旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Play-Driver v02.02 ........... AdLib player and music by Jens-Christian Huus � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � � � � � INTRODUCTION � � 컴컴컴컴컴컴 � � � � Originally released 25/3-1993, this document revised 3/3-1998 to � � include up-to-date email information. � � � � The player you now read about is a freeware demonstration player � � for playing programmed music in AdLib or Sound Blaster. You may � � freely distribute it as much as you want. However, do NOT change � � any of the files, nor may any of the files be removed. � � � � The PLAY.EXE player program is only a tool for playing the .D00 � � and .D01 files. It is NOT an editor. However, an editor has been � � released which can create music similar to the quality of these � � tunes. Refer to the contact information in the end of this file � � for a link to our homepage - where you can obtain the editor. � � � � All the music was programmed into a homemade player system which � � works like a typical programmed player - just like on the Amiga � � and the Commodore 64. The editor was later used to develop music � � and SFX for games such as "Lollypop" by Rainbow Arts. The music � � you find in this player, however, was actually made in assembler � � listings way before the editor was programmed. � � � � � � REQUIREMENTS � � 컴컴컴컴컴컴 � � � � The player requires a PC with 80x50 text screen capabilities and � � an AdLib card or compatible. Anything that is equipped with an � � OPL2 chip or better. To play .D01 files, you also need a sample � � DMA channel which conforms to the Sound Blaster standard. � � � � In other words, these tunes should work fine on all soundcards � � which are Sound Blaster compatible. � � � � � � FILES � � 컴컴� � � � � The following files should be present in the archive. If they're � � not, the archive has been tampered with and should be replaced � � by a new copy. Remember to unzip with the "-d" switch. � � � � � � PLAYERS/ADL-0010.P00 1968 AdLib player v00.10 � � PLAYERS/ADL-0114.P00 2390 AdLib player v01.14 � � PLAYERS/ADL-0201.P00 2538 AdLib player v02.01 � � PLAYERS/SBL-0103.P01 2827 AdLib + SB player v01.03 � � � � SAMPLES/CROONER.S01 20683 Samples for CROONER.D01 � � SAMPLES/GORGEOUS.S01 44686 Samples for GORGEOUS.D01 � � SAMPLES/THEALIBI.S01 53542 Samples for THEALIBI.D01 � � � � CROONER.D00 3431 Drax - "Crooner" � � CROONER.D01 3475 Drax - "Crooner" � � FILM-ZAK.D00 1219 Drax - "Film-zak" � � GONE.D00 1758 Drax - "Gone" � � GORGEOUS.D01 2914 Drax - "Gorgeous" � � PLAY.CFG 189 Play-Driver configuration � � PLAY.EXE 3660 Play-Driver v02.02 � � README.TXT 16400 This documentation � � ROLLING.D00 3142 Drax - "Rolling" � � STRDREAM.D00 2219 Laxity - "Stardream" � � STRIKE.D00 1390 Diflex - "Strike Force" � � THEALIBI.D00 3753 Laxity - "The Alibi" � � THEALIBI.D01 4762 Laxity - "The Alibi" � � � � � � INSTRUCTIONS � � 컴컴컴컴컴컴 � � � � The player itself is easy to use. Just type PLAY and � � it will be playing in your loudspeakers if you have a compatible � � soundcard. Two extension types are available; .D00 and .D01. The � � first, .D00 indicates a pure AdLib musicfile, utilizing 9 voices � � of FM synthesized music. A .D01 is 9 voices FM synthesized music � � AND an 8-bit sample track controlled by the DMA. By typing e.g. � � DIR.D01 you can see all the tunes done with a sample track. Note � � that in some cases there are TWO versions of the same music, one � � for each card type. To play "The Alibi" with samples you have to � � type PLAY THEALIBI.D01. If you do not specify the extension, the � � PLAY.EXE program will first search for the extension written in � � the PLAY.CFG file. This file can of course be edited in a normal � � text editor. � � � � Once playing the music, you will notice a box to the lower left � � of the screen with some keys you can use while playing: � � � � Choice If only one tune is available in the block you � � just loaded, only a "1" is present. Note