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




  Format name : SKYT Packer
Created by : Mr. Bluesky / Drifters (NoiseConverter says it's SKYT/Drifters)

Sources :
*
Two SKYT packed files sent by Gryzor (thx !)

The following is repeated 31 times
with 8 bytes description for one sample
OFFSET
SIZE (bytes)
COMMENT
0
2
3
4
6
-
-
2
1
1
2
2
-
-
- Sample Size / 2
- Finetune (0->Fh)
- Volume (0->40h)
- Loop Size / 2
- Loop Start / 2
if there's no loop, this value is $0000 (not $0001 as ptk !)


F8h
-
100h
104h
105h
-
-
?!?
?!?
-
8
-
4
1h
?!?
-
-
1
?!?
-
- ?!? (empty bytes). It could be for a 32nd sample or just to wait $100 address :)
- ID "SKYT"
- Size of pattern table (-1)
- Pattern table. (105h)
What's really stored is the number of each track
- ?!? (00h)
- track datas. Each track is 256 bytes long (64 rows * 4 bytes)


Note Packing :

   -Relative note Nbr    -Unused
  /     \               /  /
 |       |             |  |
 0000 0000  0000 0000  0000 0000  0000 0000  
            | ||    |       |  |  |       |
           / /  \  /         \/    \     /
          / /  Sample      effect   effect
  Unused----   number             parameter

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

become : (SKYT)
C-1 to B-1 : 01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,0a,0b,0c
C-2 to B-2 : 0d,0e,0f,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18
C-3 to B-3 : 19,1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,1f,20,21,22,23,24


Follow Sample datas stored like Protracker. Nothing is packed..
 

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