Re: MED, OctaMED, Protracker

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

Jim Stafford (jamess@cts.com) wrote:
: Joseph Lee (nugundam@netcom.com) wrote:
: : James Poore (aw133@lafn.org) wrote:
: : [lots of unnecessarily quoted crap deleted]

: : : I still prefer Shellplay on GNO/ME as one of the best

: : The interface and shell running capability of Shellplay might be nice, but
: : there's no reason why BeatBox can't be run as so.  I remember it supported
: : command line parameters.

: : But, the important part is BeatBox is much much better code than shellplay.
: : BB fixes a few problems in playback and effects handling that shellplay
: : doesn't handle.

: : However, I do hear that BB doesn't quite exactly play all MODs correctly.
: : But, it's more accurate than shellplay and I haven't had a problem with it...

: : And which player out there supports playing MEDs?

: I prefer Sonobox myself. I think that the music sounds much better than 
: anyother .mod player for the GS that I've heard. I'm a real .mod fan, 
: I've allready filled 2 hard drives with mostly mods. Someday I gonna get 
: them on a CD.

I'm using Deskplay, which uses Shellplay.  Speaking of which, I've found
a few problems with it.  1) It doesn't play all .mod files (NTGS plays
them fine).  2) It doesn't always play the samples at the specified
volume (NTGS works much better).  3) If the screensaver (Phantasm) kicks
in while it's playing, the system "forgets" where the boot disk is, and
refuses to open boot disk icon on the desktop.  The only remedy is
Ctrl-OA-Reset, while the music is playing, because it won't quit without
the Shellplay file in the Desk.Accs folder (boot disk).

Sonobox has an error in which, if you delete the first item in the
list, it incorrectly lists the remaining items.


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