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| The Sound Site Newsletter |
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| Issue #16 September 1993 |
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| Copyright (C) 1993 by David Komatsu All Rights Reserved. |
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| This may be distributed to bulletin boards, FTP sites or other |
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Note from the Editor
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Summer is coming to a close but the Sound/Multimedia scene continues
to advance. The Assembly 93 competition heated up Finland putting on
a show of demos for many computer platforms. The results of the
competition are found in this issue. I also have taken the time to
go through the FTP/BBS list so there are some changes. The authors
list continues to be improved and I would appreciate any help in
filling the blanks that exist.
For all you audio buffs Island CD Creations has pressed the Sound-Site
CD-ROM containing near 1400 MOD files and 500 MIDI files as well as
numerous sound files players on multi-platforms. It's great for
collectors and those who find downloading the files too time consuming.
Read the CD-ROM.INF file if you are interested. If you are interested in
publishing the Sound Newsletter on a CD-ROM please contact me for more
information.
Would you like to see a new column, write a column, answer questions...
The Sound Newsletter is always looking for additional help. We are
also looking for ASCII artists.
Please use the address below to send comments and/or submission to the
Sound Newsletter: davek@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
FTP: oak.oakland.edu (misc/sound)
garbo.uwasa.fi (pc/sound)
sound.usach.cl (pub/sound/newsletters) [Home Base]
Various bulletin boards listed at the bottom of this newsletter.
-----> Dave
In Issue #16
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o Special Thanks
o Do you want to announce a new product?
o Feature Articles
o Assembly 93: The Results!
o The Sound Site Network
o News
o Sound.usach.cl (Update)
o Comdex Anybody?
o Columns
o The Gus Gallery by Michael Sutter
o Gustrack 1.03
o Farandole Composer 0.8b
o ZZPlay 1.00
o Mycroft's MIDI Surfer 1.01
o The Gus Gallery Midi Sampler Volume I
o Sound Bits
o Multiplayer
o The Wave Utilities 2.2 (update)
o Midimod
o Anonymous FTP sound Sites
o Bulletin Board Listing
Special thanks to the following for supporting the Sound Newsletter #15
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EJ Botterman jr. : Gustrack Author
Alan S. Estenson : MIDI Surfer Author
(mycroft@aol.com)
Kevin C. Fandrew : Spect Author
(kfandre@uafhp.uark.edu)
Future Crew : Assembly 93 Results
Davide Guida : MultiPlayer Author
(progetto@csdux01.cised.unina.it)
Juan Pablo Jadue Jadue : Sound-Site FTP Admin
(jpjadue@toqui.usach.cl)
Jim Oldroyd : FTP/Sound Consultant
(jr@inset.com)
Daniel Potter : Farndole Composer Author
(dpotter@uss.lonestar.org)
Andrew Scott : Midimod Author
(ascott@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
Christoph Sundergeld : The Wave Utilities 2.2 Author
(icsunder@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
Michael Sutter : Gus Galler Columnist
(freejack@shell.portal.com) Gus Gallery MIDI Sampler I
Duane Takamine : Sound FTP Site support staff
(duane@shell.portal.com)
Tim Tschirner : The Wave Utilities 2.2 Author
(ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
Kevin Whalen : Columnist
(kwhalen@vnet.IBM.COM)
Zwerg Zack : ZZPlay Author
(chicken@ezinfo.vmsmail.ethz.ch)
And to all the FTP sites and bulletin boards carrying the Sound
Newsletter and of course all the dedicated readers who make it worth
the effort.
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** Announce a new product for FREE **
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If you have written a freely distributable program or demo (shareware,
freeware, public domain, demo etc) that is designed to play, edit or
show off sound files please email me at davek@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu.
We can feature your program in the Sound Newsletter as well as trickle
it to various FTP sites. If you want your program featured please
include a brief description of the program.
The Sound Newsletter is now accepting announcements for COMMERCIAL programs
and will also review COMMERCIAL programs. Please contact me for more info.
