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VENDOR: Digital Sound & Music Interface for OS/2

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julien Pierre)
Sat Mar 30 10:38:58 1996

To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 30 Mar 1996 14:08:27 GMT
From: madbrain@ibm.net (Julien Pierre)
Reply-To: madbrain@ibm.net

Reply-to:     madbrain@ibm.net
Submitted by: madbrain@ibm.net (Julien Pierre)
Source:       madbrain@ibm.net (Julien Pierre)
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DMSI/2 Digital Sound & Music Interface for OS/2 

DSMI is a sound interface for PC compatible computers. It
provides programmers with a variety of functions to play music
and sound effects in their programs.

Here are some of DSMI's capabilities:

 * Supports any sound card with an MMPM/2 driver
 * optional real-time support with Direct Audio
 * Up to 32 simultaneous channels lets you play sound effects simultaneously
   with music!
 * Plays MODs, STMs, S3Ms, 669s, MTMs, FARs and other formats
 * Very easy sound card setup
 * Special 16-bit support, which means GREAT sound quality on 16-bit cards
 * Very extensive programming interface that lets YOU decide what to do
 * Modular structure means easier upgrades (e.g. new sound cards)
 * On-line hypertext reference guide! (over 130kB)
 * Example programs
 * Utilizes 386 instruction mix to reach maximum performance,

 And last but not the least:
 * DSMI IS DEFINITELY THE MOST EXTENSIVE PLAYER ON EARTH!!

WHAT'S IN DSMI------------------------------------------------------------

 C version
 - Made with IBM C Set ++ 2.1 and Borland Turbo Assembler 4.0, but should also
   work fine with other compilers
 - Comes with DSMI/32, a 32-bit protected mode version of DSMI which works
   with 32-bit C compilers.
 - A dynamic link library and an import library are provided for easy linking
 - Following parts are written in assembly language:
   * Sound mixing routines
   * Module player engine
   * Some miscellaneous functions
 - C source is compiled with IBM C Set ++ 2.1 and uses 386 instruction set

AVAILABILITY--------------------------------------------------------------

DSMI/2 is available to developers right now.
For more information on the license agreement, pick up the DMP107.ZIP package
from http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/Henry/Madbrain and look at the EVALLIC.DSM
file. If you agree to the terms of this license, you can get a free evaluation
copy of DSMI/2. Email me at madbrain@ibm.net.

For DOS & Win32 versions, contact Otto Chrons : oc@iki.fi.

Julien R. Pierre  - 1-941-366-5355
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