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The Sound Site Newsletter Issue 13
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| The Sound Site Newsletter |
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| Issue #13 June 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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| o Submissions for next issue being accepted now |
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Note from the Editor
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Issue #13 is upon us and whether or not 13 is unlucky, it begins with
some unfortunate news. Saffron.inset.com which has for some time
been a home to the sound newsletter and sound archives, has closed
it's doors. Unfortunately the machine that housed it was needed
for other tasks. Special thanks to Jim Oldroyd for the time and effort
he put into Saffron. Jim will remain with the sound site as a consultant.
And the bad news keeps coming... ccb.ucsf.edu the official home of the
sound newsletter has been retired. We are currently in the process of
setting up at a new machine on that site but it could be awhile before
we get something running. Sometime in June the Sound Site will be back
in business with an archive similiar to Saffron but larger. Please be
watching for an announcement in the near future.
It is with pleasure that I can announce that ISLAND CD CREATIONS has
released a CD-ROM with the complete Saffron archives including many music
files from our personal collection. See "NEWS" section below for details.
With all the shuffling on the ftp sites I have decided to hold part #2
of the Multimedia demos until after Assembly 93 which should bring
some of the greatest demos ever to be seen in head to head competition
for the grand prize. I am currently looking for writers that want to
cover Assembly 93 so if you are interested please let me know.
Also as always I am looking for column authors, program experts, or
people with Gravis, Pro Audio Spectrum, Soundblaster, Adlib cards to help
write feature articles and columns. Please let me know if you are
interested. I am looking to move the Sound Newsletter into a monthly
format allowing column authors a monthly column in which they can write.
Finally as you may have noticed starting with Issue #13 several changes
to the sound newsletter. Foremost it is now archived in the ZIP format
and several files have been added as listed below:
AUTHOR.TXT : List and author address of programs features in the Sound
Newsletter
INDEX.TXT : An index of the Sound Newsletter back issues
MIDI.BBS : List of MIDI Bulletin Boards
Please use the address below to send comments and/or submission to the
Sound Newsletter (also note sound@ccb.ucsf.edu is no longer a valid address)
davek@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
The Sound Newsletter is also posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcardsc as well
as rec.games.misc and comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc on USENET. We are also a part of
SB-Net. See bottom for list of BBS and FTP sites that carry the Sound
Newsletter.
-----> Dave
In Issue #13
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o Special Thanks
o Do you want to announce a new product?
o Feature Articles
o A focus on MODS
o The Mod Player List by Randy Abel
o Top Mod List by George Loo
o News
o Sound Site CD-ROM Available
o Sound Bits
o Goldwave : Sound Processing for Windows
o The Wave Utilities v2.1 : Sound Applications for Windows
o CD-Box v3.00 : Sound Jukebox player for IBM
o Anonymous FTP sound Sites
o Bulletin Board Listing
Special thanks to the following for supporting the Sound Newsletter
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Randall Abel : Feature: Mod Players Compared
(rabel1@cup.portal.com)
Jeffrey Belt : Author: CD-Box 3.00
Chris Craig : Author: Goldwave, ScopeTrax
(chris3@garfield.cs.mun.ca)
George Loo : Top Mod List
(rainman@spectrx.saigon.com)
Jim Oldroyd
(jr@inset.com) : Saffron FTP Site Admin
Duane Takamine : Island CD Creations
(duane@shell.portal.com)
Tim Tschirner : Author: The Wave Utilities
(ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
Christoph Sundergeld : Author: The Wave Utilities
(icsunder@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
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 Article & News
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** IBM MOD Players Compared **
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** by Randall Abel **
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The Sound Newsletter gets various letters from people asking questions
about the different MOD players available for the IBM PC. I have found
an excellent publication which is reprinted below. Randall Abel has
compiled a rather thorough list of IBM MOD players. If you see any player
missing from this list please feel free to contact him at the address
listed below. The list is posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard every
Friday.
Editors note: CD-Box has been upgraded to Version 3.00 see SOUND BITS
for further info.