Alternatively you can mail all sound programs to me on a 3.5" disk Low
or High Density to:
David Komatsu
Sound Program Submission
4826 Likini Street
Honolulu, HI 96818
Feature Articles & News
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Assembly'93 party results for PC. Votes were calculated by giving five
points for the first place, four for the second place and so on. Up to
five contributions could be voted for. A total of 130 votes were cast.
PC Demos Top Ten
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Place: Votes: #: Group: Demo:
1. 472 10. Future Crew Second Reality
2. 403 9. Silents Optic Nerve
3. 242 3. Xography Elements
4. 126 2. Dust Saga
5. 78 6. Extreme Extermination
6. 51 5. Virtual Visions Fruits of Indolence
7. 31 7. Paranoids Wasted time
8. 26 4. Alphaforce Phenomenon
9. 17 8. Black Rain Obsession
PC Intros Top Ten
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Place: Votes: #: Group: Intro:
1. 378 8. EMF Eclipse
2. 196 5. Epical Tangle
3. 165 9. Darkzone Debut
4. 163 7. Onyx Locomotion
5. 125 10. Avalanche Motion
6. 115 15. Sonic-PC Plan-B
7. 106 6. Doomsday prod. Vanity & Apathy
8. 48 4. Jeskola prod. Dieetti-Intro
9. 43 3. Surprise! prod. Stardream
10. 12 1. RatCompany Fraust
PC Musics Multichannel Top Ten
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Place: Votes: #: Composer: Tune:
1. 219 7. Skaven / Future Crew Ice Frontier
2. 178 4. Marvel / Future Crew Can't remember you
3. 164 1. Purple Motion / Future Crew Starshine
4. 153 5. Leinad / Avalanche Atomic II
5. 147 6. Pentagon Inferno
6. 86 2. Tonedeaf / Extreme Heartbeat
7. 69 10. Prism / Wish Time running out
8. 59 3. Mikki / Epical Opossumi
9. 56 9. Funk't'ion / Paranoids Deepness
10. 29 8. Bloodsoaker / Wapy Shout
PC Musics 4-channel Top Ten
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Place: Votes: #: Composer: Tune:
1. 133 19. Purple Motion / Future Crew Sundance
2. 98 13. Leinad / Avalanche Teaspoon
3. 90 6. Cybelius / Sonic-PC Schwinging the Swing
4. 60 9. Tonedeaf / Extreme Sounds of War
5. 59 8. Executioner Pork Chop
6. 53 17. Blizzard / Epical Hidden Shadows
7. 51 21. JayJay / Progress Phantoms
8. 47 5. Mellow-D / Sonic-PC Fast Changer II
9. 45 10. Gibson / Extreme Blackbird
10. 43 16. Mistake / Darkzone Michael Jackson sez hi!
PC Graphics Top Ten
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Place: Votes: #: Artist: Picture:
1. 176 8. Marvel / Future Crew Ice Kingdom
2. 144 2. Delsion / Cascada Eevi
3. 106 9. Zenjuga / Black Mind A3
4. 88 10. Pixel / Future Crew Troll
5. 44 11. Giems / Dark Zone Escaping from the Raytracer
6. 42 14. Ranx / Sonic-PC Invintro
7. 29 13. PCA / Painkiller W2
8. 22 7. Kapsu / Epical Assyroad
22 15. Mahlzahnx / Pentagon Dungeon
10. 19 12. Leinad / Avalanche Korvmack
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** The Sound Site Network **
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The Sound Site Network consists of the following:
The Sound Site Newsletter, FTP site and Bulletin boards
Sound Authors:
1) Program and Update announcement in the Sound Newsletter
2) Program will be available on the Sound Site plus participating
bulletin boards.
3) Admission to the special Authors list
4) We will include you on the list of sound software and authors
5) Best of all its FREE
Bulletin Boards:
1) Posting of your BBS number in the Sound Newsletter
2) Admission to a special BBS list
3) Ability to FTP a special file from our FTP site that contains all
the programs reviewed in an issue of the Sound Newsletter.
