ModPlug Tracker v 1.11 - 4 july 00 History · 1.11 - (July 2000) - Stereo msamples support! - Fixes glitches with the original 1.10 release - Improved sound engine with some compatibility fixes for high octaves · 1.10 - (June 2000) - Includes all the bug fixes and patches released since the original 1.09. - You can now export a song as a standard Midi file - When encoding as MP3, you can set the full ID3 tag information (author, genre...) · 1.09 - (August 1999) - Undo button in the pattern editor - New reverberator engine (much better) - Major improvements in the instrument library: you can now browse samples inside a song, and drag and drop samples between different songs. · 1.08 - (July 1999) - Minor improvements, VU-Meters, pattern undo, etc · 1.04 - Modplug Tracker Final Release (February 1999) - Lots of improvements and new features. Midi-Out and help update will be for a future release (1.1?) - Chord Editor - Drag and Drop editing - MPEG Layer3 encoding (if an external encoder is present) · 1.00b3 - beta 3 - Lots of bug fixes, and improvements - The sample library is working: you can drag files from the sample library to the sample/instrument editor. - Support for standard sound banks: You can now install DLS and SF2 sound banks. · 1.00b - beta This is the first public release of ModPlug Tracker Beta (June 18, 1998). The help file is still quite small, but the interface has been completely redesigned, so it's MUCH easier to use. Drawing in the pattern editor needs to be optimized. This release also include basic Midi support (no sync on midi clock yet) and low-latency DirectSound buffers. · 1.00a - alpha This is the first alpha release of ModPlug Tracker (October 15, 1997). A lot of features are still missing, but the copy/cut/paste, and support for XI instruments makes ModPlug Tracker good enough for an alpha version. I have to work on the help too. · 0.0xa - pre-alpha: This is the first public release of ModPlug Tracker (09/19/97). MPT is for sure the easiest tracker to use. Supports (load and save) XM and IT formats. Wave renderer included. Nice and freeware. One of the must used trackers. Coded by Olivier Lapicque. Software Information ModPlug Tracker is a freeware and may be freely distributed. As it is a freeware, I am not responsible for any problems that could be caused by the usage of this program. THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY INTENDED FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE. (FAQ: Yes, you can release your songs created with MPT commercially) My only goal for writing ModPlug Tracker is to try to spread out tracked music, taking it out of DOS-World, and try to keep it free. ____________________________________________________________________________ System Requirements * Minimum Requirements: - Pentium 133MHz - 16MB of memory - Windows 95/98, Windows NT 3.51 or higher. - A 16-bit soundcard with 32-bit drivers. - 800x600x8 screen resolution * Recommended configuration: - Pentium MMX 166MHz or above - 32MB of memory - DirectX 5.0 - 1024x768x8 screen resolution * Optimal configuration: - Pentium II 233MHz - 64MB of memory - AGP Graphics Accelerator - DirectX 6 ____________________________________________________________________________ Contact / Technical Support For any technical questions, or bug report, you can contact me at "olivierl@jps.net". Also check often the ModPlug Central web site for the latest releases: "http://www.castlex.com/modplug". (I usually also have beta versions on my home page at "http://www.jps.net/olivierl", but it might be buggy, and the site is not as fast). If you want to contact me by postal mail, or to send me a CD Audio of some of your own productions, my mailing address is: Olivier Lapicque 470 Oak Grove Dr #306 Santa Clara, CA95054 USA Please try to be precise when sending me bug reports (I don't really have the time for 'This song doesn't play right.'. If possible, try to localise the problem by creating a short song with a couple of patterns reproducing the bug. ____________________________________________________________________________ Command Line Switches The following switches are available when launching Modplug Tracker: · -nologo: Do not display the splash screen when starting · -nomp3: Disable MPEG Layer3 encoding · -noacm: Do not use ACM codecs for encoding · -nodls: Do not load sound banks · -wavex: Enable multichannel audio support You can use these switches if you experience problems when loading Modplug Tracker. Example: mptrack -nologo -nomp3 ____________________________________________________________________________ Technical Information ModPlug Tracker is a 32-bit Win32 application, featuring a lot of options to create the best possible output (Up to 48KHz, 16-bit, stereo): - 32-bit internal precision for mixing, dithered to 16-bit. - MultiPoint cubic and quadratic spline resampling when High Quality resampling is selected. - Support for MMX acceleration - Volume Ramping option, to suppress pops and clicks due to sample offsets, and big volume changes (Also creates more realistic volume slides). - Digital Bass Expansion digital low-pass filter (filter range and depth customizable in Advanced Player Options) - Dolby Pro-Logic Surround support with custom delay and 100Hz-7KHz filter depth. - Reverberator engine, with 6 different presets. - Noise Reduction: attenuation of the background noise by filtering very high frequencies in the sound. - Stereo Separation option (25%-400%), useful for headphones. - 5-bands Graphic Equalizer (requires fast floating point support). - DirectSound support for low-latency mixing on hardware-accelerated soundcards ____________________________________________________________________________ Tracker Features - Up to 64 channels supported for editing (up to 96 virtual channels) - The following formats are supported for import: - *.669: UNIS 669, 669 Composer modules. - *.AMS: Velvet Studio AMS 1.x modules. - *.AMF: Asylum / DSMI modules. - *.DSM: DSIK modules. - *.FAR: Farandole Composer modules. - *.IT: Impulse Tracker modules. - *.MDL: DigiTracker 1.x modules. - *.MID: Midi Files. - *.MOD: ProTracker modules (4-32 channels, 15/31 samples). - *.MTM: MultiTracker modules. - *.NST: NoiseTracker modules. - *.OKT: Oktalyzer Modules. - *.S3M: ScreamTracker III modules. - *.STM: ScreamTracker II modules. - *.ULT: UltraTracker modules (buggy). - *.WOW: Grave Composer modules. - *.XM: FastTracker II modules. - All the above when zipped (*.MDZ, *.S3Z, *.XMZ, *.ITZ, *.ZIP). - ModPlug Tracker can save in the following formats: - IT: Impulse Tracker modules. - MOD: ProTracker modules (4-32 channels, 15/31 samples). - S3M: ScreamTracker III modules. - XM: FastTracker II modules. - WAV: Wave Files (Direct-to-disk recording 8/16/24-bit, mono/stereo) - There is two display modes, to respect FT2/IT notation: MOD/XM (commands are displayed from 0 to X) and S3M/IT (commands are displayed from A to Z) - You can edit multiple songs at the same time. - The following sample formats are supported in the current version: - *.WAV: Uncompressed Windows Wave File (PCM 8/16bit, mono/stereo). - *.XI: Samples from XI instruments. - *.PAT: UltraSound GF1 Patches (8/16-bit mono) - *.S3I/*.SMP: ScreamTracker 3 / DigiTracker Samples - *.ITS: Impulse Tracker Samples - *.RAW: Support for importing any file as RAW sample data. - *.AIF/*.AIFF/*.8SVX/*.8SV: Apple AIFF and 8SVX Audio Files - Since beta3, Modplug Tracker now also supports the following sound banks: - *.DLS: Downloadable Sounds Banks - *.SF2: SoundFont 2.0 Sound Banks - FastTracker II XI and Impulse Tracker ITI instruments are supported for import/export. - Copy/Paste between different songs. It also allows you to use a windows-based sample editor, and paste the samples directly into your song.