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--------------------------- ModPlug Player User's Guide --------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOW TO USE MODPLUG PLAYER ? ----------------------------------------------------------------- [SOFTWARE INFORMATION] ModPlug Player is intended for public domain distribution only. I am not responsible for any problems that could be caused by the usage of this program. [SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS] - 486DX2-66 minimum (Pentium 100MHz highly recommended). - Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT 3.51 or higher. - A soundcard with 32-bit drivers. [CONTACT] The best place to get the latest news for ModPlug Player is at ModPlug Central: "http://www.castlex.com/modplug". For any technical questions, or bug report, you can contact me at "olivierl@jps.net" (I speak both French and English). My mailing address is: Olivier Lapicque 470 Oak Grove Dr #306 Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA [TECHNICAL INFORMATION] ModPlug Player is a 32-bit Windows 95/NT4 application, currently not using any hardware acceleration, but featuring a lot of options to create the best possible output (Up to 48KHz, 16-bit, stereo): - 32-bit internal precision for mixing, dithered to 16-bit. - Cubic and quadratic spline resampling with MultiPoint resampling selected. - Automatic click removal. - Digital Bass Expansion digital low-pass filter (filter range and depth customizable in Advanced Player Options) - Dolby Pro-Logic Surround support (and it's not only negating the right channel) with custom delay and 100Hz-7KHz filter depth. - Reverb Option (not echo), also with a 100Hz-7KHz filter with customizable depth and delay (4 delay lines are used). - Noise Reduction: attenuation of the very high requencies in the sound. - Stereo Separation option (25%-400%), useful for headphones. - 40-bands (Or 2x 19-bands) fourier spectrum analyzer, and VU-Meter. ============================================================================= SETUP: ------ Clicking on the Setup button will bring a 4 property pages dialog: - Soundcard Setup / Soundcard Advanced Setup: --------------------------------------------- * Mixing quality: Select the output quality (A CD-ROM is 44.1KHz). If you don't want to take too much CPU, 32KHz is a good compromise between CPU and audio quality. A 32-channels IT module played at 48KHz,stereo can take up to 100% of the CPU on a DX2-66 (Especially with Spectrum Analyzer). Note: I noticed that 48KHz output can create noise on some sound cards, because the hardware is downsampling it to 44.1KHz. In this case 44.1KHz is much better (Come on, it's only 4KHz difference, you don't need to upgrade your sound card). * Stereo: This will create a stereo output. Playing in mono takes less CPU than in stereo. You need to have the stereo option enabled to hear panning effects and surround sound. * 16-Bit: You are strongly advised to use this option, unless your soundcard doesn't support stereo playback. Playing in 8-bit mode doesn't decrease the CPU usage. * Sound buffer length and Number of buffers: This option configure the size of the buffer sent to the soundcard. (Total length = SoundBufferLength*NumberOfBuffers milliseconds) If you are using a small buffer, the player will respond faster when you change the player options or move the Pre-Amp slider. At the same time, if the PC is very busy in a multitasking environment, the sound may get cut from time to time. The buffer length must be between 50ms and 250ms. The bigger the buffer length, the slower the spectrum analyzer will be updated. The default settings should work fine, but you may want to increase it if you are using CPU-intensive applications, or decrease it if you have a very fast PC. * Stereo Separation: This allows you to control the stereo separation between right and left channel. You may want to decrease it with headphones, or increase it to feel a stronger stereo. This works only in stereo mode. * Maximum Mixing Channels: This allows you to control the CPU usage of ModPlug, by limiting the number of channels simultaneously playing. It can make a big difference in CPU with IT modules using NNA effects. Typically, most modules (MOD/S3M and XM) don't go over 16 simultaneous channels, and IT modules usually don't go over 32 simultaneous channels. But mixing 32 simultaneous