4) Best of all it's FREE!
Sound Authors and BBS sites please mail me as we would like to have you
aboard the Sound Site Network. Please not this network does not yet
have BBS nodes. All information is currently being send via internet.
If you are willing to give us a node please contact me.
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** NEWS **
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** The Sound-Site Update **
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Everything seems to be running pretty smoothly on the sound.usach.cl
site. We are happy to say that all programs reviewed in the Sound
Newsletter can be found on this site and the site is growing everyday.
I am looking for a few people to help with the backlog of new programs.
What this would require is checking the incoming directory and downloading
new programs and verifying that they work (and of course possibly writing
a review of it for the Sound Newsletter if you have time). I can't
promise much but you will be able to see a lot of new programs before
most people and of course get your name in "lights" on the Sound Newsletter.
If you are interested let me know.
Our second site is going through final stages of preparation and we
should be able to announce it in the next issue. This site will be
different from our sound.usach.cl site and we hope you will find it
equally valuable.
Sound.usach.cl users please use the 'ls' command to view the files
on the system. The 'dir' command is still being perfected and sometimes
may not list all the files present. I have updated the MOD directory
to reflect many of the recent MOD files and have provided a listing
below of the new MOD files on the ftp site. Be looking for a list of
Sound file players in the next newsletter. In the meanwhile check out
the players directory as we have one of the most extensive collections
of sound players available.
sound.usach.cl enfrance.mod music.mod
Pub/Sound/Songs/Mod enjoysil.mod music2.mod
acb.mod enola.mod music3.mod
adeline.mod enolagay.mod muzac.mod
air.mod enolamix.mod muzak2.mod
airwolf.mod epi.mod noname.mod
alf.mod equinoxe5.mod numan2.mod
always.mod erasure.mod oimd.mod
apc.mod fallen.mod oxygene2.mod
atmosphe.mod fletch.mod oxygenei.mod
awesome.zip foolish.mod pasion.mod
axelf2.mod freaked.mod passion.mod
bach.mod freddie.mod patega.mod
batdance.mod funkdin2.mod pethell.mod
batman.mod funkdina.mod phntasma.mod
bbd.zip getwell.mod pianoplk.mod
beaugirl.mod ghostb.mod pmboom.mod
bettyboo.mod gigicar.mod power.mod
bitedust.mod glorylve.zip prelud2.mod
bluemon.mod gotta.mod prelude.mod
blueprnt.mod guitarous.mod pumpuphm.mod
boesendorfer.mod hell.mod quantum.mod
bozo-house.mod holdhand.mod quantum6.mod
breath.mod house.mod rave.mod
breeze.mod house2.mod rocking1.mod
bthay303.mod house_of.mod ronken.mod
cant.mod hurrican.mod sadness.mod
celtic2.mod industry.mod sahara.mod
cheers.mod inspect.mod short.mod
chicago.mod invisman.mod spikemix.mod
chicsor.mod itsmylif.mod stahnd.mod
chopin.mod japan.mod startrek.mod
crypto.mod jb.mod starwars.mod
cyber.mod jeopardy.mod stripped.mod
daisy.mod journeyh.mod studio.mod
dasboot.lzh kennedy.mod sunwind.mod
detach.mod lioths.mod t2.mod
dirt.mod lowalt.mod takeonme.mod
doit4u.zip man.mod tanya.mod
dontworr.mod masqrade.mod techno.mod
drwho.mod mega04.mod tecno3.mod
dungeon.mod midlalta.mod thorax.mod
elyouth.mod mil.mod wotrock.mod
emotionl.mod miss.mod xmas.mod
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** Comdex **
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If anybody is attending the Las Vegas Comdex show in November I will
be there for the opening day. Also Duane Takamine from Island CD
Creations willl be there for the entire conference. Sound Authors,
BBS operators, ftp site people and readers of the Sound Newsletter.
