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-Start-of-Demo-News-#56-------------------------------------------------------
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August 7, 1994 - ISSUE #56 - August 13th, 1994
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((CONTENTS))
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Section 1..............Standard Information
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Section 2...........................General
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Section 3.............................Files
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Section 4.............................Music
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Section 5...........................Demo CD
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Section 6....................Advertisements
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Section 7..................Top 25 Downloads
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Section 8..............................Misc
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Section 9...........................Closing
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((Section 1...Standard Info))
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DemoNews is a weekly publication dedicated to the demo scene. It is
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produced at the Internet FTP site ftp.eng.ufl.edu (aka WASP or HORNET).
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This newsletter focuses on all aspects of demos and demo-making (including
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music, art, and coding).
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There are currently three active demo-operators at this site:
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Dan Wright (Pallbearer) - dmw@eng.ufl.edu
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Christopher G. Mann (Snowman) - r3cgm@dax.cc.uakron.edu
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Mike - weis@elf.stuba.sk
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This site is mirrored by the following ftps:
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ftp.uwp.edu
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ftp.luth.se
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ftp.sun.ac.za
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ftp.uni-erlangen.de
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ftp.uni-paderborn.de
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If you would like to receive a new copy of Demo News every Sunday in your
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mailbox write to dmw@eng.ufl.edu. We delete all bounced mail from this
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service, so if you SHOULD BE getting Demo News and ARE NOT, please re-request
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this newsletter.
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((Section 2...General))
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If you are interested in reviewing demos please WRITE me. We have a couple
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people doing some reviews now. Brandon is working on demos M-Z in the
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alpha/NEW and Akatinde reviewed a lot of the A-L demos recently. This has
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been appeneded to the DEMOS.TXT file in case you were wondering.
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Check the /democd directory for OLDER demos which will not be listed in
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this newsletter as moved. (This may change but when there are a ton of
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files I just move them...)
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I will keep this short because I did not have time to do much this
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week. That together with the "incoming" directory changing owner caused
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us to get backlogged. Hopefully next week we will be back to normal.
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ASSEMBLY '94 stuff? As of 11:30pm EST Saturday nothing has been uploaded
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to the /incoming/asm94 directory.
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((Section 3...Files))
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Filename.ext Location Description
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| --DEMOS-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos...)
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acme-doa.arj alpha/NEW ACME's DOA demo. GUS.
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anodyne.arj alpha/NEW Greek dentro. Excellent greets FONT. GUS/SB.
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ciademo1.zip alpha/NEW corrupt.
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echoes.arj alpha/NEW Echoes of the PAST. Bizarre winning demo. GUS.
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tfa-trw!.zip alpha/NEW The Real World BBS intro. GUS.
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| --MUSIC-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/music...)
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r-crimew.arj ../incoming/mc2 New Music Contest ][ entry
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deepey .zip /artists/skaven Deep In Her Eyes by Skaven (from ASMint)
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DIRECTORY /artists/snowman New directory for songs by Snowman
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_1dand .zip /artists/snowman Snowman's entry to Composer's Compo
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amb_sd1 .zip /disks Amable music disk (German)
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damg0894.zip /disks Damage ]I[ Music disk (music by Snowman)
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hous3tek.zip /disks Housetek presents August 93 compilations
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1mig_klf.zip /klf New KLF release
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alrm_klf.zip /klf New KLF release
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slow-klf.zip /klf Slow Circle by Maelcum
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cmod117 .zip /programs/players CapaMod v1.17 (AWESOME mod player)
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glx212 .zip /programs/players GLX v2.12 fast modplayer (many cards)
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metal026.zip /programs/players METAL v0.2pl6 (GUS only)
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morgl100.zip /programs/players The Morgul Player (lots of features)
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rmp111b .zip /programs/players Renaissance Music Player v1.11 beta
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far100 .arj /programs/trackers Farandole tracker by Digital Infinity
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st3fix .zip /programs/trackers A color scheme fix for ST3
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freestyl.zip /songs/mod Freestyl by Zodiak (from Cronologia)
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thevoice.zip /songs/mod The Voice Within by Sweetfeet/Spetsnaz
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acidrop .zip /songs/mtm Acid Drop by HaDji
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darktime.zip /songs/s3m unknown
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graduate.lzh /songs/s3m Graduate by Vassago
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nightdnc.lzh /songs/s3m Night Dance by Vassago
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stereo .lzh /songs/s3m unknown
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summerse.zip /songs/s3m Summerset Meadow by mute
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vstorms .lzh /songs/s3m Storms by Vassago
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psm-form.zip /text Specifications on the .PSM format.
