============================================================================= PROMIZER - the PROtracker optiMIZER A fast replaying system for games and demos ============ VERSION 1.0c --- TIME OF RELEASING : AUGUST 1992 =============== contact me for bug report, new ideas or just for fun (100% answer !!!) : FRANK HÜLSMANN TIMMERSCHEIDTSTR.14 4400 MÜNSTER/\GERMANY Tel.: 0251-778278 (After 8pm) copyright by mc68000/TECH !!! Promizer is NO Public Domain Software !!! ============================================================================= A note to all packmenu makers and pd companies : PROMIZER is a freeware program. You can spread it, but only if you don't make money with it !!! But you can use it for comercial productions without my permission. Contact me, if you want sell the Promizer !!! I'm easy to handle with !!! Files, that should be copied with the PROMIZER (in the PROMIZER directory): promizerv1.0b the optimizer promizer_doc the file you reading at the moment promizer_replay.s the replayer with many infos for coders promizer_scope.s a scope replayer for promizer promizer_player a multitasking player for promized modules ============================================================================= What optimized the PROMIZER ??? Well ... it should kill all unsed things, like sample and patterns. And it has a fast replayer code, that handles fine-tuning on a fast way. Just try it !!! In this Version i included a strong pattern packer. But that is not all ... You can make a multi-song module, wich allow you different sounds using one sampleset (you can use maximum 50 sounds --- more is no problem, but i think you never use so much ... ). It works like tfmx or sonic arranger. But i think the replaycode of the promizer is a little bit faster then the two other tools .... The PROMIZER recalc the song and make it 99% rip protected, because the orginal protracker struct will killed and all patterndata will crypt, so it's impossible (ok, not impossible, but very hard ...) to rip your sounds !!! Even if you don't use the finetune or multisong function, you got a good ripp protection with a fast replayer code !!!! ============================================================================= How to use the Promizer ??? Very simply. Just follow the screen instructions. The first file is the DESTINATION file. If you press the 'forget it' gadget here, you come to the end_menu. The second file you must choose must be a Protracker module !!! It must be a modul, because all samples will taken from this file !!! By pressing 'forget it' you go to the end-menu. The next file(s) you include to your big_file could be song files, because no samples are used from them. After pressing the 'forget it' gadget, the promizer will start the work !!! Each song can use an own sample information header, so you can use different loops and finetunes !!! How can i play my songs in own productions ??? Look in the replayer source for detail informations !!! You can use the scope player for own productions (but only if you do not make money with it) !!! How can i play my songs from cli ??? Just use the Promizer Player. Call it with : promizer_player [filename] If there is no filename, the player opens a filerequester window. ============================================================================= Planed updates in near future : faster replaying .......... again this is a must !!! bug fixing ................ why ??? ofcourse it's not 100% bugfree, so ... Have you a good idea for it ??? If yes, don't wait. Send a letter to me with all news you wanted included. ============================================================================= What's new in this Version (since V1.0b) ??? A silly bug in the replayercode was removed (thanx to Paul McBody). The volumefineslide (up&down) function did not what it should do ... The Fineslide (up) had the same problem. A new optimize function was built in : killing of unused patterns (i forgot this in the last version). ============================================================================= A note to 680x0 (x>0) : You can leave ererything as it is !! The multitasking player should work fine on your mashine, too !!! ============================================================================= Many thanks to Colin Fox and Bruce Dawson for coding the 'requester.library'! =============================================================================