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Originally Posted by chip
What is a custom replayer ?
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A custom replayer is where the programmer has altered the format of the music file in such a way that the standard routine to play it will no longer do so, so has had to build a custom replayer.
For instance, to save on precious chip memory, programmers sometimes separate the music data from the sample data, and sometimes might even optimise the music data part to make it smaller still, or have it be real time depacked. The music data can now reside in fast/slow memory, and the sample data can sit in chip memory (as it has to be otherwise Paula can't play it).
The programmer therefore has to alter the standard replayer to pick up the data from different areas of memory and process the music data differently.
Custom replayer.