Ŀ
 Play-Driver v02.02 ........... AdLib player and music by Jens-Christian Huus 
Ĵ
                                                                              
                                                                              
       INTRODUCTION                                                           
                                                                  
                                                                              
       Originally released 25/3-1993, this document revised 3/3-1998 to       
       include up-to-date email information.                                  
                                                                              
       The player you now read about is a freeware demonstration player       
       for playing programmed music in AdLib or Sound Blaster.  You may       
       freely distribute it as much as you want. However, do NOT change       
       any of the files, nor may any of the files be removed.                 
                                                                              
       The PLAY.EXE player program is only a  tool for playing the .D00       
       and .D01 files. It is NOT an editor. However, an editor has been       
       released which can create music similar  to the quality of these       
       tunes.  Refer to the contact information in the end of this file       
       for a link to our homepage - where you can obtain the editor.          
                                                                              
       All the music was programmed into a homemade player system which       
       works like a typical  programmed player - just like on the Amiga       
       and the Commodore 64. The editor was later used to develop music       
       and SFX for games such as "Lollypop" by Rainbow Arts.  The music       
       you find in this player, however, was actually made in assembler       
       listings way before the editor was programmed.                         
                                                                              
                                                                              
       REQUIREMENTS                                                           
                                                                  
                                                                              
       The player requires a PC with 80x50 text screen capabilities and       
       an AdLib card or  compatible. Anything  that is equipped with an       
       OPL2 chip or better.  To play .D01 files, you also need a sample       
       DMA channel which conforms to the Sound Blaster standard.              
                                                                              
       In other words, these  tunes should work  fine on all soundcards       
       which are Sound Blaster compatible.                                    
                                                                              
                                                                              
       FILES                                                                  
                                                                         
                                                                              
       The following files should be present in the archive. If they're       
       not, the archive has  been tampered  with and should be replaced       
       by a new copy. Remember to unzip with the "-d" switch.                 
                                                                              
                                                                              
          PLAYERS/ADL-0010.P00   1968     AdLib player v00.10                 
          PLAYERS/ADL-0114.P00   2390     AdLib player v01.14                 
          PLAYERS/ADL-0201.P00   2538     AdLib player v02.01                 
          PLAYERS/SBL-0103.P01   2827     AdLib + SB player v01.03            
                                                                              
          SAMPLES/CROONER.S01   20683     Samples for CROONER.D01             
          SAMPLES/GORGEOUS.S01  44686     Samples for GORGEOUS.D01            
          SAMPLES/THEALIBI.S01  53542     Samples for THEALIBI.D01            
                                                                              
          CROONER.D00            3431     Drax - "Crooner"                    
          CROONER.D01            3475     Drax - "Crooner"                    
          FILM-ZAK.D00           1219     Drax - "Film-zak"                   
          GONE.D00               1758     Drax - "Gone"                       
          GORGEOUS.D01           2914     Drax - "Gorgeous"                   
          PLAY.CFG                189     Play-Driver configuration           
          PLAY.EXE               3660     Play-Driver v02.02                  
          README.TXT            16400     This documentation                  
          ROLLING.D00            3142     Drax - "Rolling"                    
          STRDREAM.D00           2219     Laxity - "Stardream"                
          STRIKE.D00             1390     Diflex - "Strike Force"             
          THEALIBI.D00           3753     Laxity - "The Alibi"                
          THEALIBI.D01           4762     Laxity - "The Alibi"                
                                                                              
                                                                              
       INSTRUCTIONS                                                           
                                                                  
                                                                              
       The player itself is easy to use. Just type PLAY <musicname> and       
       it will be playing in your loudspeakers if you have a compatible       
       soundcard. Two extension types are available; .D00 and .D01. The       
       first, .D00 indicates a pure AdLib musicfile, utilizing 9 voices       
       of FM synthesized music. A .D01 is 9 voices FM synthesized music       
       AND an 8-bit sample track controlled by the DMA.  By typing e.g.       
       DIR.D01 you can see all the tunes done with a sample track. Note       
       that in some cases there are TWO versions of the same music, one       
       for each card type. To play "The Alibi" with samples you have to       
       type PLAY THEALIBI.D01. If you do not specify the extension, the       
       PLAY.EXE program  will first search for the extension written in       
       the PLAY.CFG file. This file can of course be edited in a normal       
       text editor.                                                           
                                                                              
       Once playing the music, you will  notice a box to the lower left       
       of the screen with some keys you can use while playing:                
                                                                              
