Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-04-29, 16:51

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by FreddyV

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It doesn't seem to see more than 1MB on GUS PnP/InterWave .. is this known? Yes, not implemented. For the moment, I never used a module with >1Mb samples :) It would be pretty impressive to see a 286 play back a 8MB XM file :D Do you own or have access to a PnP so you could develop/test? I'd love …

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Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-04-24, 17:04

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by FreddyV

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matze79 wrote on 2022-04-22, 18:31: FreddyV wrote on 2022-04-21, 05:03: The only .MOD player supporting VGM. 😀 Ah ok 😀 Does it play native, or call external programs like sbvgm ? It is native, AND use SBVGM for not supported devices/Files. Just place SBVGM in the same folder.

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2022-04-24, 17:03

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by FreddyV

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I contributed with Scali to the Revision, I addedf music to his STNICCC PC Remake. First step to the Use of Mod MAster XT Code to other projects. https://youtu.be/WCbOuUD7R98

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Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-04-21, 05:09

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by FreddyV

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It's the VGM you put in the zip file. GB_MONI1.VGM Audio card is a Soundblaster 16PnP, my PC is an Amstrad PC2086 XT 8MHz. The error is : Replay error: CMS not found. Thanks Hi, It is normal this file is for CMS/Game Blaster. Even if a CMS chip is present you need to declare its I/O port in the …

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Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-04-21, 05:03

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by FreddyV

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matze79 wrote on 2022-04-17, 20:11: FreddyV wrote on 2022-04-05, 10:19: Mod Master XT is the only DOS Player for VGM for example. Hm ? The only .MOD player supporting VGM. 😀

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Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-04-17, 19:18

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by FreddyV

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davide.guida@gmail.c wrote on 2022-04-14, 17:21: Cannot VGM files be played on a Soundblaster? Mod Master outputs an error when I tried it. Can you put the .vgm files here so that I check ? What is the error message ?

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Re: Covox in Stereo on one LPT Port - LPTSND X2 (Prototype)

Posted on 2022-04-08, 14:50

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by FreddyV

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Interesting device. What kind of drivers does it need to play stereo? Does it appear as two separate Covox Speech Thing to the software? I suppose data for left & right are interleaved, so that playing 2x 22050khz signals must require to drive the parallel port @ 44100 for example, which means like …

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Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-04-05, 10:19

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Is Mod Master XT the recommended version for all PCs? If not, which version is the best for machines faster than XT? Mot Master XT correct lot of bug. Even if the 2.3 interface is better, Mod Master XT is better now if the replay quality is the priority (And it should) For 486 and other, there are …

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Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-04-05, 10:13

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Don't get me wrong, I like MOD-Master, but I prefer glx212 because of the nice-interface and lovely gfx. Hi, It is a question of taste. On GLX, .XM Does not work, there are lot of replay bug, the sound quality is reduced due to the way it mix, the configuration need to be done in the command line, …

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Re: Recording PC Speaker?

Posted on 2022-04-05, 06:18

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by FreddyV

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Hi, I did 2 Video where I recorded PC Speaker games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M0miQ6vtaE https://youtu.be/UK_0K1ibMAk

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Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-04-05, 06:14

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by FreddyV

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ltning wrote on 2022-04-04, 18:00: It doesn't seem to see more than 1MB on GUS PnP/InterWave .. is this known? Yes, not implemented. For the moment, I never used a module with >1Mb samples 😀

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2022-03-31, 15:08

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by FreddyV

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Mod Master XT 1.0 released, in a new post ! 😀

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Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-03-31, 15:08

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by FreddyV

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Hi, I open a new post as this time, I release the Version 1.0 of my 8088 (and more) .MOD Player. I started it as a challenge, to see if I could have my old player working on a 8088. Then, I improved it more and more, to add .XM Support, 16Bit Mixing and support for file format and devices build …

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2022-03-30, 14:02

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by FreddyV

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Tandy Crash removed. Final test completed, I started to pack all the files together.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-23, 10:26

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by FreddyV

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The GUSpnp is quite a complex card, I wonder if it will ever be possible to reimplement it at a reasonable cost. If flooding the market with inexpensive GUSses were the goal, it would be better to recreate the functionality of the original GUS. What it needs to do is well known (because of all the …

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2022-03-21, 10:45

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by FreddyV

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There's some problem with command line parameters parsing. I run it with the following: /D:229 ...and press 'T', it shows "Custom DAC (229h)", OK But any of these: /D:22A /D:22a ...is interpreted as 216h I corrected the problem,. I also found a bug in the Tandy DAC and Tandy VGM Audio. Crash when …

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2022-03-18, 07:34

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by FreddyV

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Grzyb wrote on 2022-03-16, 19:54: There's some problem with command line parameters parsing. I run it with the following: […] Show full quote There's some problem with command line parameters parsing. I run it with the following: /D:229 ...and press 'T', it shows "Custom DAC (229h)", OK But any of …

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2022-03-09, 23:15

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by FreddyV

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ltning wrote on 2022-03-09, 14:17: Sorry if this has been asked before, but do you downsample samples in order to reduce processing cost and/or reduce sample size for large files (i.e. to make large sample sets fit in GUS RAM)? Also .. *drool* 😀 /Eirik Hi, No, I don't do that as I want to keep the …

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Re: AWEUTIL.COM divides by zero

Posted on 2022-03-09, 12:53

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by FreddyV

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"Divide by zero" happens with a few old Turbo Pascal programs when running on PCs in the ~150-233 MHz range and up. Anyway, that's likely not the issue here. It just came to mind. A patcher exists for such programs, also. This kind of problem can happens for other program, with faster machines.

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2022-03-09, 12:51

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by FreddyV

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Working on the Documentation, I added the main improvement Versus the Mod Master from 1996: Major optimisation added in Mod Master XT: - Improved Mixing Code (Read/Write 2 Bytes per loop, Don't clean the Buffer at the begining...) - Use more than 2 Mixing Buffers. - Skip part of the mixing when too …

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