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IT209 Update
************************* FONT FILES REQUIRE UPDATING *********************
If you have your own custom font file, you will need to change character
number 184 to 190. If you have used one of the 'standard' font sets, you
will need to run ITF and grab an updated file. Failure to do so will just
make the sample page look stuffed - You have been warned :)
***************************************************************************
Many Many MANY miscellaneous fixes to the XM loader and playback routines
-> XM support should be *MUCH* better now.
Volume effects have been debugged... hopefully :)
Some major errors fixed around (ie. dumping to DOS from the Instrument
screen, Pattern's not updating in memory correctly (which went wrong in
IT208) )
Added default sample pan to the sample list (default instrument pan WILL
override this if present). Note that using default pan is the equivalent
of using a 'set pan' effect on that row - the channel will be set to the
default sample pan.
You can change whether the info page displays sample names or instrument
names by pressing 'i'
IT208 Update
So much so quickly? Well, I had exams. And when I have exams, I code, 'cos
it's better than having to study :)
************************* FONT FILES REQUIRE UPDATING *********************
If you have your own custom font file, you will need to change character
number 184 to. If you have used one of the 'standard' font sets, you will
need to run ITF and grab an updated file. Failure to do so will just make
the info page and 10-channel editor look stuffed - You have been warned :)
***************************************************************************
- Bug fix: Keyboard configuration files could have cause MAJOR problems...
fixed!
- Bug fix: Some files with the .MOD ID "CH" which actually were NOT MODs
were being identified as "Fast Tracker 2" modules.
(You may have to delete your CACHE.ITS files to force IT to
refresh it's data)
- Bug fixes: MIDI input won't corrupt input on the order list
MIDI input won't interfere with button presses
MIDI input won't insert effect SDF into patterns when recording
where inappropriate.
- Old Left Ctrl+Shift-1 'removed', Left-Ctrl+Shift 1->4 still work - and
have been updated.
PROPER 10-channel editing mode available (complete with half sized cursors!)
as well as some minor logic improvements. (Try Left-Ctrl+Shift 2)
- ";" and "'" made to change the samples/instrument in the pattern editor
as '<' and '>' do - just much easier to do so on American keyboards.
- Dragging mouse nodes past boundaries is more accurate.
- "Channel details" display (on the infopage) *can* show the 64th channel
(oops in IT207)
- Matrox bug autodetection (Many thanks to Csaba Pankaczy for working with
me on this!)
- Message system hooked to a timer (ie. all those messages that appear
towards the top of the screen).. so that they will last a consistent
amount of time (independent of machine).
- Player Improvement: NNA mechanism will eliminate channels on two extra
conditions now (no difference to playback, but should
maximise channel usage)
- Improvement: Persistence of cache files through different sessions of IT
- ie. once the sample/instrument cache files are created, they
are NOT recreated unless necessary.
- Root "\" directory has replaced "." directory on all loading screens.
- Several Template input related functions improved. Also, Block-Cut in
template mode won't overwrite your clipboard if you're working with
templates.
- Template: "Notes only" added. This is different from the other templates
in that it will NOT copy the template's instruments, volumes or effects.
Instead, it will change it's instrument/volume/effect according to the
last used instrument/volume/effect, and will insert whatever is speicfied
by the edit mask.
- Addition: Volume Column effects, Ax, Bx, Cx, Dx, Ex, Fx, Gx and Hx!!!!
Ax = Fine volume slide up by x
Bx = Fine volume slide down by x
Cx = Volume slide up by x
Dx = Volume slide down by x
Ex = Pitch slide down by x
Fx = Pitch slide up by x
Gx = Portamento to note with speed x
Hx = Vibrato with depth x
Note that the pitch/portamento scale here is DIFFERENT from the standard
effect slideup/down
* Note that if you use these in your songs, IT < 2.08 will NOT play them
* correctly... (in fact, it'll probably play it extremely painfully)
- Alt Up/Down/Ins/Del added to the note translation table.
- Minor modifications around the tracker
- Windows Sound System Driver! (Operates at mixing rates up to 64kHz!)
Impulse Tracker has the greatest soundcard support of any tracker by far!
- Old Effects will 'unlink' the memory of Gxx from Exx/Fxx
- XM LOADING!!!!!!!!!!
Don't write to me complaining about incompatibilities - I am aware of
lots of them and you probably won't get a reply. :) *MOST* songs should
have a near perfect conversion tho...
- Big safety feature!! Playback dying because of overload? Bad NNA selection?
F8 *should* stop playback immediately now! (in DOS).
In Windows '95, there may be a noticeable stall before playback stops
(ie. several seconds), or it may not function at all...
IT207 update
- Some bug fixes to MIDI input.
- Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn on the sample list will redraw the waveforms
- Jxx memory should work fine (The memory didn't operate if the channel
wasn't active before)
- Template limits should be correctly applied. (ie. clipped within
C-0 and B-9)
- Going to a pattern from the Info Page ('G') will also go to the
current order playing.
- MIDI input can be enabled/disabled in the pattern editor with
Alt-Scroll Lock
- MOD in-module sample library loop points fixed.
- Envelope drawing algorithm slightly more tolerant of corrupt information
- Mouse envelope routines slightly improved for more accurate handling of
nodes.
- Added Message editor to main menu.
- Added 10 channel view to the info page (you may need to reset your info-
page settings and "save your preferences")
- Squished up the info page view to get a couple of extra lines! :)
- Ctrl-F7 on the order list will set the next pattern to play (at request
of ChuckB) - for DJ use
- Due to Win95's unstable disk-EMS routines, if you load a MMTSRed sample,
instrument or module (sample library), playback *will* stop to prevent
corruption of samples currently in memory.
- Notes in templates of height 1 will be played back in the pattern editor
(very useful for "multi sample" note entry)
- Added effects T0x and T1x for Tempo slide down and tempo slide up.
- Added .IT and .XM *INSTRUMENT* library support. Note that .ITs that
aren't in instrument mode or have no instruments will NOT be shown on
the instrument loader list.
- Added Alt-Ins and Alt-Del on the sample and instrument lists to add
in samples/instruments
**** NOTE: /Sx command line parameters have been changed around just for
neatness. CHECK SUMMARY.DOC FOR NEW /Sx VALUES OR RUN "IT /?" ***
IT 2.06
- Update: Yet another update to the EMS routines.. for those of you who
couldn't be bothered to read the FAQ.
Also new command line switch:
/Px - Set pattern memory allocation strategy.
Check SUMMARY.DOC for info on this.
- Minor update: The 10-stage undo buffer will now use EMS memory under most
circumstances.
- Minor update: S3M and IT loader routines slightly modified for more
efficient memory usage.
- Minor update: "Song modified" flag logic slightly modified.
- Minor update: .WAV loader slightly improved. (should read any 8 or 16-bit
format.)
- Minor Addition: IT will now release time slices to multitasking OS/s
if you specify /T2 on the command line.
If you are using the MIDI input capabilities of IT, you
SHOULD NOT enable this (timing gets effected badly)
- Minor Addition: Set pattern length command on Ctrl-F2 (can set multiple
patterns)
- Minor Addition: Command line switch /T1 to disable "usage time" indication
- Addition: TX Wave loader for .W?? samples (eg. from Kosmic's sample dirs)
Note: These are actually 12-bit samples, which are converted to
16-bit at load time.
- Addition: .MOD sample library loader.
This "only" recognises the following MOD Identifications -
"M.K.", "M!K!", "FLT4", "FLT8", "4CHN", "6CHN", "8CHN"
And FT2's extended MOD identification, "xxCH"
If you have an "Old Amiga-MOD format" MOD (which doesn't have an
ID), then you'll have to save it as another format if you want
to rip directly from it.
So sample library support in total:
.MOD, .669, .FAR, .MTM, .S3M, .PTM, .XM, .IT
- Addition: Intelligent MIDI Input for SB16 and Interwave cards!
MIDI options screen is on Shift-F1 (those of you who have IT.CFG
from older versions of IT *WILL* need to visit this screen at
least once if you want to use MIDI - "Save All Preferences" will
save these settings)
In the pattern editor, Ctrl-Z is "Change MIDI playback trigger."
Normally, it is quite difficult to start at a row/pattern with
MIDI - this options allow you to control whether a pattern or
song should START playing when you play the first note.
(IT will play either from the start of the current pattern or
the song starting from the current row depending on your choice)
Once this is done, the trigger is immediately unset, so you will
have to setup this trigger again if you want to use it.
Note that this *will* turn on pattern tracing. To disable it,
use Scroll-Lock.
****** NOTE ******
SB16's MIDI input is somewhat 'iffy'. If you stop receiving
MIDI input, you need to reinit the soundcard (Ctrl-I) (possibly
several times). I don't know why it does this. Dont' write
to me about it, 'cos I have spent MANY MANY hours on this little
problem and I don't want to know about it. Also, in Win95, I
found it necessary to change my SB16's configuration to EXCLUDE
the MIDI port (and I used a Microsoft MPU401 driver instead),
otherwise MIDI input was ignored.
Sorry, no GUS MIDI at the moment, as I couldn't get it working.
Please do NOT write to me about this, you will not get a reply.
An updated GUS driver will be released if/when I get it working.