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The Liquid Tracker's Revision History
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.....Version 1.00..........................................[15/01/96]...
- New pattern memory arrangement, alot more optimized in memory requirements
- All varibles from Parameters Screen (F10) are now configurable,
including the "Channels Num"
- "Block Commands" support in the Pattern Editor is back, with many
new enhanced block features (try ALT-ENTER)
- Samples can now be tested from the Samples Editor, using piano
alike keyboard (keys ZXCVBNMQWERTYUI) when cursor is on numeric field
- [Ctrl/Shift/Alt] + [Backspace] now toggle channels Solo/On/Off
- Now you can define from <Setup->Loader Options> NOT to modify Panning
Setup when loading module, so you can for example set all the panning
to MID/SURROUND (using "3" in the Panning Editor), Lock Panning (using
"K" in the Panning Editor) and all the modules loaded will play with
this Panning configuration.
- Now the Pattern Number in the Pattern Editor is highlighted when
current editing Pattern exists in Sequence Table
- Now when <Setup->Loader Options->Auto Screen Set> is defined,
the Info Screen will be adjusted to 80x50 if the text is crossing
the screen borders (except 4-Channels MODs, where text is always
displayed at 80x25)
- Faster scroller movement in InfoScreen
- Pressing both LEFT-CTRL & LEFT-SHIFT at InfoScreen resets
Scroller position
- Can save samples from Samples Editor (ALT-S)
- Added Fine Vibrato effect (ST 3.2 compatibility) - command 'F'
.....Version 0.86ß.........................................[22/06/95]...
- Now the arrow in the pattern editor is not blinking under slow machines
- Added Sequence Table editor (F4 key)
- At the Samples Editor (F3 key), there's a sign when a sample is being
played
- Filemanager enhancements:
List is now sorted. File or directory name can now be entered manually,
and wildcards are supported.
.....Version 0.85ß.........................................[15/04/95]...
- Fixed cursor bugs in the pattern editor's trace mode (ScrollLock on)
- Added "Copy Pan Positions" option in Parameters Editor
- The Channels Volume bars are now active and work
- When playing, there's an arrow in the pattern editor indicates which
interval is currently playing
- Better colours in the Parameters Editor
.....Version 0.84ß.........................................[06/01/95]...
- Happy new year!
- There's a bug in HIMEM.SYS, which prevented the extended memory
occupied by Liquid from being released before termination, if some
strange conditions occur. Now this bug is not activated anymore.
.....Version 0.83c.........................................[23/12/94]...
- Added panning sets #6 and #7 to parameters editor (Amiga panning)
- Now "++" codes at S3Ms' Sequence Table ("Order list") are handled
correctly
- Some improvments in the LIQ loader
.....Version 0.83ß.........................................[22/12/94]...
- More improvements in the panning/parameters editor.
■ The 'I' key is now functioning, so you can set the initial panning,
which are assigned to channels on every [F5] (play song) press.
■ A new switch added - 'K', lock panning, which forces ignoring any
panning commands in the playing module.
■ Now when switching to panning editor, the channels don't go un-muted
- If a directory is not defined, the program will use the current
directory (previously, if saved setup, directory C:\ has been used)
- You can now use SHIFT F1->F4 to set the mixing frequency to 11111,22222,
33333 or 45454 respectively
.....Version 0.82ß.........................................[16/12/94]...
- Ready-made panning sets are implemented!
Use 1,2,3,4,5 keys from the parameters editor (F10) to select
a panning set. Really usefull with many modules needed to be
heard in Surround, Mixed Panning or simply when the machine crawls,
and you want to set all panning to the basic LEFT/RIGHT set.
.....Version 0.81ß.........................................[15/12/94]...