Please e-mail me if you are attending I sure would like to meet some
of the thousands of readers and contributors to the Sound Newsletter.
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** Feature Columns **
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********************* Copyright (C) 1993
** The GUS Gallery ** by Michael Sutter
********************* freejack@shell.portal.com
Wow, August was a busy month for the GUS! Gravis made a strong showing at
Assemble '93, some great new GUS software was released, and I've finally
found a windows midi player that I can live with. All in all I think
August was a great month. Well, without wasting anymore time lets get to
the good stuff.
Title : Gustrack
Version : 1.03
File Name : gustr103.zip
Type : Tracker
Author : EJ Botterman jr.
E-mail : n/a
Price : Shareware $20 registration
It amazes me to see the number of new trackers showing up for the GUS.
Just as the August issue went to press, I received a copy of Gustrack.
Gustrack is a new 4 channel ProTracker style composer. Gustrack is written
by EJ Botterman jr. Gustrack supports loading of 4,6 and 8 channel mod
files. It supports almost the whole ProTracker command set. The only problems
I've heard of with Gustrack is that some people have had problems playing
mods that they have created with Gustrack on a Amiga.
I've not had much time to work with Gustrack, so look for a full length
review in a future issue.
Title : Farandole Composer
Version : 0.8b
File Name : far08b.zip
Type : Tracker
Author : Daniel Potter/Digital Infinity.
E-mail : dpotter@uss.lonestar.org
Price : Shareware $15 registration
Another tracker worth mentioning is Farandole (FAR) composer from Daniel
Potter/Digital Infinity. FAR is a 16 channel composer based heavily on
the original 669 composer from Renaissance. If you have used the 669
composer in the past, you should feel right at home with FAR. Where FAR
distinguishes itself from the 669 composer is in its ability to use up to 16
channel as opposed to 8 channels with the 669 composer, the ability to
use 8 or 16 bit samples, and use of 16 independent pan positions.
FAR allows the loading of MOD,669, and FAR files, but only saves in FAR
format at this time. One feature of FAR that you will either love or hate
is it's 'Huge' pattern edit screen. FAR uses the 132x43 mode for displaying
all 16 channels on the screen at one time. I personally like being able to
see everything at one shot, but have heard from others that think it
makes the screen too crowded and hard to read.
The second public release version (08b) of FAR was just recently released.
Version 08b fixed many problem of the original release. Among the fixes
are : - Problem with TSENG and S3 based video cards.
- Bug when loading MOD and 669 files.
- Added STM loading support.
- Host of other bug fixes and enhancements.
If you have liked the original 669 composer or are still looking for a
tracker, give Farandole composer a try.
Title : ZZPlay
Version : 1.00
File Name : zzp10pen.zip
Type : Mod Player
Author : Zwerg Zwack of Pentagon (a.k.a Christian Kuendig)
E-mail : chicken@ezinfo.vmsmail.ethz.ch (attn: Zwerg Zwack)
Price : Non-Commercial Freeware.
See zzplay.doc for info on ordering the ZZPlay.obj file
to add MOD playback to your own program.
Up until recently, Gusmod and Gusplay have been the two most popular MOD
players for the GUS. Now you can add a new MOD player to the list.
ZZPlay from Zwerg Zwack of Pentagon. ZZPlay like Gusplay supports 4,6, and 8
channel mod files. I was impressed with the clean output of ZZPlay.
There was not a hint of the dreaded 'ultra-click'. One thing I like
about ZZplay is that you can see the instrument names. This allows you
to read any messages the composer included in the MOD file. The only problem
I've found with ZZPlay is when playing back the MOD Klisje Paa Klisje
ZZPlay has problems handling the some of the speed commands in the middle
of the song. I don't consider this a major problem, as many MOD players have
problems with this song. Only time will tell, but it looks like ZZPlay will
be my MOD player of choice.
