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- RED ZONE
- =========
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- version 1.4
- English documentation
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- Welcome into Red Zone, the ultimate music player. This software allows
- you to play soundchip, soundtrack and halftrack musics. It is mouse-driven
- and very easy to use.
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
-
- 1. How to use it?
- 1.1. How to play a music?
- 1.2. About options
- 2. Music formats
- 2.1. Soundchips
- 2.2. Soundtracks
- 2.3. Halftracks
- 3. About Red Zone
- 3.1. Credits
- 3.2. Greetings
- 3.3. For French people
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- 1 - How to use it?
- ==================
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- 1.1 - How to play a music?
- ==========================
-
- The main menu is composed of four big options and little options. In these
- big options you'll found soundchip, soundtrack and halftrack drivers.
- The "Soundchips (1)" and "Soundchips (2)" options allow you to listen to
- soundchip musics. The following formats are recognized by Red Zone: Big Alec,
- Count Zero, Epic/TMS, FFT, GSR, Jess/OVR, Lap, Mad Max, Megatizer, Music-Mon,
- Nexus, POP, Tao/ACF and XLR8.
- The "Soundtracks" option allows you to play a soundtrack (the soundtrack
- player doesn't use STE capacities at all).
- The "Halftracks" option allows you to play both digidrum and SID-Voice
- tunes. In this version you can't play halftracks. In next versions only!
-
- 1.2 - About options
- ===================
-
- On the lowest lines, you can choose some options:
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- - EXIT: clear, isn't it?
- - INFO: some info about Red Zone
- - CUT VOICES: if Red Zone bugs, click on this option
- - TOOLS: divided into 5 others options:
- - Identify File: click here to identify a music file. Red Zone just
- identify a few formats: Big Alec/Offbeat (types 1 and 2), Big Alec
- of Delta Force, Count Zero, Mad Max, Megatizer, Tao, Epic, Lotus
- and XLR8.
- - Rename File: easy to understand
- - Delete File: easy too
- - Format Disk: you can format a disk with 1 or 2 sides, 80, 81 or 82
- tracks and 9 or 10 sectors.
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- 2 - Music formats
- =================
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- 2.1 - Soundchips
- ================
-
- Red Zone can play the following formats:
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- - Big Alec: it includes Big Alec/Offbeat (*.OFF) and Big Alec/Delta Force
- (*.BIG) formats. In order to know the correct format, use the Identify
- File option.
- - Count Zero: *.CT0 files.
- - Epic/TMS: *.TMS files.
- - FFT/Next: *.FFT files.
- - GSR v3.x: *.GSR files.
- - Jess & Ben/OVR: *.OVR files.
- - Lap/Next: *.LAP files.
- - Mad Max & various: Mad Max/TEX and modified Mad Max versions (for example:
- the An Cool/TCB version). Extension: *.MAD files.
- - Megatizer: *.THK files.
- - Music-Mon: *.MON files.
- - Nexus/TWB: *.NEX files.
- - POP songs: *.POP files.
- - Tao/ACF: *.TAO files.
- - XLR8: *.XLR files.
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- 2.2 - Soundtracks
- =================
-
- You can only play Amiga soundtracks (STF mode) for the moment. In next
- versions, Red Zone will play STE soundtracks.
-
- 2.3 - Halftracks
- ================
-
- It exists two kinds of halftrack musics:
-
- - Digidrums: these are soundchip musics with one or two voices for playing
- digits. Digidrums formats are not recognized yet.
- - SID-Voice: these are soundchip musics including a S.I.D. voice. What is
- such a voice? It is an emulation of the C64 sound processor. SID-Voice
- tunes are high quality soundchips.
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- 3 - About Red Zone
- ==================
-
-
- 3.1 - Credits
- =============
-
- GFA coding ........................................... The Beast/Epsilon
- Universal soundchip replay rout ..................... Dr Skull/Authentik
- Music-Mon replay rout .................................... Hutch/Pulsion
- Amiga soundtrack rout .................................. Jedi/Sector One
-
- 3.2 - Greetings
- ===============
-
- Greetings to Dr Skull for sending me a universal routine, to Rick/Legend
- for swapping me some music routines and to all my contacts on Atari.
-
- 3.3 - For French people
- =======================
-
- Vous pouvez recevoir la documentation complète en français (une dizaine
- de pages) en m'envoyant une enveloppe timbrée à 4,40F et libellée à votre
- adresse. La documentation française en question n'est pas la traduction de
- cette petite documentation en anglais, elle est beaucoup plus complète et
- plus agréable à lire qu'un fichier texte...
-
- Mon adresse est: PEREZ Stéphane
- Le Louvarou
- 38560 JARRIE
-
- Vous pouvez aussi me contacter par minitel sur le 3614 RTEL1 ou RTEL2,
- ma boite aux lettres a pour nom "THE BEAST".
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Red Zone v1.4 is (C)oderight 1994 by The Beast/Epsilon (Stéphane Perez).
- This software is freeware, you can't modify, sell or translate this software
- and its documentation without my own authorization.
-
- The Beast/Epsilon
- June, 6th 1994
- Good bye!
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