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Player PRO 4.5.9 FAT http://www.quadmation.com ©Copyright 1994-1998 Antoine ROSSET (RossetAntoine@bluewin.ch) ________________________________________________________________________ Description PlayerPRO is a complete music editor software (SoundTracker). You can use it with any Macs without any specific hardware. PlayerPRO can load and play following formats: MOD, S3M, Midi, MTM, MADx, OKTA, System 7 sound, MINS, WAV, XI, AIFF, AIFC, MED, 669, IT, ULT and XM. What is a SoundTracker? Still uncommon on Macintosh, these music utilities originated on the Amiga platform, and have then been developed on the Atari ST, IBM PC, and finally on Macintosh. These soundtrackers are based on a single file system: the MOD format and its derivatives. The MOD format was intended to be a compact way of storing music inside games and demos, especially background music. The files consist of "patterns" of musical notes inside "partitions" (pattern lists) which can be played in different order, and more than once. (The number of tracks simulates the number of musicians a conductor would have in his orchestra; in the case of a 4 track file, the conductor has only the possibility of having 4 instruments playing simultaneously, even when the players can change their instruments). PlayerPRO offers you a whole range of functions to exploit these music files: Sound reading: several methods of reading are offered, many sound drivers. Display of analyses tools: Fourier's analysis, oscilloscope, tubes, piano, digital partition, classical partition, simplified partition, animations, etc. Music edition: music editing can be accomplished by writing at the level of classical partition, digital partition, or simply by piano recording or by Midi instruments. ________________________________________________________________________ NEW FEATURES IN ACTUAL VERSION (4.5.9): • A new PlayerPRO distributor is available in England ! • New MADI Driver 5.0 is installed, dev.kit available soon for MacOS, Win95 and BeOS • Compiled with CodeWarrior PRO 2 • Fully tested and compatible avec MacOS 8.1 or lower • Some new GUI features and bugs correction • Internal structure now ready for new MADI format (PlayerPRO 5.0) • Soon to be released : PlayerPRO Internet Plug-in for Netscape and Internet Explorer • Soon to be released : PlayerPRO Quicktime Extension, to play musics in Quicktime NEW FEATURES IN ACTUAL VERSION (4.5.8): • Bug in registration system corrected • Slow GUI Bug on 601 corrected • Some new GUI features • Internal structure now ready for new MADI format (PlayerPRO 5.0) NEW FEATURES IN ACTUAL VERSION (4.5.7): • Bug in Help Window corrected • Some new filters for Digital Editor • Small memory bugs corrected NEW FEATURES IN ACTUAL VERSION (4.5.6): • ASC Driver works correctly again on 68k Macs • XM, S3M, MOD Export corrected • Better support when low memory NEW FEATURES IN ACTUAL VERSION (4.5.5): • Fews bug correction (IT Plug, Instrument list, SoundLib, ...) • New headers for plugs (old plugs are INCOMPATIBLE) • Win95/NT, MacOS and BeOS are now using the exactly same driver (same C sources) • You can find the Win95/NT Beta Player in www.quadmation.com • You can find the Win95/NT library for C/C++ in PlayerPRO Dev.Kit • You can find the BeOS library for C/C++ in PlayerPRO Dev.Kit NEW FEATURES IN ACTUAL VERSION (4.5.4): • Bug correction in Classical Editor • Bugs correction in GUI • Bugs correction in instrument list • New S3M, ULT and IT plugs • Compiled with CW11 • Fully tested on system 7.6 • FKeys support NEW FEATURES IN ACTUAL VERSION (4.5.3): • New drivers with ticks remover option • Bug correction in Classical Editor • Bugs correction in GUI • New MOD, XM and S3M plugs • New MIDI Hardware support : OMS 2.x (ftp.opcode.com), MIDI Manager is not supported anymore • Compiled with CW10 • Sampling rate filter with interpolation NEW FEATURES IN VERSION (4.5.x): • Wave Preview (need a fast Mac) • Compiled with CW7 (both version: 68k & PPC) • Automatic file identification : simply Drag&Drop your file in MusicList. • New MIDI Hardware interface • New MIDI Import, MED Import • New Quicktime Instruments to PlayerPRO converters. (supports real rate, basenote and multi-samples) • New digital editor: faster, cleaner and easier. • New file format. • Support XM files: import/export. • Support volume envelope. • Support volume command. • Support multiple samples for 1 instrument. • Better S3M support. • New music list with true icons. • New list manager in PPC. • New Music List: faster, real finder icons, supports up to 2000 musics. • New sound driver: much faster at startup and use less memory. • Filters for Digital Editor. • Direct edition in Digital Editor by mouse click. • Supports free finetune: allows sampleRate from 1 Hz to 50Khz. • Supports base frequency to create multiple samples instruments. • Supports 8 octaves. • Quicktime 2.1 instruments support: import all samples/instruments. • New classical editor. • New wave editor. • Note projection for Classical and Pattern view. • Extern plugs for Import/Export. Source code available in Developper toolkit (see below). • All plugs can be compiled in PPC. • Many bugs have been corrected... ________________________________________________________________________ Technical Details: - Any