Copyright: Copyright © Madeira Software, Inc.


256 Color Mode

Some ScreenDance animations use the palette animation capability of your hardware to produce high-speed color shifting effects. If your display adapter is not in 256-color mode, you will not get the full effect of those animations when running ScreenDance as a window. However, many animations do not require this mode; those that do require it will display a scrolling message to let you know.

When you put ScreenDance in full-screen mode, it temporarily changes your display to 256-color mode to allow you get the full effect of all animations. This behavior can be changed using the full-screen settings under General Options.


3D Spectrograph

This animation performs a frequency (i.e. pitch) analysis on the the audio signal and plots the magnitude of the frequencies over time. If you're playing music, you'll see the lowest notes on the left, and the highest notes on the right. With voice, this is known as a voice print - see if you can detect the difference between you and a friend saying the same word.

Resolution sets the resolution of the frequency analysis. This computation is incredibly math intensive, so a 486 PC can only handle a setting of up to about 128. If you have a Pentium, try 256 or more.

Frequency Range sets the maximum frequency that will be analyzed. The higher this number, the faster your PC has to calculate in order to keep up, and if it can't keep up, you lose part of the signal. Luckily, you'll find that most of the interesting stuff is below 5000Hz.

Viewing Angle offers a different point of view - try it and see!


Are You Listening?

All of ScreenDance's animations require some kind of audio input before they will do anything interesting. They all work with either voice or music, so you'll probably want to experiment with both a microphone and the CD player.

ScreenDance gives you control over which audio input channel stimulates the animation, as well as the volume of each channel, the speaker volume, and the animation's audio sensitivity level.

If you have problems with the procedures described in this section, you may need to consult your sound card documentation for more details.

Selecting an Audio Source

The Mixer

Calibration


Aspect ratio

The aspect ratio is the relationship between the width and height of an image. A 4:3 aspect ratio means that the width divided by the height is 4/3.


Auto insert notification

This is a Windows 95 setting that applies to a CD-ROM device. By default this switch is turned on, which allows Windows to automatically detect when a CD is inserted in the drive. To view/change this value, run the Control Panel, double-click the System Properties icon, click on the Device Manager tab, double-click a CD-ROM device, and select the Settings tab.

Note: This setting does not apply under Windows NT.


Calibration

ScreenDance animations perform best when the audio input levels are properly calibrated. To do this, follow these simple steps:

1.	Make sure an audio input channel is turned on and receiving input, such as your voice, an audio CD, or an FM radio.

2.	Pull up the mixer (select View, Mixer off the menu) and turn the animation boost all the way down. This is the lever on the right side of the mixer.

3.	Now set the volume of the input channel you're using to about 3/4 of the way up, and put its balance control in the middle.

4.	Select the SoundWave animation. Click on the Customize button on the Control Panel and make sure that Stereo mode is turned off. A wavy line should be running horizontally across the screen. If it's flat, check your hardware connections and your input channel on/off buttons.

5.	Return to the mixer, and adjust the volume control for your input channel until the wave in SoundWave gets very large and comes close to touching the top and bottom of the screen when your music or voice is loudest, but never goes beyond (that would be clipping, and you don't want that).

6.	If the input channel volume control is max'd out, and the waves in SoundWave are still not big enough, try increasing the animation boost level.


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CD Player Options

ScreenDance's integrated CD Player can be customized using the CD Player property sheet within the ScreenDance Options dialog box. To get there, you can either select CD, then Options or Options, then CD Player off of the menu.

Continue playing after exit

If you would like to continue playing the audio CD after you exit ScreenDance, check this box. Otherwise, leave this box unchecked and ScreenDance will stop the currently playing CD when you exit the program.

Default Windows CD Player

By checking this option, you can have ScreenDance register itself as the default Windows CD Player for AutoPlay. This means that whenever a music CD is inserted in your CD-ROM drive, Windows will automatically run ScreenDance. Note: your CD-ROM driver must have Auto insert notification turned on for this feature to work properly.

CD-ROM drive

This version of ScreenDance has support for multiple CD-ROM drives. You can use this drop-down box to change the default CD-ROM drive letter to be used by the ScreenDance CD Player when playing audio CDs. Note: Whichever drive you select must have an analog cable connecting it to your sound card in order for it to be an audio source in ScreenDance.

Aggressively poll CD-ROM

This is an advanced feature which controls how often the ScreenDance CD Player will poll the CD-ROM drive to find out if a disc has been inserted or ejected. On most machines, this feature may be turned off to improve animation performance in ScreenDance. However, if you have Auto insert notification turned off on your CD-ROM device, or you notice that ScreenDance sometimes does not detect when a disc has been inserted or ejected, you will need to turn this feature on.