channels can take 100% of the CPU on a 486DX4-100, especially if you're using MultiPoint oversampling, or other DSP effects. This option will automatically take care of this problem. * Use Function Callback: Some drivers (and most Windows NT drivers) don't support the thread callback option: in this case, you will hear about half a second of sound and it will stop. If this happens, check this box. (ModPlug auto-detect NT, and check it under Windows NT) * Real-Time Priority: This option enables you to control if ModPlug uses a real-time thread or a regular high-priority thread. Depending on your sound driver, it may improve the response of the player when running in the background. Since, v1.25, it also changes the priority of the ModPlug Player process, and it should not drop sound anymore with this option enabled. I recommend using this option. If you don't have at least a Pentium 133MHz, you should use the "Limit CPU usage" combined with this option, or else ModPlug could slow down the computer so that it's almost impossible to stop the player. * Use MMX acceleration: This checkbox is grayed if your processor doesn't support the Intel MMX instruction set. Note that the player may not take a lot less CPU with this option enabled on Pentium II processors, because the multipoint resampling will be used more often for slightly better quality, and P2 have a very fast non-MMX integer multiply. Also, MMX doesn't accelerate 32-bit operations very well, so the difference in speed may be very small for high quality sound mixing. * Use DirectSound Secondary buffers: This mode is only intended for compatibility problems. If directsound doesn't work, you can try to enable this option to see if it's better. But if you're using a non-accelerated sound card, directsound is likely to output everything at 22KHz using a crappy resampling :( Note: If you choose a setting that your soundcard doesn't support, the player will ignore it. - Player Setup: --------------- * Spectrum analyzer: When this option is checked, ModPlug Player will display the frequency spectrum of the sound (using Fourier analyzis). This takes more CPU and doesn't affect the quality of the sound. When the player window is behind another window or is minimized, the spectrum is not calculated and doesn't take any CPU. The frequencies in the spectrum display range from 86Hz to 11KHz (There is up to 40-bands). It takes about 15-20% of the CPU on a fast Pentium machine, so you shouln't use it with a 486. * Stereo Spectrum: When this option is checked, together with the Spectrum Analyzer, the player will display one spectrum for the left and right channels. (In this case, there is 2x19 bands in the spectrum, and the range for each channel is from 86Hz to 8KHz). It doesn't take more CPU than the mono spectrum analyzer. (You need to play in stereo mode to use this option, or else you'll see the same on each channels, duh!) * Reverb: This will create a reverb effect on the sound, using four delay lines with cross feedback and early reflection, and two digital filters. You can change the reverb depth (Dry/Wet mix) and delay in the Advanced Player Setup. For a maximum optimization, some of the reverb filters coefficients are hard-coded and work best around 44KHz mixing frequency. I find it sounds best with small delays and 50-75% reverb. * Pro-Logic Delayed Surround: This options sends part of the the sound to the Dolby Pro-Logic Surround channel (center + rear speakers) with a delay of about 5 to 50ms, filtering frequencies from 100Hz to 7KHz. This option works only with Stereo enabled. You can change the surround depth and delay in the Advanced Player Setup. * Noise Reduction: Use this option only at 44.1KHz or 48KHz, or else it will filter all the high frequencies. It's basically a -3dB lowpass filter running at Fs/4 (Fc=11kHz at 44kHz). I really don't recommend using this, but it seems some people like it, so that's the only reason why it's still here. * Bass Expansion: This option will make the player doing a 2x bass amplification of the sound at 50KHz (About 1.6x at 44.1). It takes a little bit more CPU, but not that much. If you like low frequencies, or just want to make you neighbour upset, that's the option you'll need. You can change the XBass depth and delay in the Advanced Player Setup. * Disable Resampling: I don't recommend using this option, but I had request