ZX Club #07 28 февраля 1998

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User group - Review of music editors: WHAM + AY, ASM, SUPER SONIC, SOUND TRACKER v1.1, STD v2.01, STR v3.00, SOUND TRACKER PRO, PRO TRACKER and utilities: S.T. COMPILER, S. T. RECOMPILER, S.T. MUSIC STEALER, S. T. REC + +, FLASH DECOMPILER.

(C) Alexander Rostov


       Overview of music editors

                and utilities


  In recent years an increasing role in
programs, the music plays. So today
I would like to tell you about the music editors, in which the 
music written, as well as about the tools that came with these 
editors. 



        Editor (for AY 8910/12)



                WHAM + AY (48/128K)


  Practically not suitable for writing
quality music and the music itself - for
use in their own programs. In
mind the above reasons of little interest. Melodies written in
WHAM 128 are of low quality.

  The editor is different horrible interface and weak capacity.

  Description and the editor can be found
log SPECTROFON # 4.



                   ASM (128K)


  You anything about him can not tell,
since itself it did not work, and documentation on it I have 
not. Let me just say that sound of ASM'a excellent and he 
competes with SOUND TRACKER'om. 

  Compiled melody easily "hang"
Interrupt IM 2 (as, indeed, and the rest of the editors except 
WHAM). 

  The disadvantage of the first version of the compiler
is that the melody is always with the same address - 49152. In
later versions of this deficiency was
eliminated, and compiled the melody freely relotsiruetsya in 
computer memory. 

  Description and the editor can be found
log SPECTROFON # 2.



               SUPER SONIC (128K)


  It's more like a text editor
than the music. Personally, I have not seen
melodies, written in SUPER SONIC'e (except
those who were in the annex to the editor) and I doubt that he 
KLAV anything written on it in addition to these tunes.


  The sound of SUPER SONIC'a good, but how
music editor it's pretty heavy in
learn and use.

  Author: KLAV / CODEBUSTERS.



            SOUND TRACKER 1.1 (48/128K)


  Good music editor, having
fairly high quality sound and very easy to use interface (which 
became a classic and applies to all editors described below). 
That's it, in my opinion, the time it was written the largest 
number of tunes. Music written in the SOUND TRACKER'e can be 
heard in hundreds of programs, both domestic and foreign. This 
SHOCK, LSD, SATISFACTION, INSULT, LYRA II, DIES IRAE MEGADEMO, 
SPECTROFON, as well as many loaders and game programs (by the 
way, listening to our magazine written in SOUND TRACKER'e).


  Description and the editor can be found
log SPECTROFON # 13.



                STD 2.01 (48/128K)


  Another version with a new SOUND TRACKER'a
type, built-in compiler and decompiler music. Version has an 
improved disc menus with the regime OVERWRITE, as well as quite 
a powerful decompiler with Searchable compiled modules in the 
file, and across the disk. He looks for strings:


            SONG BY ST COMPILE

            SONG BY MB COMPILE

            SOUND TRACKER V1.3

              S_SONIC (KLAV)

            COMPILED BY IMP!
and a few others.

  As the authors, the editor is completely free from bugs 
previous versions (such as reset by pressing multiple keys 
simultaneously, errors in records and some others).


  STD 2.01 is able to unload compiled melody as a player (SAVE
WITH PLAYER), and without it (SAVE ONLY
SONG). The player is made with automatic installation in mind. 
For automatic installation of the load You tune to the correct 
address and make to this address RANDOMIZE USR ADRESS. By

You get value ADRESS INIT SONG, by
ADRESS +6 - PLAY SONG (NEXT NOTE), and by
ADRESS +1084 - speed (DELAY).

  All the features that distinguish the editor of SOUND TRACKER 
1.1 work mode only 128K (except for improved

disc menu, which works well and
at 48K).

  Authors: HACKER JOHN DOE 'SHEMMY

          FROM SEAMANS BEER GROUP.



                STR 3.00 (128K)


  More one version of the SOUND TRACKER'a with
built-in compiler and decompiler
music (unfortunately, only SOUND
TRACKER'ovskoy unlike STD 2.01).

  Author: KSA SOFTWARE.



            SOUND TRACKER PRO (128K)


  Attempt, and unsuccessfully, the creation of
a more powerful editor, by adding
old SOUND TRACKER new functions (regulation of volume and 
frequency (slide) sound Improved disk menus, more powerful

sample and the ornament editor, adding
built-in compiler). Today, it is
One of the best editors: it was written
listening to such programs as SHIT 4
BRAINZ MEGADEMO, .... etc.

  Author: KSA SOFTWARE.



              PRO TRACKER (128K)


  The most powerful Today music editor. It provides the user 
with virtually unlimited opportunities to work with sound. 
That's it has been writing music for such programs,

as the ZX FORMAT, ILLUSION, and many others
emerged in recent years.

  Music written in PRO TRACKER'e, has a good sound, but also 
quite PLAYER'om fast. This is perhaps the best

music editor today.


            INIT SONG ADDR +0

            PLAY SONG ADDR +5


  Author: GOLDEN DISK.

PS: This editor with all the tools to
it can be found in the appendix.



                 UTILITIES



              S.T. COMPILER


  Compiles tunes from the format SOUND
TRACKER'a in a format suitable for use in their own programs and
attaches the player.


            INIT SONG ADDR +0

            PLAY SONG ADDR +6



             S.T. RECOMPILER


  Decompiler taking playable
plug-in format editor SOUND TRACKER.



            S.T. MUSIC STEALER


  Serves to "eject" from various
DEMO, games, etc. music written in
Editor SOUND TRACKER. Next tune
You can download the decompiler (ST
RECOMPILER for example) and get the source
text ringtone format editor SOUND
TRACKER.


                S.T. REC + +


  Allows you to transfer tunes compiled a standard ST 
COMPILER'om in another format, the player who takes only 2,576 
cycles. 


            INIT SONG ADDR +0

            PLAY SONG ADDR +6


  Author: KSA SOFTWARE.



             FLASH DECOMPILER


  Another vytaskivatel and decompiler
SOUND TRACKER'ovskoy music. Has at
Compared to previous programs, more
convenient interf68eysom and fewer
various glitches.

  Author: FLASH INC.

PPS: For more information on editors, utilities and music
contact me - Alex Rostov.
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