Color depth

This refers to the maximum number of colors that may be displayed on your screen at one time. Standard VGA display adapters support only 16 colors, while most super-VGA display adapters can support 256 colors (8-bit), 64 thousand colors (16-bit), or 16 million colors (24-bit), depending on your current display mode.


Credits

Programming:  	Brian Ursillo, Dave Young

Artwork:  	Liz Manicatide

Choreography:  	Liz Manicatide, Andy Oakland

Documentation:  	Dave Young, Susan Murray-Campbell

Special thanks to all beta testers!


Dancer

The name speaks for itself. This little guy will dance to whatever music you give him, and he really knows how to keep the beat!

Style lets you control the type of dance.


Fractals

Explore the world of computer generated art, as these fractal images pulsate to the sound.

Response Rate controls how quickly the image responds to sounds. A setting of 1 lets it slowly pick up the mood of the music, while a setting of 100 lets it immediately respond to every nuance.

Fractal Image offers visual variety - pick one!

Color Palette lets you choose your favorite complementary group of colors. Try Fast or Wild for something really different.

Color Cycling causes the colors to change slowly, even without any sound.


Full-Screen Mode

The animation modules can be viewed either in a window or in full-screen mode. To select full-screen mode, click on the four-arrow button that lies rightmost on the Control Panel, select View, Full-Screen off the menu, or press Ctrl+S. To return to windowed mode, press any key or click the mouse.

There are two hot-keys that can be used without causing ScreenDance to leave full-screen mode. The F5 key causes a switch to the previous animation, and the F6 key causes a switch to the next animation.

When you put ScreenDance in full-screen mode, it temporarily changes your display to 256-color mode to allow you get the full effect of all animations. This behavior can be changed using the full-screen settings under General Options.


General Options

You can customize the way ScreenDance runs on your system using the General property sheet within the ScreenDance Options dialog box. To get there, select Options, then General off of the menu.

Make Default Screen Saver

This check box shows you whether or not ScreenDance is currently your default Windows screen saver. If ScreenDance is already your default screen saver, this box will be checked.

If it is not checked, you may check it and ScreenDance will register itself as the default screen saver when you click OK.

To customize the screen saver, or to change your Windows default to something other than ScreenDance, use the Windows Control Panel. To do that, right-click the mouse on an unoccupied area of your Windows desktop (where the background image is displayed). Select Properties, then click the Screen Saver tab.

ScreenDance Always on Top

If this option is checked, the ScreenDance window will remain on top of all other windows on your desktop, even if you click on another window or application. This feature allows you to monitor ScreenDance while you're working in another application, and works especially well if you un-dock the CD Player and resize the ScreenDance window down to a smaller size.

Preserve Aspect Ratio

Many of the ScreenDance animations are designed to look best when displayed in a window with a fixed 4:3 aspect ratio. If this box is checked and you resize ScreenDance, the program will automatically adjust the width and/or height of the window in order to preserve this aspect ratio.

If this box is cleared, ScreenDance will allow you to resize the main window to any shape you want and will stretch the animations to fit. This may useful for stretching some animations so that they are wider or taller than normal.

Remind if not in 256 Colors

By default, ScreenDance will remind you at startup if your display is not in 256 color mode. Check or clear this option to enable this reminder. For more info, see 256 Color Mode.

Full-Screen Mode

When you put ScreenDance in full-screen mode, it can temporarily change your display mode to get the best performance and special effects on your computer. When it returns to running in a window, the original mode is restored. These resolution and color depth options give you control over the switch to full-screen mode:

Resolution

Same as Windows Setting. With this option, your display resolution will not be changed when ScreenDance enters full-screen mode. However, at higher screen resolutions such as 1024 x 768, this may require a higher performance computer.

640 x 480 Pixels. With this option, ScreenDance will temporarily change your display resolution to 640 x 480 pixels when entering full-screen mode. This allows most animations to perform well on a wide range of computers.

Color Depth

Same as Windows Setting. If this option is selected, your display's color depth will not be changed when ScreenDance enters full-screen mode. However, you will not get the full effect from those animations that use palette animation.

256 Colors. If this options is selected, ScreenDance will temporarily switch the color depth of your display to 256 colors when entering full-screen mode. This allows you to get the full effect from those animations that use palette animation.


Glossary

Auto insert notification

Aspect ratio

Color depth

Palette animation

Resolution


Hot-Keys

The following keys on the keyboard may be used as shortcuts to functions within ScreenDance:

F1	View the relevant topic in the Help File.

