Re: Newer MOD player ?

[irsman@subzero.winternet.com (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <44pqf2$5o1@Venus.mcs.com>,
Trixter / Hornet <trixter@MCS.COM> wrote:

>For most purposes, you can consider an S3M to have an upper limit of
>16 channels, and a maximum size of 1024K (most S3Ms are composed for
>a sound card that can only hold 1 MB of sample RAM).
>
>So, with this in mind, I would like to ask Ian if it is now possible
>to play S3Ms on a GS?

No, because you still can't play more than 8 tracks (and even that gets 
hairy if more than 2 tracks use play rates above 14 kHz).  I have a
regular old FastTracker 8-track MOD (The Cougar Story) which literally
pins the CPU meter in DOCVu on my player.  My routines can swap 10 tracks,
but I ask you what would happen if you added 2 more tracks to such a MOD?
Hint, slowdown in the music, not good.  I stand by my original answer.

IRSMan / GS<>IRC   (wink wink)
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