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From: C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Simple soundtracker question.
Message-ID: <901205.154955.CST.C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU>
Date: 5 Dec 90 21:49:55 GMT
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In Message-ID: <1990Dec5.185515.12982@mcs.kent.edu>
          eretherf@math-cs.kent.edu (Eric Von Retherford) said:
> [Summary: Soundtracker and/or Noisetracker appear in so many visible
>  places as PD or freely distributable; hence, they almost must be PD.
>  Are they, or are they not?]

Maybe you should explain what Soundtracker and Noisetracker have that MED
does not.  MED *is*, after all, freely distributable for 0 cash.  And it
seems to have all the features of NT/ST/etc. plus many enhancements.  So,
why would anyone use NT/ST/etc. over MED?  You can even save MED songs
as Soundtracker Modules for compatibility between ST/NT and MED.  I have
noticed, however, that some of the Noisetracker-Modules on abcfd20 do NOT
load correctly into MED using the ST-MOD load feature.  Also, some of these
files aren't even recognized as valid ST-MODs... is this MED's fault, are
those files corrupt, or is this ST/NT's fault?

(As examples:  the CrystalHammer module loads but it is corrupted;
               the GreenSleeves module is not recognized as an ST-MOD;
               the Fletch module loads and plays beautifully!)

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