from people to put it back. The player will be much faster, but no resampling is performed, so the quality is pretty bad, creating very high frequencies in the signal. * Enable Multi-Point oversampling: You shouldn't use this option if you're working on other applications with ModPlug in the background, because it takes much more CPU for a small difference in sound quality (But i way be useful when recording WAV files). By default , the player is using a 256x linear resampling to create a smooth sound. At the same time, the linear oversampling decreases a little bit the magnitude of the sound, especially on high frequencies. With Multi-Point oversampling, it enables two different algorithms for resampling, creating a spline using 3 or 4 points. * Use Volume Ramping: This option doesn't take much more CPU, and instead of jumping from one volume to the other, the player will use a volume ramping at the start and end of a note, which will remove most of pops and clicks in the sound. It will also ramp all volume changes (including volume envelopes), for a delay of about 2 milliseconds (very fast), so that no clicks can be created, but without slowing down the volume changes. NOTE: This is no more an option since v1.36.03: it is always ON. * Graphic Equalizer: This option is available only on Pentium-Class CPUs, since it uses floating-point arithmetic, and I recommend it only for Pentium-II owners. I personally always use the 'Clear' preset, since it improves a lot the quality of higher frequencies, usually attenuated by the resampler. It uses 5 different bandpass filters, customizable using the "EQ Settings" button. * Automatic Gain Control: When you open a module with this option enabled, the player will adjust the global volume so that there is no clipping, even when the pre-amp slider is to the maximum. It can give a better Signal/Noise ratio (SNR). * Limit Play Time: Enter the maximum playing time of a song (in seconds) before the player jumps to the next song. You can also enable/disable the Intro (or Time Limit) mode by the right-click menu. - Directories: -------------- * Songs Directory: You can enter the path where your mods are located, and the player will automatically go to this directory when running. * Register Extensions: This makes Windows use ModPlug player as the default player for all the modules recognized. After clicking this button, you can open a song just by double-clicking it in the Windows Explorer. If "Use DDE" is selected, each time you open a mod it will stay in the same window, or else Windows will open another ModPlug Player Window. * Clear PlayList When... The playlist can be automatically cleared each time you Drag&Drop Files in the player window, or when you use the open button. (It's always cleared if you open a .MOL file) - Plug-ins: ----------- This option allows you to use plug-ins originally made for WinAmp (MPEG layer3 Player) with ModPlug Player. You have to manually locate one of more plugin libraries. The priority option allows you to control the priority of the plugin (So it doesn't take too much CPU) WARNING: * Some plug-ins using DirectDraw won't work while the player is using DirectSound, in this case, use a regular Wave Device. * Some plug-ins require to be installed in the same directory than the player (modplug.exe), so you can either copy modplug.exe in your winamp directory, or install a second copy of the plugin in the same directory than the player (This is necessary for the Cthugha Plug-in). - Packing (now in the Details window): -------------------------------------- The slider allows you to control the quality of packing for the Pack As command, and give you information about which samples would be packed in the current song. The compression used to pack the samples is ADPCM, which can make the file size twice smaller. If the compression quality is low, more samples will be packed, but you may lose quality. If the compression quality is high, you probably won't lose any quality, but less samples will be packed. Only use this option if you want to reduce download time for the Mod-plugin on a web page, where download time is more important than quality (like for a preview of a song). OPEN: ----- Opens a file or a module list. The following file types are supported in the current version: - *.669: UNIS 669, 669 Composer modules. - *.AMS: Velvet Studio AMS 1.x modules. - *.DBM: