home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- ***************************************************************
- ******* ********
- ******* Scream Tracker 2.2 - Technical information ********
- ******* ********
- ***************************************************************
-
- Sample storage on disk:
- The samples used are stored to disk in 8 bit unsigned format.
- (Amiga uses 8 bit signed format) To convert:
- newbyte=(oldbyte+128) and 255.
-
- Covox specification:
- The Covox in setups means a device converting the printer ports
- 8 data lines to analog information (DA converter).
-
- Informing about other output methods:
- If you have knowledge of other PC cards/methods of outputting
- 8 bit digital sound, contact the author, and include a description
- of the ouput method (Initialization and how to output a byte)
- and the method will be added to new versions. REMARK that the
- method must be a sequential byte at the time, and NOT for example
- DMA, for sounds must be mixed in real time. See README for how
- to contact the author.
-
- File extension used with Scream Tracker:
- .HLP - Help file
- .STS - Scream Tracker song
- .STM - Scream Tracker module
- .ILB - Instrument library
- .MOD - Amiga module
-
- Scream Tracker program files:
- ST.EXE - main program
- ST.SET - saved setup
- ST.ILB - main library (library names etc.)
- STxx.ILB - libraries 00-99
-
- Amiga conversion file extensions:
- Amiga has 20 byte filenames, and PC only 8 byte ones. Due to this
- fact amiga instrument names must be truncated to 8 chars. To avoid
- confilict with for example BASSDRUM1 and BASSDRUM2 the converter
- calculates an CRC of the entire amiga filename (chars added together)
- and adds a CRC mod 512 to the files extension.
- The examples would become: BASSDRUM.657 and BASSDRUM.658
-
- Conversion differencies with amiga:
- Volume Vibrato and Volume Portamento (NT 2.0) are converted
- to funktions K and L, but have no effect in current version of
- ST. The arpeggio command is now implemented, but because I have no
- songs to test it with, it's probably bit different when compared
- with the one in amiga. It will be checked when arpeggio using
- songs arrive.
-
- Benchmarks:
- The new ST enables using the Timer interrupt, so benchmarking
- is now easier. With my machine (20Mhz 386SX) and ST playing
- at 12Mhz, my benchmarks showed that ST used 60% of raw processing
- power.
-
- The help file:
- The help file is in ascii format only preceeded by a header.
- It can be printed if the header is skipped.
-
-
-