Short: High Compression ratio for SAMPLES/MODS Author: of amiga port Gianluca Marcoccia (marcocci@cli.di.unipi.it) Uploader: Gianluca Marcoccia (marcocci cli di unipi it) Type: util/pack Architecture: m68k-amigaos Shorten v1.22 A High Compression ratio utility for SAMPLES/MODULES Copyright 1992-1995 Tony Robinson This program uses a special prediction algorithm to predeterminate how the waveform will evolve and then a specially tailored huffman algorithm to compress the residuals. The compression so achieved can reach 2:1 ratio, which is far better than that of general purpose compessors as PKZIP, LHA, etc... I started rewriting some pieces of code in optimized ASM code, but I decided I would release this version (which is working quite nicely already) in order to see how many people were interested in this piece of software. IF I WILL GET ENOUGH DEMAND, I might provide a MUCH faster version of this, and even a xpk library containing optimized code. This port of this piece of software is E-Mail-Ware, this is a new conception of freeware: if you use it, and if you have access to a place where you can send E-Mail, send me a mail, telling me what you like and dis-like about this. (even just 'I am using it' will suffice) Versions for 68000/020/040/881 supplied. *math coprocessor highly suggested*