Digital Psychosis by Psychic Monks
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Font by White Knight of iCE Productions - April 3, 1994
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│ ≡ D · I · G · I · T · A · L P · S · Y · C · H · O · S · I · S ≡ │
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│■ INFO ABOUT PSYCHIC MONKS MUSIC DISK ■│
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This music disk is written in 100% assembly, runs (almost) COMPLETELY in
text mode, uses our own music sound system source, (DSIK), and all songs
are in our own little format (DSM). More about DSIK and the DSM format later.
Main Features:
■ New format and sound system (DSM/DSIK)
■ SB 1.0, SB 2.0, SB Pro, SB 16, & GUS cards supported
■ Runs in text mode in insure High Speed Quality for all
■ 128 Step Panning and Dolby
■ NO Funky memory mode that requires annoying reboots
Display Info:
■ Top is all Music info, Song Name, ect ect
■ Next Box is the track info
■ Yellow bars are EQ meters
■ Middle Left Box are Sample Volume Bars
■ Middle Right Box are Note Values according to octave
■ Bottom Box contains the Decaying Track Volume Bars
Rough Screen │Song Name Order Pattern Speed │
LayOut: └────────────────────────────────────┘
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│N V E Sample │ E Q │
│O O F Name │ │
│T L X │ B A R S │
│E │ │
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┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐
│ Samp. Volume │ │ Note Value │
└───────────────┘ └───────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────┐
│ D E C A Y I N G │
│ V O L U M E │
│ B A R S │
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│■ HOW TO START THE MUSIC DISK ■│
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Well, you got this far so we assume you know how to read. If that, *maybe*
you also know how to run a program. That's about all ya gotta do to begin
your brief escape from the everyday rat-race to have a moment of tranquility.
Anyways, enough about that trip to the Bahamas, lets talk about the MusicDisk!
To run this fine piece of work and remarkably most other quality software you
type the name, in this case being:
C:\DEMOS\PM> digital
or
C:\DEMOS\PM> digital mist
if you wish to hear the song with the filename "mist.dsm"
NOTE: - Please remove any Disk Cache software you may run before enjoying this
Music Disk. (ie: SmartDrive, NCache, HotMomma, etc)
- The first time DIGITAL.EXE is run, it will add 14 bytes of
configuration information to the end of itself. This may cause
a warning to occur from virus checking programs!
If you are just one of those people that can't enjoy simplicity, please
refer to the added confusion below:
Command Line Switches:
/S -- Allows you to Re-Configure your sound card.
/# -- # Being a 1 thru 7, allows you to start
the Disk on any song.
/V -- Default Volume to start player at. (0-64)
/PM_RULES -- We all jump out of your screen and dance
around! (NOT!)
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│■ WHAT COOL THINGS CAN I DO WITH THE PLAYER? ■│
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There are limited things to do while in the player because of many people's
urge to drum subconsciously at the keyboard while listen'n to da tunes.
So, to overcome this we kept to only a few keys to allow you freedom to whip
the drool from your chin.
Any +/- keys -- Turn the Main Volume up and down
Arrow Up/Down -- Cycle thru the song arrangement
Arrow Right/Left -- Rewind/Fast Forward the Current Order
Numbers 1-7 -- Dial in your favorite tune
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│■ WHO THE HELL ARE THE PSYCHIC MONKS ANYWAYS? ■│
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Some of you know us but for those that have never seen or heard of us, a brief
introduction is in order!
This is the current member list in the order of joining.
NAME Position With group since Internet Email
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LiKuid Krystal Coder/(GFX) Founder bramage@ic.sunysb.edu
(Brian Ramage)
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Necrös Muzak Founder asega@ic.sunysb.edu
(Andy Sega)
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Pelusa Coder/(DSIK) Dec. '93 chasan@araucaria.cec.uchile.cl
(Carlos Hasan)
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Vernor Coder/(GUS) Jan. '94 z_cobbre@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
(Trey Cobb)
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Oman GFX Jan. '94 orthoman@orion.etsu.edu
(John Hood)
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All code is 100% assembly except for misc. utilities written in Pascal/C
Music is written in FastTracker 1.01 by Mr. H/Triton
Graphics are made in Deluxe Paint, The Draw, and anything we can basically
get our hands on.
And as always, we often coordinate in each others work and dabble in many
areas of interest.
We of course welcome all Raves and Questions. Rants have their own mailbox
also known as /dev/null. (Don't expect replies)
(Caution, many members of PM are subjected to limited delusions of grandeur.