F5	Switch to the previous animation (can be used without leaving full-screen mode).

F6	Switch to the next animation (can be used without leaving full-screen mode).

Ctrl+A	Open the Animation Customize dialog.

Ctrl+M	View the Mixer Panel.

Ctrl+P	Open up the Playlist Editor dialog.

Ctrl+S	Switch to full-screen mode.

Ctrl+X	Exit the program.


How to Contact Us

ScreenDance was produced by Madeira Software, Inc. of Beverly, MA. We value your feedback! If you have problems running the program, or any suggestions or questions, please reach us at:

Internet:	feedback@madeira.com

Sales:	(800) 275-6137

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How to Install

The steps to installing ScreenDance may vary, depending on how your copy was distributed. See the README.TXT file for specific instructions.


How to Interact

Most options and commands in ScreenDance are available from the either the main menu bar or the speed-menu. Keyboard shortcuts may also be used.

The main menu bar is at the top of the ScreenDance window, and is designed to disappear if the window is not wide enough to accommodate it. In that case, you can pull up the speed-menu by right-clicking the mouse anywhere within ScreenDance.

Appearance

You can change the way ScreenDance looks in several ways:

Detach or attach the CD Player by dragging or double-clicking it.

View or hide the CD Player, Control Panel, Status Bar, or Mixer from the View menu.

Tip:	Try detaching the CD Player, hiding the Control Panel and Status Bar, and resizing ScreenDance to a small window. To run it while you're working in another program, turn on Always on Top mode by selecting Options, then General off the menu.


How to Uninstall

Use one of these simple ways to uninstall ScreenDance (they both have the same effect):

From the Start menu, select the Programs folder, then the ScreenDance folder (or an alternative program group if you specified one during install), then click on Uninstall ScreenDance.

From the Windows Control Panel, select the Add/Remove Programs icon. Make sure the Install/Uninstall tab is selected, and it should show you a list of programs that can be automatically removed. Scroll down until you see ScreenDance and click the Add/Remove button.


Kaleidoscope

The first kaleidoscope that really does move to the beat of the music.

Style gives you a choice of several different designs.


Marbles

Watch a pile of marbles give their interpretation of sound in a way you've never seen before. Try this with different types of music to get a feel for the variety of patterns. See if you can make them form a circle by humming in the microphone.

Number of Marbles  is determined by you, but faster PCs can handle more.

Flavor offers a variety of color schemes. Pick your own!


Name that Tune

ScreenDance includes a full-featured audio compact disc player, to let you get the most out of your music library. It will play from a custom playlist, as well as display the disc title, artist, and name of the currently playing track. To change the playlist or enter the disc information and track names, use the Playlist Editor dialog box.

Playing Audio CDs

Playlist Editor

CD Player Options


Palette animation

This is a technique used to very quickly change the colors of an on-screen image without changing the image itself. It is only available while your display adapter is in 256-color mode.


Playing Audio CDs

The integrated CD Player has all the features you might expect from a standard audio CD player. The following buttons are described as they appear from left to right within the center section of the CD Player.

Hint: Try un-docking the CD Player.

Play starts playing the CD at the current track and seek position (when the player is stopped or paused).

Pause causes a currently playing CD to pause, or a currently paused CD to start playing again.

Stop causes the player to stop and the current track and seek position to return to the beginning of the playlist.

Previous skips to the previous track.

Next skips to the next track.

Eject/Close Tray ejects an inserted CD, or closes an open CD tray.

The following are also available on the CD Player:

Current Track drop-down box lets you select the current track.

Random Seek Slider allows you to simply drag to any position within the current track.

Many of the above functions are also available on the menu. The following functions are only available on the CD menu:

Repeat plays the playlist over and over indefinitely.

Shuffle plays the playlist in random order.


Playlist Editor

When a CD with music tracks is inserted into the CD-ROM drive, the Playlist Editor dialog box can be pulled up by selecting Edit, then Playlist, from the menu, or by pressing the Ctrl+P keys. This is a dual function dialog box: it allows you to set up a custom playlist of audio tracks, and it serves as a place for you to enter the disc title, artist, and track names for the currently inserted disc. All the entered names will be stored in a file for recall when the same disc is inserted again later.

Entering disc/track title information

The top half of the Playlist Editor is for entering information about the current disc. Simply click on the Artist, Title, or Track input boxes and type in your info.

You can edit the name of only one track at a time; the one that is highlighted in the Tracks list box. To help you, the number of the track appears to the left of the track name input box.