DigiBooster Pro modules. - *.DSM: DSIK internal format modules. - *.FAR: Farandole Composer modules (beta). - *.IT: Impulse Tracker modules. - *.MED: OctaMed modules. - *.MDL: DigiTracker 1.x modules. - *.MOD: ProTracker modules (4-32 channels, 15/31 samples). - *.MOL: Module lists, compatible with MOD4WIN. - *.MTM: MultiTracker modules. - *.NST: NoiseTracker modules. - *.OKT: OktaLyser modules. - *.PTM: PolyTracker modules. - *.S3M: ScreamTracker III modules. - *.STM: ScreamTracker II modules. - *.ULT: UltraTracker modules. - *.WOW: Grave Composer modules. - *.XM: FastTracker modules. - *.WAV: Wave Files (smaller than 16MB). - All the above when zipped (*.MDZ, *.S3Z, *.XMZ, *.ITZ, *.ZIP). - All of the above then compressed with RAR (*.MDR, *.RAR) INFO: ----- This button will make the song information (comments and sample names) scroll in the LCD display. ABOUT: ------ Shows the current version of ModPlug Player. REPEAT: ------- This button will cause the song to play again. If you click 4 times on this button, the song will be repeated indefinitely. The repeat count is displayed in the LCD screen. SHUFFLE: -------- This button will cause a random song to be played after the current one. EDIT: ----- This button will bring a dialog allowing you to edit the playing list. You can double-click in the list to activate a song. SAVE AS: -------- This button will save the current song under a new name. You can use it to unpack/unzip a module, or to convert to a new format. SAVE WAV: --------- This button will create a .WAV file using the current song, and all the current player settings. PACK AS: -------- This button allows to save a module and pack the samples with ADPCM compression. Most players won't recognize the song anymore, but you can use it as a module in a Web page: it will be faster to download it. You can also ZIP the saved file to make it even smaller. If you want to unpack a previously packed module, just use the regular Save As button. DETAILS: -------- This will bring a window displaying more details about the song being played. Note that if the song changes while this window is open, you will have the information of the current song and the information of the new song mixed up (Sorry about that). SAVE LIST: ---------- This button saves the current playing list, as a .MOL file. CLR LIST: --------- This button is clearing the current playing list. REMOVE: ------- This button removes the current song from the list. The file is not erased from the disk. You should use Ctrl+D if you want to remove the file from the disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------- SHORTCUT KEYS ----------------------------------------------------------------- A: AGC On/Off E: EQ On/Off I: Scroll Song Info M: Switch between Mono/Stereo P: Play/Pause R: Reverb On/Off S: Surround On/Off X: Bass Expansion On/Off Ctrl+D: Delete the current file (useful to remove crappy mods) Ctrl+K: Start/Stop plugin. Ctrl+L: Show Playlist Window Ctrl+M: Show ModPlug Mixer Window Ctrl+O: Open a file Ctrl+S: Save the current file Ctrl+W: Save as Wave Del: Remove the current file from the playing list Shift+Del: Clear the playing list Space: Jump to next song ESC: Stop/Exit F1: About <- Previous Pattern -> Next Pattern Ctrl + -> Next Song Ctrl + <- Prev Song Ctrl+N Next Song ----------------------------------------------------------------- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (I'm tired of answering the same emails over and over) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Q: The channel display is buggy: sometimes it writes 05/04 channels! A: This is not a bug. The internal click-removal never cuts channels but fade them down for 2 milliseconds, so this adds channels to be mixed. Also, with IT NNA effects, you can mix a lot more channels. The first number is the current average polyphony (on 1 sec). The second number is the number of channels in the song. Q: Sometimes, the Details window displays something like 100 patterns, and says than 150 are different! A: This isn't a bug either (I should amke this text more clear): it means that there is 100 patterns (music blocks) played in the song, but 150 are saved in the file: i.e. 100 of them are not used (hidden patterns?). Q: How do I uninstall Modplug Player, or the Mod-Plugin ? A: Find the file "modplug.exe" and drag it to the recycle bin. Remove also this file: