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                            MODPLUG TRACKER README

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CONTENTS
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1. Software Information
2. System Requirements
3. Contact / Technical Support
4. Technical Information
5. Tracker features
6. History


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1. SOFTWARE INFORMATION
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ModPlug Tracker is a freeware and may be freely distributed.
As it is a freeware, I am not responsible for any
problems that could be caused by the usage of this program.
THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY INTENDED FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE.


2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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* Minimum Requirements:
  - 486DX2-66 minimum
  - 8MB of memory
  - Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 or higher.
  - A soundcard with 32-bit drivers.

* Recommended configuration:
  - Pentium 133MHz or above
  - 16MB of memory

3. CONTACT / TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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For any questions, or bug report, you can contact me at
"olivierl@jps.net". ModPlug Tracker is a freeware, but if
you feel it's worth something, and/or if you want to support
further development of ModPlug Player, Mod-Plugin and ModPlug
Tracker, you can send me money, (anything you want, cash/US checks
or money order) in any currency (but preferably US dollars) at the
following adress:

Olivier Lapicque
470 Oak Grove Dr #306
Santa Clara, CA95054
USA

Remember: YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE !

You can get the latest updates at ModPlug Central:
"http://www.castlex.com/modplug"


4. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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ModPlug Tracker is a 32-bit Windows 95/NT4 application, currently
not using any hardware acceleration, but featuring a lot of options
to create the best possible output (Up to 48KHz, 16-bit, stereo):
- 32-bit internal precision for mixing, dithered to 16-bit.
- Up to 32-bit,96KHz internal precision with MultiPoint oversampling
  selected (2x internal mixing)
- MultiPoint spline resampling with MultiPoint oversampling
  selected.
- Automatic click removal.
- Volume Ramping option, to suppress pops and clicks due to sample offsets,
  and big volume changes (Also creates more relalistic volume slides).
- Digital Bass Expansion digital low-pass filter (filter range and depth
  customizable in Advanced Player Options)
- Dolby Pro-Logic Surround support (and it's not only negating the right
  channel) with custom delay and 100Hz-7KHz filter depth.
- Basic Reverb Option (not echo), also with a 100Hz-7KHz filter with
  customizable depth and delay (2 delay lines are used).
- Noise Reduction: attenuation of the very high requencies in the sound.
- Stereo Separation option (25%-400%), useful for headphones.

5. TRACKER FEATURES
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- Up to 64 channels supported for editing (up to 80 virtual channels)
- The following formats are supported for import:
    - *.669: UNIS 669, 669 Composer modules.
    - *.FAR: Farandole Composer modules.
    - *.IT:  Impulse Tracker modules.
    - *.MDL: DigiTracker 1.x modules.
    - *.MED: OctaMed modules.
    - *.MOD: ProTracker modules (4-32 channels, 15/31 samples).
    - *.MTM: MultiTracker modules.
    - *.NST: NoiseTracker modules.
    - *.S3M: ScreamTracker III modules.
    - *.STM: ScreamTracker II modules.
    - *.ULT: UltraTracker modules (buggy).
    - *.WOW: Grave Composer modules.
    - *.XM:  FastTracker II modules.
    - All the above when zipped (*.MDZ, *.S3Z, *.XMZ, *.ITZ, *.ZIP).

- ModPlug Tracker can save in the following formats:
    - IT:  Impulse Tracker modules.
    - MOD: ProTracker modules (4-32 channels, 15/31 samples).
    - S3M: ScreamTracker III modules.
    - XM:  FastTracker II modules.
    - WAV: Wave Files (Direct-to-disk recording)

- There is two display modes, to respect FT2/IT notation: MOD/XM (commands
  are displayed from 0 to X) and S3M/IT (commands are displayed from A to Z)
- You can edit multiple songs at the same time
- The following sample formats are supported in the current version:
    - *.WAV: Uncompressed Windows Wave File (PCM 8/16bit, mono/stereo).
    - *.PAT: UltraSound GF1 Patches (8/16-bit mono)
    - *.RAW: Support for importing any file as RAW sample data.

6. HISTORY
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1.00 - pre-alpha:
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This is the first public release of ModPlug Tracker (09/19/97).
This is a pre-alpha under development version, and a lot of features are
missing, so please don't send me any e-mails to tell me how much it sucks,
and don't expect me to answer you if I receive too many e-mails.
Here is a list of the major missing features that will probably come in the
alpha version:
- Copy/Cut/Paste (Works also between different songs)
- Multi-Level Undo/Redo
- Support for more sample formats
- Group commands (Apply an effect on a pattern selection)
- Contextual right-click menus
- Help! There is no help in this pre-alpha - but what the hell: it's better
  to have a pre-alpha without help than a big help without the tracker.
  Expect both an updated on-line help at ModPlug Central, and a local 
  contextual help soon.


