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XM2ESF - Convert XM files to echo stream format

Written in/for FreeBasic Platform Win32, Linux

To use this at all, you are going to need ECHO:

http://github.com/sikthehedgehog/Echo http://segaretro.org/Echo

This program is the only program able to

XM2ESF - XM to Echo Stream Format converter

Beta Version

Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Oerg866
Email: oerg866-at-tototek-dot-com http://github.com/oerg866/xm2esf

Echo (C) 2010-2018 Sik, Oerg866, TiTAN http://github.com/sikthehedgehog/Echo

Please report bugs using email at oerg866-at-tototek-dot-com or use any other viable method, such as forum threads, IRC, skype or similar.

Please acknowledge that this program is not in a stable state yet and its creator can not be held responsible for consequences evolving from the usage, be it proper or improper, of this program.

Also, lots of hours of bugfixing and testing went into this. Please keep this in mind when using this program.

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usage: xm2esf -

is an XIF file. An XIF file is a descriptor file that contains all the parameters which xm2esf will respect while creating the resulting ESF file, and also the path and filename to the input XM file.

      Creating an XIF file is possible using the bundled xm2esfgui
      It is very easy to use and creates a XIF file
      that is perfectly parseable by xm2esf :)

      For other software and information, please visit
      http://segaretro.org/Echo

is the output path ad filename xm2esf will use to create the resulting ESF file. Please note that if this file exists it WILL BE OVERWRITTEN, even if you encounter a bug and the conversion somehow fails.

Switches:

-p Retrigger volume envelope on PSG channel when the instrument column is filled when there is one of the standard portamento/vibrato effects playing. (1xx, 2xx, 3xx and 4xx) -r Like -p, except it triggers regardless of the effect column's content -i Ignore Note-Offs on PSG channels Bye :D!