- Fixed General Protection Violation bug (if you still get one, it's
another bug ;) and, it wasn't even an exception, it was an IRQ mystakly
considered as exception. This problem attacked only SB owners with IRQ
set to 5, and didn't happen with PAS)
- Now volumes are rounded up. That means that if the master volume
value is very low, you will still be able to hear the voices
- Because of "fragmentation sound" report from SB 2.0 beta-testers,
SB v1.5 mode is now selected for this card in the autodetection.
- Now the maximum sampling rate with SBpro is 22727 (27777 before)
Since this is the maximum frequency with MOST SBPro cards, and
novice users didn't know that pressing ALT-F3 would have solved the
problem. To achive higher rates with SBPro (mono mode) use SB 2.0
compatibility mode.
.....Version 0.80ß.........................................[03/12/94]...
- Totally rewritten, which means that some features (like Sequence
Editor,MIDI,Block commands) are not rewritten yet.
- Alot nicer InfoScreen (which can be accessed anytime using <F9>)
- Added Full panning & surround <F10>
- 16bit and Stereo samples implemented
- Sound is finally 16bit!
- Pro Audio Spectrum 16 support. Great sound quality!
- Support for Output to file (may be converted to VOC later using
Creative Labs' VOCHDR)
- Alot better S3M compatibility!
- Smart loader, auto adjusts Frequency, Gain and Pattern Screen
- MODs are now loaded using PAL frequency, since some modules plays
better with that (notably DUR.MOD). also, all the modules I've tested
played correctly with PAL. (Would be adjustable in the future)
- Added fields folding in pattern editor (CTRL F1-F4), upto 31 tracks
in screen!
.....Version 0.69ß.........................................[26/04/94]...
- Fixed a bug in the MIDI_IN routines. Since I don't have any
SB's MIDI documentation I don't quite sure what I'm doing ;-)
- The MIDI_IN is documented now in LIQ.DOC
If you own a SB-MIDI device, please report me if it works also
at your place. Possibly write a message in the Loan Shark BBS'
LiquidTEAM folder support.
.....Version 0.68ß.........................................[25/04/94]...
- BPM is now calculated with better precision
- MIDI IN support in the pattern editor (Sound Blaster's MIDI, not MPU-401)
- "Reset panning" command (resets pan positions to default) - H70
- Faster loading
- Fixed a bug caused sometimes huge module saving in the Reserved Version
- Fixed a loud volume bug when testing samples
- Fixed a bug avoided the sound of the notes entered in the pattern
- Fixed a bug caused errastic notes to be entered in Tracer mode
- Now you can enter notes into disabled channels while playing
and the sound will not stop
- S3M Loader in distribution version
.....Version 0.67ß.......................UnReleased........[09/04/94]...
- Global Volume (Command Fxx)
- Channel Panning (Command Hxx, 0 = Left, 32 = Middle, 64 = Right)
- ALT-P (set effect to marked) implemented
- Arpeggio effect (Gxx) now supported
- Better volume handling routines
- MODs now playing at correct panning
.....Version 0.65ß.......................UnReleased........[15/03/94]...
- Real volume bars
- Fixed a bug, prevented memory-managers users (running on slow machines)
from using high sampling rates on SB16.
- Now you can define the memory reserved for pattern data. it was set
to 256K (of DOS memory) before, and was usually too much.
it you'll decrease it too much, some modules may refuse to load.
.....Version 0.64ß.........................................[03/02/94]...
- Tracer is running a bar! (not centered for now though)
- Implemented Pattern Delay effect
- Enhanced Break Pattern effect, now supports where-to-start value
- Implemented "clear patterns" for ripping samples :)
- Now liquid will try extensions LIQ, MOD, STM at commandline
! Liquid is getting closer to be full ProTracker compatible:
only left: Arpeggio, Waveforms, FineTunes, Gliss and Tremolo
.....Version 0.63ß.........................................[26/01/94]...
- Clicks occurred when channels number was not even. fixed.
- Implemented ALT-A and ALT-Q to inc/dec halftone in marked
- Added 'Auto screen' feature. change to screen mode according to channels
number (usable only for Trident SVGA for now)
- STM loader enhanced.
