************************************************************************ RASTER MUSIC TRACKER - RMT by Radek Sterba, Raster/C.P.U., 2002-2004 http://raster.atari.org ************************************************************************ Changes in RMT 1.19 ------------------- - New combobox in main toolbar for setting number of lines (from 0 to 8) cursor will scroll down after entering notes or space key. Also new hotkeys for control of this parametr: NumLock ... +1, Shift+NumLock ... -1 - Function "Song - Song columns' order change" was changed to "Song - Song columns' order change/copy/clear" and now there is possible to use it also for copying or clearing of song columns. There are also some new options: * button "Copy left-->right" * button "Copy left<--right" * button "Clear all" * range parameters "From songline $:__" and "To songline $:__" New songs - 11 songs from Tatqoo/Taquart in "songs/tatqoo" directory. - Song "smells.rmt" (Smells like teen spirit, Atari version by sack/c0s, 2004) in "songs/sack_cosine" directory. Changes in RMT 1.18 ------------------- Important bug fix - Bad keys recognition when Numblock keys autorepeat function was active. New songs - Song "timett.rmt" (Time to turn, raster/c.p.u., 2004) in "songs" directory. (SAP file "timett.sap" is in "exports/sap" directory.) Changes in RMT 1.17 ------------------- - Menu Track: * Load and paste to actual track. * Save actual track as... * Clear all duplicated tracks, adjust song. (Note: This function is also included in Song - All size optimizations.) - New block effect/tool (menu Block - Effect/tools or Ctrl+F or toolbar button "FX") function: "Modify notes, instruments and volumes". - Function "Song - Prepare song line with unused empty tracks (Ctrl+P)" was changed to "Song - Insert new line with unused empty tracks (Ctrl+P)" and now it insert this new songline into actual song line positions, not to line below. - Function "Song - Prepare duplicated song line (Ctrl+O)" was changed to "Song - Insert copy or clone of song line(s) (Ctrl+O)". and now it shows new copy/clone dialog for setting of parameters for this very helpful function. - Menu Song: * Put new empty unused track to actual song position (Ctrl+N). - "File - Export as XEX Atari executable msx" there is possible to: * define 4+1 lines now. 5th line is showed instead of 4th line if Atari SHIFT key is pressed. * define color of rasterline meter. - "File - Export as SAP file" there is possible to define hexadecimal song line numbers for more SAP module subsongs. Initial values are prepared by automatic subsong-detection algorithm, but you can change it at pleasure. - Added "*.tm8" extension in Import TMC open file dialog. - New option in Config dialog (menu View - Configuration): * F1-F8 keyboard layout: - RMT original keyboard layout. - Layout 2: F1=track edit,F2=instrument edit,F3=info edit,F4=song edit F5=Play,F6=Play from start,Ctrl+F7=Play tracks,F7=Replay tracks,F8=Stop (This layout is for F5-F8 keys identical with some other renowned module tracker programs.) Accessories - Atari RMT player RMTPL104.XEX (new version 1.04) is in "player" directory. (There is short description in RMTPL104.TXT file.) New songs - Song "hexxagon.rmt" (Hexxagon music & sfx, raster/c.p.u., 2003) Song "basix.rmt" (Basix, by raster/c.p.u. 2004) Song "gemx.rmt" (Gem'x song, Atari version by raster/c.p.u. 2004) in "songs" directory. (SAP file "hexxagon.sap" with 6 subsongs is in "exports/sap" directory.) (SAP file "basix.sap" with 9 subsongs is in "exports/sap" directory.) Bug fixes - Revision of keyboard control. NumLock mode is turned off all the time when tracker main window is active, so that key combinations Shift+NumBlockKeys are working as well as state of right Shift key can be correctly detected now. - Internal improvement of TMC import algorithm (better recognition of identical tracks arised from other tracks by song shift parameter). - If tracker window isn't active, MIDI events on channel 0 are ignored. - Other small corrections and bugfixes. Changes in RMT 1.16 ------------------- - Instrument edit * Shift+Control+Num+,Num- ...change the R+L volume envelopes up/down. If cursor is at line "VOLUME L" or "VOLUME R", then volume envelope for left or right channel only is changed. - Menu Block - submenu Paste special: * Merge with current content * Volume values only * Speed values only - Menu Instrument - submenu Paste special: * Volume R+L envelopes only * Volume R envelope only * Volume L envelope only * Envelope parameters only * Table only - Preserve last "export type" in "Export As" dialog. RMT routine changes - A lot of great speed/size optimizations made by Jaskier/Taquart. Thank you very much, Jaskier!!! - A few another speed/size optimizations. - RMT routine is 40 bytes shorter now and