Title : Spect
Version : 1.00
File Name : spect.zip
Type : spectral analysis
Author : Kevin C. Fandre
E-mail : kfandre@uafhp.uark.edu (Until May 94)
Price : Public Domain
A really cool program I ran across awhile back is Spect by Kevin C. Fandre.
Spect is a 'Almost Real-Time' spectral analysis program for the GUS.
Spect monitors input from either the line-in or mic-in ports and
displays a full screen, 128 level spectral display. Even if your not
interested in the practical use of Spect, its worth checking out as 'Eye
Candy' :)
Title : Mycroft's MIDI Surfer
Version : 1.01
File Name : srfmd101.zip
Type : MIDI "jukebox" for MS Windows 3.1
Author : Alan S. Estenson
E-mail : Mycroft@aol.com
este0005@gold.tc.umn.edu
Price : Public Domain
If your tired of using the Windows media player to play Mid file,
Mycroft's MIDI Surfer may be the program you've been looking for.
MIDI Surfer is a recently released Mid file player by Alan S. Estenson.
MIDI Surfer supports any sound device capable of playing Mid files. The one
feature that makes MIDI Surfer so great is its use of a queue list for
song selection. Using MIDI Surfer, I can queue up an hours worth of mid
files, minimize MIDI Surfer, and go about my work with great sound
playing in the background. The only things I wish MIDI Surfer would do
is allow saving of queue lists to disk, and add drag and drop support.
Alan plans on adding the saving of 'Albums' or queues in a future
version. I think I've finally found a windows midi player I'm happy
with.
Title : The Gus Gallery Midi Sampler Volume I
Version : 1.00
File Name : ggvol01.zip
Type : Collection of midi files.
Author : various.
E-mail : freejack@shell.portal.com
Price : Right!!! :) Our gift to you.
It seems I'm always seeing requests on the net from GUS owners for MID
files. I've dug through my MID file collection and put together a sampler
collection of MID files. All the files are arranged for playback on any
sound device capable of playing back GM mid files. All the songs have
volume settings for playback on the GUS, so if your planning on listening
to these files on a Roland or a MultiSound, you will need to adjust the
volume using Phat Tran's Vmap program. This collection contains a variety
of styles ranging from easy listening to rock, from classical to techno.
Let me know what you think.
Well, once again its closing time at the GUS Gallery. I hope you have
enjoyed your stay. Next month I plan on spend some time talking about
3rd party patch sets that are available for the GUS, Shareware and freeware
Sequencing software, and whatever happens during the month of September.
Feel free to contact me on either of the bbs's listed below. On Internet
my e-mail address is freejack@shell.portal.com.
Until next month, happy Gusing.
All the files reviewed in this months
column can be downloaded from the following sites.
Internet : sunny.hawcc.hawaii.edu (128.171.143.7)
pub/msdos/soundsite
: sound.usach.cl
pub/Sound/Players
pub/Sound/Songs/Midi
BBS : UltraSound Connection (813)787-8644
Digital Oxygene (214)414-5041
********************************* Copyright (C) 1993
** Turtlebeach/Multisound/OS2 ** by Kevin Whalen
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Column on Hiatus look for it in our next issue.
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** Sound Bits **
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************************ Note to software authors ************************
Your program description could appear here for FREE. See the top of the
newsletter for details.
************************ Note to software authors ************************
DISCLAIMER: The Sound Newsletter provides no guarantee on the
performance of the software or products mentioned in this newsletter.
The information is provided to give the reader an idea on how the
products operate.
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* MultiPlayer * (C) 1993 dgs - Portions (C) 1992 VangelisTeam
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Release 1.50a
MULTIPLAYER is a multi-format module player. Unlike actual module players
for PCs, a lot of MOD formats and Output Sound Devices are supported. A
nice text screen will be shown during playing, allowing you to give your
own effects to the song.
Derived directly from VangelisTracker source code, it can play MOD, NST,
669, STM, S3M, S2M, OKT, WOW, 6CM and 8CM (new extensions for Fast-
Tracker mods): that is, modules having up to 16 channels and more than
50 samples.
