Short: Protracker 3.15 (tracker) Author: Cryptoburners, Raul Sobon and The Amiga Freelancers Uploader: anonymous aminet net Type: mus/edit Version: V3.15 Architecture: m68k-amigaos ProTracker V3.15 ================ Note: Please do not replace this package since 3.15 is one of the most popular versions of ProTracker, thank you. ProTracker is a music composing program. V3.15 (Nov 1993) - Bugfix version * Bugfixes V3.14 BETA - DYN samples version * For the first time in Amiga history: Improved sound quality! Actual 14 bit sound dynamics using a new and revolutionary algorithm. No additional add-ons required, furthermore, no extra storage usage. Fully compatible with traditional 8-bit Amiga sounds. * Reads and converts Maestro MONO 16-bit samples. * Info requester when reading IFF samples. * The "BlankZero" now also blanks empty effect commands and the extended command byte. V3.10 BETA (May 1993) - Amiga Format version * A new improved 7-note chord editor, recalculates loops. * Full compatibility with all existing OS versions including OS3.0 * Better multitasking capabilities * New sample edit options, includes Invert, Maximize, NormalDC, Normalize. * Mouse controlled editing made possible. * Added real VU-meters. * New configurable options: - Screen positioning. - Lace on/off for genlock users. - Multicached disk directories. V3.01 AM/FM release * Reads the devices mounted in the system instead of hardcoded ones. * "Free" gadget fixed. * Sample read/write fixed. * Now gets the directory automagically when one is entered in the pathgadget. * Fixed bug in chord editor. Sometimes caused division by zero. * Added adjust to chord editor; boosts the volume of the resulting sample to fit the original sample. * Screen adjust gadget is now working. :) * Bug in runback fixed. * CIA allocation failures are now displayed. * Tools gadget removed. * Short keys for setup-items caused the switches to be displayed on the main screen. Not anymore :) * Drumpad likewise. * Several smaller bugs fixed. * Added a gadget on the dirscreen for fast browsing through the file type options. * New icon on the out-of-memory requesters :o * Some new gadgets are working! * Minor graphical changes * Decimal numbers on samplelength and loops V3.00 BETA (January 1993) - Hires version Made by Cryptoburners, and based upon V1.3, and does therefore not contain the features of V1.8A - V2.3A. * PowerPacker support. Powerpacker.library must be present in the "sys:libs/" directory. Version needed: 35.000 or higher. It is however recommended that you have at least 1MB to use this feature with large modules. * Protracker rearranged to HIRES 640x256x3. * Format now works with dfx. Remember to specify which drive to format in the "path" string-gadget. * Midi has been kicked out (temporarily?). * "SpectrumAnalyzer" has been kicked out. * Protracker now works on Kickstart 2.04 and higher (SCS/ECS). * Memory display now displays all memorytypes. * Improved input handler. PT will now live peacefully with Commodities. We hope. * Invented new fileformat based on Interchanged File Format (IFF) chunks. See docs elsewhere on this disk for a discussion of this format. * Hold record mode; waits for keypress before starting to record. * New filerequester. * Screen to back gadgets. You may also use Left Amiga + M/N. * Standalone playroutine supporting Finetune etc. Not fast though :( * Some speedups in the SampleEd. It was awfully slow at marking in HIRES! * Scroll bars added here and there (but not everywhere ;) * New pointer! The old one was simply too big for the new resolution.. :) * Setupscreen revised and merged into one. * Date and time online at mainscreen. * Task interferance problems fixed (Improved multitasking). No busy waits. * The dragging routine in the sampler draws pixels instead of lines when dragging. * Major rearranging on mainscreen; editor centered and some new buttons for editing, such as cut/paste, up/down octave etc. * You may now click into the different tracks with the left mousebutton! :o * Audio.device channel allocation, to ensure that other programs doesn't mess with your tunes in a multitasking environment. * Chords editor with up to 7 notes. (Hi JanneS :) * PT now hopefully works on KS3.0 in AGA mode too (Hi Vishnu). * The sampler works again! ;) V2.3A, V2.2A, V2.1A, V2.0, V1.8 V3.00 BETA is based upon V1.3, and does therefore not contain any features from V1.8 - V2.3A. V1.3 BETA V1.3A was accidentally released and contained many bugs. * Save module bugfix. * Not case sensitive on 'MOD.' * 'MOD.' bug when switching to and from modules dir. * Inputhandler bugs fixed. * Single Step forward and backward works properly. * The Sample function works with OS2.0 * No hang when a R/W-error occurs in OS2.0 * No crash when loading a non-module file. * MIDI In works as it should!!! * PT on Pseudo system screen (?) * [LEFT Amiga] M and [LEFT Amiga] N works within ProTracker. * Improved multitasking! * Screen Adjust (for A3000). * No slowmode necessary for turbo Amigas. Auto init of DMAWait. * System requesters ON/OFF function. * Finds volumes and diskdrives in filerequester. V1.2C Parallel communication version Made by Raul Sobon. He did also make V1.2D, V1.2E and V1.2F. * Made real 8 channels possible through parallel communication between two Amigas. V1.2 (July 1991?) - Kickstart V2.0 version Information could not be obtained. V1.1 BETA (August 1991) - Most known version. * Many major bugfixes. * Changed layout for quadrascope. * Load gadget no longer hangs the program when trying to load a file that doesn't exist. * Better filehandling with error messages. * Repeat and replen check installed (Rel. A hanged when replen accidentally got the value zero). * Repeat and replen were swapped when loading an IFF sample. * Only RepLen values in IFF samples were added in the preset-editor. * Tune memory wasn't always updated when editing samples. * Swap Buffer debugged. * The arpeggio sounded weird because the pitch wasn't set back at the right time. * Shift speeds up the scrolling