If you notice a member in this sick and demented state please just agree with
what they say and keep your distance. And remember, NEVER take them
seriously when they call members of your family nasty names)
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│■ SONG INFORMATION AND OTHER LITTLE TIDBITS ■│
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Some notes about the songs included:
"Castle of the Mists" - This song was a bit rushed (we needed a new leadoff
song), but I think it turned out well. Inspired
by the simple fact that I had never done a mod
in 6/8 time before :)
"Ethereal Passage" - This tune was originally meant to be background
music for a demo we had planned to release a
few months ago. However, since the plans never
worked out, I decided to insert it into the
musicdisk.
"Dimension 2012" - The only song with a drum loop :) This is a vaguely
dance-ish style with a few interesting chords
thrown in... I apologize if some of the samples
aren't perfectly looped, they may click slightly
but I feel that they were too good to throw away :)
"Eternity (Remix)" - This is a slightly chopped down remix of the
originally released "Eternity". There aren't very
many obvious changes, except for a half-step key
change and the addition of panning/dolby.
"Ice River v4.0" - Yes, I had to rewrite this 4+ times to get it how
I liked it. Special thanks to MrDestroyer/TDT for
the very slick river/thunder samples.
"Atomic Power" - Written originally for a loader for my friend
Syntax Error/iCE, sysop of the PowerGrid BBS. Since
the loader never quite made it (ahem), I figured
I couldn't leave it on the shelves any longer ;)
"Andante" - Cheesy? I don't know, some people think so. It's
a bit mundane, but I think it sounds nice and
the string arrangements are kinda interesting.
I guess it depends whether you like the
slow piano/strings style.
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│■ WHAT ARE THESE .DSM FILES?? ■│
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A DigiSound Module is our own format developed by Pelusa. We have developed
this format in use with DigiSound Interface Kit that is used in this disk.
DigiSound Modules are smaller than normal mods due to pattern compression.
They also share some common ideas with S3M files as in they use amplification.
Basically though, the DSM's are ProTracker compliant modules with a few added
features. All playing code and Sound Blaster code was written in assembly by
Pelusa. Gravis UltraSound support was coded by Vernor.
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│■ LEGAL STUFF ■│
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The Psychic Monks bear no responsibility for damage that the software may
cause to the user's audio or computer equipment.
All music in this production is the property of Necros (Andy Sega). If you
wish you use this music in any production please contact Necros for explicit
permission.
DigiSound Interface Kit (DSIK) is the intellectual property of Carlos Hasan
(Pelusa) and Trey Cobb (Vernor).
DigiSound Modules were developed by and the intellectual property of Carlos
Hasan.
The rights to DSIK are NOT for sale and are the explicit property of Carlos
Hasan and Trey Cobb.
DSIK is *NOT* available for public release, neither is any of the source.
Companies Interested in the use of the DSIK library may contact Pelusa
or Vernor at the address stated above.
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│■ REGISTRATION ■│
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Digital Psychosis is freeware, so you may distribute this program freely to
anywhere you wish as long as you include all the files contained in this
package. These files should be:
DIGITAL.EXE 38557 (+14) - The player program
DIGITAL.NFO 16000 - This information file
FILE_ID.DIZ 277 - The file ID
MIST.DSM 327900 - The 7 song files
ETHER.DSM 157306
DIMENSIO.DSM 180290
ET-94.DSM 316570
POWER.DSM 282700
ICE4.DSM 336070
ANDANTE.DSM 288338
If you really enjoy Digital Psychosis and choose to register the software,
you will recieve the following:
■ More lively music by Necros
■ The very latest DIGITAL player and support software
■ MOD2DSM and S3M2DSM converters so you can enjoy your
favorite old IBM and Amiga mods.
■ Some more of our sharp wit and relentless devotion to the
user (that's you!).
Registration costs a low, low 10 US dollars if you live in the United States
and 15 dollars for the rest of the planet (unless it costs 15 dollars for
shipping!). To register Digital Psychosis, send a check or money order
filled out to the Psychic Monks at the following address.. remember to
include the registration form at the end of the document!!
The Psychic Monks
19 Bethwood Dr.
Loudonville, NY 12211
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│■ DIGITAL PSYCHOSIS REGISTRATION FORM ■│
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ADDRESS : _____________________________________________________________
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COMMENTS : _____________________________________________________________
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DISK TYPE : ( ) 3.5" ( ) 5.25" High Density
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EOF - Vernor/PM (Long Live Pixie Sticks)
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