To save the edited track name and have it appear in the Tracks and Playlist boxes, either click on the on-screen Set Name button, or press ENTER on the keyboard. Unless you do this, the track name is not saved when you click on the OK button.

The disc artist and title are automatically saved, without having to either click the on-screen Set Name button or press ENTER on the keyboard.

Modifying the playlist

The bottom half of the dialog box is for customizing the playlist. On the left you'll see the Tracks list box, which contains a list of all the audio tracks available on the current disc. On the right you'll see the current playlist, which defaults to all the audio tracks in the order they are laid out on the disc. The buttons in the middle let you manipulate the playlist in the following ways:

Add the track that is highlighted in the Tracks box to the bottom of the playlist.

Remove the selected playlist track.

Add All the tracks in the Tracks box to the bottom of the playlist.

Remove All tracks from the playlist.

Note: Unlike the disc/track title information, the custom playlist is not saved when you eject the disc or exit ScreenDance.


Quick Overview

Near the top of the ScreenDance window, you'll see the Control Panel (a.k.a. toolbar). The Control Panel allows you to select and customize an animation, enable/disable the microphone, pull up the mixer, or select full-screen mode. You can choose whether or not to have the Control Panel visible by selecting View, Control Panel from the menu.

The first thing you need to do is feed ScreenDance some sound. You can either pop in a music CD, click on the Mic button on the Control Panel to activate the microphone, or turn on the auxiliary input channel. If you are having problems getting ScreenDance to hear you, try pulling up the mixer by selecting View, Mixer off the menu.

Located near the bottom of the window is the audio CD player. You can play, pause, stop, go to the next track, go to the previous track, or eject the disc simply by clicking on the button labeled like your home CD player. To select a track by number or name, click on the drop-down box in the center section of the CD player. To the right of that is the seek slider - you can quickly move to any point within the current audio track by simply dragging the slider to a new position.

To select an animation module, click on the animation drop-down box on the left end of the Control Panel. Using the arrow keys or the mouse, select an animation module and press ENTER. The new selection will start immediately. To customize the animation module, click on the Customize button located just to the left of the animation drop-down box.

See the next section for more tips on interacting with ScreenDance.


Resolution

This refers to the horizontal and vertical resolution of your display screen, expressed in units of pixels. Most super-VGA display adapters support screen resolutions of 640 x 480, 800 x 600, and 1024 x 768.


Selecting an Audio Source

ScreenDance supports four input channels: microphone, CD-ROM, auxiliary line-in, and the MIDI synthesizer output. These are available on most of today's Sound Blaster 16 compatible sound cards, but some older equipment only supports the microphone.

In order to use the CD input channel you must have an analog cable that runs from your CD-ROM to your sound card's CD-audio input channel. Again, most new equipment is already configured this way. If you can't listen to audio CDs through your CD-ROM and sound card, you probably need this cable; Cables-To-Go at 1-800-826-7904 is one possible source. Another solution is to plug a patch cord into the subminiature output jack on the front of your CD-ROM, and run it around to the auxiliary line-in jack on your sound card, which should be accessible on the back of your PC.

Also, note that cards like the Sound Blaster Pro do not allow more than one input channel to be turned on at the same time.

By default, the CD channel is turned on. In order to activate the microphone, click on the Mic button on the Control Panel so that it stays pushed in.

Another way to select the input channel is through the mixer. Select View, Mixer off the menu to pull it up, and you'll see buttons for CD, Mic, and Aux and MIDI. To turn a channel on, push its button so that it stays pushed-in.


Selecting and Customizing an Animation

On the left end of the Control Panel are the controls for the animation modules. The drop-down box displays the currently running animation. To switch to a new one, you can either click on the drop-down box or select Load Previous or Load Next off the Animation menu.

You can customize the currently running animation module by clicking on the Customize button on the Control Panel or selecting Customize from the Animation menu. Each animation has different features you can customize. See the information specific to each animation.


Sound Card Options

The Sound Card Options property sheet allows you to adjust some ScreenDance parameters that are specific to your sound card (audio device). To get there, choose Options, then Sound Card off the menu.

Timeout

This parameter controls the amount of time that ScreenDance will wait for your audio device to become available, in hundredths of a second.

When ScreenDance is started up, your sound card may be busy doing something else (like playing a sound effect). In that case ScreenDance may not be able to access your audio device until the sound effect is finished. ScreenDance will keep trying to access your audio device until this timeout period has elapsed.


