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From: maffett@uther.CS.ORST.EDU (Tim Maffett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Oktalplayer-PAL Aggghhhhhhh!!!!!!
Summary: StarTrekker, 8 voices
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Date: 25 Sep 90 00:22:57 GMT
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In article <37482@ut-emx.uucp> lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) writes:
>
>I can't even get it to work with my Fatter Agnus in PAL.  I can load a song
>and everything, but when I hit the play gadget, the mouse pointer ceases to
>move and nothing else happens.  No sound.  No nothing.  I can get it to quit
>and exit and everything though.  Do I need special hardware?  I was under the
>impression that it played 8 voices through a bunch of magic which used all the
>CPU.
>              -Elim Hall, _Things_Break_

   I was also unable to make Oktaplayer work in PAL mode with my fat agnus,
even using all of the PalBooter tricks.  Same symptoms, can load, edit,
sample, but no play. I was even able to load noisetracker files, but no play.
The oktaplayer.s source is definitely not the source to 8voices.  I also 
mentions in the source code that it is '4 voices only'.  
   On a brighter note, StarTrekker, the 8 voice version of NoiseTracker does
work like a charm, on a 2500/30 in PAL mode.  It seems very solid, and does
both 8 and 4 voice songs.  The next version of StarTrekker will support
Okta format, or at least the docs say so.
  
PS. How where you able to exit 8Voices, I was unable to get it to exit.

-tim
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