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@A0
Introduction @Z1Introduction
------------ @A0
The Morgul Player is a music module file player, which plays most
music module formats on all popular sound devices. The sound output
system is DSMI, which allows for lots of features and flexibility.
Morgul is free software, which means you can copy it to your friends,
upload it to BBS's and FTP sites, and distribute in other similar
ways as long as no money is involved and all the files are included.
If you put this program on a CD-Rom, you are required to send me
information about that CD. I'd also like a free sample of the CD you
are making. If you find yourself using this program, you are asked to
send me a postcard or a CD. My mail address can be found at the end
of this file.
Currently the following popular sound cards and their compatibles
are supported:
1 Sound Blaster @F0
2 Sound Blaster Pro
3 PAS+
4 PAS16
5 SB16 and SB AWE 32
6 general DAC (Covox)
7 Aria cards, like Audiobahn
8 Windows Sound System & compatibles, like AudioTrix Pro and
Compaq BusinessAudio
9 Gravis Ultrasound and Gus MAX
10 PC Speaker
11 Stereo DAC (LPT1 & 2)
12 Stereo-on-1 DAC
@A0
The following module formats are currently supported:
MOD,NST Sound/Noise/Pro/Fast/TakeTracker,PT4Gus and so on, also @F0
reverse file names (MOD.* NST.*) are supported.
STM Scream Tracker 2.x 4 channel files
S3M Scream Tracker 3 1-16 channel files (AdLib channels not
supported)
MTM MultiTracker 1-32 channel files
FAR Farandole Tracker 16-channel files
669 669 Composer 8-channel files
AMF Special module format which only DSMI players can play.
Other modules converted to this format will be smaller
than the originals.
@A0
What separates Morgul from other players is the advanced file manager
where you can choose files using the arrow keys or tag several files
into play queues. You can also COPY and DELETE wanted/unwanted files!
The file manager is active always, not only before the actual module
playing. All common archive formats are supported, and the archives
are searched for module files which can then be played like any other
modules. Morgul takes care of calling the unarchiver. Archive formats
currently supported are ARJ,ZIP,LZH/LHA,SQZ,RAR,UC2 and HA.
For playing the larger modules, Morgul can take advantage of EMS
memory, loading the instruments into EMS.
Digital, user-definable effects makes modules sound even better than
they used to! For example, Hall Reverb can make modules sound like
they were played in a big hall. Currently available effect types are
reverb and filter.
Some or all of the channels can be Surround-Panned.
Because of advanced mixing techniques, the sound quality is generally
better on 8-bit cards than with other players, and Morgul is one of
the few players to take advantage of the extra sound quality offered
by the 16-bit sound cards.
Because Morgul is very feature-rich, there is a quick help screen, a
command menu, and online documentation (which is actually this file).
These can help you take full advantage of Morgul's capabilities.
Morgul can be configured to your tastes by using the configuration
file Morgul.cfg. All command line switches can be put to the MORGUL
environment variable so you don't have to type them over and over
again.
You can try out and play the samples in the modules and then save
them in raw,Microsoft WAVE or Scream Tracker 3 formats. Support for
GUS patches is coming, as well as signed (Amiga) raw files.
In the DOS Shell, you can change the master volume and position of
the module which is currently playing using the shell hotkeys + and -
on the numeric keypad, accompanied with Alt or Control.
An option to use the keyboard LEDs as VU meters!
Requirements @Z2Requirements
------------ @A0
386 compatible processor. If you have a 486, Morgul will use some
486-specific optimizations for more speed.
VGA-compatible display adapter. EGA adapters work partially.
Mouse and soundcard optional (although a soundcard is highly
recommended, the internal speaker doesn't sound too good. If you
can't afford a soundcard, build a "Covox" device which is a simple
DAC in the printer port.)
If you want real sound quality, get a Gravis Ultrasound board. @C0
(This little advertisement is not funded by Advanced Gravis, @A0
although it certainly would not hurt me if it was :)
Possible bugs @F0
@A0
As some of my pre-public beta stage testers have mostly been lazy,
testing under different situations is not perfect. Some of the bug
reports I receive are just about as useful as "Hi! Your program
crashes on me." Also, DSMI seems to have a couple of small bugs. All
comments and bug reports are very welcome! See the contact methods
near the end of this document. If you do a bug report, please report
at least the following:
Operating system and version (type ver /r and give all the info it
gives), What memory manager and what version of it you were running,
if any, your config.sys and autoexec.bat contents, what machine you
have (processor, chipset, bios, video adapter), the sound board you
are using, including version numbers and everything, specific
instructions for reproducing the error situation: Telling "Well I
started it and soon it crashed." won't help me to find the bug, but
if you tell the directory and path you