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- Sample Grabber PRO v2.95 (c) Vladimir JD Sopot, 1994-97
- Listing of Input File Formats
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- [ XM] Fast Tracker v2.0x
- Yes! Here it is - the LEADER of PC composing scene. This one is a must for
- everyone. It has fileformat that is kinda difficult to handle but still it
- is MEGA COOL tracker. SGPro 2+ is FULLY supports XM format - it can handle
- very long samples.. actually only your computer's memory limits sample's
- size!
-
- [STM] Scream Tracker v2.x
- This one was probably the first 4-channel digital music composer on the
- PC and it was extremely popular at it's time..
-
- [S3M] Scream Tracker v3.x
- The new version on Scream Tracker presented a new standart of PC music in
- 1994 - 16 digital channels! It is still used by many cool PC composers.
-
- [MOD] MOD Editors Family
- This includes various trackers on Amiga and PC. Too many of them.. Most
- vary only in the number of channels (4-32) and platforms.
-
- [669] Composer 669
- The first 8-channel digital music composer for the PC.
-
- [MTM] Multi Tracker
- 32 channels.
-
- [LIQ] Liquid Tracker
- 32 channels. I have seen very few productions in this format.. Probably
- i was searching for them in a wrong place? :)
-
- [FAR] Farandole Composer
- 16 channels. period.
-
- [DMF] X-Tracker
- Extremely popular composer among PC ravers, as long almost all Radical
- Rhythms productions are in this format. But as long there are no dox on
- sample packing, SGPro only works with unpacked samples.
-
- [PSM] ProTracker Studio 16
- Probably i am wrong, but i used to call PSMs those song found in most EPIC
- MegaGamez releases.. rather cool samples and COOL GAMES! :)
-
- [CDM] Sound Wave Pro
- I don't think this composer is well known outside Russia. This is ST2.01
- clone (at least the version i have, which is oooold). Due to sample
- packing methods are still unknown to me, this format is not completely
- supported.
-
- [AMF] D.S.M.I.
- DMP was my favourite player for a long time, till XMs came.. and AMF is
- it's internal format.. some games, like Alladin PC use this format..
-
- [ULT] Ultra Tracker
- Had many changes in file format.. Is that what you wanted to know? :)
- Anyway, nice tracker for GUS.
-
- [MDL] DigiTrakker
- Nice AMIGA PROTracker-like composer environment, GUS / SB, kinda cool,
- uses packed samples. New versions (3.00+) are more advanced! Try 'em out!
-
- [OKT] Oktalyzer
- This format is VERY old, and i don't think someone uses it now.. I had no
- chance to test SGPro with these until v2.8, when MAZ (Yo!) gave me some
- OKTs..
-
- [AMS] Velvet Studio (former Extreme's Tracker)
- This tracker itself is cool, but i have never seen AMS files released..
- but, i finally got my hands on some.. So - SGPro v2.94 supports AMS
- properly (with 16bits and packing) There is only one more note here:
- AMS's from EXTREME's TRACKER might be processed incorrectly!
-
- [INR] Inertia Editor
- I'm not quite sure if this tracker exists, but according to Inertia Player
- code it does :)
-
- [WOW] MOD's Grave or Grave Composer
- This is a weird file format, similar to 8-channel MOD, but with 4-channel
- signature.. 100% supported since beta 4.
-
- [DSM] D.S.I.K.
- Digital Sound Interface Kit - nice module library..
-
- [669] UNIS 669
- Only know that it exists :)
-
- [DTM] DigiTrekker v3
- Rather nice tracker. The most unusual thing is that it uses text-mode UI,
- very similar to borland's, but uses NO borland's libs (according to the
- author)
-
- [DSM] Dynamic Studio Pro
- Cool composing environment, but due to shareware restricts i had no chance
- to use it for good.. Format supported since beta 5.
-
- [GDM] Bells, Whistles & Sound Boards
- Another cool module library.