** Reprinted with Permission **
This is a comparison of all of the IBM MOD music file players that I
have come across. Friday - (05/28/93)
=========================================================================
| | |Edit |EMS|Graphical| Shell |Built-in|Zipped|286|
|Program Name |Version|MODS?|OK?|Playback?|to DOS?| Menu? |Files?|ok?|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|B's Pro Tracker| 0.05B2|w/reg|Yes|Ansi Only| Yes | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Brain | 1.20 | No |Yes| Yes | No | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|CD-Box | 2.20 | No |Yes| No | No | Yes | Yes |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Composer 669 | 1.03 | Yes | No| No | No | Yes | No | No|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Creator | 1.10 | Yes |Yes| No | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Dark-Tracker | 2.41 | Yes | No| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Dark-Trkr Plyr | 2.01 | No | No| Yes | No | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Digi Studio | 1.50 |w/reg|Yes| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Digitrak | 0.01b | No |Yes| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Dual-Mod Player| 2.51 | No |Yes|Ansi Only| Yes | No | No | No|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Execmod | 1.0b | No |Yes| No | ??? | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|FastTracker | 1.00 | Yes |Yes| No | No | Yes | No |???|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Galliasoft Mod | 1.35 | Yes |Yes| Yes | Yes | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|GTS | 0.91 | Yes |Yes| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Gus Mod | 2.11 | No |Yes| Yes | Yes | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Gus Play | 1.50 | No |???| Yes | Yes | No | No |???|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Holoplay | 0.00 | No |Yes|Ansi Only| No | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Intellitracker | 2.00 | No |Yes| Somewhat| No | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|JAMP | 1.50 | No | No|Ansi Only| No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|JM Player | 1.00 | No | No| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|JM Pro Tracker | 5.00 | No |Yes| No | Yes | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|KingMod | 1.11 | Yes |Yes| No | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|MFed | 1.52 | Yes |Yes| Yes | No | Yes | Yes |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Modac |1.9305 | No | No| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Mod Edit | 3.01 | Yes |Yes| No | Yes | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Mod Player | 2.19b | No |Yes| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Mod's Grave | 1.03 | No |Yes| No | No | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|M.O.T. Modplay | 1.01 | No |Yes| No | No | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|OCTA | 2.00 |w/reg| No|Ansi Only| No | Yes | No |???|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Play Mod | 1.00 | No | No| No | Yes | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Power Player | 1.30 | No | No| No | Forced| No | No | No|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Pro Mod | 1.10 | No | No| Yes | Yes | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Prot. Mod Plyr | 2.22 | No |Yes| Yes | Yes | No | No | No|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|SB Studio | 1.10 |w/reg|Yes| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Scream Tracker | 2.25 | Yes |Yes| Yes | Yes | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|SLMP | 1.9b | No |Yes| No | Yes | Yes | No | No|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Soundtraker | 2.0+ | No | No| No | No | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Sound System | 1.10 | No | No| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Super Pro Play | 1.31 | No |Yes| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Tetra Composer | 1.00 |w/reg|Yes| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Trakblaster | 2.00 | No | No| Yes | No | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|TuPlay | 1.00 | No | No| Yes | No | Yes | No | No|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|VangeliSTracker| 1.2b | No |Yes| Yes | Yes | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Vectorballs MP | 2.20 | No |Yes| Yes | No | No | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Visual Player | 2.00 | No |Yes| Yes | Yes | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Whacker Tracker| 1.01u | Yes |Yes| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Win Mod Pro | 0.002 | No |Yes| No | Yes | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Wow | 2.01 | No |Yes| Yes | No | Yes | No |Yes|
|---------------|-------|-----|---|---------|-------|--------|------|---|
|Wow II | 1.31 | No |Yes| Yes | No | No | No |Yes|
=========================================================================
=========================================================================
New Stuff: Week of May 22, 1993 to May 28, 1993
* New Player called GUS Play for the Gravis UltraSound card (version 1.5)
Graphical player can play 4, 6, or 8 channel music files including
mod and octa songs.
