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Archive 10/2021

21.Oct.2021 Music editor: MusicMaker V8 Version 3.12 (update)
Thomas Winischhofer's 'MusicMaker V8' ('MMV8') is a sample-based music editor which the author started back in 1986 as hobby project. As the author wrote, "much later it published in France and the German speaking parts of Europe by Data Becker (V1.76) and by Wolf Software (V2.358, Germany only)." This version 3 dates back to late 1992 and was never published as a commercial product.

In the readme it is explained, that MMV8 uses "macros" which - unlike "patterns" in trackers - apply to a single channel only. Those "macros" are then put in a playing order, which is called a track. As MMV8 provides up to eight audio channels, up to eight tracks can be set up.

As Thomas Winischhofer told us some time ago, he "doesn't really want to do anything more on the MM except occasionally fix bugs that stand out." That would not be worth reporting. However, this has turned into a few updates in recent times, each of which has been published on Aminet. As the developer writes, he has small windows of time at the moment, which, unlike the DSP drivers - his other Amiga project of the recent past) he can use sitting at the emulator to fix bugs and improve the source code from 1986 and the following years. But he definitely doesn't want to take away the character and charm of the 80s from the program.

In the latest versions the author mainly worked on the GUI and fixed several minor bugs.

Who of our readers had or has used the music editor?

Update: (07:43, 24.10.21, dr)

Meanwhile version 3.12 is available. Now "m" now shows instrument paths and minor inconvenience in the install script were fixed. (dr)

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21.Oct.2021
Prince (Mail) Video tutorial: Episode 17 of assembler coding course
'Prince', the founder of the former demo group 'Phaze101', currently streams on Twitch the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" (amiga-news.de reported) in English and after some time uploads the videos of it to YouTube. Yesterday episode 17 was published, continuing running through chapter 7 of the book which is about "Sprites / Joysticks / Tables / Bit Manipulation". (dr)

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20.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (website) OpenSwitcher: Do-it-yourself floppy disk drive switcher
OpenSwitcher is a do-it-yourself floppy disk drive switcher for the Amiga, tested with an Amiga 500+ and 2.x as well as 3.x Kickstart ROMs. Seperately, there is also a variant for the Amiga 600 and 1200.

Aim of the project is a solution built of easily available and easily programmable parts that is easily to install as well. (snx)

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20.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (website) New downloads at amigaland.de
At amigaland.de Mirko Engelhardt offers software that had been commercial before with the permission of the respective copyright owners. Latest additions include the soccer manager simulation Bundesliga Manager as well as the adventures Jonathan and Die Kathedrale by Software 2000 as well as the economic simulations Mag!!! and ranTrainer by Greenwood Entertainment Software. (snx)

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20.Oct.2021
Thorsten Mampel (ANF) Event: Developers and presentations at Amiga-Meeting Nord 2021 (Germany)
From November 5 to 7, 2021, the next Amiga-Meeting will take place in Neumünster, Germany. Everyone actively taking part with his own computer will receive keyfiles for Amiga Forever and C64 Forever sponsored by Mike Battilana of Cloanto. Besides 'Matze' also Entwickler-X, Arne/HavanaClub and Kai/Forgottenhero will be there and probably also Frank Mariak of the MorphOS developer team may join.

More details can be found in our german news-item or at the title link. (snx)

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20.Oct.2021 BASIC-Compiler: AQB 0.7.3
With his compiler AQB, which is oriented to Microsoft's AmigaBASIC or QuickBASIC, but not intended as a clone, the developer Guenter Bartsch has the intention to create a modern, clean, AmigaOS-compatible and future-proof BASIC, which is tailored to modern Amiga application development.

In version 0.7.3, besides bug fixes in the compiler, various functions and modules were added. (dr)

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20.Oct.2021
Janne Peräaho (Mail)

Review: Amiga python port of puzzle game 'Oil Worker'
In mid-July, developer Janne Peräaho had begun a series of Python conversions with the game Space Invaders. He now continued this series with the game OilWorker originally published by Wil Alvarez in 2008 as implementation for AmigaOS 4.1. Thereby he optimized the loading of the game data, created the possibility to reset the highscore and added a small manual.

The aim of the game is to lay an oil pipeline from the delivery point to the tank. The pieces to be used for this purpose must be placed next to each other in the playing field in a meaningful way, whereby a minimum number must be reached. In a preview at the upper right edge you can see the next four pieces to be processed for the pipeline. If one just doesn't fit the line you've started (the pieces can't be rotated), it can be placed anywhere on the board or built over an existing one (for a $50 deduction). The game features simple, but nice background music and also single SFX.

In our small test, 'Oil Worker' ran very smoothly and without problems on an AmigaOne X5000. Using emulated AmigaOS 4.1 (WinUAE on an Intel 2.20 GHz laptop), the game also worked, but only 1-2 FPS were achieved, which meant that setting the parts was still reasonably smooth. However, the time it took for the oil from the ground to reach the upper well and then flow through the pipe was disproportionately long, making the whole thing impossible to play sensibly.

The game is definitely recommended for all those who want to strain their grey cells a bit with a small game in between. However, it should be tested whether the game runs just as smoothly on weaker native hardware (X1000, Sam boards) or whether it can be used sensibly with a faster emulation (current PC). (dr)

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19.Oct.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF) Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 153 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 153 (November/December 2021) have been published online now at the title link. Its content includes an interview with Guido Henkel as well as reviews of Cybersphere and AmigaOS 3.2.

Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (snx)

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