MultiPlayer can work with PC-Speaker, Covox or compatible, SoundBlaster
and SoundBlaster PRO, allowing stereo in some particular condition
(like the Covox-SoundBlaster coupling).
It's not a command-line program, like many other modplayers, but it
uses a file requester allowing you to tag files, extract mods from
LZH and ZIP files (removing them after playing it), change directory
or drive rapidly and so on. A Setup Menu is available by pressing
Alt-S. You can select devices and enable (or disable) some extended
feature to be applied during mod's playback.
One of the problems of module players is the 'pseudo-stereo' sound
due to module voice separation on output channels. DMP by Otto Chrons
resolved this problem by using Panning, VangelisTracker used the Mix
Method (imported on MultiPlayer too). MultiPlayer uses another original
method, applied only to 4-Channel Mods (MOD, NST, STM) and 669 Mods.
This method, called Spatial Sound System, plays mods by replying some
voice to both output channels. So, a standard MOD file has voice 1 and
2 played on both channels, voice 3 and 4 played on one channel. This
method gives a good stereo effect, but a little loss of sound quality.
Also, you can apply 'Mono mode' method, in that case all module voices
will be played on both output channels.
A lot of original features are available during module playback.
You can turn off a channel (keys L or R), change a single voice
volume (so some voice can pointed out), and change display mode
(bars, patterns, samples) by using the function keys.
Classical Dos-Shell is not allowed, but a new shell system is included
into MultiPlayer, called VDS (Virtual Dos Shell). It implements all
basic MS-DOS commands (COPY, REN, DIR, CD) and something more (MOVE),
into the main screen window. Anyway, no external program can be executed
into VDS.
MultiPlayer is written in TurboPascal 7.0, and requires a 80286, but
I think it works good with a 80386-20mhz. A VGA card is recommended
for the 28-line display mode. It was tested on a 80386-25Mhz compatible,
with a SoundBlaster 1.5 and a Covox installed, on a 80386-33Mhz with
a SoundBlaster PRO, and a IBM Model 70 (old 80386-20Mhz) with no sound
card.
MultiPlayer is available on cs.uwp.edu (/pub/msdos/modplayers) and
on official Sound Site, sound.usach.cl (pub/Sound/Players). Other FTP
sites can have old releases.
Informations are available by E-MAIL:
Davide Guida <progetto@csdux01.cised.unina.it>
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** The Wave Utilities 2.2 ** ** Update **
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Copyright (c) 1993 by TASsoft
Written by Tim Tschirner and Christoph Sundergeld
The Wave Utilities 2.2 consist of Looper and Player, two Windows sound
applications.
Looper is a Windows application that plays digitized audio files in
wave format (files with the .wav extension) continuously in the
background. It can handle all the types and formats of Wave files that
your sound card is capable playing of. With Looper, you can have a lot
of fun. It can almost turn your computer into a Sampler, a Beat Box or
a drum machine.
Player is a sound player for Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher, which can
handle all the types and formats of Wave files that your sound card is
capable playing of. There are no limitations to the length of the Wave
file to be played. You are now able to play Wave files by simply
doubleclicking them in the File Manager. Normally, this isn't the case
- launching a Wave file calls up the Sound Recorder with the Wave file
loaded in memory. If you have a Pro AudioSpectrum 16 sound card, you
can use it's feature to play back two Wave files simultaneously together
with Looper and Player. Player can also play Wave files while you're
playing .mod files and much more. Once you installed Player, launching
a .WAV document from the File Manager will play the sound. This allows
greater flexibility for organizing and playing sounds. For example, you
can now install all of your sounds in a Program Manager group.
Doubleclicking their icons will then play them. By installing a Wave file
in your Autostart Group you are now able to play a sound of unlimited
length when Windows starts up.
When you use Norton Desktop For Windows 2.0 or later as your Windows
Shell, you can make easy use of Player's feature to play back several
Wave files after another.
