ModVoicer 1.1
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by Kip Walker, July-August 1992

Inspiration:
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My fascination with those cool amiga MOD files lead me to do this.
Frank Seide's terrific program "The Sound-Trecker" and his comprehensive
documentation inspired and helped me to decipher and play with the files.

Requirements:
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System 6.0.7 or greater
Any Mac
400K free memory minimum
Lots of MOD files!!!!

Basics:
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ModVoicer will let you open one MOD file at a time.  It prefers files with
SoundTrecker's signature, but will try to open anything you choose.  The
MOD file detection is minimal at this point.  Once the file is open, you'll
get a window with a list of the valid samples in the MOD.  Double-clicking
on a list item, or selection of several will open a window for each voice.
(up to 10 voice windows)  When a sound window is in the front of the screen,
any non command-keys will trigger the sound to be played at a frequency related
to the ASCII of the key.  If the sound list is foremost, Close will close
the whole MOD.  Otherwise, Close will remove the front voice window.

You can change the Volume via the Volume menu (tricky!!), the base
rate of the samples, and the display method (dots or lines) via the
Options menu.

Choosing the Export command in the File menu will do the following:
If a sound window is frontmost, it will let you save either a soundEdit
file with the sample, or create a ResEdit owned resource file with the
sound in it.  If you have selected mutilple samples in the list, Export
will create a resource file with all selected sounds in it.
Choosing Export Merge lets you put the selected sound(s) into an existing
resource fork (taking care not to overwrite previously saved 'snd ' rsrcs).

In the Future:
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Keyboard set up like a piano
Sophisticated graphics ? Possibly.
Mod editing capabilities

Author:
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Kip Walker

I know there's a lot more to be done, so if you'd like to see it done, let me know!!
Again, please email me comments and suggestions!

I am a sound novice -- if you have any knowledge of sound theory and would like
to help me make this a really cool program, email me!!


email: Kip_Walker@mcimail.com     (A new more convenient address will soon
be released)


All I ask for:
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I like the idea of PostcardWare.  If you like this and want to encourage me
to continue, send a postcard to:

Kip Walker
Box #1309
1060 Morewood Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213