Hi Patrick Reed, hope you are having a nice day
Friday, 11 July 1997 15:34:00, Patrick Reed wrote to Joaquin Lopez
Subject: cpu music
 JL>> Fast Tracker and Scream Tracker are programs used to compose
 JL>> Mod files and formats derived from Mod files. Mod files are like
 JL>> midi files, except it has actual sound samples embedded into the
 JL>> file.
 PR> I see, I knew that was the general idea how they worked, but
 PR> how do they work exactly?
Well, the main difference is the way the tracks work. Lets say we have
a four track MIDI and a 4 track MOD with two instruments. The tracks
will work like this (and I hope you use a fixed width font :) ).
MIDI:
 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4  Instrument 1 = I1
|  I1   |  I2   |  I2   |  I1   |            2 = I2
| C D E | A G F | B A D | E D F |
Each track can use one instrument (at a time), and have multiple notes.
MOD:
 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4  Instrument 1 = I1
| I1-C  | I2-A  | I2-G  | I1-A  |            2 = I2
| I2-D  | I1-E  | I2-G  | I1-G  |
Each track can use one instrument, but can have only one note.
Now that I'm done I probably could have done this without the diagram.
Oh well. :)
 PR> Where can one acquire a copy of these said programs?
Off the top of my head, you can go to (on the internet):
Maz's Homepage: http://www.th-zwickau.de/~maz or www.mazsound.com
If I screwed up the URL, you can always go to Yahoo.
Joaquin Lopez
.!. Go on, be yourself!  There isn't anyone better qualified. ;)
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