To let the Wave Utilities run on your system, you must have either
Windows with Multimedia Extensions or Windows 3.1 or above installed on
your system. You will also need at least 1 Megabyte of RAM and a sound
card that is capable of playing back digitized sounds (such as a Sound
Blaster card).
If you find some bugs or have any comments, questions or problems,
you can contact us at the following Internet E-Mail addresses:
1) Tim Tschirner
ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
2) Christoph Sundergeld
icsunder@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
A special note for owners of a Pro AudioSpectrum 16 or compatible:
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If you have a Pro AudioSpectrum 16 or compatible sound card installed
in your system, you can use it's special feature of playing back two
Wave files at the same time together with the Wave Utilities.
Available on sound.usach.cl (pub/Sound/Players)
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** MIDIMOD makes MIDI files from MODs (almost all effects) **
*************************************************************
Author: Andrew Scott (INTERNET:ascott@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
MIDIMOD converts any Amiga Soundtracker/Noisetracker/Protracker Module
to a general MIDI format 1 file. It automatically identifies previously
used samples, and automatically allocates channels to both instrument
and percussion patches. MIDIMOD also allows samples to be mapped to any
chord sequence and converts volumes of samples automatically. Just about
every MOD effect is converted, and MOD sample names are included in the
output MIDI file.
This is an update to version 0.1 and has quite a few bugfixes and some
new features.
Also included is the complete Amiga Module specification.
Even though MOD files contain some music-instructions that cannot be
represented in MID format, there are many reasons why it is desirable to
have music in MIDI form rather than MOD form:
* Some sound cards cannot play MOD files, only MIDI files
(eg. AdLib)
* Top-of-the-range music editing programs do not handle MOD files,
but almost always handle MIDI files, or at least allow you to
convert from MIDI files.
* There exist programs to print out MIDI files as musical score. I
don't know of any which do the same for MOD files
* MIDI files tend to be much smaller than MOD files
* On some sound cards, MIDI files sound better than MOD files
(although on many others the converse is true)
* MIDI files are more portable, having a well-known format, and
have utilities on many different computers. MID files _ARE_
the industry standard.
* MIDI files can be played on professional keyboards, allowing expert
recording/presentation of music
* Umm.. Microsoft Windows comes with a MIDI player but not a MOD
player, so you can play MIDI files as a background task (and insert
MIDI files into documents etc. etc.)
Changes since version 0.1:
Bugfixes (yeah..) including proper management of null sample/null
period divisions, correct Pattern-Break effect, correct volume-slides,
slightly more correct tempo management.
Inclusion of volume scaling, and automatic allocation of them.
Now you can set the drum channel to whatever you want (don't get
too wild)
Compiles under just about every environment (if you've got Curses).
File name : pub/Sound/Players/midimod2.zip
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| Anonymous Sound FTP SITES |
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To connect to an anonymous FTP site do the following (we are using the
sound-site as an example)
ftp sound.usach.cl or ftp 158.170.34.4
name: anonymous
password: <email-address>
If you know of any other Sound ftp sites please forward the information
this way. If you know the administrators of the below sound sites or
you are in charge of one of the below sound sites please e-mail me so
we can join efforts. Your input to this sound-list would be greatly
appreciated. (*) denotes sites carrying Sound Newsletter & back issues.