that in � � "THEALIBI.D01" (Sound Blaster), you can choose 1 � � or 2. The first tune is a drumtrack demo and the � � second is the actual "The Alibi" music. � � � � Stop Simply stops the music. � � � � Pause Toggle to halt it - then continue from where you � � stopped it. Useful when the phone rings! � � � � Forwind Kind of "Fast forward" button. I know it is too � � fast, but that is how we liked it on the C64! :) � � � � Volume UP/DOWN The cursor UP/DOWN keys controls the main volume � � of the FM part. In the window to the right you � � can see a hexdecimal value for the main volume. � � Note that the volume cannot be controlled in the � � sample channel. The volume values may seem to be � � upside down, but this is actually how it really � � works inside the AdLib FM chip. � � � � CPU time Toggle this to turn the raster time usage ON or � � OFF. Only useful for programmers. � � � � Other information on the screen will be the soundcard player name � � and version, name of music and of the original composer. However, � � some earlier versions of the players does not support any names. � � Here, an "N/A" will be put in these spots instead. Note also that � � the earlier player versions (as used in the tune "GONE") does not � � use the equalizer display. � � � � The frames per second value are only of use for programmers. It � � simply shows how many times a second the player has to be called � � in order to update the notes and effects properly. � � � � � � CREDITS FOR THE MUSIC � � 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � � � � All music was in fact converted (by Jens-Christian Huus) from the � � original Commodore 64 tunes. In the beginning, I did not use any � � converter program as such. Later, I had to write one as it became � � quite tedious. Chords on the C64 were often done using "Arpeggio" � � which is a fast combination of notes - giving the impression of a � � three (or four) note chord using only one voice. This had to be � � done like this on the C64 as this computer only had three voices! � � On the PC, these chords could be extracted into neat and physical � � voices, giving a much more professional sound. Even then, some of � � the voices were not used (AdLib has 9 voices), but they were then � � used for echo and reverb effects, to enhance the overall quality. � � � � Most of original Commodore 64 music was composed by other members � � of Vibrants. One exception is the "Strike Force" music, which was � � originally composed by an unknown german guy called "Diflex". The � � tunes by Vibrants were composed in 1989-1991, and I did the AdLib � � conversions in 1992. � � � � Note that because the player was made in 1992, the address stated � � in the top of the screen is obsolete. � � � � � � THE AUTHOR � � 컴컴컴컴컴 � � � � Jch / Vibrants � � � � Jens-Christian Huus � � Vangede Bygade 46 st mf � � 2820 Gentofte � � Denmark � � � � Email: jchuus@post8.tele.dk � � � � Vibrants homepage: HTTP://WWW.VIBRANTS.DK � � � � � � VIBRANTS � � 컴컴컴컴 � � � � We are a group who specializes in music for computers. Visit our � � homepage for more information about us. � � � � Handle Real name Email � � 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 � � Drax Thomas Mogensen N/A � � Jch Jens-Christian Huus jchuus@post8.tele.dk � � Jo Poul-Jesper Olsen jo@ite.dk � � Laxity Thomas Egeskov Petersen thoege@udd.aardassem.dk � � Metal Torben Hansen thansen@sja.dk � � Msk Morten Sigaard Kristensen msk@post8.tele.dk � � � � Together with Jeroen "Wave" Tel, Drax and Laxity also make music � � in Maniacs of Noise. Go to HTTP://XS4ALL.NL/~MON/ if you want to � � download some of their music. � � � � � � COPYRIGHT NOTICE � � 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 � � � � All rights of the producer and the owner of the work reproduced � � reserved. Unauthorized copying, hiring, public performance and � � broadcasting of these AdLib tunes are prohibited. � � � � � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