General Digital Music module
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General Digital Music / General Digimusic (GDM) is an audio file format used by the Bells, Whistles, and Sound Boards (BWSB) library. GDM modules commonly have the file extension '''.gdm''' As well as being somewhat popular in the mid-90s demoscene, BWSB was also used as the sound library for the game creation system [[MegaZeux]] from v2.50 until the system was ported to SDL and BWSB was replaced by ModPlug and MikMod, so '''.gdm''' files are often found in older MegaZeux games. | General Digital Music / General Digimusic (GDM) is an audio file format used by the Bells, Whistles, and Sound Boards (BWSB) library. GDM modules commonly have the file extension '''.gdm''' As well as being somewhat popular in the mid-90s demoscene, BWSB was also used as the sound library for the game creation system [[MegaZeux]] from v2.50 until the system was ported to SDL and BWSB was replaced by ModPlug and MikMod, so '''.gdm''' files are often found in older MegaZeux games. | ||
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* [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/documents/format_documentation/General%20Digital%20Music%20(.gdm).txt GDM (General Digital Music) version 1.0 File Format Specification - Revision 2] | * [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/documents/format_documentation/General%20Digital%20Music%20(.gdm).txt GDM (General Digital Music) version 1.0 File Format Specification - Revision 2] | ||
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* [http://www.milkytracker.org/ MilkyTracker] ([[General Digital Music module|GDM]] to [[Amiga Module|MOD]], [[WAV]] and [[Extended Module|XM]]) | * [http://www.milkytracker.org/ MilkyTracker] ([[General Digital Music module|GDM]] to [[Amiga Module|MOD]], [[WAV]] and [[Extended Module|XM]]) | ||
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* [http://vault.digitalmzx.net/index.php MegaZeux] | * [http://vault.digitalmzx.net/index.php MegaZeux] | ||
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* [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/General%20DigiMusic/ Example .gdm files] | * [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/General%20DigiMusic/ Example .gdm files] | ||
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Description
General Digital Music / General Digimusic (GDM) is an audio file format used by the Bells, Whistles, and Sound Boards (BWSB) library. GDM modules commonly have the file extension .gdm As well as being somewhat popular in the mid-90s demoscene, BWSB was also used as the sound library for the game creation system MegaZeux from v2.50 until the system was ported to SDL and BWSB was replaced by ModPlug and MikMod, so .gdm files are often found in older MegaZeux games.
