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- 'The Triton FastTracker' v1.00, last change: 12/13/92
- Coded by Mr. H of TRITON in the autumn of 1992.
- IBM Freeware.
-
- Fredrik Huss
- Fladervagen 12
- 860 35 Soraker
- Sweden
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- About the Formats:
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- The samples are stored in 8-bit signed raw format.
-
- There is no header, I use the time and date field to store repeat and
- replen information. The repeat is stored in the lower word and replen
- in the higher. The maximum sample size is 64K.
-
- The 4-channel modules are stored in the common 31-instrument module format.
- 6 and 8 channel modules have a simmilar format, but there are diferences:
-
- # The 4-byte field at offset 1080 contains 6CHN or 8CHN instead of 'M.K.'.
-
- # Each row in the pattern is wider.
-
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- About the Format Effects:
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- All of the effects in ProTracker 2.2A is implemented except Filter Toggle
- and Invert loop:
-
- 00 - Arpeggio
- 01 - Portamento Up
- 02 - Portamento Down
- 03-0F - (Same as PT 2.2A)
- E0 - Not Implemented
- E1-EE - (Same as PT 2.2A)
- EF - Not Implemented
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-
- But wait! There's more...
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- FastTracker "clone" formats:
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-
- There are a number of MOD formats basicly exactly the same as the 8-track
- IBM FastTracker format, but with a different signature at 1080 different
- than "8CHN". Here are some:
-
- Signature Program System
-
- M.K. Grave Mod IBM (*.WOW modules)
- CD81 Octalyser Atari STe/Falcon (not the same as Amiga "Oktalyzer")
- OCTA ?? ?? (exists, according to kurtt@sfu.ca)
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- Unlike native FastTracker format, some of these formats _do_
- use the Filter Toggle and Invert Loop commands! (Like Octalyser)
- Never assume they are always unused by every program that
- creates this family of files.
-
- If you want to use these files in a program that plays FastTracker
- modules, just use a file hex-editor and change the signature to "8CHN".
- This does not seem to work with Amiga StarTrekker "FLT8" or "EX08"
- signature files, however.
-
- It might not be hard to write a routine that detects 8-track
- modules, even without knowing what the signature is, based on other
- information.
-
-
- Jamal Hannah <jamal@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 5/2/94
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- End of Document.