readme.txt, that should be in the same folder. Modplug saves its settings in the registry, under the following key: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Olivier Lapicque\Modplug Player" For the plugin, find the file "NPMOD32.DLL", and send it to the recycle bin. Q: What language did you use to program ModPlug Player ? A: C++, and a little bit of inline assembly (asm for MMX, EQ and the C parts where the compiler really sucked). Q: I have a non-MMX Cyrix P166, how come the Equalizer is disabled ? A: Like 486s, most Cyrix processors do not have a good enough floating point performance to perform the EQ (Come on! time to get a K6-2 or P2). (You should be able to test it by selecting an EQ preset, and then use the 'E' shortcut, but it will be disabled each time you go back to the setup screen - but believe me, you'll quickly turn it back off when you'll see your CPU usage jump to 95%) Q: Do you speak french ? A: Yes. I am originally from France, but I'm now working in California, in the so-called 'Silicon Valley' (Obviously, I also speak english, in case you were wondering). Q: I'm using Windows NT 4.0, and I can't get directsound to work A: DirectSound isn't supported under NT 4.0. I personally don't recommend using DirectSound with the player, since DSound isn't really designed for background applications. Use the regular Wave device instead for the player, but definitely use DirectSound with Modplug Tracker (because of the lower latency) Q: When I save a file under a different format, it sounds really different. A: Don't convert between different file formats using Modplug Player: it is much better done using Modplug Tracker. Also: don't convert anything recent to a MOD, since you'll lose most of the effects, instrument envelopes, and all samples will be converted to 8-bit and truncated to 64KB. Q: I can't get the player to pan 100% left or 100% right A: Reverb, Surround and Bass Expansion create feedback from one channel to the other (especially the reverb). ----------------------------------------------------------------- VERSION HISTORY Get the latest version at "http://www.castlex.com/modplug" ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1.39.04: -------- - Added support for IT "Carry Envelope" flag. - Added "Add to playlist" shell command. - Added AGC indicator - More optimizations for resonant filters. - Details window can be closed by pressing <ESC> - Zxx macro bugfix for better IT compatibility. - Fixed bug with some visualization plugins (plugin would sometimes stop) - Improved a lot handling of IT filter envelopes. - Fixed UMX loader for IT modules. - Loads mod4win playlists with multiple directories. - Snap to viewport doesn't hide the player under the taskbar anymore. - Fixed setup dialog: wasn't showing with Win95 versions older than OSR1 or NT 3.51 - Fixed channels VU-Meters in the mixer window - Added beta AMS 2.2 loader - Fixed some special cases where pattern loops were ignored in the initial 1.39 1.39: ----- - Mostly a compilation of all patches for 1.38.0x, including, minor FT2/IT compatibility improvements. - Added pattern position display. - Fixed repeat bug (wasn't always repeating in the initial 1.38.03). - Improved memory management so there is less memory fragmentation after playing for long hours in Win95 (Win98 and NT have a much better memory manager). - Fixed most FT2 compatibility problems. - Fixed playlist not saved when exiting windows (that's about time, I know) - Added check for valid backward jumps in a same pattern (allow playing backwards) - Fixed special case of the pattern loop for FT2 compatibility. - Fixed WAV writer when normalizing - this was broken in 1.38.01 - Fixed lost of audio when switching apps with secondary buffers. - Added Open and PlayList in the contextual menu when in titlebar mode. - Playlist bug fix: files in the root directory where ignored. - Added support for Mouse Wheel (as a volume control) - Fixed mouse problem when dragging position slider - Added DSM Loader 1.38: ----- - Show the correct text in the info scroller for XM modules. - Fixed IT panning slide effect (left/right were reversed) - Fixed possible GPF when loading files in the second player window (mixer) - Fixed wrong behavior of S3M/IT retrig continue Q00 in some cases. - Improved interpolation accuracy of pitch envelopes. - Added the mini-titlebar mode (button between minimize and close). - Improved ULT loader. - Fixed XM Set Envelope Position when used past the volume sustain point. - Fixed IT Instrument Pitch/Pan Separation. - Fixed possible noise in the MMX resampler in some rare cases. - Improved a lot the IT resonant filters. - Added Delete shortcut in the playlist editor (to remove songs from the list) - Tremor Fix: ontime and offtime were reversed in 1.37 - Fixed XM/MOD Amiga Retrig (E9x) effect. - Added loader for DigiBooster Pro (DBM) modules. - Fixed tempo bug in 669/MTM/FAR modules. - Improved the resampler by using a different algorithm in the range [Fs/2, Fs*2], so that less low-pass filtering occurs. 