- Some problems with channels on/off fixed
- Some outlook changes
.....Version 0.60ß.........................................[23/12/93]...
- Now Liquid runs approximately 30% faster with normal sound cards,
and about 50% faster with SB16.
- Now the module name can be supplied from the command line (e.g. LIQ AXELF.MOD)
- Many bugfixed in MOD loader, and better errors checking
- Better sound quality on 8 BIT cards.
- Added SoundTracker support (15 instruments modules)
- Added STM support
- Added WOW support
- Now you can test samples from the Samples Editor. just step on a number
field and hit the keyboard (useful for quick loop-testing!)
- Enhanced XMS routines
- Bugfixed in looping-sample routine (samples with a loop) causes the
machine to crash if loop values given were not correct (e.g. loop begin
was greater then loop end or even worst: equal)
- Most of ProTracker's effects are now implemented (and correctly,
unlike some other trackers around)
.....Version 0.50ß.........................................[27/11/93]...
- XMS support!
Now LIQUID are the FIRST playing routines that can utilized pure XMS
memory for samples, from real mode! now there's no need to reboot
with a slow v86 memory manager anymore! Liquid's XMS algorithm will
enable (in the future) all covox devices to enjoy the full benefits
of XMS memory, as EMS has many problems with covox devices (v86
stuff). remember: machine must be in real-mode for XMS support!
- Liquid now works also from v86 mode (without XMS usage)
- Fixed all various clicks, now the sound is CLEAR! with the SB16 playing
on high sampling rates (>33Mhz) the sky roars!
- Tracer is implemented. use ScrollLock to turn it on and off.
you can also use "real time" record but it's not too precise yet.
- Shell to dos is implemented.
- Global volume (software) is available. try ALT-F11, F12
- The samples names has been increased to 22 chars
- The file manager's screen appears now alot faster
- Some changes has been made to Liquid's info-panel outlook
- No more detection results on screen, to save time!
- Speed-up the font loading routine, now users with Console Drivers
(Like AnsiPlus) will not suffer from a long delay anymore whenever
screen mode is changing.
- if either DESQview or MS-Windows is detected, buffer size is increased
to 30000
- Some improvements and speeds-up to MOD loader
- The ProTracker's effects support race has begun! list of supported effects:
- BPM tempos (Axx with value >$30 [not $1C] )
- Portamento down (Dxx)┌──────────────────────────────────
- Portamento up (Exx) │ These are the effects from previous
- Volume Slide (Lxx) │ versions of Liquid:
- Finevolume up (M2x) │
- Finevolume up (M3x) │ - Cut pattern (Cxx)
- Retrig note (M6x) │ - Position jump (Jxx)
- Cut note (M7x) │ - Sample offset (Oxx)
- Delay note (M8x) │
.....Version 0.21ß.........................................[15/10/93]...
- Fixed the "A20" bug. now Liquid can operate with or without HIMEM.SYS!
- Detection routine fixed to support DMA <> 1
- Config file is implemented to save all default setups
- Fixed a bug occurred when <F8> was requested, and the device was SB 2.00.
that caused "stammering" (DMA didn't stop)
.....Version 0.20ß.........................................[12/10/93]...
- The Sound Blaster 16 and the Sound Blaster Pro are now supported
in full stereo
- Global keyboard handler. <F5> and <F8> now work from anywhere,
<F2>, <F3> and <F4> can be used for fast Pattern/Sample/Sequence access.
(that required a HUGE routines rewrite - please report any possible
new bugs, if any)
- File Manager. Now you can select a file from a directory list.
still, I should enhance it to work faster, but for now it's enough.
(btw: from the samples screen it's alt-d)
- Lots of bugs were fixed
.....Version 0.14ß.........................................[30/09/93]...
(First public ßeta release)
■ Supports MODs and LIQs, up to 64 Channels
■ Introduced the enhanced block commands set
■ Supports Sound Blaster, DMA