channels depending on . the selected menu item. »16 Channels NewYear-Genie Some New Year fun on your monitor. This genie needs at least Kick 3.0 (OS V39) and a screen with at least 16 free pens. A gfx card is not required, but recommended for optimum speed. A fast processor will also make the genie look much better. Xmas-Genie White Christmas on your monitor, sparkling in your eye :-) Controls: Volume Slider: SNOW RATE Balance Slider: WIND DIRECTION Play/Pause: Heaven's SNOW SWITCH:-) Eject: Melt Snow The genie will melt all snow if over 50% of the topmost line contains 'snow'. 5. DELIMIX DeliMix is © 1994-2000 by Delirium Softdesign. DeliMix is real time sample mixing technology. It is the base of many Noteplayers that have virtual channels. With this mixing technology it is possible to mix samples with different sample rates into one output sample. The output sample is generated at a given mixfrequency (rate). Choosing a higher output rate will yield better results at the expense of more cpu power. DeliMix takes advance of an existing 020 or higher. An optimized routine will be used in this case. This routine is about 20% faster. There is a critical point at ~30 kHz mixing frequency. Selecting a higher mixing frequency will make only sense if you run productivity. This is because in the current amiga hardware, the audio DMA is coupled with the scan rate. The hardware can output two samples per scanline. In standard video mode, this results in a maximum output rate of ~30 kHz. Because in productivity the scanrate doubles an output rate of ~60 kHz is possible. All NotePlayers will step down the mixing rate if the cpu is not fast enough to provide the desired mixing frequency! - This is to protect the system from hanging in the interrupt (mixing loop).