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Audio Overload - 2.0

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All Time:	(4.6)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.0
Release Date:	2008-07-30
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	1,972
Downloads (all versions):	18,390
Price:	Free

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Product Description:

Audio Overload emulates the sound hardware of vintage consoles and computers, allowing you to listen to completely authentic renditions of classic video game tunes. Audio Overload does not play music from arcade games; for that you should use M1.

Features

Playback support for twenty seven different music formats.
Transparent decompression of GZIP, LHA, RAR, and ZIP archives.
Optional volume level normalization.
Export-to-WAV functionality.

Compatibility

The current release of Audio Overload supports music in the following file formats:

AY - Amstrad CPC/Spectrum ZX/Atari ST
COP - Sam Coupe
GBS - Nintendo Gameboy
GSF - Nintendo Gameboy Advance
GYM - Sega Megadrive/Genesis
HES - PC Engine
IMF - PC-compatibles, various Apogee games
KSS - MSX
MDX - Sharp X68000
MOD - Commodore Amiga
NSF - Nintendo NES
NSFE - Nintendo NES (enhanced tags)
ORC - TRS-80 Orchestra-90
PSF - Sony PlayStation
PSF2 - Sony PlayStation II
QSF - Capcom QSound
RAW - PC-compatibles with an AdLib
ROL - PC-compatibles, AdLib Visual Composer
S3M - PC-compatibles with a GUS or SoundBlaster
S98 - NEC PC-98
SAP - Atari XL/XE
SCI - PC-compatibles, various Sierra games
SNDH - Atari ST
SPC - Super Nintendo
VGM - Sega Master System/Game Gear
VTX - Spectrum Vortex Tracker
YM - Amstrad CPC/Spectrum ZX/Atari ST

What's new in this version:

The major new feature in this release is support for the recently developed Sega Dreamcast .DSF format. This feature was coded largely by R. Belmont who has been doing the lions share of work on Audio Overload for the last few releases.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.0
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS Classic

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SPC speed - Version: 2.0, 8/27/2009 05:01PM PST

ben712

First of all, just wanted to let you know this is a great application!

However, I've recently encountered some problems with playing back SPC files. Some seem to play at the wrong speed. This is especially problematic for me since I am attempting to convert the songs losslessly to WAV (which is something AO does very well in other fomats).

Also, it seems like a nice feature would be an option to change the sampling rate.

Hope my comments were helpful. Thanks again for the great app!

Bugs - Version: 2.0b7, 8/2/2007 11:14AM PST

jdpoz_dotmac

PSF files play too fast. This is most obvious with music that has unsynthesized audio samples within the songs, such as Final Fantasy VII's song "One Winged Angel." The choir samples are painfully out of sync with the rest of the instrumentation.

Also, it seems that I can no longer toggle on or off individual channels. I've only tested this on GYM, NSF, and SPC files, but they all had been working in the previous version.

I use a Power Mac G5 dual 2.3 Ghz with 2.5 Gb of RAM if that helps any.

Thanks again for making such an awesome app!

Alright! - Version: 2.0b3, 11/29/2004 11:49PM PST

Joe Redifer

Now I can play the majority of files over at Zophar. Ease of use is good, but the "Forward" and "Back" buttons are usually greyed out. Usually it's no problem for me just to click on the next track in the list, though.