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




  Format name : Wanton Packer
Created by : Wanton / Bloodsuckers

Sources :
*
converted MODs with NoiseConverter
* two WN packed files sent by Gryzor (thx !)




OFFSET
SIZE (bytes)
COMMENT
0
14h
- Title

The following is repeated 31 times
with 30 bytes description for one sample
14h
2Ah
2Ch
2Dh
2Eh
30h
16h
2
1
1
2
2
- Sample Name
- Sample Size / 2
- finetune (0 - Fh)
- Volume (0 - 40h)
- Loop Start / 2
- Loop Size / 2



3B6h
3B7h
3B8h
438h
43Bh
43Ch
1
1
80h
3
1
?
- Number of pattern to play
- Noisetracker byte set to $7F
- Pattern table
- { 'W','N',0x00 } ID string
- real number of pattern (thx Gryzor)
- Pattern datas.


  • Patterns are stored one after another and each is 400h bytes long. One pattern is like this (like PTK) :

  • row 00 | channel 1 | channel 2 | channel 3 | channel 4 |
  • row 01 | channel 1 | channel 2 | channel 3 | channel 4 |
  • ...
  • row 63 | channel 1 | channel 2 | channel 3 | channel 4 |



  • The 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

    become : (WN)
    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


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

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