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CapaMod v1.17 documentation file
Copyright (C) 1993,1994 Heikki Ylinen ( flap / Capacala )
1. HISTORY AND TECHNICAL INFO ETC.
CapaMod is a 4,6 and 8 channel Pro/FastTracker module player. The reason
why I made this program is that there isn't a single good module player for
the PC. I mean, all players contain many bugs and there isn't a single player
which supports all the ProTracker 1.1b effects. In the EFFECT.TXT file you can
find a table containing effect info on three popular players and CapaMod. Just
simply look at it and say which player is the best in that matter. I have in-
cluded only these three players because DMP is so popular and GusMOD and JMP
are relatively good players. Of course I have been testing other players also
but I haven't included them in the table because of their insufficient effect
support. For example players such as MDP (PSi's player), WOW, ZZPlay, GUSPlay,
Galaxy Module Player and Inertia Player do not usually support effects like
DelayPattern and JumpToLoop. Not to speak about how they support normal ef-
fects such as Vibrato. Tremolo is also one effect that is played correctly
with only few players. But with CapaMod everything is otherwise. Except for
the support of effect Invert Loop. That is because I don't have any idea how
to support this particular effect. If you have some info about this effect,
please send me everything you know.
CapaMod is based on CapaPlay routines which are partly based on Cascada's
GUSPlay routines. I found GUSPlay's source very handy to edit for my own
purposes so I started to work on it. I have also studied GusMod and DSMI
sources. Ok. Here's the thanks list:
Biggest thanks to Robert Adolfsson for GUSPlay
Other thanks to:
Joshua Jensen for GusMod
Otto Chrons for DSMI and DMP
Jussi Lahdenniemi for PMP
Christian Kuendig for ZZPlay
Phantom for ProTracker for GUS
PSi for MDP and Scream Tracker 3.01 Beta
Stephan Danes and Ramon von Gorkom for Inertia Player
Jaakko Lehtinen for JMP
Mr.H for FastTracker
Henning Hellström for SB Studio
Samuel Audet for support and testing
Jaz for some feature ideas
Weasel for bug reports
Oliver Deiter for the condom with two holes
All Capacala members for beta testing
Erika Launonen for herself
2. THE USAGE
First of all, you must have ULTRASND environment variable set. CapaMod won't
work without it. And if you still encounter some problems, please make sure
that you have installed the ULTRINIT, although it is not necassary.
Here's the command line syntax:
CMOD [modname] [@listfile] /options
modname: Module name(s), wildcards allowed
listfile: A file containing module names
options: Axx - set amplification (0 - 28, default = 24)
Pxxx - set default panning (-64 - 64, default = 18)
Fx - set fadespeed (0 - 9, default = 9)
Lx - set module looping (0 or 1)
0 - disable speed zero
N - disable pan effects
V - use the volume table used in CapaMod versions below 1.16
Z - use 80x25 textmode
B - disable BPM tempo, speed scale 0-255 (VBlank)
X[file] - start playing mod and execute [file]
Sxxxx - screen saver launch time in seconds (0 = off, default)
W - force to Amiga limits (only octaves 1-3)
R - disable key repeating speed set
You can also put your favorite command line options into an envrionment
variable. For example:
SET CAPAMOD=/f0 /0 /n /z /w
CapaMod begins by loading the first module and invoking the main screen.
Video mode will be changed to 80x50, unless you have forced the video mode to
80x25 with the Z option. On top of screen you can see some useful information
about module and location where the player currently is. On the right side
there is the clock and the playing time.
Under this info are the channel indicator lines. They show the sample
name, effect, volume, pitch and panning of each channel. The volume bars,
which are also in this section of a screen, are standard module-bars. They
don't even try to be any kind of VU-meters. Information text is black if the
sample is triggered during the current row position. If the currently played
effect is not supported, it will be shown in red.
And under all this, there is the sample information. There you can find
sample names, lengths, loops, finetunes and channel which they are being play-
ed on. Current sample is highlighted. If sample is muted its information is
shown in dark colors.
You can use the following keys to control playing and other stuff:
/ - set module position
/ - move cursor
Tab - change cursor location between samples and channels
Space - mute / release a channel or a sample
M - mute / release all channels or samples
1 - 8 - mute / release a channel indicated by the numberkey
F1-F10 - set fadespeed (F10 fade off)
- / + - set volume
, / . - set panning of channel
; / : - set panning of channel 4 steps
Home/End - set tempo
PgD/PgU - set speed
Del - set speed & tempo determined by the module
N - fade out and load next module,
another N stops fading and starts loading immediately
Esc - fade out and quit,
another Esc stops fading and quits immediately
D - dos shell
P - pause / release module
H - help and other info
L - switch looping on/off
0 - enable/disable speed zero
< / > - scroll screen up / down (only in 80x25 mode)
Enter - stops fading and volume to 64
S - screen saver
3. CONTACTING THE AUTHOR (an old cliché)
If you find any bugs or encounter some problems, don't hesitate to contact
me. You can also just write me a card where you tell how good CapaMod is and
how good I am ( just like Otto wants, greets to him by the way ).
And, as mentioned in the player, CapaMod is rubberware. That means if you
use CapaMod, you must send me a condom from your home country.
Mail: Heikki Ylinen Modem: DARKSíDE BBS the Capacala WHQ
Oravatie 9b +358-0-294 1594 node 1
02270 Espoo +358-0-294 0467 node 2
Finland
You may also find me from some other finnish BBSs. I go by the name of flap
or Hessu Ylinen. You can also reach me thru DGi-net by the name of Hessu
Ylinen.
4. THE END