Amiga MOD Packers Described - Polka Packer Described
Anim ripped from Digital Illusion's MotorHead
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Anim ripped from Digital Illusion's MotorHead




  Format name : Polka Packer
(also called Polka Runner by NoiseConverter ...)
Created by : ??? / Polka Brothers '94

Sources :
*
ProWizard Hex-dump exemple


OFFSET
SIZE (bytes)
COMMENT
0
14h
- Title

The following is repeated 31 times
with 30 bytes description for one sample
14h
26h
2Ah
2Ch
2Dh
2Eh
30h
12h
4
2
1
1
2
2
- Sample Name
- Sample adress (memory)
- Sample Size / 2
- Finetune (0 -> F)
- Volume (0 - 40h)
- Loop Start / 2
- Loop Size / 2


3B6h
3B7h
-
3B8h
438h
43Ch
1
1
-
80h
4
?!?
- Number of pattern to play
- 7Fh (set that way for some OLD Noisetracker replayers )
- pattern table
- "PWR." ID string
- Pattern datas


Stored like protracker .. meaning:
  • row 01: voice 1 | voice 2 | voice 3 | voice 4
  • row 02: voice 1 | voice 2 | voice 3 | voice 4
  • ...


  • each voice is 4 bytes


  • Note Packing :

     0000 0000  0000 0000  0000 0000  0000 0000
     \       /  \       /   |   \  /  \       /
     relative    sample     |  effect  effect
       note      number   unused       value
      number     0 -> 1f


    relative note number: (Protracker)
    C-1 to B-1 : 856,808,762,720,678,640,604,570,538,508,480,453
    C-2 to B-2 : 428,404,381,360,339,320,302,285,269,254,240,226
    C-3 to B-3 : 214,202,190,180,170,160,151,143,135,127,120,113

    becomes : (POLKA)
    C-1 to B-1 : 02,04,06,08,0a,0c,0e,10,12,14,16,18
    C-2 to B-2 : 1a,1c,1e,20,22,24,26,28,2a,2c,2e,30
    C-3 to B-3 : 32,34,36,38,3a,3c,3e,40,42,44,46,48


  • Follows Sample datas stored like Protracker. Nothing is packed..
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