The AKM, or Minimalist player, is a small but very powerful player, especially useful for 4K demo, or 64kb games, for example.

It is an interesting alternative to CngSoft Chp'n'Sfx, which has a really small, albeit limited, player.

This player should be used instead of Lightweight, as it is lighter and has more feature. It is a bit slower.

Pros:

• Smaller player and songs.
• Sound effects managed.

Cons:

• Slower than the other AT2 players.
• A bit less features.

Here are the limitations regarding what this player can accomplish:

• Only one PSG per Subsong.
• No "hard to soft" sounds.
• SoftAndHard more limited: hardware part is only with fixed hard period (allows "Ben Daglish" effects).
• No events.
• Only speed change at the start of a pattern are encoded.
• Arpeggio and Pitch values in the Expressions are limited in range: from -64 to 63.
• Arpeggio and Pitch Expressions are limited in size: 127 items only.
• No Legato.
• In an instrument, period in Software mode must be automatic, cannot be forced.
• No retrig.
• Effects:
  • Reset with volume
  • Set volume
  • (fast)Pitch up/down
  • Arpeggio table (inline will be converted)
  • Pitch table
  • Force Instrument Speed
  • Force Arpeggio Speed
  • Force Pitch Speed

On exporting, warnings are shown if some song items could not be correctly exported.