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FILES MOVED
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Filename.ext | Location | Description
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DOOMPICS.ZIP deleted - Pictures from DOOM (the game).
amourfou.zip deleted - Accidently deleted--a SB slideshow.
blas002.zip deleted - Info on Blaspheme Net H/P/A talk.
bushtro.zip alpha/NEW/bush_party - Gollum's BUSH party invite intro. GUS
chaos.arj alpha/NEW/bush_party - GSP. Just a logo and music? SB/PC/LPT
dfapp.txt deleted - Deadly Force HQ application.
fidderli.zip alpha/NEW/bush_party - Gollum's Fidderli Fisk intro. GUS
flmnstuf.zip alpha/NEW/bush_party - Darkzone 4K intro--Flames.
glow.lzh deleted - More palette cycling.
grimtro.zip alpha/NEW/bush_party - Gollum's 4k Bush party intro.
humbug.zip alpha/NEW/bush_party - Sorrox's 4K Bush party intro.
introf.zip alpha/NEW/bush_party - GHz intro for Bush party. Adlib
leif.zip alpha/NEW/bush_party - "Somebody" 4K Bush party intro.
light113.arj alpha/l - lghtshde.arj demo.
pain0694.zip diskmags - Monthly diskmag.
platin9.exe diskmags - Platinum #9 German disk mag.
sc-art.zip deleted - Pictures.
shape!.zip alpha/NEW - Textmode Strikes .BAK dentro SB/LPT/PC
sz_final.zip alpha/NEW/bizarre - Simmzone.
ANSI: rel-0694.zip, kts_tz12.zip
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GENERAL STUFF
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Anyone know when "Composers contest" results will be released?
Thanks go to TINYZ for the new "header" for this file.
I got the TOP25DL program to work correctly after fixing a few things
in the program so it searches the NEW ftp.syslog file properly. The
results for most of this week can be found in the /news directory under
the top25dl name. Unfortunately I can not mail the list because it
is impossible for me to run my file (on wasp) against the LOG (on
hornet) because I do not have a directory on hornet nor a path to the
LOG file. Thus, the program will remain disabled for now except for
(probably) weekly manual updates. BTW: Shape (okay, nothing really
exciting) was downloaded 144 times in 6 days!
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I plan on deleting EVERYTHING that bounces this week (except the
obvious mistakes I made). SO, if you should be getting this and are not
then please RE-REQUEST this newsletter.
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Volume 1 _______________ Issue 10
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- MUSIC-FILES -
(a weekly guide to music in the demo scene)
- Date: 6/18/94 to 6/25/94 -
- by: Snowman -
((GENERAL INFORMATION))
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1. Cool new tunes
a. Firestorm Music disk by Firelight
just download and try this one
/music/disks/firestrm.zip
b. Damage Music disk by multiple musicians
this is one of the best mdp packs I've seen
there are about a half dozen musicians and 10 songs
/music/disks/damg/damg0694.zip
Cool new programs
a. Capamod version 1.4
in my opinion, the most accurate MOD player around
/music/programs/players/cmod114.zip
b. Textmode intro
has nothing to do with music, but I thought it was
pretty cool
/alpha/NEW/shape!.zip
2. DMP News
Well, only one new version of DMP was uploaded this week.
However, that one version (DMP300.ZIP) has been locking my
system a little bit. This only occurs when I shell and do
other things like PKZIP or QEDIT (which I do a LOT). I
still made the swith to version 3.00 though and am just
using it without shell until a new version comes out. But,
I havn't gotten off my lazy ass and written Otto Chrons
about this little bug, so it might not be fixed next ver.
3. 4DMP (by Snowman)
I released a little program last weekend called 4DMP300.
It has been difficult to explain, but I will endeavour to
do so now. When you are playing a song in DMP, the bottom
half of the screen is occupied by the sample names. Now,
whenever a sample is being played, the appropriate channel
number appears next to that sample. However, once you hit
channel 10, it starts going "A", "B", and so on.
What I did was to redraw and redefine about 26 high ASCII
characters, so that the numbers "10", "11", "12", etc.
would appear in ONE character. Now, whenever you play a
song in DMP that has more than 9 channels, you will see a
"10" instead of an "A". This would be kind of trivial if
it were the only thing I changed, so I also included an
enhanced dmp.ini file. This will actually make DMP look
pretty! I can't belive Otto kept that yucky color scheme
for two years. Well, just go download it and have fun
(/music/programs/players/4dmp300.zip).
4. Tiny Play Deleted
Hello? I had to delete 2 duplicate uploads of Tiny Play.
If its not in the /incoming/music dir, check the appropriate
directory /music/programs/players and see if it was moved
there.