* New version of Dual Mod Player (version 2.46 to version 2.51)
+ Quality mode is now better than ever! Music plays
a lot louder and is clearer too.
- Utilities are gone
- some bugs in S3M loader fixed, and no more note shifts!
- Aria support works now better.
+ DMP can now utilize EMS memory for samples. So you can
play really large MODs with DMP and still have lots of
DOS memory! Option -b disables EMS usage.
* GRAB.EXE, VIDEOMEM.COM and batch files for ripping S3Ms
are now history. If you want them, fetch an older version
(available on wuarchive.wustl.edu in /pub/msdos_uploads/sounds dir)
=========================================================================
CD-Box, ModEdit, ModPlayer, JMPlayer, Power Player & Scream Tracker
are available on SIMTEL (in sound or music directories).
Try oak.oakland.edu or other SIMTEL mirror site.
Other players can be found on:
wuarchive.wustl.edu (pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/sounds directory)
picasso.ocis.temple.edu
ftp.uwp.edu (pub/msdos/modplayers or pub/incoming/modplayers areas)
archive.epas.utoronto.ca
=====================================================================
Notes: The EMS OK column is used to let you know if the MOD player
sounds Correct with an EMS memory manager loaded. In most
cases these Players will still work but they will sound
distorted.
Additional Info:
============================== Supported Devices =================
| | |=======================| Additional |
|Program Name |Archive File|SB|PRO|DAC|GUS|PAS|SPKR| Comments |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|B's Pro Tracker|bpt05.??? | X| | X | | | X |mod/stm/midi |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Brain |brain12.??? | X| | X | | | X |stereo w/2 dacs|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|CD-Box |cdbox220.???| X| X | | | | X |shell program |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Composer 669 |compsd13.???| X| X | | | | |669 files 8chnl|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Creator |creator1.???| X| | | | | |German Docs |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Dark-Tracker |darkplay.???| X| | X | | | X |No Docs/mod/stm|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Dark-Trkr Plyr |darkplay.???| X| | X | | | X |No Docs/mod/stm|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Digi Studio |ds15demo.???| X| | X | | | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Digitrak |digitk01.???| | | | X | | |GUS only plyr |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Dual-Mod Player|dmp251.??? | X| X | X | | X | X |mod/nst/669/s3m|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Execmod |exec10b.??? | X| | | | | |Run pgm in bkgd|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|FastTracker |tracker.??? | X| | X | | | X |internal docs |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Galliasoft Mod |med135.??? | X| | X | | | X |Reqs Mod Play |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|GTS |gtsmain.??? | X| | | | | |gts w/converter|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Gus Mod |gmod211.??? | | | | X | | |GUS only |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Gus Play |gusp15.??? | | | | X | | |GUS 4-8 chanels|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Holoplay |hp00a.??? | X| X | X | | | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Intellitracker |intrack.??? | X| | | | | |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|JAMP |jamp.??? | X| | X | | | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|JM Player |jmplay11.???| X| | | | | |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|JM Pro Tracker |jmprotr.??? | X| X | X | X | | |mod/nst/wow etc|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|KingMod |king111.??? | X| | | | | |std. music note|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|MFed |mfed152.??? | X| | X | | | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Modac |modac1.??? | X| X | X | | | X |mod/voc/wav |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Mod Edit |moded301.???| X| | X | | | X |Reg only $15 |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Mod Player |mp219b.??? | X| | X | | | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Mod's Grave |grave103.???| X| X | | | | |skips sometimes|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|M.O.T. Modplay |mp_101.??? | X| X | X | | X | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|OCTA |octademo.???