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I. Introduction
MacMikMod is a Macintosh version of MikMod, well known mod player written by
Jean-Paul Mikkers (mikmak@stack.urc.tue.nl). MacMikMod is a freeware for non-
commercial uses. That means, it may not be included on any CD-ROM priced
above its cost, with the exception of AMUG BBS CD-ROMs.
II. Frequently Asked Question
Who am I?
I am a student at the University of Utah majoring in Computer Engineering.
Interested in DSP, music synthesis, real-time graphics, and network applications.
The sound is coming out choppy, why?
Your computer is probably too slow to do real-time mixing at 44kHz rate,
you should lower the mixing rate to 22kHz.
What formats does MikMod read?
S3M - Scream Tracker 3.x/STM - Scream Tracker 2.x/MTM - MultiTracker
XM - FastTracker II/ULT - UltraTracker/MOD - ProTracker
Where to find me?
E-Mail: Dmitry Boldyrev <demos@xmission.com>
Phone: (801) 581-5465
How does it work?
MacMikMod, just like any other mod player deals w/ samples. First, the sample (instrument)
is being transposed to the appropriate frequency according to the note's pitch, and then
mixed all together and played. As you can see it can be quite a task even for a PPC chip.
Why NO 68K version?
For some reason, SndDoubleBack isn't being called on 68K computers. I don't know whose
fault is it, maybe Apple's, maybe Metrowerk's, maybe mine. Please notify me if you had
similar problems while working with Sound Manager.
Mod places, where?
There are many archives with mods, I suggest you check out StarTracker home
page or MMOD home page, I have a lot of pointers to other pages. Here's a list
of links I have on my page:
The Kosmic Free Music Foundation
<http://kosmic.org/~kosmic/>
The MOD Page
<http://www.teleport.com/~smithtl/modpage.html>
CDROM MOD Archive
<ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/demos/music/>
Shawn's Music Page
<http://www.mainelink.net/~shawnc/music/>
Depeche Mode Mod Files
<http://bertha.chattanooga.net/~punkboy/depeche.htm>
Lizardking's Modules <http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/cgi-bin/nph-gateway/hphalle4/~brandtf/lizardking.html>
alt.binaries.sounds.mods FAQ
<http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~behrensm/absm-faq/index.html>
Zerius Development
<http://www.islandnet.com/~voltaire/>
Mods
<http://www.wam.umd.edu/~ankh/WWW/mods.html>
Sunsite MOD mirror
<ftp://calypso-2.oit.unc.edu/pub/multimedia/mods/>
Tazmania Desires Music center
<http://www.cs.vu.nl/~rris/music.html>
Mod related FTP links
<http://www.teleport.com/~smithtl/ftplink.html>
Mod related FTP links
<ftp://ftp.lhg.hib.no/pub/mods/>
III. Features
MacMikMod features:
• Arbitrary mixing rate (44kHz/22kHz/11kHz)
• Real-time linear interpolation
• Stereo/Mono polyphony
• 16Bit/8Bit sampling
• STM/S3M/MTM/XM/MOD
• (( Surround stereo ))
• Interface (GUI)
• Better Oscilloscope
IV. New features in this version
• Fixed clipping problems
V. Featues planned
• 100% compatibility with XM effects
• To fix XM bug
• Do more declicking
• True Band Spectrum (Fast Fourier Transform analysis)
VI. Acknowledgement
Other MOD engineers
Frank Seide (SoundTracker)
Antoine Rosset (PlayerPRO)
Cody DW Jones (ZSS)
Greetings & Thanks
Oleg Doperchuck
Kirill Medvinsky
Jamal Hannah/PolarWolf
Leigh Benson/AMUG
Dan Schnur/AMUG
Tristan Horn
Andrew Liles
FireLight
DarkShade & wili
Andrew Meggs
Arnold Kim/Nemesis production
Bernie Freidin
Matt Bendiksen
#macdev & #macintosh
and others...
Have fun!
Dmitry Boldyrev/Demos <demos@xmission.com>
P.S.
Programmer for hire!