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- Short: Converts OctaMED SS mods to XM's
- Author: pynjo@jytol.fi (Jouko Pynnonen)
- Uploader: pynjo@jytol.fi (Jouko Pynnonen)
- Type: mus/misc
-
- General
- =======
- MED2XM is a small shell utility to convert OctaMED Sound Studio modules
- (MMD1, MMD2, MMD3) to XM (FastTracker 2) modules. Usage is simple:
- at the shell prompt type
-
- MED2XM <OctaMED module file name>
-
- and the program will create a new XM module, appending ".xm" to the
- output file name.
-
-
- What it can do
- ==============
- The program can convert an OctaMED module to an .xm, with certain limitations.
- It may also create a faulty .xm module which will crash your player program
- when you try to play it, but this shouldn't happen, in general. However I
- can't guarantee there aren't any bugs left...
-
-
- What it can't do
- ================
- It can't convert a module that has
- * more than 32 channels (since this is the XM limit)
- * patterns that have more than 128 lines (same reason)
- * synthetic or hybrid instruments
- * MIDI instruments
- * multiple songs
- * other similar weirdnesses I may have forgot
-
-
- What it doesn't care
- ====================
- The converter totally ignores panning. This is a problem since OctaMED
- modules have a panning specified for each track, but FT2 has them for
- each instrument.
- It's likely that some special commands aren't implemented properly. I'm
- working on it.
-
- By the way, it DOES convert arpeggios and some other things ok, the reason
- you can't hear them with Amiga XM players is that for some reason they don't
- seem to play arpeggios at all. Ping-pong loops seem to be ignored too, but
- don't worry, they're there if you listen to the XM with a PC or something (at
- least this is what i've been told).
-
-
- Note
- ====
- Use this program at your own risk. I won't be responsible of ANY known
- damage it might cause.
-
-
- Contact me
- ==========
- If you find bugs or tunes that won't get converted right/at all, please
- e-mail me about them. If possible, just tell where I can find the problematic
- OctaMED module, instead of e-mailing it to me ('coz I'd probably get giga-
- bytes of them). And of course, if you think this is a brilliant utility,
- i don't mind getting some positive feedback either.
-
- My e-mail address is:
- pynjo@jytol.fi
-
- Snail mail:
-
- Jouko Pynnonen
- Kortesuonkatu 9
- 40700 Jyvaskyla
- FINLAND
-
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- 14724 8830 40.0% 27-Jan-97 00:14:08 med2xm
- 2274 1170 48.5% 27-Jan-97 00:18:32 med2xm.readme
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- 16998 10000 41.1% 27-Jan-97 01:28:24 2 files
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