Skyhigh 19 SKYHIGH spreading the New Player EXCLUSIVELY

SKYHIGH spreading the New Player EXCLUSIVELY



THE SPREADING OF A LEGENDARY TOOL
THE SPREADING OF A LEGENDARY TOOL
by: Torben Hansen / Vibrants - Camelot


* Prologue *

When I first heard that JCH would spread his editor-
system I was under the impression that only the
people who had got it directly from JCH possessed
it. However after talking to some people on IRC I
now know that there are quite a number of people,
who actually did possess even the new players - I
was quite shocked by this, but since it's spreaded
now anyways, I see no reason to investigate WHO
were the one(s) to break the trust they were given
by JCH.


*The Article*

At this point in time where the discussion about the
spreading of music-editors is at it's peak, I bring you
what in many people's opinion is the most powerful
musical tool on the c64. You MAY believe it - you are
about to be the owner of the Vibrants New-Player
System created by JCH over a period of some 8
years.

I guess you've already reseted this mag and started
the tools, that has given you wet dreams for years.
But before you rush away, I think you should finish
reading this article.

Funny enough the spreading of the New-Player
System hasn't got anything to do with the public
demand for the spreading of the 'secret' music-
editors. The decision was entirely made by JCH. The
reason why he wanted to spread the whole thing was
because he had come across a new c64-emulator for
the PC, that also emulated the sound through the
soundcard 'Gravis Ultrasound'. As JCH would spread
the pack on the PC, only c64-owners with a PC and a
X1541 cable would be able to get the pack. Therefore
I decided to do the only decent thing - since I'm no
arrogant highass - and spread the darn thing, and
since I'm no megaswapper I thought that spreading
it through this media would be the best thing to do. I
chose Skyhigh, not because it's a Camelot mag, but
because it a mag that a huge amount of people read.

The package that I've now spreaded does not include
all the files, that will be included in the package
JCH will release on the PC. Besides the tools you've
got now there will be all the source-code +
instructions for the whole system. JCH decided to
give the source free for any future opgrades... Don't
abuse this opportunity!

To finish off the upgrading matter, I would like to
say that since the New-Players now is PD, future up-
grades should also be PD. I know that Syndrom made
a v20.g5, because the v20.g4 does have some bugs.
Syndrom's v20.g5 featured improved vibrato, new
filter handling, and some raster-decreasements.
However the 'improved vibrato' couldn't be heard -
the new filter-handling served no obvious use - and
finally the raster-decreasements made the player
click, so all in all it wasn't really an upgrade, but
still a nice try, Matthias! As you may see for your-
self I haven't included the v20.g5, but if the demand
should be big enough I'll spread it. Just remember
that if you upgrade the player, then look out for
the version-numbers!! Otherwise it's going to be a
mess.

If you're looking for instructions you wont find any
here nor on the disk. The reason why I haven't
included any is rather simple: First of all I don't
have any instructions anymore - and second: if I
did I wouldn't have had the amount of time needed
to type them in.

Now that everybody's happy I wouldn't want to see
any more rediculous articles saying that: "I don't
have a decent editor - gimme one!!" - anyway, I think
Mitch said the right words that needs to be said in
his interview in the previous issue of this mag.

To end this article off I have an outcry: if you
possess the infamous JCH-DEPACKER tool made by
Syndrom, I must urge you NOT to use it! Make your
own instruments - it takes time to do it, but when
you finally get to the point where people envy YOU
for your instruments you will feel twice as proud
as you would have been if you just ripped it all! I
know that the tool was never spread, Matthias, but
so was the OutRun digimusic from MON! (*hint*)

Well, now I will leave you without further comments.
Oh, I nearly forgot to say that Jeff's player is 99%
finished and it's looks like it's going to be better
than JCH's player.. I guess you still wont have a
'decent' player then - or do you ??


Torben Hansen / Vibrants * Camelot

Internet fanatics can reach me at :
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Here follows the info-file Metal did to the tools.
Actually it was done in note on the disk, but because
of lack of diskspace I decided to put it here instead.

Ok take it away Torben.

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--  Welcome  --
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You are now the lucky owner of the:

NEW-PLAYER MUSIC-SYSTEM
NEW-PLAYER MUSIC-SYSTEM


Made by JCH/VIBRANTS. It took some 8-9 years to
make it what it is today - propably the best and most
user-friendly music-editor around.

This info-file will try to explain what kind of files
you've got with this pack, and also some brief instruc
tions on how to handle them.


Ed3.03/d15/20.g4

This file is THE editor. When you run this file you will
encounter a directory page where you can load/save
all your work-files. The detailed info on the screen
should be enough for you to find your way to the
main-editor.

The editor is born with the 20.g4 player which is the
newest (some 3 years old!) and the player used by
the members of VIBRANTS and those selected musi-
cians who got it from JCH personally (not man left, I
guess).

As some of you might know a version of the editor
(v2.53 or something) with a player 14.g1 was illegally
spread by SCORTIA. To chose of you who got hold on
that one, I can only say that the old keys do the
same job in this version.


Digied2.56/o1.d4

I think this file is a real surprise for all of you. You
propably didn't expect a digi-editor, right? Well, the
reason why you've never heard of it, is because it was
never been put to use. It's merely a preview, which
JCH did about the same time as the player 20.g1 (old
version of the 20.g4 with bugs), therefore the editor
is full of bugs, which can make it a real bitch to
handle.

Besides JCH, who has made a few tunes in it, I have
tried it out but I've never had the temper to finish
anything in it :(

If you like bugs and annoying problems you should be
in for a real treat with this one. I can inform you that
samples are loaded from $8000-


NP-pack v5.3/jch

This is the tool that packs your huge work-files into
normal sized musicfiles. This version of the packer is
also the latest one, and it can pack tunes made in
the players 10.g1 - 20.64 (20.q0).

When you've packed the tune and want to save it to
disk a text-line with credits ans a line with the file-
name pops up. You don't have to call your files :
'20.  NAME   /ID '. This format was made so that the
DELUXE-DRIVER could identify the player version,
name the tune and id the composer. Because the DE-
LUXE-DRIVER is terribly outdated, it has no other
purpose than to play the music.

I haven't included the DELUXE-DRIVER, as you don't
really need it. If you insist on having it, I'm sure at-
least one of your friends have it.


19.g1/clean

This is the player 19.g1 which has not been used very
much. It's a low-quality player with a low use of ras-
ter-time. Because the player was supposed to fit
those time-sucking demoscreens JCH had to cut down
on some things. The PULSE-TABLE is not used, and you
can't have VIBRATO either. This makes it hard to do
leads and the usual base-instruments, however some
people have managed to do some quite astonishing
things with it.


20.q0/clean

This is the double/triple player based on the 20.g4
player. When you load this into the editor you'll get a
doublespeed player as default. If you want to change
to triple-speed you just load the mergefile :
'+SPDC/VOL/TRIPLE' and vice versa with the '+SPDC/
VOL/DOUBLE'.

Getting the earlier versions of the JCH New-Player
system ...

This is the list of the existing players for the system:

06.o1  - 08.o1 - 09.o1 - 10 .g1  -  11.g1
12.g1  -  13.g1 - 14 .g1 -  15.g3 -  17.g1
17.q0 -  18.g1 - 19 .g1 - 20.g4 - 20.q0

There exists a 20.g5, which SYNDROM made (without
permission at the time). As far as I can recall the dif
ference between 20.g4 and 20.g5 is that the SLIDE-
TABLE is changed from precalced to realtime. You can
not tell the difference, which is also why SYNDROM
dropped it again.

If you have that awful JCH-DEPACKER from SYNDROM,
all you'll need is some music made in these players,
but if the public demand for these players is huge
enough I'll propably include them in the next issue
of SKYHIGH MAGAZINE.


General information

Here's some more quick references for the editor:

'F1 ' Play from wrap-mark
'F2' Test your instruments
'F3' Play song
'F4' Stop playing
'F5' In/out of sequence number
'F6' Delete
'F7' Octave up
'F8' Octave down

Ofcoz you'll need to know about a million things more
to be able to do something constructive with it. I can
not seem to locate my own instructions, so maybe I
should write some quick ones .. Hmm, we'll see about
that. Anyways, JCH will propably include instructions
in his pack.


Contact adresses:

dIf you for somed strange reason feel like
contacting VIBRANTS :

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - JCH (PC ONLY)

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - METAL (PC & C64)

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - DRAX (PC & C64)

JO works in Germany for Rainbow Arts and Laxity will
soon move to Norway to work for Funcom Productions.

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This info-file has been hosted by:

TORBEN HANSEN - METAL


The New-Player System is (C):

JENS-CHRISTIAN HUUS - JCH


Check out the text for some last words. ENJOY!!

Yours sincerely,

TORBEN HANSEN / VIBRANTS - 1995
TORBEN HANSEN / VIBRABTS - 1995

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* You can get the full pack including SOURCE-CODES
and INSTRUCTIONS by down-loading the pack, which
will be released by JCH on the PC. The pack will be
located on some BBS I don't yet know the name or
number on. With a X1541 CABLE you can transport
the PC files onto your 1541-drive.

* You are FREE to UPGRADE the player(s). However,
since this player now is PD Future upgrades should
also be PD.

* It will be considered very UNSMART to upgrade the
editor and call it your own! REMEMBER that this
editor is the result of much hard work! RESPECT it!

* Members of VIBRANTS are: JCH, LAXITY, DRAX, JO and
METAL. We work on all sorts of computer-formats
but mainly on the PC. Only DRAX and METAL are still
'active' on the C64.

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