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The AM module format description.
By THOR, 1995. (There's no such files released yet)
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Offset Length Type
0 10 (char) 'AWE Module'
10 2 (word) format version (01)
12 2 (word) header size
----------------------- Header ------------------------
0 2 (byte) channels
2 1 (byte) song lenght
3 256 (byte) pattern order
259 1 (byte) restart order
260 1 (byte) start tempo
261 1 (byte) start BPM
262 256 (byte) pattern lenghts
518 128 (byte) instrument types
646 1 (byte) frequency table type
647 32 (char) song name
... ... ...... (reserved)
----------------------- Patterns ----------------------
0 1 (byte) pattern number
1 2 (word) packed pattern size
3 ^ packed pattern data
----------------------- Instruments -------------------
0 1 (byte) instrument number
1 32 (char) instrument name
33 1 (byte) number of samples
34 2 (word) instrument header size
----------- Instrument header ----------
0 96*4 (byte) sample number for notes (4 layers)
384 volume \
pan | envelopes (points, sustain,
pitch | loop start, loop end,
filter / type, point datas [1+2])
2 (word) volume fadeout
1 (byte) pitch sweep
... ... ...... (reserved)
------------------------ Samples ----------------------
0 1 (byte) sample number
1 2 (word) sample header size
------------- Sample header ------------
0 32 (char) sample name
32 1 (byte) sample type
33 4 (dword) sample length/start address
37 4 (dword) sample loop start
41 4 (dword) sample loop end
45 1 (byte) volume
46 1 (byte) finetune
47 1 (byte) relative note
48 1 (byte) panning
49 1 (byte) reverb
50 1 (byte) chorus
51 1 (byte) cut-off
52 1 (byte) filterQ
53 12 volume \ h. envelope (delay, attack, decay,
65 12 pi/fi. / sustain, hold, release)
77 2 pitch/filter to h. envelope2
79 3 LFO1 \ low frequency oscillators
82 3 LFO2 / (delay, frequency)
85 1 (byte) vibrato1
86 1 (byte) vibrato2
87 1 (byte) tremolo
88 1 (byte) wah-wah
... ... ...... (reserved)
--------------- Sample ---------------
... ... ...... (pure, [un]signed)
Some extra commands, with AWE specifics, will be:
Wxy
1995.IV.1
Thor