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Music Production => Tracking => Topic started by: marco75 on March 25, 2007, 21:02:08

Title: Easy & quick way to make a .MOD tune loop
Post by: marco75 on March 25, 2007, 21:02:08

I want to use some tunes posted here with Typhoon 2001, the Tempest 2000 clone. It needs MODs that are set to loop. Is there a byte I can set in the module header to have the whole song repeat indefinitely?

I had a look at this document (http://mediasrv.ns.ac.yu/extra/fileformat/modules/mod/mod-form.txt)
but it doesn't explain it very well at all.

Thanks for reading.

Marco

Title: Easy & quick way to make a .MOD tune loop
Post by: Saga Musix on March 25, 2007, 22:15:42

You need to change the pattern data. In the last pattern, you have to go to the last row. you have to place a B00 (position jump to position 0) in a free effect column.

Title: Easy & quick way to make a .MOD tune loop
Post by: marco75 on March 26, 2007, 19:31:17

Quote from: "Jojo"

You need to change the pattern data. In the last pattern, you have to go to the last row. you have to place a B00 (position jump to position 0) in a free effect column.

Thanks for the reply.

What's a free effect column? I thought each column referred to one channel or voice. I tried just writing a B00 in one of the collumns on the last row but that didn't do anything.

I'm reading the ModPlug Tracker manual, and it says the screen layout is "self-explanatory". In other words, if you haven't used a tracker before, look elsewhere.

P.S.: Nice webpage, I like the design.

Title: Easy & quick way to make a .MOD tune loop
Post by: Saga Musix on March 26, 2007, 20:10:15

Quote from: marco75

P.S.: Nice webpage, I like the design.

Do u mean mine? :)

Btt:
Every pattern is divided into channels which are divided into a note column, an instrument column, (an volume column for formats OTHER than .MOD) and an effect column. this effect column is where you have to put your "jump back effect":
(http://sagagames.de/ithumb/thumbs/modplugfreecolumnzt6cn12.jpg) (http://sagagames.de/ithumb/orig/modplugfreecolumnzt6cn12.png)
I hope this pic explains everything. ;)

Title: Easy & quick way to make a .MOD tune loop
Post by: marco75 on March 29, 2007, 04:17:59

I meant your site. I'm just that nice.

I did try again after my last post and the manual did explain what the collumns in each channel stood for. I now made all the tracks loop in Typhoon 2001 and it works great. You can the music pack on my website: http://marco75.no-ip.info/stopgap/index.php?Typhoon_2001_alternative_music_pack

Thanks anyhow.

Title: Easy & quick way to make a .MOD tune loop
Post by: Saga Musix on March 29, 2007, 11:33:57

you're welcome ;)