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by Master of the MatriX
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Q: What is the Cubic Player ?
A: Cubic Player (CP) is a music player which plays a variety of
sound formats on several sound cards.
Q: ... Cubic Team ... ?
A: Niklas continues developing the Cubic Player ! But the Player is not
any more related to the Cubic Team !
I try to make the doc, FAQ & a bit email support,don't blame him !!!!
Q: I know a new Tracker-Format, can you include it ?
A: Yes of coz, but why don't you write the 100% compatible player-module
for the Cubic Player ? There is a SDK so you can write your own plugins
for the Cubic Player !
Q: What sound cards are supported ?
A: Gravis UltraSound / MAX / DaughterBoard / PnP
SoundBlaster 1.x / 2.x / Pro / 16 / SB 32 / PnP
WSS compatible cards
Pro Audio Spectrum series
Disk Writer, writes .WAV output on disk.
Quiet Player =)
Q: Can not find OS4GW.EXE ?
A: Only in the Wired 96 PRE-Release :) Call DOS4GW CP.EXE !
This should work fine, don't mail us and we have the time, to fix it!
Q: What music formats are supported ?
A: MOD/NST/WOW, XM, S3M, DMF, MTM, ULT, 669, OKT, PTM, AMS, MDL, IT,
MP2, MP3 and MIDI.
Q: Which is the last version of Cubic Player?
A: The last Cubic Player version is the 2.0a++ enhanced.
This alpha release is only for professional Users !
Q: Where can I get the latest Cubic-Player / Patches ?
Where can I find the offical Cubic Player homepage?
A: FASTEST and FiRST Sites:
Internet
http://www.thepentagon.com/cubic (HOME PAGE)
http://www.fh-zwickau.de/~maz/ (GUS-Patches)
http://www.bg.univ.gda.pl/~wanted/en/cp.html
ftp://gawain.faw.uni-ulm.de/pub2/demoserv/music/utils/players/
ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/msdos/demos/music/programs/players/
ftp://ftp.hornet.org/pub/demos/music/programms/players/
FiDO Request
Digital Nightmare 2:2437/301 .. Magic "CP"
Cubic Team WHQ
Digital Nightmare +49-5121-157107 33.6k USR V34+
+49-5121-39236 33.6k USR V34+/X2
+49-5121-157635 33.6k USR V34+/X2/64.0k/12k iSDN
+46-5121-157108 ZyXEL 19.2
+49-5121-157636 64.0k/128k iSDN
+49-5121-157107 64.0k/128k iSDN
+49-5121-157109 64.0k/128k iSDN
Q: Is there a Newsgroup for the Cubic Player ?
A: Yes in the German part of the Fidonet demo.cubic.ger,
in the Internet: fido.ger.demo.cubic.
And a Mailinglist is now under development !
Q: Are you going to release new versions ?
A: Yes !
Q: Does the Cubic Player run with Windows 3.11 ?
A: NOT PERFECT ! If you try it, your system might crash !
Q: Does the Cubic Player run with Windows 95 ?
A: Yes, the Player should work fine, but you need more RAM & CPU power !
If your system doesn't have a P100 & 16 MB RAM, try it under DOS.
Q: Does the Cubic Player run with Windows NT (4.0) ?
A: No, the architecture of NT (HAL) make the direct access to the
Hardware impossible.
Q: Can you give me the source or a part of the source from the Cubic
Player ?
A: NO, we don't give any part of our source away.
But you can get the Tiny XM Player a free GUS-XM Player inc. Source
from the Cubic Team.
Q: I have a problem finding a small routine that will play mod files.
I wanted to know if you can help finding a routine, lib or something
like this.
A: Try our Tiny XM Player, a free XM Player inc. source.
Q: How can I play MIDI files with my SB ?
A: You need the GUS MIDI-Patch files, this Musicpatch Files are shipped
with all Advanced Gravis Ultrasound Card's. Try to get them from a friend
with a Ultrasound Card. Then you must add the path of your .PAT
Files in your CP.INI, MPU-401 support is planed in a further Version.
[general]
guspatchpath=c:\ultrasnd\midi
;// the gus patches AND the DEFAULT.CFG are located here.
Q: Can I configure midi drivers for the CP 2.0ā if I have a
Sound Blaster 16/MPU-401 with a daughter board Roland Sound Canvas
SCB-55 ?
A: Wait for the 2.0 FINAL or get MiDPLAY from SoundWorX a colorful
MPU-401/SB MiDI-Player.
Q: I am having trouble getting the disk writing option (-cc40) to work
with CP 2.0ā
A: The config-system has been changed to 1.666.
Now you can select the disk-writer in the fileselector.
Select the device @: => DEVICES => DEVPDSK.DEV (Disk Writer)
For better quality try QMIX.DEV !
Q: First off, when I play certain WAV files, CP will cause DOS4GW to
crash, citing a DIVIDE BY ZERO error. most of these crashes occur when a WAV
is sampled at a little over 11000Hz...
A: You must get an updated driver for your soundcard.
Q: What about .IT support ?
A: The .IT Support is still under construction,
a ALPHA loader for the .IT Format is in the 2.0 is included.
But we are waiting for a .IT Player made with our SDK by the author
from the Impulse Tracker !
In fact .IT is different from the most .MOD formats, so 32 channels
max. 16 samples / instrument, no NNAs, no sustain loops, some missing
effects.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE 2.0 RELEASE VERSION, don't cry or complain via
MAIL !!
Q: Do you plan to support MPEG-2/3 ?
A: A first Version is avail in the CP2.0Alpha ++.
Q: Why don't you implement Nibbles, or similar game, in Cubic? Like
FT2-nibbles? Or just plain Snake...
A: Cubic Player is a MOD-Player, if you want to play a game get a EPIC
or Apogee SW game :)
Q: I have a AWE32 and a GUS in my computer. Will both cards be supported
simultaneously in the nearby future?
A: Right now, only 2 GUSs' are supported simultaneously.
Q: The documentation says "Most of this is obsolete since 1.666" Do
you think you could perhaps update it ?
A: Soon ! In the NEXT WEEK i hope we'll have a NEW documentaion.
Q: What does "wurfel mode" actually do?
A: "Wuerfel" is german word for cubic. The mode play a animation, when
avail, designed for special party-versions, CD-ROM rel. ...
Q: Some features like the "wuerfel mode" are in the 2.-1 missing,
are they removed ?
A: This features and much more are comming back !
Only in the 2.-1 Version are they temp. removed.
Q: Is it possible that you port Cubic Player to other software platforms
like OS/2 and some free Unices (Linux and FreeBSD) ?
A: WiN32 perhaps, but right now no support for other platforms is
planed.
Q: When I play a XM I've made in Cubic (1.7) it sounds wonderful but
when I use the -cdiskwriter to make MP3's the waves doesn't have the same
quality. Though I set them to be 44/16/stereo some high tones and
some bass almost dissapear. Why?
A: The Cubic Player can ony write MPEG Audio Layer 2 not layer 3, write
a wave and encode it with the L3ENC (Commerzial Software).
Itīll take a lot of time :)
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last update 08.10.1997 by Cubic - Cubic Internet Staff