1.37: ----- - Loads STM modules converted from MODs by the bmod2stm utility - Removed the 'Volume Ramping' option (now always enabled). - Added 5-bands Graphic Equalizer (pentium minimum, since it uses floating point) (The 'Clear' preset is probably the best one) - You can now select the file extensions registered by Modplug Player. - Added beta AMS 1.x support - Fixed Tremor and Retrig (they behave differently for XM and IT modules) - Fixed envelope-reset problem in FT2 modules - Fixed Tremor bug when ontime+offtime is bigger than the number of frames/row - Changed the system tray icons, so that only one click is needed for action - Fixed tone-portamento (partially broken since 1.36 in XM/IT) - Fixed problem loading some S3M modules (channels muted) - Added double-click on XBass/Surround/Reverb for easy switch 1.36: ----- - Fixed volume slides in S3M/IT (D0F & DF0 commands) - Added IT filter envelope support - Fixed panning/pitch envelope loop bug - Added support for IT Resonant Filters (Zxx) - Improved MDL support (more effects & support for envelopes). - Fixed sample change bug in some MOD modules - Fixed panning bug when playing WAV files - Improved conversion between XM/IT and MOD/S3M. - Fixed bug with tiny bidirectional loops played at very high frequencies - Added DirectSound Secondary Buffers mode (only to solve problems with some soundcards - like Ensoniq) Using this option might reduce the quality of the sound (see the SETUP section above for more details). - More accuracy when playing WAV files (were a little bit out of tune, causing the resampler to go on, and filter the WAV) - Finer control for the Surround depth (might take a little bit more CPU). - Added smart sample remapping when loading XMs with more than 200 samples. (I saw this problem with the excellent Synthetica (Generica part three) from martyn / Onyx:Trance 98: 10MB XM with almost 250 samples) - Fixed memory leaks with RAR files - Fixed VU-Meters in ModPlug Mixer (they were always on) 1.35: ----- - Added RAR compression support (I recommend renaming the RAR extension to MDR) - Fixed Pattern Loop when used with a Pattern Break on the same row - Added support for IPC_XXXX calls from WinAmp plugins. - Increased max # of directories in a playlist - Fixed Tone portamento (was reseting envelopes positions) - Fixed High Offset SAx (with memory) - Added beta PTM support (PolyTracker Modules) - Increased maximum reverb depth - Lowered the depth of the reverb low-pass filter - Added beta support for MMCMP-packed modules, thanks to Zirconia, aka Emmanuel Giasson, the author of MMCMP. - Added Snap to Viewport option. - Added IT commands S77, S78, S79, S7A, S7B, S7C (enable/disable envelopes) - Slightly faster stereo mixing for non-MMX processors. - Much better AGC: it is now a true dynamic AGC. - Improved reverb (4-delay lines with early reflections + cross feedback) - Added scan of sub-directories when dropping files 1.34: ----- - Added more shortcut to navigate between songs - Support for Song Title in some WinAmp Plug-Ins. - Fixed some bugs with IT sustain sample loops. - Added custom colors for the titlebar font. - Added Full Drag option (Move window content while dragging). - The spectrum analyzer take a little bit more CPU, but it's done only when the processor is idle (It's updated much more often). - WinAmp Visualization Plug-ins (cool!) - Some minor adjustments - Fixed IT volume column portamento - Fixed IT pitch envelopes loops - Fixed Instrument Default Pan - Fixed S3M loader 1.33: ----- - Changed player interface - Fixed S3M bug with the pattern break to row command - Implemented some IT bugs for better compatibility - Fixed bug with IT S91 (Surround) command - Fixed XM keyoff/fadeout bug - Added DirectSound support (The REC button doesn't work yet with DirectSound). - Fixed rare spline oversampling bug with MMX enabled. - Increase Instrument/Sample limit to 199 (was 99). - Added support for XM with more than 200 patterns. 