| X| X | | | | |mod/nst/oct |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Play Mod |playmod.??? | X| | | | | |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Power Player |pp13.??? | X| | X | | | |mod/wow/stm/nst|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Pro Mod |promod.??? | X| X | | | | |use -m for SBs |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Prot. Mod Plyr |pmp222.??? | X| X | | | X | |Big mod/nst/s3m|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|SB Studio |sbstudio.???| X| X | | X | | |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Scream Tracker |st225.??? | X| | X | | | X |mod/stm files |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|SLMR |silly19b.???| X| | X | | | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Soundtraker |minitrak.???| X| | | | | |no docs |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Sound System |ss11.??? | X| | | | | |tends to crash |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Super Pro Play |spp-v131.???| X| | | | | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Tetra Composer |tetra10.??? | X| | | | | |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Trakblaster |tblast20.???| X| | | | | |keep all files!|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|TuPlay |tuplay10.???| X| | X | | | |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|VangeliSTracker|vtexe12b.???| X| X | X | | | X |wow/stm/669/mod|
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Vectorballs MP |vm2-22.??? | X| X | | | | X |Vectorball GFX |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Visual Player |vp2.??? | X| X | X | | | X |Cool Graphics |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Whacker Tracker|wt101u.??? | X| X | X | | | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Win Mod Pro |wmp002b2.???| X| X | X | X | X | X |Windows Only |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Wow |wow201.??? | X| | X | | | X |mod/nst |
|---------------|------------|--|---|---|---|---|----|---------------|
|Wow II |wowii130.???| X| X | | | | |mod/nst |
======================================================================
Notes: Only a few Mod players specifically mention PAS support but
from what I've heard the PAS is 100% SB compatible so it should
work with any player that supports Sound Blaster.
PS: There is a cool utility called MOD2MIDI.ZIP which converts MOD
files to MIDI files for those with MIDI devices. This program is
available on wuarchive.wustl.edu in /pub/msdos_uploads/sounds dir.
======================================================================
If you find any errors, omissions or new versions of the above
players please send me a note.
Thanks to all who sent me suggestions & additional information!
Randall Abel (rabel1@cup.portal.com)
****************************
** Top Mod Files **
****************************
** By George Loo **
****************************
Just a little something to aid the MOD collector. George Loo has conducted
a survey in the comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard and below is an excerpt of some
of the most liked MOD files. The files are listed in order of votes.
*-------------------------------------------------------------*---------*
| Top Mods List | 5/12/93 |
*-------------------------------------------------------------*---------*
Mod Name Filename Composer/Group Comment/FTP
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beyond Music beyond.mod Captain/Image ?
Space debris spacedeb.mod Captain/Image ?
AxelF axelf.mod H. Faltermeyer ?
Klisje Paa Klisje klisjepa.mod Walkman "Cliche after..."
12th Warrior 12warrio.mod Dr. Awesome ?
Boesendorfer boesendo.mod Romeo Knight "Wicked Sensation"
Approach approach.mod ? ?
I Like Chopin chopin.mod Prologic 303 ?
Xmas pudding mix xmas.mod U4ia ?
Andante andante.mod Dr. Awesome ?
Big in Japan biginjap.mod ? ?
Dungeonquest dungeon.mod ? ?
Emotional things emotionl.mod ? ?
Enigma enigma.mod ? ?
Mandelforce mandlfrc.mod ? ?
Popcorn popcorn.mod Captain/Image ?
Smoke smoke.mod ? ?
SpaceX8 spacex8.mod Infinity/Codeb. ?
Starwars.remix starwars.mod Captain/Image ?
U Fat Bastard ufatbast.mod U4ia ?
Unveiled unveiled.mod Watchman&Trixal ?
Worlds War worldwar.mod NHP ?
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*
| If you wish to add your MODs to the list, please give the following |
| information: |
| 1 MOD's name (first 20 bytes of the file header \ Please try to |
| 2 Distribution file name > provide at least |
| 3 Name of composer or group / these 3 things |
| 4 FTP site (optional, but would be of a big help |
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*
Note: If you can fill in the "?" then email me.
If you find any mistakes, please send me the corrections. Thanks.
