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* RaveScope 1.2 Copyright © by Erik Spåre 980922 *
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INTRODUCTION
This program implements a new kind of scope, a "wrapped monoscope".
Most modules look much better with a wrapped monoscope than they do
with the traditional one (the double mode in Delitracker's monoscope, or
the Spacescope in Eagleplayer). The Ravescope also has this "traditonal"
mode, as well as a new "alternative" mode.
LIMITATIONS
If you select a non-native screen-mode, this program will (I hope)
refuse to run it, maybe it will even exit. This will be taken care of
in the next release, or when I get a gfx-card. If you have a gfx-card,
then please tell me what happens... (It should work fine in a window
though.)
HINTS/WARNINGS
* 100% usually looks the best for protracker modules. PS3M's or mp3's may
look better with 200% because they only output 2 channels. Do not
set the wrapped accuracy higher than this, it won't look good because
(I think) often the sample frequency isn't high enough.
* PS3M's look much better with a high volume-boost and the main-volume
set to maximum in Hippoplayer.
* DeliTracker gives the same data regardless of the sample-boost, but
the volume must be set to maximum.
* Resizing is very slow because each time the size change, all the look-up
tables must be recalculated.
! Do not waste your life looking at this scope, as I have done!
BACKGROUND
4-5 years ago I saw a monoscope for the first time. (It was the
Quadraplayer's I think.) When, some months later, I tried to make my
own (not having any idea of how it was done) I accidently invented this
"wrapped" scopemode, and to my delight it looked even better.
I released a first version of it in a music disk-mag I was coding at
the time, Subculture. (The editor has now turned over to the dark side,
so there will probably not be a new issue.) There I explained how to do
it, hoping the scope would spread to my favourite module players. But it
didn't, either because no one saw it, or because it's a bit complicated
to implement. (It's not just a question of modifying the inner loop,
like when converting a plain scope to a monoscope.)
HISTORY
v1.0 (980209)
** The first release.
v1.1 (980315)
** Added support for DeliTracker through the DeliRave genie.
** Added the keyword 'DELICONFIG' so that you can use DeliRave's
config settings with HippoPlayer as well.
** The wrapped mode has been prepared for use with 16 bit samples.
Neither Hippoplayer nor Delitracker gives their userprograms more
than 8 bits though, so this is quite pointless at the moment.
** Added a simple strobo-mode. This looks quite awful, but I seem to
remember that this can be fun when the room is dark and you're
drunk.
** Remembered to turn on compiler optimizations this time.
BUGS: It is still very stable, much to my surprise. MPEGA player
did occasionally give enforcer hits, and I felt a bit guilty for this
because it has only happened when DeliRave has been active. (But on
the other hand, I only run enforcer when running DeliRave...)
Sometimes when a new module is loaded, it won't load until the
ravewindow is activated. I haven't looked into this yet.
v1.2 (980922)
** Restructured the whole program to make it easier to add support for
more players. This turned out to be very complicated and took me
several months.
** Rewrote the Delitracker genie to work with this new concept.
** Added Eagleplayer support.
** I accidently had two WaitTOF:s (wait until next frame) per display.
Removed one of them.
** Got rid of strange flickering, both in window and fullscreen mode.
** Added a menu.
** Changed and added a few keyboard/menu shortcuts.
** There's now a special configuration file that will be loaded when
the RaveScope is using Hippoplayer.
** Scrapped all commandline arguments. They were not needed since
all players are now associated with a configuration file.
** The RaveScope can now be iconified. If it is, and a new RaveScope
is started, this will deiconify the old one.
** When a RaveScope player starts to play it will automatically try to
grab the RaveScope.
** Added colours for the fullscreen modes.
** Switched from text documentation to amigaguide and added an
installer script.
BUGS: Still very stable, though deadlocks can perhaps occur. There's
a few minor flaws. No double buffering in colour mode for instance.
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