AWS
| AUDIOS Wave Slave | |||||
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| Developer: | A.U.D.I.O.S.-Entertainment (Chris Hülsbeck and/or Peter Thierolf?) | ||||
| Header: | Custom | ||||
| Content: | Programmatic | ||||
| Instruments: | Internal | ||||
Target Output
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| Released: | 1992-0?-?? | ||||
| First Game: | Realms of Arkania - Blade of Destiny (DOS) | ||||
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AWS is an adaption of Chris Hülsbeck's TFMX for the Ad Lib Music Synthesizer Card. It was used by himself and his friend Rudolf Stember until being updated to MDT a year later.
Contents
Players
No players are known.
Games
| Released | Title | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 1992-0?-?? | Realms of Arkania - Blade of Destiny (DOS) | |
| 1992-0?-?? | The Carl Lewis Challenge (DOS) | |
| 1992-??-?? | Hexuma (DOS) | |
| 1993-0?-?? | Bi-Fi Roll - Snack Zone (DOS) | |
How to Obtain
Most known AWS files reside in the game's directory, uncompressed and with their original extension.
Technical
Every file begins with "AUDIOS WAVE SLAVE PC", which is not checked.
Starting with The Carl Lewis Challenge (DOS), software tremolos can be added to the OPL modulator volume and the OPL feedback factor. None of the four games support any of the original TFMX effects, not even portamento and software vibrato. The macro commands are also not compatible, even where it was possible.
The driver is clocked at circa hard-coded 54 Hz. However, since it resets the timer at the end (rather than beginning) of the interrupt function, it runs circa 3% slower, depending on the CPU speed.
Source code has not been found, except that the labels have been leaked in The Carl lewis Challenge (DOS).
