Re: SoundSmith on a PC???

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes...

>spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:
> 
>>In article terryolsen@aol.comRemoveMe (TerryOlsen) writes...
>>
>>>Does anyone know if there's a program for the PC that will play SoundSmith
>>>Songs?  Sounds like a good project for some of you dual-platform people out
>>>there...
>>
>>    As a matter of fact, Ian Schmidt (author of AudioZap and MODZap) 
>>wrote just such a player for PC's, as a Win32 application. It plays
>>Soundsmith and MegaTracker songs, and the latest update supports a
>>3Dfx graphical player! (I didn't get a chance try it yet, I need to
>>download the latest Glide drivers for my Canopus Pure3D).
>>
>>    It's called MegaTracker Player (MTP) and can be downloaded from:
>>http://www.iag.net/~irsman/warez.html
>>
>>    Definitely worth downloading, Soundsmith songs sound *much*
>>nicer than they do on a real IIgs, really crisp
> 
>Actually, the crispness is an illusion.  What Ian did was to turn
>off anti-aliasing on the PC soundcard.  This may result in a
>sharper pitch, but you get a horrible stairstepped effect.

    Heh, interesting theory, since there is no such thing as an 
anti-aliasing filter controllable through software. Furthermore,
even if it did exist, there would be no way for DirectSound to
control it.

    The documention that comes with Ian's latest release states
the following, and from that I quote: "MegaTracker Player (MTP) 
is a program which enables you tp play most SoundSmith and Mega-
Tracker songs from the Apple IIgs on an appropriately equipped
PC-compatible computer, often with higher quality than the real
IIgs due to the GS's low (26 kHz) mix rate compared with the
44.1 kHz CD-quality possible on the PC." (and no, please don't
repost that thing about the low pass filter, I'm just quoting
what the author said).

>My Windows MOD player is "Smart MODplayer by J.M.
>Chouquais."  It is an excellent program.  Find it on Yahoo.  This
>program allows you to turn your anti-aliasing function built into
>your sound card on and off.

    Sounds like your talking about software mixing.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca