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	        A M P   1.1
	  (c)  Lada Kopecky, 1995
        aka Grinus/Torture Of Music
	===========================



FEATURES
 - plays S3M modules (ST3.0 - 3.21)
 - plays MTM modules
 - plays MOD/NST modules (M.K.  FLT4  6CHN  8CHN  OCTA)
 - max 32 channels, max 30 sounding notes
 - no clicks
 - the strict compatibility with the ST3.21 effects
 - fast forward mode, pattern skip in both directions
 - no problems with memory or extenders (40-200 KB of DOS memory is enough)
 - can play in Windows. Just increase the Priority with PIF editor or
   decrease the Idle sensitivity in Windows 95 to achieve the continuous
   playing.
 - can play when not enough AWE memory
 - does not use any hw interrupt
 - and of course, the maximal sample upload speed :)



SWITCHES  (preceded by '/' or '-')
  V     verbose mode (all info shown, incl. unsupported effects in runtime)
  S     single mode (no module looping)
  F     force play if not enough AWE RAM  (some samples will be ignored)
  Rn    initial reverb level (0..255, default 36)
  Cn    initial chorus level (0..255, default 0)
  En    reverb type (0..7, default 4)
  On    chorus type (0..7, default 0)
  Bn    initial bass level   (0..11, default 5)
  Tn    initial treble level (0..11, default 5)

     n      Bass/Treble       Reverb Type      Chorus Type
    ---     -----------       -----------      -----------
     0        -12 dB          Room 1           Chorus 1 (*)
     1         -8 dB          Room 2           Chorus 2
     2         -6 dB          Room 3           Chorus 3
     3         -4 dB          Hall 1           Chorus 4
     4         -2 dB          Hall 2 (*)       Feedback Delay
     5          0 dB (*)      Plate            Flanger
     6         +2 dB          Delay            Short Delay
     7         +4 dB          Panning Delay    Short Delay Feedback
     8         +6 dB
     9         +8 dB
    10        +10 dB
    11        +12 dB



KEYBOARD
             fast forward
  ->          pattern forward (the remaining pattern data are ignored)
  <-          pattern back
  - +         volume down/up
  F5 F6       EMU equalizer bass level down/up
  F7 F8       EMU equalizer treble level down/up
  F9 F10      reverb level down/up
  F11 F12     chorus level down/up
  1-9,A-P     channel 1-25 on/off
  R S         all channels off/on
  ?           show channels, volume, bass, treble, reverb, chorus levels
  T           show sample names (up to 48)
  spacebar    pause
  Esc         exit



REQUIREMENTS
 - at least PC 286  (not tested on 286)
 - SB AWE32 at port 620h (at least 2 MB of on-board RAM recommended)
 - 40..200 KB of free DOS conventional memory (no EMS/XMS required)



UNSUPPORTED EFFECTS
 - set filter             (Amiga HW specific)
 - old S3M stereo control (anybody knows the function ?)
 - set glissando control  (never seen this)
 - funk repeat            (never seen this)
 - set fine tune          (never seen this)



FUTURE PLANS
 - better user interface
    (I'm rather lazy and the sound quality is most important to me)
 - downsampling if not enough AWE RAM
    (you know, it's not urgent when someone has got 8MB  :)
 - XM modules ?
    (no comment)



SOMETHING ABOUT THE CLICKS
 One of the goals of this player is a clean sound without clicks.
 Other AWE players make a lot of clicks which make them unusable for me.
 I've been waiting long time for some good player. I tried AWEMOD, OMEGA,
 AWEPLAY, AWEMP - and all these make clicks. So I've decided to release
 my own old 'home player', though it's not very beauty.
 The only other AWE player without clicks is Cubic 1.6 (as I know), but it has
 a bug in the panning control of the AWE - when used after any program using
 the ADIP 2.52 style code (e.g. AMP), some sounds will be lost. The AWEMP has
 the same bug.



SOMETHING ABOUT THE TREBLE SETTING
 When playing a module, there are 2 or 3 equalizers in chain: 
     1. the digital equalizer in EMU8000
     2. the equalizer in AWE32 mixer (controled by SB16SET or Windows mixer)
     3. the equalizer in external amplifier
 I think there should be used only last one in chain.  So I decided to set
 the default bass&treble levels of the EMU8000 equalizer to zero.
 But the AWE32 hardware has a default treble level cca +10dB.
 That's why you can hear some loss of high frequencies compared to other
 AWE32 players which use hardware default.
 However, you can use the '-Tn' switch to change it.



SEND COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO
   kopecky@tsoft.cz


P.S.
 If you use AMP, don't be lazy and send me a few words.
 The player is released as freeware and I'd like to know of you :*)