Mac from 68020 to PowerMac (FAT version) - Requires NO special hardware (all other musics softwares require MIDI Hardware) - Play up to 32 simultaneous channels WITHOUT special hardware. - Sound quality from 11Khz 8bits to 44Khz 16bits. - Support all Mac sound chips (ASC, AWAC, AWAC2, DSP) - A special ASC driver for 68k Macintosh available - Native PowerMac version - Compiled with CW11 - Online Help for beginners. - Quicktime 2.x support: instruments loading and editing - Complete graphic interface (more than 15 tools windows) - Support MIDI Hardware: MIDI IN/OUT. GM compatibility via Quicktime 2.1 - Fast oscilloscope and Fourier analysis. (60 im/sec) Realtime. - Complete editor interface to create your music. - Instruments edition: AIFF, Snd. - Support sound input from Microphone, CD, etc. - Support Volume Envelope - Support multiple samples for instruments (high quality instruments) - Support volume command - Music List : you can store up to 2000 musics - Free sample rate: from 1 Hz to 50 Khz - Free base note for samples - Sound filters for samples edition - Edition filters for partition edition - Plug-Ins support for future updates: IMPORT/EXPORT/FILTER - AIFF music export: rate, amplitude, compression, channel - Supports 8 octaves - Realtime interface to "see" your playing music - Up to 64 instruments for 1 music - Complete Drag&Drop interface (System 7.5 savvy) - Panning interface - Complete developper toolkit to use musics in your own project (THINK, CodeWarrior) - XMCD in safe FAT to use musics in HyperCard, MacroMind, etc. - API to create Plugs INCOMPATIBILITIES: • RAMDoubler with FullView & ScreenSaver • Virtual Memory with FullView & ScreenSaver • 24 bits Memory Mode (change it to 32 in memory control panel) ________________________________________________________________________ Where to find the last version of Player PRO & more infos? On internet: • http://www.quadmation.com/ • http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/NewSearch?key=PlayerPRO • ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/w/wormey/PlayerPro • http://search.shareware.com/code/engine/Find?search=PlayerPRO&category=Macintosh • http://www.iwe.com/quadmation • http://www.eskimo.com/~wormey/PlayerPROUS.html • http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~behrensm/absm-faq/index.html • Join the PlayerPRO mailing-list !! (pp-users-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu) • Join MODs forum : alt.binaries.sounds.mods On compuserve: • Mac forums/Entertainment forums/Sound Utilities[19]. On BBS: • In France, on Ellis-Paris, 2400->57600 baud’s (+33 1 47 31 21 21) • Maybe on your local BBS... ________________________________________________________________________ Where to find the last version of PlayerPRO Dev.Kit? (It's a 100% FREE USE (even in commercial products) library to incorporate your MOD, MADF, MADG in your software.) Available for Think C/C++, CodeWarrior C/C++, MPW XCOFF C/C++ and Symantec C/C++. Actual version 4.0.2 It includes: Music drivers, Instruments plugs dev.toolkit, Import/Export plugs dev.toolkit. A pascal version (conversion done by a user) is available at ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/mac/source On BBS: • In France, on Ellis-Paris, 2400->57600 baud’s (+33 1 47 31 21 21) • Maybe on your local BBS... On compuserve: • Mac forums/Developper Forum/Tools & Debuggers. On internet: • http://www.quadmation.com/ • http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/NewSearch?key=PlayerPRO • ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/w/wormey/PlayerPro • http://search.shareware.com/code/engine/Find?search=PlayerPRO&category=Macintosh • On major sites. ________________________________________________________________________ Where to find more informations about MODs musics? On internet: • http://www.modarchive.com • http://www.maz-sound.com • http://www.teleport.com/~smithtl/modpage.htm • http://www.primenet.com/~gmezero/rip/modchart.html • http://www.ratol.fi/~ptervone/examples.html • http://sw.cse.bris.ac.uk/public/u4ia.html • http://www.ratol.fi/~ptervone/examples.html To download MOD, S3M, XM, MAD, MTM, MED, 669, OKTA files: • ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/demos/music (<- best site !! more than 10'000 musics !!) • ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/msdos/demos/music • ftp://ftp.mpoli.fi • ask to jester@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de for his MOD FAQ ________________________________________________________________________ Where to find samples/instruments? On internet: • http://tilt.largo.fl.us/samples/samples.html • http://www.volftp.vol.it/soundwave/samples.html • ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/demos/music/samples/ ________________________________________________________________________ Where to find informations about OMS - MIDI Connection? On internet: • http://www.opcode.com ________________________________________________________________________ Note for PC/IBM users: A PlayerPRO driver (simple player) is available for Windows95/NT (Win32 API and ANSI). For this summer : A complete MFC application will be available. ________________________________________________________________________ Note for BeOS users: A PlayerPRO driver (simple player) is available for BeOS. 
