Epic MegaGames Sound System for Testing
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This is a test release of Epic's sound system.  Please contact us if it
doesn't work on your machine with your soundcard.  Be sure to send full
specs about your machine, including operating system, soundcard, soundcard
version (PLAY2.EXE will display a number upon exit), machine speed, and
loaded drivers.

We ask for your participation in this.  With your help, all future Epic
products will run smoothly on a wider variety of soundcards and operating
systems.

** NOTE THAT THESE DRIVERS WILL ALSO WORK WITH EPIC PINBALL 2.0 IF INSTALLED **
                ** INTO THE MAIN EPIC PINBALL DIRECTORY ***

Thank you for your time.

Joshua C. Jensen
Author of Epic's sound system

Internet: JJENSEN@cc.usu.edu
CIS     : 75013,2640

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What you need to do to make this software run.
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The Music And Sound Interface, MASI, is the basis behind all new Epic games.
MASI uses its own proprietary file format, PSM, for storing its music.
Included with this archive is the file, CONVERT.EXE.  This file will convert
MODs and other formats to PSM files.

Please try with all 3 PLAY programs and let us know the results.

When running PLAY2.EXE, it is only important that you verify that the
counter on the upper right on the screen is functioning.  It is a VERY
fast counter.  The far right value should eventually become 2047 and
the value directly left of it will be hard to read.

Keyboard commands for PLAY.EXE and PLAY1.EXE:
PLAY2.EXE's are similar.
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  P, O -> Pauses, unpauses the music
  I, Q -> Internal testing keys.  Please don't press these.
  ,  . -> Changes the global master volume
  D    -> Spawns a DOS shell
  [, ] -> Changes the pan position for a channel
  Z, X -> Changes the master volume for the channel
  U    -> Turns on surround sound for the channel
  M    -> Makes the channel play in the middle
  N    -> Makes the channel play normally
  Up,
  Down -> Moves the channel selector to another channel
  Left,
  Right-> Changes patterns
  F1   -> Makes ALL channels play normally
  F2   -> Makes ALL channels play in the middle
  F3   -> Makes ALL channels play in surround sound
  F4   -> Makes ALL channels play in a panned surround sound
  ###  -> The number keys mute and unmute channels
  ESC  -> Exits to DOS

Addendum
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The biggest problem with my release of EPICTEST is that my instructions were
not clear.  To play the file AXELF.MOD, you need to:

CONVERT AXELF
PLAY AXELF

And Error=4 means that the PLAY program couldn't find the file.
An Error=6 means that the PLAY program couldn't identify the file as a PSM
file.


Take care all,

Joshua Jensen
Internet: JJENSEN@cc.usu.edu