DSMI/2
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DSMI/2 | |
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Vendor | Theta Band Software |
Author | Julien Pierre |
License | Commercial / Discontinued |
Download | |
Website | Archived Web Site |
DSMI/2 is a sound interface for PC compatible computers running on IBM's Operating System /2. It goes beyond the basic sound functionality offered in OS/2 via MMPM/2 and provides programmers with a variety of functions to play music and sound effects in their programs.
DSMI/2 will be most useful to multimedia applications and game developers. It is also very well suited for network audio applications, such as Internet applications.
Features
- Dolby Prologic Surround sound support
- Loads and plays many different music files : MODs, STMs, S3Ms, 669s, MTMs, FARs and other formats
- Up to 32 simultaneous channels lets you play sound effects simultaneously with music
- Support for direct loading of WAV files as musical instruments or effects
- Support for loading of files from resources or memory buffers in addition to disk files
- Supports any soundcard with an MMPM/2 driver
- Real-time support with Direct Audio (highly recommended)
- 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 (new file formats, mixers)
- Utilizes 386 and above instruction mix to reach maximum performance
About DSMI/2
- Following parts are written in assembly language:
- Sound mixing routines
- Module player engine
- Some miscellaneous functions
- The module file loaders are written in C.
- The audio output drivers are written in C++.
- DSMI/2 is built with IBM Visual Age C++ 3.0 and Borland Turbo Assembler 4.0. Also supported are:
- Borland C++ 2.0 for OS/2
- IBM C Set ++ 2.1
- Watcom C/C++ 10.x
- Virtual Pascal
The DSMI/2 Developer's Toolkit
The DSMI/2 Developer's Toolkit comes with:
- A dynamic link library and an import library for easy linking
- C, C++, and Pascal header files
- Detailed documentation in OS/2 hypertext format (.INF):
- DSMI/2 Programmer's Manual
- DSMI/2 API reference
- DSMI/2 drivers
- The latest version of Dual Module Player for OS/2 with Filters and Echo effects support, and full source code
- A GUI version of Dual Module Player with full source code (uses ICLUI/Openclass; IBM C Set ++ or VAC++ necessary to rebuild)
- Example programs with extensively commented source
- M2AMF program to convert modules to the tight AMF format and save you disk space
- An installer/uninstaller that will put DSMI/2 components on your Workplace Shell and update your settings to get you ready to build DSMI/2 applications
Cross-platform DSMI support
- DSMI is also supported under DOS with a 32-bit DOS extender. The DOS toolkit is available. [1]
Software that uses DSMI/2
- Dual Module Player, a very popular music player program for DOS and OS/2.
- DSMI is used in Disney Software's Aladdin and Lion King games for DOS.
- DSMI plug-in for Netscape Navigator.
- DSMI/2 is also used in Flight for OS/2, a multimedia demonstration developed jointly by Egerter Software, PolyEx Software and Theta Band Software.
- Polyex Software has also incorporated DSMI/2 into their games, Hopkins: FBI for OS/2, as well as Vigilance on Talos V.