Software bundle for Prelude soundcard

   Author:       Thomas Wenzel (www.toms-home.de)
   Uploader:     toms-aminet-upload toms-home de (see note below)
   Type:         driver/audio
   Version:      4.1
   Architecture: m68k-amigaos
   Date:         2024-05-27
   Readme:       http://aminet.net/driver/audio/PreludeSoftwareBundleV4.readme
   Downloads:    894

http://aminet.net/driver/audio/PreludeSoftwareBundleV4.lha

Note:

Aminet admins only: Use address from [Uploader] field to contact me

All others: Use the email address stated on my homepage www.toms-home.de

Most important: Should I install this? If not, which version should I use?

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A: prelude.library 5.4, PreludeAHI 6.35 and all the other packages from

http://www.toms-home.de/prelude-dl_e.shtml

This is the oldest but also most stable and heavily tested drivers and

software you can get for your Prelude soundcard. If you're currently

running this and are satisfied then don't change a running system!

One drawback: The AHI driver requires AHI v6 and doesn't work

with AHI v4.

B: prelude.library 5.6, PreludeAHI 6.37 and all the other packages on

AmiNet

These are advanced and anhanced versions by Oliver Gantert, mainly

for his PreludeZII+ project but also backwards compatible with the

original PreludeZII and Prelude1200 soundcards.

All these drivers work with AHI v4 and support connecting the

Prelude1200 to a clock port expander which assigns a different address

to the card.

So if you need one of these features it's worth giving this set of

drivers a try.

C: Prelude Software Bundle V4 (this archive)

This is a fork of the last release by me before Oliver Gantert

took over to improve and refactor it and to include support

for his new Prelude ZII+ soundcard.

I've tried to fix all the bugs which Oliver also fixed in his branch.

Along the way I took the opportunity to implement a watchdog which can

resume a broken and stalled data transfer on its own. This can happen

during some ZZ9000 graphics operations for example. The watchdog can't

prevent the sound from being interrupted for a short time but after

that it will resume automatically instead of just hang.

I've set the version number back to 4 to reflect the AHI v4 support

and to clearly separate it from Olivers branch.

So if you experience unexpected hangups during playback, or if you're

just adventurous, this is the version to try. :)

If you're using an Amiblaster Deluxe soundcard, this version is also

the one to choose.

Installation

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Automatic:

- If you want to take full advantage, make sure that at least AHI 4.180

is installed.

- Use the provided installer script which performs all actions.

ATTENTION! The installer script doesn't create a backup of your existing

files!

Manual:

- If you want to take full advantage make sure that at least AHI 4.180

is installed.

- Copy Libs/prelude.library to LIBS:

- Copy Devs/AHI/prelude.audio to DEVS:AHI

- Copy Devs/AudioModes/PRELUDE to DEVS:AudioModes

- Copy Tools/Commodities/Mixer to SYS:Tools/Commodities or to SYS:WBStartup

- If you have installed the MPEGit add-on:

Copy Libs/MHI/mhimpegit.library to LIBS:MHI

- If you are using the Amiblaster Deluxe soundcard:

Copy Libs/MHI/mhiamiblaster.library to LIBS:MHI

Common:

- Launch SYS:Prefs/AHI and make the following adjustments:

* Choose "Music unit".

- Select "Prelude: 16 bit stereo++".

- Change Frequency to 44100 Hz.

- Set Volume to +0.0dB.

* Choose "Unit 0".

- Select "Prelude: 16 bit stereo++".

- Change Frequency to 44100 Hz.

- Set Channels to 2.

- Set Volume to +0.0dB.

- Click "Save".

Notes

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The saved mixer settings won't be applied before something opens the library.

This can be the mixer itself or any other application like AmigaAMP via AHI or

Prelude Tapedeck.

If you need the settings to be applied early (for loop through for example)

you can launch the mixer once from S:User-Startup with argument "SETONLY=yes",

like this:

SYS:Tools/Commodities/Mixer SETONLY=yes >NIL:

In this case the mixer will just apply the settings and then terminate itself.

Advanced options

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- If you don't want to use the mixer but let AHI control the output volume:

SetEnv SAVE Prelude/AHIAllowVolumeChange 1

- If you have a Prelude1200 installed on a clock port expander:

SetEnv SAVE Prelude/ClockPort 0

..or..

SetEnv SAVE Prelude/ClockPort 1

..or..

SetEnv SAVE Prelude/ClockPort 2

..or..

SetEnv SAVE Prelude/ClockPort 3

.. depending on the expander slot you're using.

- If the MPEGit module is fitted with an oscillator other than 14.31818:

SetEnv SAVE Prelude/MPEGitClock [frequency in 14.31...14.73 MHz]

Example: SetEnv SAVE Prelude/MPEGitClock 14.725

Legal stuff

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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE

SOFTWARE.

Thanks to Thomas Richter for his clockport detection routine.

Requirements

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A Prelude (or compatible) soundcard, of course :-)

This bundle supports the Prelude Z2, Prelude 1200 and Amiblaster Deluxe.

It also supports the "MPEGit" and "Arpeggiator" Prelude Z2 addons.

Note: WinUAE provides emulation of the Prelude Z2 and Prelude 1200.

Contents of driver/audio/PreludeSoftwareBundleV4.lha

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