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ProTrackR v0.4.3 (Release date: 2023-02-15)

  • Added pkgdown website and README
  • switched to RMarkdown mode for roxygen2 documentation

ProTrackR v0.3.8 (Release date: 2023-08-22)

  • Updates to comply with latest CRAN policies and Roxygen2 standards

ProTrackR v0.3.7 (Release date: 2020-02-03)

  • Fixes to modArchive functions, due to changes to their API

  • Fix in structure and examples to pass CRAN tests.

  • Fix in validation functions in order to support changes in latest version of R

ProTrackR v0.3.6 (Release date: 2019-02-06)

  • Added modLand helper functions.

  • Reading and writing 8svx samples with read.sample and write.sample is now implemented using the AmigaFFH package, which has a more robust implementation of Interchange File Format handlers.

  • Added a 'mix' argument to the 'modToWave'-method. When set to FALSE, the method can now return all individual channels (without mixing them).

  • The 'playWave'-method was updated such that it also accepts multi-channel waves (WaveMC), in order to make it compatible with the modification specified above.

  • Available documentation on which of the 4 channels are mixed to the left and right audio output channel respectively is inconsistent. This version will assume that channels 1 and 4 (or 0 and 3 using Amiga indexing) are mixed to the left channel and channels 2 and 3 (or 1 and 2 using Amiga indexing) are mixed to the right channel. This means that the output channels are now swapped compared to earlier versions of this package.

  • There was a bug in the implementation of the 'porta to note' effects (3 and 5), it is now fixed.

  • Added a new implementation of the generic 'as.raw' method, which allows to convert PTModule objects into raw data. Also added a 'rawToPTModule' method to achieve the inverse.

  • Endianess should have been set to "big" instead of "little" (whoops), luckily, this has no consequences as all data are read as raw data. I have corrected the code nonetheless

  • Minor corrections to manual

ProTrackR v0.3.5 (Release date: 2017-10-14)

  • Added functions to exchange pattern data with MODPlug tracker.

  • Endianness is explicitely set to "little" when reading and writing samples and modules. As all data is read and written as raw, this should not affect the package functioning.

  • Removed unnecessary print statement from PTBlock routine.

  • Fixed a bug in the 'rawToCharNull' function.

  • Fixed a bug in the 'modToWave' routine that caused an error under rare conditions.

  • Setting stereo.separation to 0 was not handled correctly in 'modToWave' routine. Channels were not mixed before converting to mono. This is now fixed.

ProTrackR v0.3.4 (Release date: 2016-11-25)

  • added a "fix.PTModule" method that attempts to fix a module object when it is not conform ProTracker specs...

  • period limits for the porta effects have been fixed

  • inverted the logical interpretation of the 'verbose' argument, as it was incorrect in earlier versions.

  • added and modified several of the 'modArchive'- functions, for better support from modarchive.org

  • modified S4-object validation functions such that they run faster.

  • modified 'write.module'-method such that it will write modules much faster

  • fixed bug in 'read.module'-method and modified it such that it will read modules much faster.

  • fixed bug in 'loopStart<-'-method

  • fixed bug in 'loopLength<-'-method

  • fixed bug in 'patternOrder<-'-method

  • fixed bug in 'appendPattern'-method

  • fixed bug in 'volume<-'-method

  • fixed bug in 'waveform<-'- and 'waveform'-method

ProTrackR v0.3.3 (Release date: 2016-03-26)

  • Minor correction in manual.

ProTrackR v0.3.2 (Release date: 2016-03-25)

  • Minor corrections in manual.

ProTrackR v0.3.1 (Release date: 2016-03-25)

  • Modified the playing routine such that the porta effects can't slide period values below that of note B-3 or above 856. Period values are cut-off at these values after processing the other effects as well. Thanks must go to Olav Sørensen (who created a Protracker v2.3D clone for modern machines, https://16-bits.org/pt.php) for confirming these software and hardware limits.

  • Resampling routine in the modToWave-method is rewritten. It should be faster now.

  • The 9xy command is now implemented such that it emulates the ProTracker 'offset bug'. Therewith, the player routine now passes 'ptoffset.mod' test.

  • Bug in resampling of samples in 'modToWave'- routine is fixed.

  • 'modArchive' functions are added to the package.

  • Effect commands 'E4x' and 'E7x' are now implemented in the player routine.

  • Implementation of effect command '5xy' is fixed.

  • In the previous release, some generated wave data ended up out of range in the mixing procedure. This is now fixed.

  • The 'playWave'-method is modified such that it returns an 'audioInstance'-object (audio package) allowing control over the playback.

  • Minor corrections/improvements to the manual

  • Mixing when some tracks are turned off is fixed

ProTrackR v0.2.3 (Release date: 2015-11-07)

  • Minor corrections in manual to pass CRAN checks.

ProTrackR v0.2.2 (Release date: 2015-11-07)

  • Minor corrections in manual to pass CRAN checks.

ProTrackR v0.2.1 (Release date: 2015-11-07)

  • 'clearSamples'-method was added to the package.

  • 'clearSong'-method was added to the package.

  • 'modToWave'-method was added to the package

  • 'playingtable'-method was added to the package

  • 'playMod'-method was added to the package

  • 'playWave'-method was added to the package

  • 'resample'-function added to the package to avoid 'seewave' dependency (which is not available for all platforms).

  • 'waveform'-method now includes additional arguments: 'start.pos', 'stop.pos' and 'loop'

  • removed 'utils' import...

  • 'name' method, for PTSample objects, incorrectly returned raw representation of the sample name instead of a character representation. This is now fixed.

  • 'playSample' was printing the names of additional (...) arguments in previous release. This was meant as a test and this behaviour was not intended for the release. It has been removed.

  • A section on ProTracker effect commands is added to the manual

  • Some minor corrections were made in the manual

ProTrackR v0.1.3 (Release date: 2015-09-25)

  • Some more minor fixes to pass CRAN checks.

ProTrackR v0.1.2 (Release date: 2015-09-25)

  • Minor fixes to pass CRAN checks.

  • In the 'playSample' method, the 'finetune' argument is now correctly passed to the 'noteToSampleRate' function. Before, it was only possible to play at the finetune specified for a sample.

  • Correction in the validity check for objects of S4 class 'PTSample': wlooplen is allowed to have a value of zero when the sample is empty.

  • The prototype of the S4 class 'PTSample' is changed to set the wlooplen value to zero.

  • The slot descriptions for wloopstart and wlooplen in the 'PTSample' documentation contained errors that were corrected.

  • The 'loopLength<-', the 'PTSample-method' and 'read.sample' methods were modified to handle the adjustments to the 'PTSample' class.

  • Removed superfluous argument 'value' from the 'patternLength' method

ProTrackR v0.1.1 (Release date: 2015-09-25)

First release:

  • Provided the basis for importing, exporting and manipulating ProTracker modules.

  • Basic playing routine, playing the samples in the module only (not the module itself).