Short:    HQ Mixer (DSP, Pan, Filters), now supports AHI/Toccata. A MUST HAVE!
Uploader: hodges@in.tum.de (Chris Hodges)
Author:   hodges@in.tum.de (Chris Hodges)
Type:     mus/play
Version:  V4.30 (22-Feb-00)
Requires: DeliTracker V2.xx
Replaces: mus/play/Deli14BitGenie*

About the cracked version ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In February 2000, just a few days before I released  the  V4.30beta  on  my
homepage  for testing, Rafal 'Manius' Mania from the 'cracking group' Royal
spreaded a kind of cracked version of my Deli14Bit Genie. Is there anything
more  pathetic  than  cracking  an  uncrippled freeware program? Send him a
comment at manius@iname.com.

My first reaction of bitterness was to remove all versions from my homepage
and  Aminet.  But in the end, it's not the normal users fault and there are
always such immature bastards to destroy the work and motivation of the few
developers left.

So I have put it back again. All I ask for is a postcard.  That's  not  too
much in my opinion.

And if you really don't want to send one,  but  want  to  get  rid  of  the
requester  I've  written  a software called ERP (EasyRequestPatch) that can
remove it for you (can be found on my homepage).  Do  NOT  use  cracked  or
illegal modified software. You always risk to get a trojan aswell.

14Bit NotePlayer Genie V4.30 (22-Feb-00)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is a  new  and  pretty  enhanced  version  of  the  well  known  14Bit
NotePlayer  that  came  with  the  original DeliTracker distribution. After
Peter Kunath gave me the sourcecode, I was able  to  add  various  features
(listed below).

Please notice that you need at least an MC68020 to use them as the  MC68000
routines have been removed!

Even if you don't use the new features, I recommend to use this version for
it has a faster chipmem transfer routine than the one in V2.3.

Plenty of cpu power is appreciated (although the  Genie  will  not  be  any
slower  when  not  using  the new features). You will need an MC68060 to be
able to mix at frequencies higher than 50KHz with Panning and Interpolation
and 32 voices 8-D


Short list of new features/improvements:

- Font sensitive GUI with two different layouts.
- AHI support! Deli14Bit can redirect its  output  to  any  AHI  compatible
  sound card for TRUE 16 Bit output!
- Direct Melody support using xaudio.device drivers.
- Toccata support! Every sound card supplying an Toccata emulation  can  be
  used.
- Panning support (e.g. for FastTracker modules).
- Stereo width slider (so this incorporates the HeadPhones Genie).
- Various Interpolation modes for high quality mixing (including  a  table-
  interpolation routine for MC68020/MC68030 machines).
- Two Oversampling modes.
- DSP Routines: Echo (Reverb), Hall (Reverb  with  feedback)  and  Reverser
  (each one is available as Mono, Cross or Center mode).
- All mixing routines have conditional code for quiet mixing,  the  panning
  ones also use optimized routines for mono and 100% left/right code.
- 3D Panning mode - ideal for headphones or CD recording.
- Inverted Stereo Mode for fake surround effect.
- Anti-Click Mode (removes annoying sample-triggering clicks).
- Treble and Bass filters with adjustable pass frequencies.
- Seperate Treble and Bass filters for the DSP.
- Frequency pitch can be shifted (half frequency up to double frequency).
- Complex ModSave function (16 Bit AIFF or RAW file):
  - Start of saving can be triggered, slience at the end can be cut off.
  - Resulting wave can be normalized to full volume.
  - Half/Quarter DMA mode records at half/quarter speed for  slow  machines
    or people with PAL 28KHz limit.
  - Stop-Motion and Mute modes for slow drives/machines.
- Peak and Optimal Boost display.
- Actual (DMA) mixing frequency is now displayed.
- Uses a 256 samples buffer instead of 200, which speeds things up.
- Complex Prefs management:
  - Settings can be  saved  individually  for  each  module  (either  in  a
    separate directory or along with the module).
  - Default settings can also be saved for:
    - whole directories
    - module types
    - amount of channels
    - module type+amount of channels.
  - 4 DSP presets can be stored for quick access using the GUI.
- Default AutoBoost factor can be altered.
- Now uses a faster longword pipelined chipmem transfer.


History
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V4.30 (22-Feb-00): (39864 Bytes)
  - Fifth Aminet release. Last one for some time.
  - No more a 1024 samples version.
  - AHI: Fixed a bug introduced with V4.20 in the AHI mode: DSP was running
    on the wrong buffer (DSP output was twice on the left channel).
  - AHI: Frequency Override did not work in AHI mode.
  - NEW MENU LAYOUT! The Settings menu has been  split  into  several  top-
    level  menus.  AHI-Gadgets  have been removed and the functionality has
    been placed into the "Output" menu.
  - ADDED SUPPORT FOR MELODY AUDIO CARD. A lot  of  internal  changes  were
    required  to  allow  direct xaudio support. Drawback: Mixing is done in
    a Task with priority 22, but there are still some drop outs. Pros:  now
    you can measure the cpu time used for playback.
  - ADDED SUPPORT FOR TOCCATA AUDIO CARD. Now  you  can  finally  use  most
    audio  cards  with  Toccata emulation directly without having to suffer
    from those irritating AHI bugs and flaws.
  - Added a new table for CPU time consumption.
  - Various internal changes.

V4.21 (20-Dec-99): (36696 Bytes)
  - Internal quick bugfixed version.
  - Cross Echo had only half the volume from versions V4.00beta  to  V4.20.
    Dunno  how this addq.w #1,d2 glitched in there. Bug is fixed (thanks to
    Roderick Mouthaan for reporting).
  - Width of the "Toggle Channels:" Text field wasn't corrected by the font
    sensitive  GUI  routine, therefore it could happen that the Toggle Left
    checkbutton was not selectable anymore. Fixed it (thanks  to  Alexander
    Kostick for bug reporting).
  - Bug in the Installer script only occuring with the OS3.5 Installer  has
    been fixed.


Contact address
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Any mail, comments or donations welcome:

Chris Hodges                    Account: 359 68 63
Kennedystr. 8                   BLZ    : 700 530 70
D-82178 Puchheim                Bank   : Sparkasse Fürstenfeldbruck
Germany
Tel.: +49-89/8005856            WWW: http://www.platon42.de/
Email: hodges@in.tum.de         IRC: platon42 on EfNet

