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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

1077.0. "DMCS file format" by TOOTER::RIES (Frank W. Ries Jr.) Thu Jan 14 1988 21:45

Does anyone know of or have any documentation on the format of a Deluxe
Music Contruction Set file? I have some music software that I have
written for the PDP-11, and with it about 200 songs. I would like to
write a translator that would allow my stuff to be converted to DMCS
and vica versa.

Frank

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1077.1get the IFF specificationWJG::GUINEAUW. John Guineau, RD Buyout engineeringFri Jan 15 1988 11:397

I know the IFF spec in the back of the Rom Kernal Reference Manual: EXEC 

has IFF formats for sound files.

John
1077.2DMCS is NOT a pd format---Use SMUSMVCAD3::BAEDERFri Jan 15 1988 11:4914
    Sorry, but as I have it, the DMCS file format is proprietarty to
    EA!  But the SMUS format that sonix uses (and DMCS can play/convert)
    is a public IFF format documented in the IFF book, available from
    cats (thats Comodore...)  I think the address and specifics of all
    the tech doc available is in the notes file, but if you need it
    drop me a line, or poke around in the mvcad3::user0:[amiga.usenet]
    area (at least I think its in there)
    
    SMUS is a fairly simple music format with 4 voices.  I havent played
    with it much, most of what Ive done has been with instrument files
    (8SVX)...watch for some truely PD instruments from the dealer demo
    disk appearing at an e-net drop near you ;^)
    
    scott
1077.3WJG::GUINEAUW. John Guineau, RD Buyout engineeringFri Jan 15 1988 11:5210


CATS address is in note 864.3 (just happen to have a printout here - wanted to
get the developer support stuff...)


BTW. Whats the story with sound/music. Does SMUS play things like 1812OVER?

John
1077.4more on music incompatabilities...MVCAD3::BAEDERFri Jan 15 1988 12:0613
    the sonix version is smus I think...havent looked at it that close....
    SMUS is the format for storing the info...kind of like low-res IFF...if
    you have a display program that did low res, and HAM...it can disply
    both a-ok...but if it only knows low-res...then any HAM picture
    won't disply at all..
    
    so best way is to look at the iff file and see if its DMCS or SMUS
    
    Sorry this may not exactly answer the question, but its just as
    frustrating to me that so much good DMCS music is out there, and
    no PD way of playing it!
    
    scott.