Introduction
Modules are relatively small files which contains various soundsamples and information on how they should be played. This way of making music goes a long way back,
and even at the time of the Commodore 64 the concept was used. But it was on the Amiga computer it really started off. The original type of modules were made with a
program called SoundTracker, but since then a lot of different moduletypes have shown up, all of them offering different features - such as more sound channels, more
samples, realtime echo and so on.
APlayer is a program that can play these modules. APlayer started on the Amiga computer back in 1993, and was a reaction to the lack of good module players for the
Amiga. Now the programmer (Thomas Neumann) has a PC in addition to Macintosh computer, and wants to make APlayer just as popular for the BeOS as it were for the
Amiga (or even more popular ;).
Even though mp3's are hot at the moment, we feel that modules will never disappear. APlayer can also play mp3 files, and a lot of other module
and sound formats.
Please enjoy this program, and support the development by giving any feedback (bugreports and flattering comments ;)...
The APlayer Team
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