in the PLST and preset-editor. V1.1 ALPHA (December 1990) - Party release with bugs * Read input in a more system-friendly way. * Detached from CLI. * Loaded IFF samples correctly. * Used sprites to show loop in sampler. * Several directory paths in disk operations screen. * Protracker will now run if you have Kickstart 2.0 installed! (A500, A1000, A2000, A3000 etc...) * Keyboard buffer. Wow!!! Now you can play really fast, and PT won't miss a single key (...well, not as many as it used to before...). * The vertical blank interrupt no longer patches the vector itself, but uses the AddIntServer function. * The playroutine creates it's own CIA or VBLANK interrupt, and it will not be removed if a song is playing when you go to CLI/Workbench. * Improved "Out of memory" handling (hopefully no more gurus...). * Only the first 2 bytes of a sample will be zeroed (were the first 4). * Lots of new keyboard commands/shortcuts using the Alt key. * Vibrato depth changed to be compatible with NT2.0. * Funk Repeat changed to Invert Loop (may trash your samples though). * Play samples from the keypad (dot mode) when pressing backslash. * Quadrascope. Four channel oscilloscope that displays the samples in real- time, even when playing from keyboard. The good old spectrum analyzer is still there, just click on the scope to toggle. * Tempo gadget. Default is 125 BPM (normal vblank speed), but that can be changed if you select CIA timing on Setup2. Range is 32-255 BPM, and can also be changed with the 'F' effect command (speed/tempo). * Repeat and replen will be updated in the samples when you change them. You no longer have to press a key to hear the new loop. * Protracker should now be able to show up to 10/16 megs of freemem. * Error messages when PLST or Config not found. * Click to enter position, pattern and length with the keyboard. * Choose RAW or IFF when saving samples. * Samples can be saved with IFF-loops. * Change path without reading directory. * All 30 characters in filename/directory stored (was 24). * Shows directories, just click to add directory to path. * Parent directory gadget. * One preset and several default paths for modules/songs/samples. * PT will now read an "unlimited" number of directory entries (was 200). * Two setup-screens. * Override: Load/save sample from samplepath even if there's a path in the samplename. ST-37:bigbadbass with override will be loaded from DF0: (or whatever) instead of ST-37:. You may want to put all your samples in one big directory on your harddisk... * NoSamples: Will load a song without asking for the samples. * BlankZero: This will show the samplenumbers in the pattern in the same way as Noisetracker 1.2 (Zeros are blanked out). * Show Dirs: If on, directories will be shown in Disk Op. * Show Publ: If on, PT will show all free Public memory, otherwise just free Chip memory. * CutToBuff: If on, the part of the sample cut away in the sample editor will be saved in the copybuffer. * Load Loop: Will load loops from an IFF file when loading a sample, or adding a path in the sampleeditor. * Slow Mode: Use this toggle if you have a 25 Mhz A3000 where everything is faster. Turning it on might help. * Set Default paths. * You can set the maximum number of presets (used to be 2500). * DMA wait. Use this on 25MHz Amigas (normally 300, use 900 on A3000). * Set tuning tone (note and volume). * Select CIA or VBlank timing. * Set default CIA tempo. * Spectrum Analyzer/VU-meter copper color editor! * Use Preset removed, inserted Delete Disk instead. * You can now save Finetune instead of Volume in the PLST. * ST-disk number changed to hex (ST-00> ST-FF)! * Adding samples with IFF-loops to the presetlist is possible. * Proper PLST allocation. Protracker will no longer allocate any memory if there's no PLST. * ST-disk number changed to HEX. This means you can have up to $FF, or 255 ST-disks (used to be 99). * Sample Graphing like Audiomaster. With Show Range, Show All, Zoom Out, Range All, etc... * Play either Waveform, Display or Range. * Repeat points are shown, and can be dragged around. * Loop on/off toggle. * A line shows current position when playing back a sample. * A sampler just like on NT2.0. * Resample function w/tuning tone. * Cut, Copy and Paste functions. * Cursor to beginning/end. * Swap current sample with copybuffer. * Transpose All bug removed. * Move changed to Copy (use this to copy samples too). * Upsample changed a tiny bit (allocation). * Most functions will now work with marked ranges V1.0C (October 1990) - Bugfix version * Error in Finetune-table2 (note B-2) * Abort Load sometimes caused a guru! * Toneportamento (cmd 3) didn't work correctly with finetune. * PLST screen was one pixel off. * MIDI screen was removed. V1.0 BETA (September 1990) - Bugfix version * PatternLoop (It always jumped to the start of the pattern, not the loop) * FineTune AND Glissando-Control were in the same command! (E3) * Fade Up / Down caused shit and even a few gurus! * Delete Pos inserted pattern 77 (!) at position 127 in the song, causing it to be longer than 80k! * Filter All Samples was slow as hell because it tried to filter nonexistant samples. * If you selected sample 0 from the keypad, it always played the last sample played as sample 0! * A590 harddisk owners couldn't use the keyboard because of the way Mahoney & Kaktus set up the keyboard interrupt (their NT1.1 routine was used). * Entering the help screen when in the midi screen fucked up the display. * Escaping from Mix exited from the whole edit op.! * CutBeg no longer fucks up the Sample length and Pos. * The help file was FULL of bugs / misspellings. V1.0 ALPHA (August 1990) - First public release Many functions not operational in V0.89 were now implemented. V0.89 BETA (May 1990) - Exclusively for Crusaders This is the first known release of ProTracker. It was based on SoundTracker V2.5 by MnemoTroN and made by The Amiga Freelancers. * Retrig note, note delay, pattern delay and funk repeat didn't work. * inetune were introduced. * Online help. =")"