Short: Realtime Sampler Kalidescope *Full Version* Author: Ridwan Hughes Uploader: Ridwan Hughes Type: gfx/misc Requires: Sampler, Colour TV/monitor, 1/2 mb ram free. Replaces: gfx/misc/ColourJunkieDM.lha Colour Junkie by Rid * Warning * Not for epilepsy suferers, as some palette+pattern combinations make the whole screen strobe. * Updated! * This program has now been updated with NTSC & DSS8 sampler support. There is a built in menu (press M) for choosing the type of sampler you have. The Mega Circler/Kalidescope/Spiraler summink. I didn't know what to really call my amazing program, until I saw Paul Copsey (disa news reader) writing about web screen modes, and the words "colour junkie" were in there. (Which was better than circ.amos) Here is the full version of the Colour Junkie program. This version will run continously without stopping, and has 3 times the amount of patterns and palettes than the original demo. Load Workbench first before running the program. You need a standard 8 bit Sound Sampler plugged into your parallel port with the sound going into the `Left' side. And hopefully the spinning graphics will react to whatever music you feed into it. You may find that the graphics spin too fast on 030 or faster processors, just hold the `-' key down until it slows down. It was programmed on an A2000 HC68000 at 28mhz, just slightly faster than a standard A1200. The next version will have more speed control. Personally I like sticking the Chemical Brothers, Carl Cox or Reactivate 10, into my internal CD ROM and outputting the picture to my 20 inch TV. It also works with ambient music like Orbital, The Orb, Biosphere etc. Colour Junkie is a `one off' program, that grew from me wanting to write a program to create a spiral. I doubt that there will be many more like this, except Colour Junkie 2, which I'm working on. Controlling: The controlling buttons/keys are: Left Mouse - change routine Right Mouse - change palette 'Q' or 'Esc' - Quit '+' - faster (use the += key) '-' - slower (use the _- key) 'N' - switch between PAL & NTSC (It's autosensing, so if the circles look squashed or stretched, press it.) 'M' - Built in sampler tester/selector. 'Space' - When in the 'Waveform Test' mode, this switches the display between lines, solid and dots. The original program was programmed with the TechnoSound Turbo sampler hardware, with the sound going into the 'Left' port. I'd imagine that other samplers* should work, please let me know how successful you are with your sampler. * It now works with the DSS8 sampler, and others hopefully. Contact the author: I can be contacted through standard email ways: fox@ridhughz.demon.co.uk Thanks: Thanks to the makers of Craft and Francois Lionet for AmosPRO. And to Paul Copsey for the name. And also the people who mailed me with suggestions for the next release. More programs: After programming Colour Junkie 2, I will start working on my other programs for release. The `To Do:' list for Colour Junkie 2 - Line speed control (currently palette speed is the only option) - Palette editing - Pattern editing - Palette selection - Pattern selection - Time out control for each effect - Screen brightness linked to volume - Overscan set to maximum (not at full maximum at the moment) - Allow text and or graphics to placed on screen - Palette fading time Most of the above will hopefully be implemted in CJ2. Many people have asked about frequencies, bass & hi-hat stuff, I can't do FFT stuff, but am in talks with people, to hopefully be able to do this. A special AGA version may appear, with screenmode options. Have fun :-) and don't get too spaced out....