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- Readme for the hp3 port.
- -----------------------
- [ NOTE: this is still undergoing development, and will probably be
- enhanced, as some parts don't work very well. ]
-
- The is a port of tracker, version 3.19, to HP-UX 7x5 machines with
- audio devices that can handle 16-bit CD-quality stereo audio. Tracker
- plays Amiga MOD files, which are generally of much higher quality than
- most computer music that most people have heard (however, MOD files
- still aren't excellent in terms of sound quality -- they are merely
- "very good").
-
- Note that you must have an audio device that supports stereo and
- 16-bit data. Other audio output devices are not supported, although
- support may be added in the future.
-
- You also need HP-UX 9.01 to use this program, and you must have set
- up audio services on your 7x5 workstation. See the audio services
- manual to see how to set this up.
-
-
- ***** Quickstart instructions:
-
- 1. Put these files in some convenient directory. The tracker binary
- contains no hard-coded paths, and can be placed anywhere.
-
- 2. The files whose names end with ".mod" are Amiga "MOD" files, which
- contain instructions on how to play a song. Each .mod file is one
- song.
-
- 3. To play a song to the headphone jack, do (for example):
-
- tracker -volume -20 -mix 40 boesen.mod
-
- (You may have to add paths to the tracker binary or to boensen.mod)
-
- If you want the song to be output to the internal speaker, do:
-
- tracker -speaker -volume 0 -mix 40 boesen.mod
-
- IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE A VOLUME LEVEL OF ZERO (0) IF YOU ARE LISTENING
- USING HEADPHONES. A VOLUME LEVEL OF ZERO IS LOUD, AND COULD
- CONCEIVABLY CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR HEARING. Frankly, you probably
- shouldn't use anything above -5 if you are listening using
- headphones.
-
- 4. There are three .mod files in this distribution. They are among the
- best that I've heard, and represent a wide range of musical tastes:
-
- boesen.mod -- Piano (harpsichord???). Sounds like a
- barroom piano player.
-
- crystalh.mod -- Perhaps the most famous Amiga mod file. I
- can't describe this. A poor description
- would be a combination between rock and new
- wave music.
-
- xmas.mod -- This sounds like a drunken rock DJ's idea of
- Christmas Muzak h*ll. Still, it's quite
- impressive.
-
-
- ***** Other notes:
-
- 1. The volume is specified in dB, and the default volume setting is
- -20dB. Note that setting the volume to -5dB and higher could
- conceivably cause damage to your hearing if you listen to mod files
- using a headphone.
-
- 2. After running tracker, X-Windows (vue) can no longer beep. I have no
- idea why, although I'm looking into this.
-
-
- ***** Here's the usage information:
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Usage: tracker [options] filename [...]
- -help Display usage information
- -quiet Print no output other than errors
- -picky Do not tolerate any faults (default is to ignore most)
- -tolerant Ignore all faults
- -mono Select single audio channel output
- -stereo Select dual audio channel output
- -verbose Show text representation of song
- -repeats <count> Number of repeats (0 is forever) (default 1)
- -speed <speed> Song speed. Some songs want 60 (default 50)
- -mix <percent> Percent of channel mixing. (0 = spatial, 100 = mono)
- -new -old -both Select default reading type (default is -both)
- -frequency <freq> Set playback frequency in Hz
- -oversample <times> Set oversampling factor
- -transpose <n> Transpose all notes up
- -scroll Show what's going on
- -sync Try to synch audio output with display
- -speaker Output audio to internal speaker (HP-UX only).
- -volume <n> Set volume in dB (HP-UX only).
-
- RunTime:
- e,x exit program
- n next song
- p restart/previous song
- > fast forward
- < rewind
- S NTSC tempo s PAL tempo
- ? Switch between normal and scroll mode
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- -- Darryl Okahata
- darrylo@sr.hp.com
-