       Choice          If only one tune is  available in  the block you       
                       just loaded, only a "1" is present. Note that in       
                       "THEALIBI.D01" (Sound Blaster), you can choose 1       
                       or 2. The first tune is a drumtrack demo and the       
                       second is the actual "The Alibi" music.                
                                                                              
       Stop            Simply stops the music.                                
                                                                              
       Pause           Toggle to halt it - then continue from where you       
                       stopped it. Useful when the phone rings!               
                                                                              
       Forwind         Kind of "Fast forward" button.  I know it is too       
                       fast, but that is how we liked it on the C64! :)       
                                                                              
       Volume UP/DOWN  The cursor UP/DOWN keys controls the main volume       
                       of the FM part.  In the window to the right  you       
                       can see a hexdecimal value  for the main volume.       
                       Note that the volume cannot be controlled in the       
                       sample channel. The volume values may seem to be       
                       upside down, but this is  actually how it really       
                       works inside the AdLib FM chip.                        
                                                                              
       CPU time        Toggle this to turn the  raster time usage ON or       
                       OFF. Only useful for programmers.                      
                                                                              
       Other information on the screen will be the soundcard player name      
       and version, name of music and of the original composer. However,      
       some earlier versions of the players does  not support any names.      
       Here, an "N/A" will be put in these spots instead. Note also that      
       the earlier player versions (as used in the tune "GONE") does not      
       use the equalizer display.                                             
                                                                              
       The frames per second value  are only of use for  programmers. It      
       simply  shows how many times a second the player has to be called      
       in order to update the notes and effects properly.                     
                                                                              
                                                                              
       CREDITS FOR THE MUSIC                                                  
                                                         
                                                                              
       All music was in fact converted (by Jens-Christian Huus) from the      
       original Commodore 64 tunes.  In the beginning, I did not use any      
       converter program as such. Later, I had to write one as it became      
       quite tedious. Chords on the C64 were often done using "Arpeggio"      
       which is a fast combination of notes - giving the impression of a      
       three (or four) note  chord using only one voice. This  had to be      
       done like this on the C64 as this computer only had three voices!      
       On the PC, these chords could be extracted into neat and physical      
       voices, giving a much more professional sound. Even then, some of      
       the voices were not used (AdLib has 9 voices), but they were then      
       used for echo and reverb effects, to enhance the overall quality.      
                                                                              
       Most of original Commodore 64 music was composed by other members      
       of Vibrants. One exception is the "Strike Force" music, which was      
       originally composed by an unknown german guy called "Diflex". The      
       tunes by Vibrants were composed in 1989-1991, and I did the AdLib      
       conversions in 1992.                                                   
                                                                              
       Note that because the player was made in 1992, the address stated      
       in the top of the screen is obsolete.                                  
                                                                              
                                                                              
       THE AUTHOR                                                             
                                                                    
                                                                              
       Jch / Vibrants                                                         
                                                                              
       Jens-Christian Huus                                                    
       Vangede Bygade 46 st mf                                                
       2820 Gentofte                                                          
       Denmark                                                                
                                                                              
       Email: jchuus@post8.tele.dk                                            
                                                                              
       Vibrants homepage: HTTP://WWW.VIBRANTS.DK                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
       VIBRANTS                                                               
                                                                      
                                                                              
       We are a group who specializes in music for computers. Visit our       
       homepage for more information about us.                                
                                                                              
       Handle        Real name                                    Email       
              
       Drax          Thomas Mogensen                                N/A       
       Jch           Jens-Christian Huus           jchuus@post8.tele.dk       
       Jo            Poul-Jesper Olsen                        jo@ite.dk       
       Laxity        Thomas Egeskov Petersen    thoege@udd.aardassem.dk       
       Metal         Torben Hansen                       thansen@sja.dk       
       Msk           Morten Sigaard Kristensen        msk@post8.tele.dk       
                                                                              
       Together with Jeroen "Wave" Tel, Drax and Laxity also make music       
       in Maniacs of Noise. Go to HTTP://XS4ALL.NL/~MON/ if you want to       
       download some of their music.                                          
                                                                              
                                                                              
       COPYRIGHT NOTICE                                                       
                                                              
                                                                              
       All rights of the producer and the owner of  the work reproduced       
       reserved.  Unauthorized copying, hiring, public performance  and       
       broadcasting of these AdLib tunes are prohibited.                      
                                                                              
                                                                              

