Short:    V2.01b, comprehensive sound replayer
Author:   Jan Blumenthal & Henryk Richter
Uploader: henryk.richter@stud.uni-rostock.de
Type: mus/play

 Eagleplayer is a shareware music package for playing multiple music formats.
 If offers not only lot`s of features for your ear pleasure but also many
 visual effects and design ideas. It is built up modular so you only need 
 to load the external support modules (players,engines) you really need.

 CHANGES since last release (read the documentation/history for more details)
 
  - on massive request replaced the FPU routines in EMPYGui with
    math.library callups (untested on non FPU systems)
  - fixed possible crash of EMPYGui`s FFT Analyzer on 060
  - fixed hangup when using Moduleinfo`s sample play feature with
    Fastram Amplifier
  - locale for 15 languages (see extra upload: 'EP_#?')
  - fixed possible crash problem when using timer.device
  - fixed crash when starting unreg. Eagleplayer from shell
  - added new user interface: EMPYGUI (OS 3.0, 020+FPU, faaaast),
    thanks to Alexander Kneer for the graphics
  - Toccata-Amplifier now able to change the frequency correctly
  - support for THX 2, Digibooster Pro, MarkII-Old
  - FFT Analyzer again faster (around 10%)
  - MPEG Audio replayer (mpega.library required)
  - Rippers for PSA, Future Composer, David Hanney, ST 2.6, DSS


 FEATURE LIST (absolutely incomplete)


  general
  
  - supports more than 150 music formats including most common sample
    formats (including CDDA, AIFF, WAV, Datatype, raw formats...)
  
  - completely hardware-independent replay system, redirecting the sound
    signal via custom 'amplifiers' to the audio hardware.
  
  - supports toccata.library for Toccata, Melody and Prelude sound cards
  
  - extremely fast mixing routines
  
  - currently supports 64 custom programs, e.g. amplifiers,
    user-interfaces, analyzers, scopes, external depackers, listviews,
    managers etc.
  
  
  sound features
  
  - carefully and extensively adapted playroutines. nearly all of them
    support volume and balance, and most common players support the
    modular amplifier system.
  
  - replays with 8, 14, and 16 bit resolution (depending on the
    hardware)
  
  - supports free scalable mono, stereo and surround replay
  
  - replay speed can be controlled easily, including pitch for several
    sound formats.
  
  - music-fadein and fadeout
  
  - plays from fastram

  system
  
  - supports all common system features, such as ARexx, commodity,
    appwindow, iconify, asynchronous online help, font-sensivity,
    pubscreens, hotkey...
  
  - supports xpk, xfd, powerpacker, imploder, crunchmania, lh.library,
    and more formats for decrunching, and any type of archive may be
    accessed like a directory.
  
  - is highly system-compliant and uses heavy internal multitasking
    
  - external programs (players, amplifiers, engines) are loaded when
    needed and removed automatically.
  
  - CyberGraphX is directly supported by some scopes.
  
  - configuration via configfile, tooltype and commandline arguments
  
  - allows timer.device, CIA and VBlank playspeed timing
  
  - does not interfere with modem use
  
  
  gui
  
  - easy and comfortable configuration that covers innumerous details -
    window-positions, player and engine settings, current module, each
    internal and external option will be saved globally with a single
    action
  
  - features different graphical user interfaces with custom boopsi
    gadgets in the default configuration, some windows accept custom
    background patterns
  
  - status information scroller
  
  - module info includes playtime calculation for soundformats like
    Protracker, Oktalyzer, SonicArranger, Jamcracker, DigiBooster and most
    sample formats
  
  - very comfortable handling: e.g. module selecting and directory changing
    directly using the pulldown-menu

 
  custom
  
  - random module selection directly at startup
  
  - features the fastest FFT spectrum analyzer ever optimized for
    68040/68060 processors. it supports lots of stunning diplay modes.
  
  - doublebuffering-function for continuous replay of modules by immediate
    loading of the next module
  
  - the instruments of a soundmodule can directly be replayed and saved in
    various formats (RAW, IFF, AIFF, WAVE)

  - can save most protracker-clones in protracker format
  
  - supports module ripping, which can be either directed to an interface
    to ExoticRipper, or to an own ripper.
  
  - offers a powerful module database, and loads modules lists from nearly
    all other music players - lists can be handled like normal
    subdirectories
  
  - supports loading of Sound/Noise/Protracker/Startrekker/ Audiosculpture
    songfiles (that stuff with external samples on ST-00..ST-99 disks)
  
  - supports direct Aminet-CD mod archive browsing



 REQUIREMENTS:

  - an Amiga with 68020 CPU
  - OS 2.04
  - 0.5 MB ChipRam and 1 MB Fastram
  - around 2.5 MB Harddsik space



 DISTRIBUTION/PRICE:

  - Shareware, USD $20



 INSTALLATION:
 
  Just depack the archive and click onto the "Install" icon to 
  install/update Eagleplayer V2. No files from V1.54-installations
  will be affected.

 

 CONTACT:

 snail:
  Henryk Richter                  Jan Blumenthal
  Stephan-Jantzen-Ring 47         Erich-Muehsam-Str. 34
  18106 Rostock                   18069 Rostock
  GERMANY                         GERMANY

 email:
  tfa652@cks1.rz.uni-rostock.de   jb001@cks1.rz.uni-rostock.de