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cia-cn01.zip DELETED -corrupted
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ciadsk01.zip DELETED -corrupted
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ciadsk01.zip DELETED -corrupted
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cmod114 .zip DELETED -old version
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far096 .arj DELETED -old version
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morgl099.zip DELETED -old version
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mp325 .zip DELETED -old version
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rmp110b .zip DELETED -old version
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.--------------.
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| --ART/ANSI-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/...)
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We have an ANSI maintainer--cavalier@shadow.net From here on out he
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will take care of this section.
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.----------.
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| --CODE-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/programming...)
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.----------.
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| --MISC-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/...)
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isinfo23.zip /groups/immortal Immortal Syndicate group Info.
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((Section 4...Music Articles - MC][))
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GENERAL
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This issue almost didn't happen. The /incoming directory went haywire
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this Saturday (the day I do all my work), and I almost wasn't able to get my
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stuff in for this issue.
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Anyway, I guess ASM94 is just about over here in the USA (time-wise),
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and I look forward to getting the new files in the next couple of days. This
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week a lot of unusual and hard-to-catagorize things were uploaded. This makes
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our job a little bit harder, but who's complaining?
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I finished the MC][ files program this week. It will be shipped to the
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distro sites, and allow them to coordinate MC][ files more.
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Also, I am going to start distributing DEMOcd forms to my family and
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coworkers this week. I should be able to get rid of about 25 or so of 'em
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this way.
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Until next issue, take care. -Snowman
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((Section 5...Demo CD))
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Check /pub/msdos/demos/incoming/democd for UPDATES and information.
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(i.e. More information, cost, how to get the DEMO/MC][ CD)
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ART/DAT/RESERVE -- Check the "democd" directory for more info regarding
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these topics.
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((Section 6...Advertisements))
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None this week.
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((Section 7...Top 25 Downloads))
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Again, nothing this week. The info.log is still a big mess.
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((Section 8...Misc))
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Subject: Some notes to demos creators
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Hello from Moscow, Russia.
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1) Don't forgive about SB/Sbpro owners.
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It's _very_ boring about ripping your music from demos and hear them
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separately after demo-looking. It's seems like all demomakers are using
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one or two public playing routinges. Please, write it your self or contact
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with Otto chrons to reach all-supporting (but in my opinion Renaissance's
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player play nicely ;) At last weeks released demos from Impact Studios
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and Legend and we satisfied with quality and perfomance. But only GUS
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support. Thats nice to meet in one or two places to hear/look demos to
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listen GUS musax but not always.
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2) About speed: Yeah, of course, we understand, in USA and Hungary (Magic 12)
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=) all demos creators have i486DX66 in use. Okay, but mostly guys at
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Russia have i386DX33 or DX40.
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3) Sources: seems like Renaissance or Future Crew released music/.coding
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routines at ftp and thru boards and each who wanted become DEMOS CREATOR.
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Nice! But we lost most interesting ideas! And practically _all_
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demoses (except some groups) have equal look.
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Sire Gongofer//DDT//OMNi WWDC// Chameleon.
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[I ran out of time in trying to "correct" all the mistakes in this little
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announcement from Gongofer but hey, I formatted it nicely and that counts.]
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Greetings all fellow hackers/coders/GFX artists/musicians and computer
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literates.
