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    [38]1This file gives all the information needed for those who want to send songs
    2to ASMA archive.
    3
    [42]4If you want to send me some tunes, they should be already converted to SAP
    5format and should include all the information needed (author, name, date,
    6number of songs). If you're unsure about any information needed, you can
    7send me the music as well, maybe we can find the info together. If you don't
    8know how to create SAP files, send me the binary file with the INIT and PLAY
    9addresses and memory location where the tune has to be loaded. See Sap.txt
    10for SAP format description.
    11
    [38]12File formats accepted
    13~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    14SAP - already created SAP file
    15CMC - Chaos Music Composer
    [42]16CMR - Chaos Music Composer with alternative notetables (Rzog's)
    [38]17DMC - Doublespeed Chaos Music Composer
    18MPT - Music ProTracker
    19MD1+D15 - Music ProTracker with one 15kHz digichannel
    20MD1+D8 - Music ProTracker with one 8kHz digichannel
    21MD2+D8 - Music ProTracker with two 8kHz digichannels
    22TMC - Theta Music Composer
    23TM8 - Theta Music Composer dual POKEY configuration (stereo)
    24Benjy Soundmonitor
    [42]25AMS
    [38]26
    27Information needed (or welcome)
    28~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    29- Author of the song
    30- Name of song
    31- Date of creation or copyright date
    32- Number of subsongs/default subsong
    33For SAP files this information should be already included in the header, for
    34other fileformats write it into a separate textfile.
    35
    36STIL information
    37~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    38This information is not essential but if you know anything of these, please
    39send it together with the song.
    40- Name of covered song (plus album)
    41- Name of the interpreter (singer, band) or composer
    42If the song is a demoparty music compo contribution, send us the name of the
    43party (including year) and the final standing of the song (only for songs
    44that ended at 1st, 2nd or 3rd place).
    45Again you can write all this information into a separate text file.
    46Examples:
    47
    48Digital_Trash.sap
    49  TITLE: Domino Dancing [from Introspective]
    50 ARTIST: Pet Shop Boys
    51
    52Desastre.sap
    53COMMENT: 2nd place at Intel Outside 4 music compo.
    54
    [42]55SAP header conventions
    56~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    [38]57The filenames must not be longer than 26 characters (plus .sap) e.g.:
    58
    59 12345678901234567890123456.123
    60 Intel_Outside_Fractal_Part.sap - all right
    61 Jocky_Wilsons_Darts_Compendium.sap - wrong!
    62
    63Because of compatibility reasons only characters 'A..Z', 'a..z', and '0..9'
    64can be used in the filenames. All spaces must be replaced with underscore
    65("_"). The dash ("-") is also allowed but from no reason we don't use it :-)
    66
    67All tags in SAP header must be UPPERCASE (e.g. AUTHOR, DATE). The field
    68contents must be closed in quotation marks ("). There is one SPACE ( )
    69between the tag and the quotation mark.
    70Every line in the header must end with EOL ($0d $0a).
    71For unknown information use this mark <?>.
    72For more information about the SAP header see the file Sap.txt.
    73Example:
    74
    75SAP
    76AUTHOR "Marek Badkowski (Bac)"
    77NAME "Deafman"
    78DATE "<?>"
    79TYPE B
    80INIT 0500
    81PLAYER F092
    82
    83If possible, send also the original file/game/demo that you ripped the
    84song(s) from.
    85
    86Thanks for your contributions!
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