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PowerMOD for OS/2 v0.32 - MOD music player with effects.
Copyright 1996,1997 Antony T Curtis
ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
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This version has been linked differently to previous versions.
If there are any problems, I would like to know. Also included
in this package is a version that has been linked using the
older method - note that both are based on the same source code.
WORDS FROM THE AUTHOR:
======================
This program was written over a year ago and I never got round to
releasing it - so I am doing so now. There may be bugs but as I'm
working on a completely new version, bugs found may not be fixed.
Remember - this was the first program I had ever written for OS/2
and it was first working within a month of getting a compiler for
OS/2.
The main "plusses" for this MOD player is that the effects are
adjustable in real time. It currently only uses MMPM/2 so it
should work in any multimedia OS/2 system v3 or better.
"Minuses" include that it can only handle the MOD format and
that there is currently no DART support. Also, with the latest
Creative Labs drivers the sound goes choppy - select the SBFix
option and restart PowerMOD to solve this.
I have no fixed date for the next release - only that I'm working
on it when I have the time. I plan to support a wider range of
file formats and also extend the range of real time effects that
are available. Also, the user interface may be quite different.
Just for the curious out there, this program was written using
fPrint's Virtual Pascal compiler and consists of only 5240 lines
of Pascal source code. The only bit not written in Pascal is the
Discrete Fourier Transform code which is written in assembler.
The next version should be using the Fast Fourier Transform %^)
That aside, this program should work acceptably on a 486dx2-66
and on a Pentium, it should fly. If you own a Pentium class PC
and you also own a mWave based sound card, you can run PowerMOD
multiple times and play different MOD files at the same time.
This has been tested and on a P100, you can play 8 simutainously.
Can't imagine why someone would like this - sounds awful :)
Regards
Antony.
email: antony.curtis@olcs.net
ssu95atc@reading.ac.uk
HISTORY:
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Version 0.32 17 Sep 97
Now able to load read-only files
- Playing from CDROM should work.
Cosmetic adjustments, incl button bitmaps for 1024x768+ users
Moved SBFix option to a more sensible location.
Version 0.31 14 Sep 97
Fixed "Invisible" window problem.
Version 0.30 12 Sep 97
First Version released to the big wide world.
Added SBFix setting to correct choppy sounds with Creative
Drivers.
Version 0.24 12 Dec 96
Added Channel Wave displays
Version 0.23 09 Dec 96
Added Spectrum Analyser display
Improved sample display list - to show active samples.
Version 0.21 02 Sep 96
Added multiple file selection.
Added sample display list.
Version 0.20 20 Jul 96
User interface improvement.
Version 0.10 22 Apr 96
Stereo 16bit sound version. 8channel.
Version 0.01 20 Apr 96
Created PowerMOD/2. Quick and dirty port of my original DOS
version. Stereo 8bit sound. 4channel.