marx marvelous's TFMX player
TFMX: the final musicsystem extended |
for Win32 & WinAMP by Per Lindén
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History:
In late 1992 marx marvelous
combined Martin Griffiths' Soundtracker player with Chris Huelsbeck's TFMX
player code and created the first TFMX player for the Atari ST. It played
both 4- and 7-voice modules. Some time later he created a TFMX
player for Unix. In September, 1998, I, Per Lindén, made a Windows
NT/95 version of the Unix player, that plays through the Windows Wave Mapper
sound device. Now there is also a WinAMP plugin available.
Features: (of both the Windows and Unix versions)
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Plays both 4-voice and 7-voice mods
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Plays most TFMX-Pro 2.0 mods and TFMX-Pro 1.0 mods
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Adjustable output rate and sample size (unsigned-8 or signed-16 bits)
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Outputs raw or .wav audio data to a file (raw data is PCM, unsigned
8 bits or signed 16 bits Intel-style)
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Subsong selectable from the command line
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Filtering and stereo blend options
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WinAMP plugin supports the Amarok plugin (at http://www.sundin.nu)
Future plans of the player: (the more likely first...)
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Plugin versions for other multi-format players (in progress... but very
slowly...)
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Some clever way of handling the corrupt version of the Turrican III Title
SMPL file that is 56642 bytes. Meanwhile, please use the correct file that
is 76446 bytes...
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A nice GUI
Available versions:
- For Windows 95/NT: (latest release: March 10, 1999)
Win32 Version 0.19
is the fifth public release of the 32-bit Windows command line version
of TFMXPlay. The differences from 0.172 is that it displays the
number of voices that the module uses, and some improvements have been
made to handle strange/corrupt modules better. Since v0.18 some minor problems
with error handling were corrected, and it is now possible to play modules
with the magic number "TFMX ", such as Rock'n'Roll. I am not sure about
how good they sound, though. Try it out.
- Plugin for WinAMP, Windows 95/NT: (latest release: December 19, 1999)
TFMXPlug Version
0.0.0.8 is the eighth WinAMP player
plugin version of this player. New features since 0.0.0.7 are: Major bugfix:
resolved the problem that caused WinAMP to lock up at times. Some player
code fixes. If you want to report bugs, suggestions or strange behaviour,
please check out the readme file first.
- For Unix:
Go to the original TFMX
player for Unix page.
- For Germans: :-)
Markus Jungblut (UBMax) has been kind enough to prepare a German
translation of all the text files included with TFMXPlay 0.19
and TFMXPlug 0.0.0.8. Read these, and become a certified
TFMXPlay/Plugprofessional!
;-)
The TFMXPLay mailing list
If you are interested in being informed about coming updates (if there
will be any :-), send a mail to per@snakebite.com
, with the subject "TFMX list subscription".
I will handle this list manually to begin with, so it's not a robot you're
writing to! If you want to stop subscribing, just throw me a mail. This
list will certainly not flood anyone's inbox, I promise... ;-)
Some places where you can find TFMX music and related stuff:
"The Best Game Music in the World ... EVER !"
"ExoticA! Amiga Exotic Music, Nostalgia, and More!"
marx marvelous own music
The guy who started all this, Chris Huelsbeck
ETR - Exotic Tune Renamer
This page is maintained by Per Lindén <dat95pln@mds.mdh.se>
Västerås, SWEDEN
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