1.32: ----- - Fixed IT period tuning problem - Fixed bug in some XM modules (a 0 was inserted in the order table) - Added More Keyboard Shortcuts (see "SHORTCUT KEYS" section above) - Added 24-bit WAV writer, and Normalize 24-bit to 8/16 bit - Added IT Pitch Envelopes - PlayLists are no longer dependent of the list drive (useful for CDROM musicdisks)<BR> - Added the REC button in the ModPlug Mixer (you need a Full-Duplex soundcard for this to work). - Added Sort/Shuffle buttons in the playlist editor. - Implemented the IT panbrello effect - Improved the oversampling for non-MMX processors (already in 1.31patch#2) - Increased size of the Details window - Added ESC shortcut (Stop/Exit) - Changed buttons 1.31: ----- - Fixed XM fadeout/key off bugs. - The player now base the quality of multipoint resampling depending on the speed of your processor. - Improved the Pro-Logic and Reverb high-pass filters - Improved the spline oversampling (but also slower) - Added MMX support! (Only used for stereo mixing - Up to 100% faster) - Added option to auto-save the module list to modplug.mol - Fixed Bidi Loop bug with LoopStart=0 - Fixed bugs in S3M modules with more than 16 channels - The player can now be started minimized - Improved ULT loader - The computer doesn't go in suspend mode if ModPlug is playing 1.30: ----- - Fixed bug with Note Fade + Zero FadeOut Volume. - Fixed crash with some Bidi Loops. - Fixed hang when loading XM modules with more than 100 samples. - Improved XM volume column tone-portamento 1.29: ----- - Added the "Fade Song" option. - Fixed song length bug with Pattern Loop effect. - Faster mixing functions. - Improved a lot the volume ramping option. - Fixed the 'Limit CPU Usage' option: now I can play 32 channels XM/IT with multipoint oversampling at 44KHz stereo on my 486DX4-100 (assuming no other apps are running) 1.28: ----- - Fixed IT volume column Tone-Portamento - Added IT 2.14 support 1.27: ----- - Added IT Pan Swing support. - Added Clear List when DDE open. - Fixed NNA/DCT bug in IT. - Fixed palette problem in 256-color mode. - Fixed sample loop bug with oversampling. 1.26: ----- - Added beta OKT support. - Fixed MOD/XM volume slide (AFx/AxF) bug. - Separated Display and Color setup screens. - Added Minimize on TaskBar option in [Display]. - Added Display Remaining Time option in [Display]. - Added "Add" button to the playlist window. 1.25: ----- - Fixed loop bug with some S3M modules having garbage after loopend. - Fixed XM bug with instrument + no note. - Song Slider is more precise. - Added more mixing rates in SoundCard Setup. - Higher priority when the "Real Time" option is checked. 1.24: ----- - Fixed bug with multiple pattern loops. - Fixed Tremor bug. - Improved reverb. 1.23: ----- - Finally fixed the NNA-Cut that wasn't cutting everything! - Fixed bug with 00 Retrig command - Increase maximum channels to 64 real and 80 virtual channels. - Added beta MDL support. - Fixed "NNA-fade + zero-fadeout + no volume loop" bug. 1.22: ----- - Fixed bug when saving IT modules. - Better Automatic Gain Control - Added TaskBar Controls option. - Added display of active channels (can be bigger than the actual number of channels in IT modules) - Better multitasking (use of critical sections) - Removed limit of 223KHz sample rate in XM/IT modules. - VU-Meter is always visible. - Faster 40-bands Spectrum Analyzer - Fixed glissando bug. 1.21: ----- - Faster VU-Meter. - If VU-Meter is too high, it means you should lower the PreAmp slider, or else the sound will saturate. - Fixed KeyOff bug with looping envelopes. - Fixed FadeOut bug with unused envelopes. - Fixed IT vibrato bug. - Better NNA congestion resolution - Added beta FAR support. - Added Auto-Clear PlayList options. - Added Buttons Custom Colors 1.20: ----- - Fixed bug with NNAs, DCT and DNA. - Fixed bug when end of volume envelope was reached. - Fixed volume envelopes in IT 1.x modules. - Fix for NT bug since v1.10 (v1.20.1 only) - Bigger buttons, and improved ffwd/rew (v1.20.1 only) 1.10: ----- - Added ModPlug Mixer. - You can now Drag & Drop files into the edit list dialog. 1.00: ----- - First public release of ModPlug Player (Actually a beta)