FalcAMP Plugin - 4/6/8 channel module player

v1.01, April 5, 2005

Anders Eriksson
ae@dhs.nu




INFO

 This is a plugin for FalcAMP making it able to replay
 ProTracker (and other clones) music modules. It is
 based on bITmASTERs DSPMOD v3.1, with the patches as
 of version 3.4.
 
 
FEATURES

 - 4, 6 and 8 channel modules replay
 
 - Selectable surround sound
 
 - 49170 Hz, 16bit stereo mixing
 
 - Low CPU consumption
 
 - Assembler sourcecode to the plugin
 
 
UNSUPPORTED

 Several of FalcAMP's functions in the main panel and
 other panels are not functional in this plugin.
 
 - Pause have no effect.
 
 - Fast forward have no effect.
 
 - Main volume have no effect.
 
 - Song position indicator not active.
 
 - The default playing time for a song is 5 minutes,
   so in playlist mode you will hear 5 mins of each
   module. If you wish to change this value, you need
   to reassemble the program, and change a parameter
   (it is obvious when watching the source MOD.S). If you
   want a module to play longer, or forever, just
   enable the "repeat" button of FalcAMP.
   
 - Mono mode output is used for surround sound toggle
   instead of mono.


INSTALLATION

 Copy 'mod.plg' file into FalcAMP fampdata\plugins\
 folder. If you have FalcAMP started already, close it
 and start again. That's all.
 

BUILDING

 Launch the assembly of MOD.S and it will include all
the necessary stuff. The other files are dspmod driver
related.


COMPATIBILITY

 The Plugin is tested on 16 MHz standard Falcon, 25 MHz
 Centurbo Falcon and 50 MHz Centurbo II Falcon. It has
 worked fine on these configurations. Other accelerators
 are untested. Modules are loaded to FastRam if available,
 and only need 8000 bytes ST-Ram. Filenames can be long 
 and files can reside on MinixFS and Ext2FS partions under
 (Free)MiNT.