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V1.00 BETA
Programming:
------------
Stefan Danes
[a.k.a. Prime]
Ramon van Gorkom
[a.k.a. Excalibur]
Additional programming:
-----------------------
Arnd Brugman
[a.k.a. Micronics]
Graphics:
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Menno Seegers
[a.k.a. Arachnatron]
Features:
+ Text-mode or high-resolution graphical shell
+ Supports Gravis UltraSound, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro,
SoundBlaster16/16ASP, PC Speaker, Adlib SoundCard, Single Covox [Mono],
Stereo Covox, Stereo-On-1 and MIDI [Experimental]
+ Player is 100% assembler!!!, setup and editor are written in Turbo Pascal
+ 386+ and Pentium code for speed optimalisation
+ Allows up to 32 channels
+ Samples up to 128KB
+ Uses 32 bits mixing routines for speed and quantization noise reduction
+ EMS support [Requires LIM EMS V4.0 or above]
+ Support for Upper Memory Blocks [UMBs]
+ Supports ProTracker 2.x commmands
+ Supports wildcards
+ Supports list-files [PLAY @LISTFILE.EXT]
+ Menu system
+ Help [F-1]
+ Realtime Graphical Scopes [F-2]
+ Realtime VU meters [F-3]
+ Samplename viewer [F-4]
+ Realtime Frequency analysis (QuickFourier) [F-5]
+ DOS Shell [F-8]
+ Easy to use setup program
+ Autodetect I/O-Port, IRQ and DMA
+ Supports following modules:
* 4 Channel, 15 Samples NoiseTracker
* 4 Channel, 31 Samples NoiseTracker, ProTracker, SoundTracker etc.
* 4 and 8 Channel StarTrekker
* 4,6,8,16 and 32 Channel FastTracker
* 4,6,8,10,12,14,16 and 32 Channel TakeTracker
* 669 Modules from Composd v1.x
* STM Modules from Scream Tracker 2.x
* S3M Modules from Scream Tracker 3.x
* MTM Modules from MultiTracker 1.x
* PSM Modules from ProTracker Studio 16 [Not 100% operative due to the
many changes in the fileformat]
* WOW Modules from Mod's Grave
What does it do?
Inertia Player plays digital sound modules through various
music devices.
Configuring the player.
Run ISETUP, then choose 'Select Sound Device' and press <ENTER>.
Select the soundcard installed in your computer. Try these soundcards
if your soundcard is unlisted:
Sound Galaxy NX 16 --> SoundBlaster 16/16ASP
Sound Galaxy NX Pro --> SoundBlaster Pro
Advanced Device Setup needs only to modified if you encounter
problems during the soundcard detection phase or when the player
hangs during initialisation or faultly detects baseport/IRQ/DMA.
Miscellaneous Options.
Toggle UMB Usage - Enables or disables Upper Memory Block usage
Toggle EMS Usage - Enables or disables Expanded Memory usage
(Note: Gravis UltraSound and MIDI devices
do not use Expanded Memory)
Toggle Graphics - If set, the player will start in graphics
mode [F-2], otherwise it will use textmode
with VU meters [F-3].
Toggle Repeat - If set, the module will restart when it is
done, otherwise the player will return to
DOS or menu.
Fourier Speed - Sets the speed of the fourier bars, where
10 is fastest
Playing a music file using the build-in menu.
After configuring the player, you can start it by entering PLAY.
Now you can browse through your drives and directories by using the
cursor keys and the Enter/Return button. Drives and directories are
displayed in cyan, music filenames are displayed in white [the real
song name is yellow]. Hit the [ESC] key to return to DOS. Pressing
Enter/Return while a song is selected will play the selected song.
Playing music file(s) using parameters.
Play a single file:
PLAY <FileName.Ext>
Example: PLAY SPACE.MOD
Play multiple files using wildcards:
PLAY <FileName.Ext>
Example: PLAY ODYSSEY?.MOD
PLAY M*.STM
Play multiple files using a list file:
PLAY <@FileName.Ext>
Example: PLAY @NiceS3M.LST
where the text file NiceS3M.LST may look like this:
e:\mod\s3m\panic.s3m
; Following line will play 2ND_PM.S3M and 2ND_SKAV.S3M
e:\mod\s3m\2nd*
E:\MOD\S3M\PLASTIC.S3M
e:\mod\s3m\strshine.s3m
The music is playing... Now what can I do?
Well... You could try hitting some keys:
ESC Return to DOS or the [build-in] menu.
Enter/Return Play next module in the list or enter menu without
stopping the music
F-1 Help page
F-2 Realtime Graphical Scopes
F-3 Textmode realtime VU Meters
F-4 View samplenames [or comments written by the composer]
hit this key again to display more.
F-5 Realtime Fourier Frequency Analysis
F-8 Shell to DOS
F-9 Toggle ProTracker 1.0 compatibility
if enabled, all vibrato depths will be changed
F-10 Ignore BPM/Extended Tempo changes
Speed changes are valid from 1 thru 31, but some
modules use >31 [e.g. Klisje Paa klisje]
F-11 Enabling this will restart the module when it is
finished
END End current pattern and go to next [PatternBreak]
Gray + Increase master volume
Gray - Decrease master volume
Cursor Right Fast forward
Cursor Up Faster forward
History:
+ Means this function was added
- Means this function was removed
* Means this function was changed/fixed
Version 0.95b [Non-Public Beta]
[First beta version shipped to the beta testers]
Version 0.96b [Non-Public Beta]
* All mixing routines are now 32 bits
+ Added UMB support
+ Added EMS support
+ Added 16 and 32 channel support
* Increased maximum sample size from 64Kb to 128KB [actually: the
maximum sample size is limited to the amount of free memory...]
Version 0.97b [Non-Public Beta]
* Fixed a major bug: Volume was sometimes not updated!
* Fixed some minor bugs
+ Added graphical shell
+ Added Pentium parallel processing support
* Speed-ups for Adlib/Honker/Covox
+ Added MIDI support [Not fully operational yet..]
+ Added CPU type, CPU clock and V86 mode detection in setup
* Loader has been completly rewritten: it's now easier to
implement other fileformats
* Increased the maximum number of samples from 31 to 63
* Increased the maximum number of octaves from 3 to 8
+ Added 669 support
+ Added STM support
* Changed the Gravis UltraSound volume table, sound was too loud
+ Added realtime VU meters
Version 0.98b [Non-Public Beta]
* Sample transfers from/to UltraSound DRAM now use DMA
* Several speed enhancements
* Better errorchecking for modules
* ProTracker 1.0 Compatibility can be toggled with F-9 instead of F-1
+ Added F-10 to disable BPM tempos
+ Added a help page [F-1]
+ Added samplename viewer [F-4]
* The DOS time is now updated when shelling or exiting
* Now ANY number of channels is supported [max. 32 channels]
+ Added S3M support
+ Added MTM support
+ Added WOW support
+ Added PSM support [Caution: not 100% operative due to the many
changes in the fileformat...]
Version 0.99b [Non-Public Beta]
+ Added SoundBlaster 16/16ASP support [16bits up to 44kHz!]
+ Added wildcard and listfile support
+ Added menu system if player is executed without parameters
+ Added TakeTracker support
+ Added Fourier frequency analysis [F-5]
* UltraSound doesn't use the system timer anymore
Version 1.00b [Public Beta]
* Fixed a bug in the S3M loader that caused clicks in samples
* New graphics!
+ Display error-message when a module c