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We, eight guys from the darklands of Finland, are proud to announce the
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creation of yet another demogroup, ELASTIK. We are a rowdy bunch of
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graphic artists and music composers thrown together and mixed with the
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odd coder and hacker for added flavour. Right now we are a few coders
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short, so, if you are interested in joining us, let us know.
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Current members of ELASTIK are
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Dirk - All around organizer and PR guy
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Sysop of ELASTIK WHQ (soon to be online)
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Generally busy making things work the
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way he wants them to :)
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Sir Adrian - Second organizer, contacts and PR
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fellow who also makes some music
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when he finds the time for it
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Meadow - Graphics artist and additional coder
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Founding father of ELASTIK
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Peyton - Main graphics ARTIST / designer
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SIC - Additional musician and part-time coder
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Carco - Main coder / ideas for routines
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Inventor of ABT and music system
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WhiteNoise - Main musician / ABT designer
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Syndr0me - 2. Main musician
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??????? - Maybe you
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Here's how to contact us. E-mail is of course preferred, but we may also
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be reached by voice phone or snailmail.
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Send your E-mail to:
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Dirk, husberg@proffa.cc.tut.fi
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or
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Sir Adrian, kajaste@proffa.cc.tut.fi
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Voice:
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Dirk may be reached at the following number
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int. +358-31-3773864
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Snailmail:
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Dirk / ELASTIK
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Koulutie 10
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SF-36200 Kangasala
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Finland
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If you are a coder: contact us. You never know, we might be able to make
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beautiful code together. :)
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ELASTIK productions up to date include an intro, a musicHARDdisk and ABT,
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Advanced 16 bit Tracker. The intro and the musicHARDdisk were released
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at Assembly '94. The release date of ABT is not set yet. ABT is currently
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our main project and the finished product was on display at ASM'94. ABT
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supports true 16 bit stereo sound at 44.1 kHz using 14 channels, the
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maximum number of channels being 32. ABT includes a number of special effects
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and concurrent MIDI with no sample length limitations. ABT is currently a
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GUS only tracker, but we are planning to add SB AWE32 support later on.
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The fate of ABT is currently still an open question. It is up to you, the
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people, to come and tell us what you really think of ABT. The specs for ABT
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follow...
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Later days,
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Dirk & Sir Adrian
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Technical information about Advanced 16 bit Tracker
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- Requirements:
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* Gravis Ultrasound soundcard
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* 386 or better processor
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* 2 megs EMS
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* Hard disk
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* VGA or better display
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Current features:
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- 16-bit stereo sound
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- Up to 32 channels
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- 44100 Hz mixing rate
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- Uses onboard mixer
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- Uses 16-bit samples
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- No sample size limit
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- Realtime sample transfer to GUS while playing
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- 16-bit sample library
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- Mouse and keyboard controlled graphical interface
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- Fully VGA compatible
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- Proprietary module format with optional compression
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- Loading and saving of individual tracks and patterns
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- Basic file management commands
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- Sample editor:
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* Normal cut, copy and paste options
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* 9 editable loops per sample
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* Locates loop points
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* Several neat effects: echo, delay, etc.
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* Zoom
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- Individual naming of patterns
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- Adjustable pattern length
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- Clipboard for pattern editing
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- A lot of effect commands
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- Hypertext help (a la Windows)
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- Midi support while playing samples with GUS
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- Support for MIDI system exclusive commands
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Future features:
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- GUS MAX support
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- Internal 16-bit sampler:
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* Freely adjustable sampling rate
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* Low-, high- and band-pass filters
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* Ability to record a pattern to a sample
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* Resampling
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- 2 Extra channels with 48000 Hz mixing rate
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- Support for SB AWE32
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- More channels (for MIDI use)
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- CD-ROM support
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- Conventional music notation (unlikely)
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- MIDI sample dump
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- Programming library for using ABT modules in C, Pascal and Assembler programs
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- Anything that is later deemed absolutely necessary :)
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((Section 9...Closing))
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See, I told you we did not have much to say. Maybe next week after
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ASSEMBLY '94. Till then...
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Got anything to say about demos? Let us know.
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dmw@eng.ufl.edu
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