Short: Converts OctaMED SS mods to XM's Author: pynjo@jytol.fi (Jouko Pynnonen) Uploader: pynjo@jytol.fi (Jouko Pynnonen) Type: mus/misc General ======= MED2XM is a small shell utility to convert OctaMED Sound Studio modules (MMD1, MMD2, MMD3) to XM (FastTracker 2) modules. Usage is simple: at the shell prompt type MED2XM and the program will create a new XM module, appending ".xm" to the output file name. What it can do ============== The program can convert an OctaMED module to an .xm, with certain limitations. It may also create a faulty .xm module which will crash your player program when you try to play it, but this shouldn't happen, in general. However I can't guarantee there aren't any bugs left... What it can't do ================ It can't convert a module that has * more than 32 channels (since this is the XM limit) * patterns that have more than 128 lines (same reason) * synthetic or hybrid instruments * MIDI instruments * multiple songs * other similar weirdnesses I may have forgot What it doesn't care ==================== The converter totally ignores panning. This is a problem since OctaMED modules have a panning specified for each track, but FT2 has them for each instrument. It's likely that some special commands aren't implemented properly. I'm working on it. By the way, it DOES convert arpeggios and some other things ok, the reason you can't hear them with Amiga XM players is that for some reason they don't seem to play arpeggios at all. Ping-pong loops seem to be ignored too, but don't worry, they're there if you listen to the XM with a PC or something (at least this is what i've been told). Note ==== Use this program at your own risk. I won't be responsible of ANY known damage it might cause. Contact me ========== If you find bugs or tunes that won't get converted right/at all, please e-mail me about them. If possible, just tell where I can find the problematic OctaMED module, instead of e-mailing it to me ('coz I'd probably get giga- bytes of them). And of course, if you think this is a brilliant utility, i don't mind getting some positive feedback either. My e-mail address is: pynjo@jytol.fi Snail mail: Jouko Pynnonen Kortesuonkatu 9 40700 Jyvaskyla FINLAND ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 14724 8830 40.0% 27-Jan-97 00:14:08 med2xm 2274 1170 48.5% 27-Jan-97 00:18:32 med2xm.readme -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 16998 10000 41.1% 27-Jan-97 01:28:24 2 files