-
- [DPP] Purple Player
- Only know that it exists :)
-
- [DTM] Digital Tracker F030
- Another one carrying DTM extension :)
-
- [CBA] Heretics CBA
- These files were found in EXPOSE music disk, and nowhere else (yet? :)
- (A format created for one project? :)
-
- [ SN] Sound Club
- Cool composing environment, but no format decription and no saving :(
-
- [PTM] Poly Tracker
- Format similar to S3M, not sure that Poly Tracker was ever released to the
- public (but PTM songs were! :).
-
- [FNK] Funk Tracker
- Claims to be a 'small fileformat to be used in demos'. HA-HA-HA! It is the
- most strange text-mode environment and lamiest format - i'm not sure all
- FNK files will be loaded by SGPro.
-
- [MED] MED v2.x
- Only know that it exists :)
-
- [MED] OctaMED Professional
- AFAIK this one was never used on PC, so.. don't blame me for lack of
- support as i never saw it, had only two files to test with, supplied by
- Lookers Groop. Thanx, dudes!
-
- [PAC] SB Studio
- I only had shareware version, so had only 1 module to test with.. If
- anything goes wrong don't blame me for wrong support, better send me
- modules..
-
- [AMM] Audio Manager (Platinum Player)
- Nothing to say..
-
- [ MM] MIDAS
- Show me a person, who doesn't know what MIDAS is! A kinda cool sound
- library, supports some fileformats, but MM modules, that are 'native' for
- it are not compatible even with MIDAS (MHO)!
-
- [AMF] ASYLUM/Origin Systems
- These files were first found in Crusader: No Remorse game by Origin. Guess
- Origin used it to make it impossible to rip samples from their modules..
- Here you are - get Sample Grabber PRO and rip!
-
- [PDM] Disorder Tracker v1.6
- This tracker is very old (8 channels max), but as i found some philes in
- the iNET i've decided to support it.. also note that S3Ms produced by DT
- are NOT fully compatible with the specs and SG PRO will NOT handle them
- correct.
-
- [PLM] Disorder Tracker v2
- These files are produced by alpha version of the tracker, thus i am not
- absolutely sure if SGPro will work with newer versions. Just in case it
- will not - there will be an update: just send me examples..
-
- [HQM] Unknown (High Quality Module?)
- This file format was found in one of the weirdest archives on bbs. i
- even can't tell you where it is used) but still: it exists - SGPro knows
- how to treat it.
-
- [ IT] Impulse Tracker
- Very cool tracker with ST3-like composing environmnet and most of FT2-like
- features. New versions come with full MIDI support (IN AND OUT).
-
- [ AM] AWE Module
- Never saw, only once got my hands on dox but.. had no chance to test it :(
-
- [UNI] MikMod
- MM is quite nice sound library.. UNIs correctly supported since v2.8
-
- [SBK] SoundFont 1.00
- Nothing to say here, but now it seems to be kinda outdated..
-
- [SF2] SoundFont 2.00
- Unlike the previous one this format is supported better. Enjoy cool 44kHz
- 16-bit samples - you no longer need Vienna Studio to rip the samples! SG
- will find loops if they were present in SF2 file, moreover it will also
- find loops where originally were no loops :) The only workaround for now
- is to load sample into Fast Tracker (or any other if you don't like FT)
- and disable looping.. sorry for inconvinience.
-
- [FFF] GUS PnP patch set
- These sets contain all patches (=instruments) needed to play MIDI on GUS
- PnP and PnP Pro. For successfull processing you also need a DAT file
- together with the FFF. Current version is limited to 300 samples per set.
-
- [RTM] Real Tracker 2
- Another FT2-featured tracker, but with kinda cute SVGA environment (upto
- 1280x1024 in 256 colors in registered version).
-
- [CCM] Chronos Module Conversion Utility
- This util was written pretty long ago, and i saw no new version around..
- why the hell did i support it anyway, you may ask.. well, as usual: it
- exists - i support :)