quicker about 100-200 CPU cycles. Changes in RMT 1.15 ------------------- - Quadruple instrument speed allowed also for 8 tracks STEREO modules. - .rmt (.txt,.rmw) filename can be used as the commandline parameter for the automatic loading of this file after start of the RMT tracker. (It's recommended to make association for "rmt" extension to run RMT tracker.) - Show Play time counter (from 00.0 sec to 9:59 minutes). (default is on, turn off by menu View - Play time counter) - Menu Track: * Info about using of actual track. * Renumber all tracks (2 types of ordering). * Clear all tracks unused in song. - Menu Instrument: * Renumber all instruments (3 types of ordering). * Clear all unused instruments. - Two tracks functions moved from Song menu to Track menu (Search and rebuild wise loops in all tracks, Expand loops in all tracks). - Size optimization function (menu Song - All size optimizations) perform also clearing of all unused instruments and renumbering of all tracks and instruments now. (So there can be a bit better result of size optimization thanks to removing unused instruments and removing empty gaps after deleting of unused tracks and instruments.) - Preserve last "From address" value in export of stripped RMT file dialog. RMT routine changes - Several improvements of RMT Atari assembler routine - it is 22 bytes shorter now and quicker about 50-150 CPU cycles. - New speed/size optimalization options FEAT_VOLUMEMIN and FEAT_TABLEGO supported and optimalization for FEAT_AUDCTLMANUALSET improved. (Coders, you have to use new rmtplayr.a65 and rmt_feat.a65) - New mono/stereo compile modes. There is variable STEREOMODE (instead of previous variable STEREO8T) with the following values: STEREOMODE equ M ;M=0 => compile RMTplayer for 4 tracks mono ;M=1 => compile RMTplayer for 8 tracks stereo ;M=2 => compile RMTplayer for 4 tracks stereo L1 R2 R3 L4 ;M=3 => compile RMTplayer for 4 tracks stereo L1 L2 R3 R4 * Note: If RMTplayer routine compiled with STEREOMODE 2 or 3 is used on Atari computer without STEREO upgrade, then standard 1 POKEY mono music will be played. It exploit POKEY memory area mirroring - there isn't used any "stereo detection" method! Bug fixes - Bug in rmtplayr.a65 initialization part if nonzero "starting song line position" was used. (This problem occured in some cases only.) - Buffer overflow error with export of stripped RMT file for too high address. - Other small corrections and bugfixes. Changes in RMT 1.14 ------------------- - Menu Project: Import... * Support for importing of classic ProTracker MOD format with 31 samples, 4 or 8 channels (also modules with 5, 6, 7 channels), as well as old ProTracker 15 samples 4 channels MOD modules. After import there is need of manual adjustment (tones tuning and distortions) of all instruments at first!!! Volume envelopes and loops are prepared in accordance with real samples in MOD module. * Support for importing of Atari XE/XL TMC Theta Music Composer modules. TMC instruments are imitated automatically by RMT instruments if it is possible. There can be need of manually corrections!!! (Disclaimer: Some TMC effects may be totally wrong, sorry.) - Menu Track: * Search and build wise loop. * Expand loop. - Menu Instrument: * Info about using of actual instrument. * Change all the instrument occurences. - Menu Song: * Song switch to 8 tracks / Song switch to mono 4 tracks. * Tracks' order change in whole song. * Search and rebuild wise loops in all tracks. * Expand loops in all tracks. * Size optimization. - Menu View - Configuration: * Continue on previous/next song track upon the first/last track line (default is on). - Insert/delete envelope columns in instrument edit mode by Insert/Delete key (at the current cursor position). - Insert/delete table items in instrument edit mode by Insert/Delete key (at the current cursor position). - Increase/decrease the whole envelope row of parameters in instrument edit mode by Shift+Control+Up/Down key (while cursor is in envelope data area). - Increase/decrease the whole instrument table in instrument edit mode by Shift+Control+Up/Down key (while cursor is in table data area). Accessories - Atari RMT player RMT1PLAY.XEX (new version 1.01) is in "player" directory. (There is possible to show/hide song info text by spacebar key.) New songs - Song "nopromis.rmt" (No promises, raster/c.p.u. 2003) Song "aurora_s.rmt" (Hymn to aurora, Atari version by raster/c.p.u. 2003) Song "turrican2_rev2s.rmt" (Turrican 2 noise 3, Atari version by raster/c.p.u. 2003) in "songs" directory. (SAP file "aurora_s.sap" and "turrican2_rev2s.sap" in "exports/sap" directory.) - 5 songs from sack/cosine, 2003, www.cosine.org.uk in "songs/sack_cosine" directory. New instruments - "drums/bassdrum.rti" "drums/snaredrum.rti" "drums/hithatclose.rti" "drums/hithatopen.rti" in "instruments" directory. Bug fixes - Main volume changes in instrument edit mode. - Other small corrections and bugfixes. Changes in RMT 1.13 ------------------- - MIDI multitimbral playing possibilities. Now you can use the RMT like a Atari multitimbral MIDI instrument. You have to send MIDI output from your MIDI sequencer or player to RMT MIDI input by means of some virtual MIDI cable (for example "MIDI Yoke" etc.). MIDI implementation chart is in midi.txt file. - All tracks cleanup (menu Tracks - All tracks cleanup). - All instruments cleanup (menu Instrument - All instruments cleanup). - Block effect/tool "Expand/shrink lines" improved - negative values allowed for bottom-up way alterations. - Prepare duplicated song line (menu Song or Control+O). - Prepare song line with unused empty tracks (menu Song or Control+P). - Other small corrections. Changes in RMT 1.12 ------------------- - Support for higher instrument speeds: triple speed for STEREO modules, triple and quadruple speed for MONO modules. - Support for NTSC 60Hz system speed (menu View - Configuration). - Simpler and shorter XEX Atari executable msx export file (*.xex). - New menu "Block" with all the block functions. - New feature - block effects/tools (menu Block - Effect/tools or Ctrl+F or toolbar button "FX"). Effects/tools: * Fade in/out * Echo * Expand/shrink lines * Volume humanize - Midi event "note off" recording possibility (menu View - Configuration). Bug fixes - Correction of instrument tempo-related bug (in RMT assembler routine and also in tracker). (Thanks to Memblers from Indiana for notice.) - Higher instrument speeds timing in Atari msx corrected. - Numeric block keys plus/minus locked away the shift key. Changes in RMT 1.11 ------------------- - Maximal length of track increased to 256 beats. - New Config dialog (menu View - Configuration): * Track line highlight step. * Some keyboard hotkeys options. * MIDI IN support! (events: key on, program change) * OK button save the configuration to rmt.ini configuration file. - New input/output file format: TXT song files (*.txt). (It's simple text format for easy making any convert tools.) - Change of toolbar icon for PROVE MODE and new icon for MIDI on/off - New TrackEdit block function: Control+E ..exchange of block select data and the clipboard data. - Show the AUDF, AUDC and AUDCTL Pokey registers (default is off, turn on by menu View - Pokey chip registers) - Light blue color of volume only values in the instrument envelope. - Checking for right version of RMW working files (RMW work files haven't portability through the different RMT tracker versions). New songs - Song "aspir332.rmt" (Aspiration 332, by Raster/C.P.U. 2003) in "songs" directory. Bug fixes - Bug with bad beat count if standalone speed command has been in track. - Other small corrections and bugfixes. Changes in RMT 1.1 ------------------ - Main RMT assembler routine changed to version 01: - Backward compatibility: * Support for loading of previous (version 00) RTI instruments. (saving RTI instruments version 01 only) * Support for loading of previous (version 00) RMT modules. (saving RMT modules version 01 only) - New RMT routine features: * Support for manual AUDCTL settings (but also automatic management is preserved, if you will use command 6 or "filter" switch). * Support for VOLUME ONLY settings by command 7 with parameter value $80. (Volume only forced outputs are indicated by light blue color of volume analyzer box, see the easy example song file "examples/volumeonly.rmt".) * Support for NOTES/FRQS TABLE length from 1 to 32. * A lot of speed/size optimizations (RMT modules with easy instruments are smaller than before). - Support for speed/size optimizations of RMT assembler routine for concrete RMT module. (See the RMT player routine assembler source code and "Export song as.. RMT stripped song file (*.rmt)" dialog and optimized routine example in "asm_src/optim" directory.) - Hotkeys' changes: Pause ... mute all sounds and reinit RMT routine only. Shift+Pause ... mute all sounds, reinit RMT routine and sound output. - If any instrument parameter is changed, then turn off this instrument on all channels where it sounds. - If save or export process is aborted or failed, destination file will be deleted. Bug fixes - RMT routine - instrument table speed bug (each first note/frq table item was shorter by 1/50 sec). - Tab key while edit the instrument name (no CapsLock off). - PageUp/Down for octave up/down in Prove mode. - Instrument volume curve fault by mouse position after the instrument load. - Mouse doubleclick to track/channels turn on/off. - All the showed messages (message boxes) are owned by RMT application now. Changes in RMT beta 1.02 ------------------------ Since