| 1 | This file gives all the information needed for those who want to send songs |
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| 2 | to ASMA archive. |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | If you want to send me some songs, they should be already converted to SAP |
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| 5 | format and should include all the information needed (author, name, date, |
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| 6 | number of songs). If you're unsure about any information needed, you can |
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| 7 | send me the music as well, maybe we can find the info together. If you don't |
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| 8 | know how to create SAP files, send me the binary file with the INIT and PLAY |
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| 9 | addresses and memory location where the song has to be loaded. See Sap.txt |
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| 10 | for SAP format description. |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | File formats accepted |
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| 13 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| 14 | SAP - (Slight Atari Player) - The format designed for playing 8-bit Atari |
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| 15 | music on modern computers. All other formats can be converted to SAP. |
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| 16 | See Sap.txt for more information regarding the SAP file format. |
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| 17 | AMP - (Antic Music Player) |
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| 18 | AMS - (Antic Music Sound) |
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| 19 | Benjy Soundmonitor |
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| 20 | CMC - (Chaos Music Composer) - Atari music editor from early 1990s. |
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| 21 | CM3 - (CMC "3/4") - CMC with modified pattern length. |
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| 22 | CMR - (CMC "Rzog") - CMC with modified bass sounds. |
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| 23 | CMS - (Stereo Double CMC) - Stereo CMC. |
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| 24 | DMC - (DoublePlay CMC) - CMC with 6502 routine executed at double rate of the |
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| 25 | original CMC. |
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| 26 | DLT - (Delta Music Composer) - Atari music editor from 1990s. |
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| 27 | FC - (Future Composer) - Atari music editor from 1990s. |
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| 28 | MPT - (Music ProTracker) - Atari music editor from 1990s. |
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| 29 | MPD - (MPT DoublePlay) - MPT with 6502 routine executed at double rate of the |
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| 30 | original MPT. |
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| 31 | RMT - (Raster Music Tracker) - Modern Atari music editor running on Windows. |
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| 32 | TMC - (Theta Music Composer) - Atari music editor from late 1990s. |
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| 33 | TM2 - (Theta Music Composer 2.x) - Modern Atari music editor. |
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| 34 | TM8 - Theta Music Composer dual POKEY configuration (stereo). |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | If possible, send also the original file/game/demo that you ripped the |
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| 37 | song(s) from. |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | Information needed (or welcome) |
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| 40 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| 41 | - Author of the song |
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| 42 | - Name of song |
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| 43 | - Date of creation or copyright date |
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| 44 | - Number of subsongs/default subsong |
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| 45 | For SAP files this information should be already included in the header, for |
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| 46 | other fileformats write it into a separate textfile. |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | STIL information |
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| 49 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| 50 | This information is not essential but if you know anything of these, please |
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| 51 | send it together with the song. |
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| 52 | - Name of covered song (plus album) |
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| 53 | - Name of the interpreter (singer, band) or composer |
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| 54 | If the song is a demoparty music compo contribution, send us the name of the |
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| 55 | party (including year) and the final standing of the song (only for songs |
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| 56 | that ended at 1st, 2nd or 3rd place). |
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| 57 | Again you can write all this information into a separate text file. |
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| 58 | Examples: |
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| 59 | |
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| 60 | Digital_Trash.sap |
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| 61 | TITLE: Domino Dancing [from Introspective] |
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| 62 | ARTIST: Pet Shop Boys |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | Desastre.sap |
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| 65 | COMMENT: 2nd place at Intel Outside 4 music compo. |
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| 66 | |
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| 67 | Thank you for your contributions! |
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