Music (MOD) Player by Lanex [web]
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Lnx (AmigaMOD) Modules Player
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for the eLeMeNt ZX computer
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(C) 2024 by Lanex
www.ilnx.cz
INSTALLATION
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Extract files from the archive
(ZIP or TAR) to the SD card.
The LNXMP directory holds an
executable (TAP or BAS), example
MODs and sub-directories. The
program will not start without
the folder named "DT", which
contains graphic files.
A small selection of mods is
available in the MOD folder.
You can browse the SD card and
select your own music location.
The program uses its own
configuration file. See the
CFG format description at the
end of this manual.
CONTROLS
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H - Help Screen
Cursor - Up / Down
1 / 2 - Page Up / Page Down
3 / 4 - Top / End
Enter - Open Folder /Play
Space - Play / Stop / Pause
W / S - Previous / Next
A / D - Fast Forward
/ Backward
P - Continuous Play
E - View Mode
images / volume bars /
extended bars
M - MOD Player Mode
mono
stereo - L/R (80/60/40/20%)
headphones suggested
amiga - L/R (2+2 channels)
SMP - special mode
HARDWARE USED
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- divSD + FAT formatted
(esxDOS) card
- SoundDMA
- LMN Co-processor Unit
- FastDMA
- up to 256 UltimateRAM pages
- 512*192 HiRes resolution
HGFX 256 colours / HGFX HAM8
TECHNICALS
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The CIA-chip support (indicated
to the right of buttons, in red)
is experimental and mostly warns
that a song will not play as it
should.
The MOD Player takes approx. 3%
(11% max.) of the CPU power,
at 3.5 MHz.
Volume bars use 7 MHz or 14 MHz.
Volume bars show a hardware
level only, so the player does
not always show what you
perceive. If a sample is played,
its hw-volume is often set to
maximum and the overall volume
is controlled by the sample
volume.
Extended bars reflect the
current state whenever a musical
note is performed.
SMP MODE IN DETAIL
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Sample no.3 = L/R
with ratio 20/40/60/80%
Advantage: every sample is at
the same position, regardless
of which channel is playing on.
Eg. drums play in channel no.1
for a moment and then they jump
to channel no.3. Unpleasant to
listen to. The SMP mode will
solve the issue.
(check the Deset Dream tune)
Disadvantage: if the MOD is
balanced, this effect is gone.
Eg. a sample is deliberately
played in channel no.1,
positioned to the left and
after then in channel no.3, to
be on the right - this will be
lost in SMP mode.
(check the Beyond Music tune)
LNXMP.CFG FORMAT
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A configuration file named
LNXMP.CFG is located in the
folder /SYS/CONFIG/
If the CFG file is missing, the
LNXMP will create it.
You can modify this file, e.g.
with the LnxTEd.
It allows you to set 3 options
so far:
MODULES FOLDER
Path=
/folder/ ... absolute
folder/ ... relative
A typical path setting could be
Path=/LNXMP/MOD
If you use the esxDOS software
archive from the website
esxdos.zxfiles.net, set the
path like this
Path=/TUNES/AMIGA
SHOW MODE
SMode=
0 ... image
1 ... volume bars
2 ... extended bars
MONO/STEREO MODE
ChMode=
0 ... mono
1 ... stereo
2 ... amiga
3 ... SMP
GRAPHICS FILES
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You can have up to 256 images,
located in the DT folder. Images
are randomly diplayed during
playback.
Next to them, you can also use
unique filenames. The title
picture always gets the name
"INIT.CBN".
If you want to assign an image
to a specific song, name it the
same as the MOD file is named
and add the .CBN extension.
A graphics conversion tool is
for download at the www.ilnx.cz
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