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Introduction
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S3SRIP is a simple utility for fast ripping of S3S samples from S3M files.
I was inspired to write this program by S3MRIP written by James Holderness.
This utility works with every S3M module created with Scream Tracker 3.xx
or other tracker that supports this format, so you can rip all the samples
in the module.

Usage
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S3SRIP filename

where filename is the name of the S3M module from which you want to rip
the samples.

Nameing conventions
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The extracted files are named in the following manner:
The name of the S3M file is truncated to 6 characters. Then each sample is
assigned a number consecutively (with a zero before it, if it's digit)
which is appended to that name (the first sample gets the number '01', the
second, the number '02', etc.). The S3M file may contain up to 99 samples.

For example, if you are ripping from a module called EXAMPLE.S3M, which
contained 3 samples, the files extracted would be named:
EXAMPL01.S3S (the first sample), EXAMPL02.S3S (the second sample),
and EXAMPL03.S3S (the third sample).

Disclaimer
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Please note that this is not meant to be used for any illegal purposes. It
was written so that people that want to make their own music modules and
have no opportunities to make their own samples could get the samples
they need from other modules. It may or may not be legal for you to
distribute any samples you may have ripped from a module, so do not do
so unless you have permission from the author(s).

Technical notes
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For you this program may seem unuseful when you may think that you can
just load any module to a tracker that works with S3M files (for example,
Scream Tracker 3.xx) and rip the samples there. Yes, you can do so, but
it still has some advantages. It's faster to get the samples using S3SRIP
and useful for example to build up sample libraries.

What are S3M and S3S files
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S3M file is a music module format created by the PC group "Future Crew"
which uses S3S unsigned raw samples with a header at the beginning. Also
the Scream Tracker 3.xx mentioned above is made by them. S3S sample format
is supported by Advanced DigiPlayer 3.0 written also by the members of
"Future Crew". There are a lot of S3M modules written by the musicians of
this group, for example in the following musicdisks:
Journey1, Journey2, Chaotic Mind, and many others.

Contacting me
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Don't know why anyone would want to do this, but I can be reached at the
following address:

InterNet: lehuta@elf.stuba.sk
FidoNet: 2:422/32.20
Snailmail: Tomas Lehuta, Riazanska 28, 831 03 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA