modAlity 1.2 
 
It's free!  

About 

    modAlity is a high-quality player for digital music modules (MOD/S3M/XM) on IBM-PC compatible machines running Microsoft® Windows95. With its Win95 conform GUI it is best integrated into the desktop. 

Features 

    • Playlist 
    • TNA-support 
    • Plays MOD, XM, S3M 
    • Two instances are made to one 
    • Stereo/Mono/16Bit/8Bit configurable 
    • Automatic file-check 
    • Shuffle/repeat/repeat1/backwards/forward-playing features 
    • Drag'n'drop 
    • Extremly optimized Win32-Code 
    • Win95-GUI 
    • Freeware 
    • Based on the MIDAS sound system by Petteri Kangaslampi 
    • Instrument-list 
    • And much more... 

Screenshot 


  
The main-view of modAlity devided into three panels. (control, playlist, instruments)  

System Requirements 

    • A Windows95-PC with Microsoft Windows95 installed
    • A soundcard with installed drivers 
    • 486 (33Mhz), better a Pentium 
    • 8 Mb Ram 

History 

    • Version 1.2 

      • 9.4.97 The second available version of modAlity with a large quantity of bugfixes, and many more new small features. (Uses MIDAS 1.1)  
    • Version 1.0 

      • 7.1.97 The first version ever made available on the Internet. (Uses MIDAS 1.0beta)  
    • Version 0.5 

      • 6.15.96 The first working preview of modAlity 

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Contacting the author 

    This program is "emailware". It can be freely distributed as long as every user sends me an email. 
    For suggestions, tips or bug-reports, please email to: poettering@usa.net. 
    I will try to response immerdiately, but I cannot guarantee.  

    Lennart Poettering 
    Hamburg, Germany

How to get MIDAS work with Borland C++ 5.0 

    modAlity was programmed with MIDAS and Borland C++. Normally MIDAS does not work with BC. To get it work I had to use a certain DEF-file. 
    Please send me an email if you want to get "midas10.def" or "midas11.def" for getting bc5-programs work with midas10 (midas11). 
    
Installation Instructions 
  • Load modAlity 1.2 down. 
  • Create a new directory, where modAlity shall be installed into. 
  • Unzip modAlity into this directory. 
  • Start "modality.exe" 
  • That's all! 
 

Tips & Tricks 
  • You want to add many files to the play-list at one? Just select them all in the "add"-dialog with pressed [ctrl]! 
 

Frequently Asked Questions 
How can I add files to the play-list?  
    There are many ways to do this: 
    You can double-click on the "not in list..."-entry of the play-list. Or you can use drag'n'drop with the explorer. Another way is to start modAlity a new time with the files set as command-line parameters. The files are now passed from this new instance directly to that one, which is already in memory. 
How can I select the soundcard, on wich modAlity plays the music?  
    You cannot do this. MIDAS does not support this feature. 
Why does modAlity not have a really help-file?  
    I just did not have the time to write this help-file.
What for digital music modules can I play with modAlity?  
    The file-formats, modAlity does support, are MOD, XM, S3M. Impulse Tracker will follow soon.
How can I buy my own version of modAlity?  
    You cannot! modAlity is "Mailware" (for more information see left)
What is the meaning of the "=>"-button?"  
    This button changes the actual played track according to your play-order selection. e.g. When the "Forward"-button is enabled, it plays the next file. When "Shuffle" is on, it plays a randomly selected file.
And where is the difference to ">>" and "<<"?  
    These two buttons change the actual played song directly to the next/previous. It is unimportant, whether "Forward"/"Shuffle"/"Backward" is enabled.