_____________________________________________
George Loo, Sunnyvale, CA
bbs.rainman@tsoft.net or
rainman@spectrx.saigon.com
***************
** NEWS **
***************
The Sound Site CD-ROM
----------------------
Island CD Creations is pleased to announce The Sound Site CD-ROM. This
disk contains a large collection of music files taken from the Saffron
archives including over 1350 MOD files and nearly 500 MIDI files. This
disk also contains 669, STM, OCTAMED and OKTAMOD files. All sound files
are stored on the CD-ROM uncompressed allowing playback directory from
the CD-ROM. Included are players for IBM PC & Compatibles, Mac, Amiga
and various Unix platforms. Also included are the complete back issues
of the Sound Site Newsletters as well as Frequently Asked Questions Lists
for various sound related topics. The disc is formatted ISO-9660 and is
readable by any platform supporting this standard. The disc contains
ASCII formatted index files for the music files and program utilities
which are readable by any ASCII file viewer. The disc is being offered
at $19.95 plus $5 S+H (US) $7.50 (Foreign). Send check or money order
in US Funds to:
Island CD Creations
1960 Kapiolani Blvd. Suite 113-592
Honolulu, HI 96826
Attn: Sound Site CD-ROM offer
Make check payable to Island CD Creations. Hawaii residents please add 4%
sales tax. Include with your check your name and shipping address.
Special discounts available for music composers and music utility
programmers, contact us for more information.
For more information write to the above or contact us at:
duane@shell.portal.com (Duane Takamine)
Please specify: CD-ROM in the message header.
****************
** Sound Bits **
****************
************************ 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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From the creator of ScopeTrax comes a new, powerful
sound processing application for Microsoft Windows.
This application combines the standard Windows graphical
interface and large memory management with the sound editing
features of the original ScopeTrax.
GoldWave is packed with features:
* Supports all MPC sound cards (SB, SB16, PAS16, GUS, ...)
* Full 16-bit stereo editing
* Multiple re-sizable file windows with time axis and
"Overview" box.
* Independent left/right channel editing and viewing
* Super zoom to magnify to a sub-sample level for extra
accurate editing
* Detached "Scope and Controls" window with an oscilloscope
and play, pause, stop, record, volume, balance, and speed
controls
* Intelligent editing that automatically converts
sampling rates, bits, and channels when copying and
pasting to different file formats
* Built-in support for WAV, VOC, IFF, AU, SND as well
as the ability to open RAW files
* Tool Bar for editing, zooming, and opening files
* Standard effects: echo, volume, reverse, ...
* Flexibility to choose input/output devices
* NEW! Expression evaluator for any type of sound generation
and manipulation (in time domain)
* Shareware, with NO FEATURES DISABLED !
Available on oak.oakland.edu in pub/msdos/sound
For more information contact:
Chris Craig
chris3@garfield.cs.mun.ca
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The Wave Utilities 2.1
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Copyright (C) 1993 by TASsoft
Written by Tim Tschirner and Christoph Sundergeld
The archive WAVUTL21.ZIP should contain:
README.TXT - What you're currently reading
LOOPER.EXE - Looper Windows Application
LOOPER.HLP - Online Help File for Looper
PLAYER.EXE - Player Windows Application
PLAYER.HLP - Online Help File for Player
REGISTER.FRM - Registration formular for The Wave Utilities 2.1
WHATSNEW.TXT - An overview of the new features in The Wave Utilities
BWCC.DLL - Borland's Windows Custom Control Library
LOOPME01.WAV - A sample wave file to use with Looper
LOOPME02.WAV - A sample wave file to use with Looper
PLAYME01.WAV - A sample wave file to use with Player
What do the Wave Utilities consist of?
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The Wave Utilities 2.1 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 back-
ground. It can handle all the types and formats of Wave files that
your sound card is capable playing of. The size of the Wave file to be
looped must not be larger than half of your installed physical memory
(not the virtual memory Windows provides). You can stop and restart the
looping process. 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.
What software and hardware requirements do they have ?
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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 Mega-
byte of RAM and a sound card that is capable of playing back digitized
sounds (such as a Sound Blaster card).
