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- │ PROGRAMMER ■ RAY^[RADICAL RHYTHMS]^[BLANK] │
- │ DESIGN ■ COSMiC^[RADICAL RHYTHMS]^[D-LUSION]^[BLANK] │
- │ (C)1994,95 ■ RAY & COSMIC │
- │ DiSTRiBUTiON ■ UNDERCOVER & RADiCAL RHYTHMS │
- │ ReLEASE ■ VeRZiON V2.51 -/- 12/17/1994 │
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- │ ■ X-PLAY ReQUiRES ■ │
- │ [ FREE MEMORY ] │
- │ [ AT LeAST a 386SX/16 ] │
- │ [ A SoUNDCARD (GUS/SB/SBPRO/SB16ASP) ] │
- │ [ A COOL USER (WELL, MAYBE YOU... ;) ) ] │
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- │ ■ HOW TO USE THE PLAYER ■ │
- │ │
- │ At your command line type - X-PLAY FILENAME.DMF to play your desired │
- │ sound file (or without parameters to view the list of options). │
- │ │
- │ After selecting a valid sound file, the program prompts you to enter │
- │ several information. Select your sound card and the corresponding │
- │ mixer information. This of course only affects SoundBlaster(tm) output │
- │ and is therefore not required if running in GUS mode. │
- │ │
- │ The player main screen shows some information while playing and, of │
- │ course, a fine, 32 channel wide equalizer! Please note that the DMA │
- │ transfer on SB and compatible cards slows down the systemspeed and │
- │ affects the frame update of the equalizer. Let there be GUS! │
- │ │
- │ Note from RAY: I could have made the equalizer a LOT faster in SB mode │
- │ but this would decrease the sound qualitiy, so I decided to give maxi- │
- │ mum performance to quality. │
- │ │
- │ This is why I implemented the "/B:xx" option which sets the DMA buffer │
- │ length. The smaller the value, the faster the equalizer on SB cards. │
- │ Just use the value you want to... │
- │ │
- │ DISCLAIMER: You use this software at your own risk! We are not │
- │ responsible for you putting the cat into the fridge while playing! │
- │ │
- │ This program may be distributed freely as long no fee is charged for │
- │ distribution. If you do copy this program, then copy it for FREE!!! │
- │ (Otherwise we'll get ya!) │
- │ │
- │ │
- │ X-Tracker Player(c) 1993, 1994 by D-LUSION, RAY & COSMIC │
- │ X-Tracker (c) 1993, 1994 by TBG/ASi │
- │ │
- │ │
- │ Contact uz at: │
- │ │
- │ Undercover Support BBS +49 23 23 450 850 │
- │ Ray's kewl voice line +49 23 23 460 525 │
- │ │
- │ Sorry for this SHORT docu, but no time to write a bigger one! ;))) │
- │ │
- │ Greetings from RAY go to: everybody at RADiCAl RhYthMS, BlANk, │
- │ D-lUSiON, lEGENd dESiGN, k.l.f. (Germany), klf (USA), CREW 242. │
- │ Persona grata: MANhUNtER.CYbERdECk, RAP.CYbERdECk, ChiCkEN.ECR.S!P. │
- │ Sorry, if I forgot your name in this list. Just let me know... │
- │ │
- │ Revizion hiztory: │
- │ Changes from Verzion 1.o1 to 1.2o: │
- │ - Renamed to X-PLAY because of some problems with the small D-LUSION │
- │ player. │
- │ - Config file implemented. the first time you run the program and │
- │ enter the parameters, X-PLAY will store your configuration in a │
- │ special .INI file (hi BOP, CODE-X!). │
- │ - some graphical changes (yo COS) - think you feel better now! │
- │ - check out the new functions! (watch the player screen!) │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 1.2o to 1.26: │
- │ - added support for DMA's 2,4,5,6,7,8,9 and IRQ's 2 and 12 for more │
- │ success on SB 16 and GUS. │
- │ - added a secret message scroller ;) maybe you find it! │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 1.26 to 1.27 │
- │ - added dos exit codes, now X-PLAY sets the errorcode <> 0 if an │
- │ error occured. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 1.27 to 1.28 │
- │ - sorry dudez and dutettez! X-PLAY crashed with a player error on │
- │ some systems and/or machines. This has been fixed! Sorry again! ;) │
- │ - speeded up equalizer decrement on request by [ANNibAl! │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 1.28 to 1.3o │
- │ - added new memory manager features. Now X-PLAY will run with │
- │ QEMM (tm) or EMM installed (but you must have at least one │
- │ meg of XMS tough...). │
- │ │
- │ *** NOTE: this feature is very new, so if it does not work - please │
- │ *** do not blame us for that. Please leave us a message, and we'll │
- │ *** try to fix it. │
- │ │
- │ - the GUS window now shows the memory free _after_ loading a module. │
- │ - added DSM support (_D_ouble _S_ound _M_em). Now X-PLAY will │
- │ double the memory on your sound card (so you can play 1 meg files │
- │ on 1/2 meg cards). This will result (how could it be) in a loss │
- │ of quality. If you have less than one meg on your UltraSound │
- │ card, this feature will be activated automatically. As soon as │
- │ DSM is active, the free memory in the GUS window will be written │
- │ in red chars. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 1.3o to 2.oo │
- │ - last final release, added support for DMF versions created using │
- │ X-TRACKER V1.0 final. │
- │ - for more information: read the (now noe more) secret scroller, the │
- │ command line add-on for this is /SHOWMEASECRET (easy, huh?!) │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.oo to 2.o1 │
- │ - errm, this is a new version with some changes and bugfixes. Just │
- │ something to use instead of the older one. Have phun ;) │
- │ - fixed DOUBLE SOUND MEM feature. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.o1 to 2.o2 │
