HIPSid v1.0 by Psycho Hacking Force [web] & D-Bug [web]
HIPSid v1.00 by Psycho Hacking Force : released 8th July 2017
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Welcome to HIPSid, short for Hippel-SID, a journey into the Sid-i-Fication of
Atari ST YM chip music. It all started way back when Tao of ACF and later
Cream sent us his SID routines. This was at a time when we were in regular
contact with him as he composed the Ultimate Muzak Demo 8730 21 minute intro
music. At that point he had already Sid-i-Fied the B.I.G. demo Rob Hubbard
C64 musics.
Grazey sat on these routines for years, then recently he thought about adding
SID voices to other Jochen Hippel (aka Mad Max) tunes. Jochen had already
improved his editor to use SID voices with a batch of tunes released in 1999
(1, 2, AJH 99 and Virtual Escape end theme). However there was still a
plethora of classic Mad Max tunes which had missed out on the SID treatment.
We nearly said enhancement but we know many will prefer the raw originals. Each
to their own!
So here in this demo is basically all Mad Max tunes since the B.I.G. demo with
the exception of digi drum tunes (LX, WOD, Turrican 1/2, Beat Nick, APT, OCWAS
Ghost Battle, Ninja Remix, Chambers of Shaolin digi and Gigatex).
An initial version of HIPSid was demonstrated at the Outline party in Holland
in which we had the pleasure of winning the competion. However that version
had bugs which we wanted to iron out, plus we've added extra features! It
really should not have been spread!
Specifications
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Works on any ST with at least 1mb of RAM. Note: We could have made it 520
compatible, but this would have dictated constant floppy loading. The data
could also have been stripped from the music driver, but we're too lazy
in these modern times.
Enhanced for STe, Mega STe and Falcon.
Usage
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Up & Down arrows or 8 & 2 on numeric key pad : browse tunes
Right & Left arrows or 4 & 6 on numeric key pad : select sub tunes
Return or Enter : Start tune
F1 : Colour fade on and off. Enables/Disables the colour fading.
F2 : Automode on and off. When Automode is selected HIPSid will automatically
carry on with the next tune in the list when the current tune has ended.
F3 : Jingle on and off. Only applicable when Automode is on. HIPSid skips any
tune less than 10 seconds in length when this mode is activated.
F4 : Shuffle on and off. Only applicable when Automode is on. HIPSid will play
tunes randomly. Note Jingle mode is also operational within Shuffle mode.
Space : Quit to desktop
Stats
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Total song playing time : 9 hours, 51 minutes, 20 seconds
Total song playing time (excluding jingles) : 9 hours, 48 minutes, 21 seconds
Total music files : 91
Total individual tunes : 256
Longest tune time : Knucklebusters 18 minutes, 20 seconds
Average tune time : 2 minutes, 17 seconds
Most sub tunes : Dragonflight 23 tunes
Intro Credits
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Coding.............................................................Grazey/PHF
Additional coding.........................................................GGN
Line rout...........................................................Kalms/TBL
Sound................................................................gwEm/PHF
Main Credits
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Coding.............................................................Grazey/PHF
Additional coding.........................................................GGN
Line rout...........................................................Kalms/TBL
Font / additional gfx..............................................Tinker/TNH
PHF logo..........................................................Flanker/ADR
ST picture........................................................Pursy/D-Bug
Sid rout............................................................Tao/Cream
Coffee & Cake sustenance..............................................Cal/PHF
Music.............................................................Mad Max/TEX
Original compositions.............................................Mad Max/TEX
....................................................................Matt Gray
..................................................................Rob Hubbard
..................................................................Ben Daglish
................................................................Martin Galway
...............................................................Jeroen Tel/MON
..............................................................Chris Huelsbeck
Thanks and hellos from Grazey/PHF aka Showaddywaddy/D-Bug
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Special thanks to Ben/OVR for your invaluable support and specifically with
tune length detection. sc68 rocks :)
Tao - Thanks Frank for those routines all those years ago!
Mad Max - Hi Jochen, I hope you like these alternative versions.
Rob Hubbard - Hello there fellow Hullensian, hope to see your band soon!
dhs, kua, checkpoint, teenage, live!, cream, sector one, paradox, tex
mjj prod, dune, mystic bytes, paolo simoes, ijor, oxygene, tlb, sync, newline
pixel twins, orb, elite, reservoir gods, effect, tscc, inner circle, stingray
dekadence, dbug, cynix, inner circle, maggie team, !cube, dubmood, mr styckx
blabla, no extra, christos, paradize, dimension zero, bandit, adrenaline, xyce
torment, gasman, tomchi, lineout, aggresion, next and all who voted for us at Outline!
Note: this demo is released as a celebration for Hull been
the UK City of Culture 2017 http://www.hull2017.co.uk
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