It is also required that you put the file BWCC.DLL which comes with
The Wave Utilities 2.1 in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. If you should
already have a copy of it you should keep the one with the latest date.
Are The Wave Utilities Freeware or Shareware or what?
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The Wave Utilities are released as Shareware. This means that you can
use them for 2 weeks without any restrictions, but after that period
you must either register or delete them. When you register, you will
receive the latest versions of the software that do not contain the
registration reminders plus you will get a lot of Waveformat audio
files to use with Looper and Player for free.
The registration fee is $10 (U.S funds). To register, print out the
file REGISTER.FRM, fill it out, put it together with the $10 into an
envelope and send it back to us. You can send it to one of these
addresses:
1) TASsoft 2) TASsoft
c/o c/o
Tim Tschirner Christoph Sundergeld
Clarenstr. 19 Beckhausstr. 175
W-4900 Herford W-4800 Bielefeld
Germany Germany
As soon as your order reaches us, we will mail you your individual
registered versions of Looper and Player. We will fill up the remaining
space on the diskette with Wave files. Make sure that you specify the
diskette type on which you want to receive the files and the specifi-
cations the Wave files shall have. If you have an E-Mail address, we
can also send you your registered version to that address via uuen-
coded E-Mail.
If you're already a registered user of The Wave Utilities, you can get
Version 2.1 for only $5 (U.S. funds). If we can send you the files via
uuencoded E-Mail the update fee is only $3 (U.S. funds).
To update, print out the file REGISTER.FRM, fill it out, put it together
with the money into an envelope and send it back to us.
Your comments, troubles, bug reports, etc.:
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We would really like to hear your comments on Looper and Player!
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 Pro AudioSpectrum 16 owners:
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If you have a Pro AudioSpectrum 16 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 Utilites.
Please consult LOOPER.HLP and PLAYER.HLP for more detailed information.
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You can get the file at the following FTP sites:
- WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil, OAK.Oakland.Edu and their mirrors
in the msdos.windows3 directory as WAVUTL21.ZIP
- FTP.UWP.EDU and it's mirrors in the pub/msdos/proaudio directory
as WAVUTL21.ARJ
(might be found in the pub/incoming/proaudio directory first)
- FTP.CICA.INDIANA.EDU and it's mirrors in the pub/pc/win3/sounds
directory as WAVUTL21.ZIP
(might be found in the pub/pc/win3/uploads directory first)
For more information contact: ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
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* CD-Box v3.00 - Update information *
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CD-Box is a VGA & mouse player & playback shell to play music on an AdLib or
SoundBlaster card (or better). It provides a common high-level interface to
seven different sound file formats with extras: Pause & Repeat & Volume
control, multiple and random song selection, automatic handling of bank
files, song titles and lengths, playback from archives, and nice graphics
and animation!
CD-Box v3.00 is a major update to CD-Box. The most important improvements are
the superb graphic enhancements (using ray-tracing software) and full
internal support (no need for an external player) for .ROL (good news for
AdLib users) and .WAV, in addition to .CMF, .MOD and .VOC. Other changes
include the capability to scan multiple drive/directories, repeat & echo
buttons, support for any player (even if it changes the video mode) and for
.PAK archives, much faster and efficient code, and classier "look and feel".
This version is so hot it's melting my computer :-)
I still have no e-mail address (thanks again to the Editor of this excellent
publication for uploading)... so keep up the snail mail!
Jeffrey Belt 7 rue de la Garenne 77240 - CESSON FRANCE
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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 wuarchive.wustl.edu or ftp 128.252.135.4
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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ccb.ucsf.edu CLOSED (.snd), players. (*)
directory: Pub/Sound_list
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)
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
saffron.inset.com CLOSED SoundBlaster/Adlib, (*)
(.mod, .stm, .snd) [Rogue]
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)
sumex-aim.stanford.edu (.snd) files
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: sound@ccb.ucsf.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.
United States
Board Speed Phone Sysop
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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 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
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)
System - X 9600 +(61-2) 368-1320 Scot Art
(Fido: 3:712/634)
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