Sound FTP sites
Name IP# What
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garbo.uwasa.fi 128.214.87.1 (.stm), players (*)
ems.media.mit.edu 18.85.0.104 csound
archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound
128.100.160.26 (The Gravis Ultrasound FTP site)
ftp.brad.ac.uk 143.53.2.5 misc/mods incoming/mods
ftp.comlab.ox.ac.uk 192.76.52.2 Documents/sound (au files)
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ftp.cs.ruu.nl 131.211.80.17 Midi (/pub/MIDI)
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ftp.ee.lbl.gov 128.3.112.20 sounds (au files)
directory: sound/*.au
ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 pub/amiga/mods
ftp.uwp.edu 131.210.1.4 pub/msdos/proaudio
(Pro Audio Spectrum FTP site)
nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 pub/amiga/audio/modules
snake.mcs.kent.edu 131.123.2.222 SoundBlaster & Adlib stuff
directory: pub/SB-Adlib
sounds.sdsu.edu 130.191.224.2 .au files (songs, cartoons, snipits)
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sounds.usach.cl Sound Newletter HOMEBASE
MOD, STM, MIDI, players, demos
sound card support, news.. more
pub/Sound/*
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sumex-aim.stanford.edu (.snd) files
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sunny.hawcc.hawaii.edu 128.171.143.7 Gus Gallery files
(pub/msdos/soundsite)
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terminator.cc.umich.edu 141.211.164.8 sounds and misc archive site
ucsd.edu 128.54.16.1 sounds for sparc
uop.uop.edu 138.9.200.1 Modplay
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 Modfiles
/systems/amiga/audio/music/st-nt
xanth.cs.odu.edu 128.82.8.1 startrek sounds
dir: pub/star-trek/stsounds.
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil 192.88.110.20 Sound players (*)
Multimedia Demo FTP sites
Name IP# What
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ftp.sun.ac.za pub/msdos/demos
ftp.uwp.edu : pub/msdos/demos
wasp.eng.ufl.edu : pub/msdos/demos
wuarchive.wustl.edu Modfiles
/systems/amiga/audio/music/st-nt
Attention Bulletin Board owners and FTP site administrators
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You can carry the sound newsletter on your site FREE of charge. For
FTP sites please contact me at: davek@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu. You can either
obtain it from one of our sites or we can mail it to you on Fido Net,
CompuServe or Internet.
The following Bulletin board systems carry the Sound Newsletter and
Back Issues. The (*) boards also specialize in multimedia. If you
call these boards please tell them you heard about their board from
THE SOUND NEWSLETTER!
United States
Board Speed Phone Sysop
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Digital Oxygene (*) 14.4K (214) 414-5041 Mike Phillips
Chris Tompsett
The Fogotten Realm 38.4K (808) 262-7340 Richard Chun
Graphics Plus 38.4K (808) 531-6509 Eric Lui
Network One Systems
Fantasy Island 9600 (HST) (808) 689-0040 Ken Ludwig
Listening Post 9600 (HST) (808) 689-8583 Lou Braun
Midnight Run BBS (*) 2400 (809) 720-3833 Luis R. Garcia
(Fido 1:367/27)
The Music Connection (*) 38.4K (Dual) (214) 596-2827 Rob Butler
Sean Peoples
The Ninth Bit (*) 14.4K (405) 372-7204 Scott Wilkins
The Patchbay (*) 38.4K (Dual) (818) 441-3965 Daniel Bise
Quantum BBS 14.4K (413) 584-1863 Wildcat
(413) 584-3208
Round Table BBS 2400 (312) 777-9480 Kevin Keyser
Snarf's Music Studio BBS 14.4K (HST) (708) 290-9993 Colin Crisanti
Ultrasound Connection (*) 14.4K (813) 787-8644 Dave Redford
Abroad (All contain sound programs also)
Board Speed Phone Sysop
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BCG-Box 9600 +358 21 404 036 Kim Heino
V32/42/42bis, MNP2-5
(FidoNet: 2:222/151.0)
Einstein BBS 2400 +47 4 53 46 18 Kjetil Krag
Greyhawk BBS (UK) 9600 +44 332 756414 Alan Coates
(Fido: 2:250/404)
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MultiMedia GS (Singapore) 19.2K +65-252-1220 Lee Teck Chee
ZyXEL 19.2K/16.8k (*)
V32bis/v42bis
(Fido: 6:600/408)
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The Old Frog's Almanac 9600 604 245-3205 Ken McVay
(4 lines) 2400 604 245-4366 Ken McVay
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System - X (*) 9600 +61-2-361-4063 Scot Art
(Fido: 3:712/634)
Multimedia/music/sound
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