the RMT beta 1.02 version all the parts based on GPL sources are totally removed from the RMT project (i.e. Pokey sound emulation and Atari 6502 processor emulation) and these aren't a part of RMT henceforth. Description of dynamic DLL functions for standalone Pokey and 6502 emulation is specified in the readme file. If you run RMT without this way described DLLs (sa_pokey.dll, sa_c6502.dll), RMT will work, but there won't be any Pokey sound output and Atari sound routines won't be executed. Improvements - Use the hardware sound buffer if possible (instead of software sound buffer). - Initialize the file load directory to program location. - Block toolbar is showed by default. - Much more summary informations in the About box. - Text parameters editing was changed a bit. Because of ShiftKey is used for playing the notes, You have to press the CapsLock key for switch to "normal" ShiftKey behaviour (i.e. ShiftKey+Key for entering uppercase and other (!@#$%^&*()_+:"<>?|) characters). CapsLock mode is turned off automatically when text editing is over by pressing the Tab key or Enter key. - CapsLock state indication in the status bar ("CAP"). - Reinit also RMT Atari sound routines when the Pause key is pressed. - Functions for turn on/off the sound channels (tracks): * Control+ 1-8 ...turn on/off the sound channel (track) 1-8. * Control+ 9 ...turn on all the channels (tracks). * Control+ 0 ...turn off all the channels (tracks). * Control+ BackQuote ...turn on/off the active sound channel (track). * Shift+ BackQuote ...negation of turned on/off sound channels (tracks). * BackQuote ...solo play of active sound channel (track) / turn on all channels (tracks). Note: Muted sound channels are indicated by gray color of track title and volume analyzer scope. - Status bar tool tips and short flying help messages completed. - Other internal improvements. TrackEdit - Mouse control of turn on/off the channels (tracks) - it's indicated by mouse cursor design change to "hand with title 'on/off'": * LeftMouseButton ... turn on/off relevant channel (track). * RightMouseButton ... solo play of relevant channel (track) / turn on all channels (tracks). InstrumentEdit - Drawing of envelope volume curve by mouse - it's indicated by mouse cursor design change to "pen with title 'volume'": * LeftMouseButton ... draw volume curve. * RightMouseButton ... set volume to zero value. Bug fixes - Playing the block area. - Inserting and deleting song lines from track edit when "go to line" is active. - Other internal corrections. Changes in RMT beta 1.01 ------------------------ All modes - Set the octave up-down hotkeys changed from Shift+up,down to Shift+page_up,page_down (it works now in TrackEdit and InstrumentEdit only). - Correction of bug with instrument copy/paste. TrackEdit - No more set number of the track by Control+0-9A-F keys. - Hotkey changed: Control+I - insert new line into the song. - Hotkey changed: Control+U - delete the current line from the song. - Show title "EMPTY" for empty tracks. - Shift+up,down,home,end - the block select functions. - Control+A - select all data in the track (from the begin to the end of the track). - Control+Insert,Control+C - copy block to clipboard. - Shift+Insert,Control+V - paste data from clipboard. - If the block is selected and paste function is used, then data from clipboard is placed into the block select area only. - If the block is selected, then Delete key will delete data inside the block area. - If the block is selected, then Control+X key will cut data inside the block area. - New toolbar for block data modifications: menu View - Block toolbar. All this modify functions are available also by hotkeys. - Block data modification hotkeys (the block must be selected at first): * Shift+Control+A switch between block modify mode all / current instrument only. * Shift+Control+page_up,page_down do transpose up,down notes in the block (by semitones). * Shift+Control+left,right do change of instrument numbers in the block. * Shift+Control+Num-,Num+ do change of volumes in the block. Note transpositions, instrument changes and volume changes are indicated in window statusbar at the bottom. - If the block is selected: * Enter key will play the lines inside the block around. * Home or End key set the cursor to the first or the last line in the block. * Control+B will restore the block data changed by modification functions from the backup (backup is created when the block is getting start to select and destroyed when the block is deselected). * Control+F4 will start cyclic playing of the part from the top to the bottom of selected block area. Operation manual - All this changes included to operation manual (see the rmt_en.htm, rmt_cz.htm). RMT beta 1.00 ------------- - The first published version.