- │ - ahem. Sorry! Ray did it again ;) Killed a few bugs and implemented │
- │ a new one. On some systems, X-PLAY crashed. It should work now. │
- │ I hope so ;) If not, just call me and tell me the error number. │
- │ Thanks! │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.o2 to 2.o3 │
- │ - small bug fixed for CD rom usage. Now X-PLAY will also load │
- │ "read-only" files. Wow, that was a cute one.... ;) │
- │ Non public version. Only available together with the commercial │
- │ version of X-TRACKER. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.o3 to 2.1o │
- │ - catched another bug (setting the master volume from the command │
- │ line did not work) and implemented the setting for the DMA buffer. │
- │ Beside finding some really minor bugs I also revised the error │
- │ handling. X-PLAY should now no more reset in error cases. As I │
- │ said: it SHOULD not... ;) │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.1o to 2.2o │
- │ - added nice color settings. Some bugs fixed, too. Added enhancements │
- │ for support of SB AWE32 as soon as the new drivers are ready. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.2o to 2.3o │
- │ - GUS output should work with every GUS now. │
- │ - added DOS Shell (Hi to Simon and all the other dudez!). │
- │ - DOS shell may still crash, use on your own risk. Please note that │
- │ X-PLAY allocates nearly all high memory, only ca. 400KB low mem │
- │ is left free. This should, however, be enough for formatting disks │
- │ etc. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.3o to 2.4o │
- │ - added Show Beat (tm) (huh, just joking) technology. Songs which │
- │ contain the string "#SB=xx" in the first line of the information │
- │ block will cause the screen to flash as soon as there is a sample │
- │ active on the corresponding channel. │
- │ This also works by setting a MusicFlag of 255 in the global track │
- │ command. Remember to reset it to 0 after the beat has occured. │
- │ │
- │ *** Note: If you experience any problems with ShowBeat you can turn │
- │ it of by using the "/NF" switch which also turns of fading. │
- │ │
- │ ShowBeat only works with the GUS until now and will lateron │
- │ also be available when in AWE 32 mode. No other SB support │
- │ planned. Sorry! │
- │ │
- │ - you can now press SPACE while playing to change between the song │
- │ info and the dmf header information. Just to keep you up to date! │
- │ You can also see which version of X-Tracker the author has been │
- │ using (for example, if this has been an illegal copy! ;) ). │
- │ - a hint to all shell programmers! There's a (now no more) hidden │
- │ command line switch in X-PLAY which deactivates the internal │
- │ "shell to DOS" function. Simply use "/NS" an there you are! │
- │ - people who disregard the fading when finishing X-PLAY can now press │
- │ ESC twice or use the "/NF" switch to turn of fading. │
- │ - you can now scroll the song message by using PgUP and PgDOWN. Read │
- │ and have phun. │
- │ - added check for output devices. You can't select a device on the │
- │ options screen, if it is not there (well, you can, but X-PLAY will │
- │ not continue... ;) ). This only works for base address and card. │
- │ X-PLAY can not detect if IRQ and DMA are ok, so be carefull. A note │
- │ to SB owners: X-PLAY will treat all SB cards the same so be sure to │
- │ pick the correct card from the menu. X-PLAY can't see, if you've │
- │ got an SB 16 or a normal SB. │
- │ - new, revised "hidden" scroller. Read if you dare. │
- │ - double sound mem should now work with every GUS! Yeah, I know... I │
- │ already said this some versions ago but this time, it should work! │
- │ I hope so! ;) │
- │ │
- │ *** A note to some "clever" FIDO users: From version 2.3o on X-PLAY │
- │ does no more accept DMAs lower than 5 for SB16 cards. As you │
- │ *must* use a high DMA (to let you dudes know: every SB16 has a │
- │ high DMA!) to get 16bit quality, X-PLAY supports only DMAs > 5! │
- │ This is *no* bug! If your SB16 can't handle high DMAs - buy the │
- │ original! ;) │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.4o to 2.5o │
- │ - X-PLAY no longer quits if the config file is corrupted. You are now │
- │ prompted to reenter settings. │
- │ - X-PLAY now supports error levels. │
- │ The codes are different from the ones implemented in X-PLAY V1.27! │
- │ - X-PLAY now comes along with X-SHELL2 by NiKOLAUS^255, the official │
- │ shell for X-PLAY. Please do not mix this one up with the shell │
- │ included with RADiCAL RhYthMS releases which is programmed by │
- │ SLE^Q-TiP. │
- │ - fixed a really cute bug - I bet, nobody has seen it. If you did, │
- │ put your hands up in the air! │
- │ │
- │ *** Another note: Due to a SB16 FIDO stranger calling this evening, I │
- │ reenabled the low DMA feature. Please note that you will *ruin* │
- │ the output quality by selecting a lower DMA for your SB16. More- │
- │ over I can't guarantee for anything because the replay routines │
- │ are not made for an 8-bit transfer on a SB16. Use at your own │
- │ risk! │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.5o to 2.51 │
- │ - added a few more lines of support for X-SHELL to X-PLAY. You will │
- │ now get no more unneccessary information dumped on screen. │
- │ │
- │ Goodbye and keep on raving - yours RAY │
- │ And remember: "Winners don't use drugs!" │
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