5. Restructuring of /music Directory
This week, I made several new subdirectories under music
and put the "a", "p", and "m" directories in there. It was
brought to my attention by Shades (he and I kind of quarrel
on IRC, but he does have a good idea once in a while :), and
I recognize that there needed to be more general division of
the files. If you want to see how things are laid out now,
just read the music.txt file under /music.
6. Response to "Anyone read these things"
Well, after my question last week asking people if they
actually read these articles in DEMONEWS, I had an over-
whelmingly good response. More than a dozen letters were
written which expressed an appreciation for these little
weekly articles. I just need that kind of affrimation
every once in a while to give me the energy to continue.
Thank you.
7. Composer's Contest 1 Results
NO, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE IN. Please do not
keep writing me asking me this. Mike Phillip's address is
digoxy@metronet.com.
8. No .review
Originally, I was going to start putting .review files in
some of the music program's directories. But then I realized
its not my place to tell you what not good. I don't have a
problem telling you what IS good, but thats only my opinion.
9. Amiga-Net
Whether you know it or not, our computer musical heritage
comes from the Amiga scene. I have been downloading lots of
goodies this past week, and I'll probably post most of them
next week.
10. Snowman the Salesman
Lately, I've been feeling like all I do is promote things
like my Music Contest ][ and this Demonews. Well, guess what?
I'm going to continue to do so until the contest is over. :)
So if you want to get to know the REAL Snowman, talk to me
sometime after September 3rd.
11. Music Contest ][ (the aggressive campaign)
After that clarification in #10, I must tell you all that
July is Music Contest ][ Promotion Month. Have a MC][ party
at your university, give your family MC][ gifts for their
birthdays, go out and eat a MC][ burger. That's right, I need
YOUR help. Tell all your friends about Music Contest ][, and
if they say "Music Contest ][ sucks", punch them really hard
in the head and tell them the error of their ways. :) (just
kidding about telling them the error of their ways).
The dude who was going to write a nice little program to
handle the entry shuffling slipped out the back door or
something, so I'm going to have to do it myself.
12. 41 DAYS UNTIL ASSEMBLY 94!
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(Note: all directories under WHERE start with /pub/msdos/demos/music...)
FILENAME.EXT WHERE Description
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dpmods_1.zip /artists/necros 4 songs from Digital Psychosis disk
necros .gif /artists/necros Cool artwork, not a picture of him.
f10_pck1.zip /disks/f10 Force Ten Music Pack #1 (MDP)
OplID .zip /programs/code Detect the OPL chip
convrt11.zip /programs/convert Convert v1.1b for samples and songs
midimod2.zip /programs/convert Converts .MOD to .MID
cmod114 .zip /programs/players CapaMod v1.4 (good)
4dmp300 .zip /programs/players Replacement dmp.ini and new fonts
dmp300 .zip /programs/players DMP version 3.00
tnypl211.zip /programs/players Tiny Play PMode 16/32-bit by Pelusa
bodysuns.zip /songs/mod (no description uploaded)
classm .zip /songs/mod Classical Memories, by ShadowHunter
ufool .zip /songs/mod (no description uploaded)
sky_extr.zip /songs/mtm Extermination by D.J. Stefano Setti
sky_swme.zip /songs/mtm Sleep With Me Remix '94 by ""
antholog.zip /songs/s3m (no description uploaded)
s3mgame .zip /text Get your .s3m in a game!
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/music/anemesis - directory for Nemesis music
FILENAME.EXT REASON FILENAME.EXT REASON
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TOP10 .TXT * Old ASM93 top 10 MUSFMT10.ZIP Duplicate copy
tnypl211.zip Duplicate copy tnypl210.zip old version
tnypl211.zip Duplicate copy dmp295 .zip old version
convert .zip old version
* - Over 2 months old
((CLOSING))
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Friendship rules,
-Snowman/DI + BP June 25th, 1994
-S- Project Leader : Music Contest #2 -S-
-N- MusicOp : hornet.eng.ufl.edu -N-
-O- Author : Music Files Weekly -O-
-W- Music and Code : Digital Infinity -W-
-M- Binary Puppets -M-
-A- NAME : CHRISTOPHER G. MANN -A-
-N- Address : r3cgm@dax.cc.uakron.edu -N-
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FINALLY
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This newsletter reaches many people. IF YOU have anything you want to
say feel free to drop me a line. We are especially interested in upcoming
releases and demo group info.
Gas prices in South Florida are $1.20 for 1 gallon of 87 Octane Unleaded.
Read demonews.048 about the upcoming DEMO CD ROM. OR, just read the
"demo_cd.txt" in the /news directory.
The World CUP continues...
E-mail: dmw@eng.ufl.edu
