Re: Give Noisetracker credit to the FTA (DAMN STRAIGHT!)

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irsman@force-ten.iag.net (Ian Schmidt) wrote:
>In article <560olr$883@news.wco.com>,
>Charles T. Turley <cturley@wco.com> wrote:
>BTW, there's a rumor going around that the release version of NTGS 2.0 was
>sector-edited, and this is why nobody but (wait for it) The Rev. Dr. Charles
>T. "Dr. Tom" Turley can save MODs.

Breaking off from the flames here, I have to point out that you CAN save
MODs.  I routinely do it myself.  Just set the save format to "ProTracker
MOD," allocate 4 tracks to RAM based sounds, copy any four Ensoniq based
tracks to the RAM based tracks, load the instrument files into the RAM based
sound bank, and save!

The only problem is a bug in the program that clips the sounds to 64K max.
A little editing on an Amiga fixes the problem.  This is a great way to
convert SoundSmith or NTGS sequences to MODs for other computers.

An alternate fix could be a program that changes the waves in a MOD.  I
believe you wrote one?  I still haven't found it yet.  I was thinking
of saving the MOD, then using your program to change the samples back to
their original, long (>64K) format.

In any case, whoever is right or wrong, we shouldn't attack Mr. Swanson's
program.  It is the only MOD generator for the IIGS.