From: richs@cogs.sussex.ac.uk (Richard Salter)
Subject: Re: protracker x.y
Organization: University of Sussex
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:54:41 GMT

In article <C92CAREN.93Jan6143630@kol23.IDA.LiU.SE>, you write:
|> In article <LUNDMAN.93Jan6201241@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz> lundman@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (L Lundman) writes:
|>
|> >   Well, I've seen several versions of ProTracker and most with little to nothing
|> >   change in them. If someone out there that likes redoing the graphics and
|> >   releasing it under a new version could put a little thing that I would
|> >   like to see in a protracker. And that is the ability to load an instrument
|> >   from another module without saving the one I am currently working with.
|>
|> Well, maybe it's time to break the chain of rehacks of PT...

Here here.
|>
|> I'm currently co-coding a new tracker, which will include the very
|> feature you seek for, and much more too. It will be as PT compatible
|> as possible in all effect commands so that you wont need to learn a
|> whole new system...

Thank I/O for that.
|>
|> Some of the features listed below:
|>
|>  o Loading of tracks from module. (Samples loaded as well and
|>    renumbered as required)
|>
|>  o Loading of patterns from module. (Sampled loaded...)
|>
|>  o Loading of samples from module.
|>
|>  o Max length of samples increased to 128K.

Thankyou. At last I will be able to sequence long, good quality samples.
I work to record on tape so I use all available memory if I need it so
the better quality I can get the samples the more improved my modules
will sound.
|>
|>  o Max number of samples increased to 255.
|>
|>  o Max number of patterns increased to 256.
|>
|>  o Variable length of patterns (up to 256 steps).
|>
|>  o Max number of positions increased to 256.
|>
|>  o Nice (imho) spectrum analyzer (Just for fun, but anyway...:-)
|>
|>  o Completely multitasking with a normal draggable screen.
|>
|>  o Nice 3D UI with button response!!! (haven't seen that in *ANY*
|>    tracker, why?)-:
|>
|> Anybody interrested???

I'll say. A mate of mine tried to write a program called Musictracker but he
never finished it. It involved the use of making up tracks and then calling
them up for each bar so that repeated tracks only have to be stored once.
This also allowed different tracks to run at varying speeds which could have
produced some interesting results.

I have recently written (with a friend who owns a 4-track recorder) 4 pieces
of 8-16 channel music. We manually overlay each set of four tracks onto the
four tape tracks and gradually build up some impressive (IMHO) sounds. If you
want a copy then let me know and we'll arrange something. They're sort of rave
tracks but more abstract rather than charty if you know what I mean. Anyway,
some sort of synchro across a null modem cable to connect to Amigas together
so that they both trigger at the same time would be a real bonus. It would mean
that we wouldn't have to do some severe manual editing to get the damn things
to run in synchronisation!
|>
|> Please drop an email and tell me so, and maybe i will hurry up and get
|> it ready for a 1.0 release in a few weeks (all depending to the
|> workload at school...)
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Well, I'm very interested. Keep me posted on your progress and let me know
where I can obtain a copy when it's finished. I'll be happy to bug test it
for you having had wide experience with many Sound, Noise, Star and
Protrackers.

bye

Happy Halibut I (Richard Salter to normal beings)

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