SoundWave

This is a colorized view of actual sound waves, otherwise known as an oscilloscope. (Use this module to calibrate your mixer levels by making sure the wave never goes beyond the edge of the screen, even when the music is loudest. See the section on calibration for more detail.) See if you can tell that more highly pitched sounds make waves that are closer together, and that low-pitched ones are farther apart.

Resolution gives you greater detail at higher values.

Stereo displays the left channel on the top half of the screen and the right channel on the bottom.

Sample Rate lets you zoom in on the waveforms as you set higher values.


Starting ScreenDance

Note: For the latest tips on running ScreenDance, please see the README.TXT file in the directory where you installed the program.

ScreenDance can be started in several ways:

From the Start menu, select the Programs folder, then the ScreenDance folder (or an alternative program group if you specified one during install), then click on ScreenDance.

From the Start menu, select Run, type in the word ScreenDance, and click OK.

Use the Windows Explorer to find the ScreenDance application in the directory where you installed ScreenDance (by default this is C:\Program Files\ScreenDance), and double-click on it to run. Be sure to select the file which is listed as type Application by Windows Explorer; to see file types, select View, then Details off the menu.

To view the online documentation, select Help, then Help Topics off the ScreenDance menu.

To exit ScreenDance, either press Ctrl+X keys; select File, then Exit from the menu; or click on the X button on the upper-right-hand corner of the ScreenDance window.


The Mixer

The mixer dialog box allows you to control the volume levels that are used with all the animations and for output to the speaker. To pull up the mixer, either select View, Mixer off the menu, press the mixer button on the Control Panel, or press Ctrl+M.

For all the mixer channels, the vertical slider controls the volume level or gain, and the horizontal slider controls the left-to-right balance.

Speaker Out

To control the speaker volume, use the left-most column of sliders.  Keep in mind that these controls have no affect on the sound going to the ScreenDance animations.

Animation Boost

If your sound card supports it, this allows you to boost the input volume of all input channels going to the ScreenDance animations. If you are having trouble getting enough volume to the animations, try adjusting the animation boost. Most systems do not require any boost for correct operation of the animations, but in certain cases you may need it; if you do, refer to the calibration procedure.

Microphone and Other Input Channels

Use the columns of remaining controls on the right of the dialog box to independently control the input channels. To patch in a channel to the ScreenDance animations, push in its enable button (the button with the red dot on it) so that it stays down and glows bright red. Use the vertical and horizontal sliders to control the volume and balance of each input channel.


Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Overview

For troubleshooting tips see the README.TXT file, located in the folder where you installed ScreenDance. Or you can visit our web site at http://www.madeira.com for the latest and most up-to-date information.


Un-docking the CD Player
You can "dock" or "un-dock" the CD Player from the ScreenDance window by dragging it with the mouse or double-clicking it. By default, the CD Player is docked at the bottom of the ScreenDance window. When un-docked, it floats freely as a separate window that you can move anywhere on your screen, independent of ScreenDance.


What Do I Need?

To run ScreenDance your system should have:

486 IBM PC compatible or better (Pentium recommended)

•	8MB RAM

•	8 MB available disk space

•	Windows 95 (with DirectX 5.0), Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 3), or newer

•	Super-VGA display adapter capable of 640x480 and 256 colors, or better.

Windows compatible sound card.

•	Microphone, CD-ROM drive, or other audio source


What Is This?

ScreenDance is a music player that comes packed with a library of sound-activated animations, making multimedia PCs come alive with dazzling light and color. Pop in a compact disc or sing into the microphone... watch as your PC moves to the music!

ScreenDance turns your computer into an audio entertainment center with an integrated CD player and mixing board, but this time with a new twist: you’ll be able to "see" the music graphically on the screen. In its own unique way, each of the included animation modules pumps out real-time imagery in direct response to sound. Dancing figures, animated fractals, dancing marbles, a 3D spectrograph, a kaleidoscope - this is but a sampling of the animations available.

ScreenDance brings you a whole new way of experiencing music. Unlike canned music videos, ScreenDance produces animations on the fly, as you hear the music. That way, you get a limitless variety of visual effects.

The package makes use of a standard CD-ROM drive to create a full-featured audio compact disc player with track sequencing, repeat and shuffle modes, and the ability to display disc and track titles. The mixer interface allows ScreenDance to work with sound from the CD player, microphone, and line-in jack.


About the Animations
3D Spectrograph

Dancer

Fractals

Kaleidoscope

Marbles

SoundWave


Cool Visuals!

This version of ScreenDance includes a library of 6 sound-sensitive animation modules from which you can choose. The registered version includes 12 more, plus support for using an unlimited number of third party animations. For more information on the bonus pack of 12 animations see the section on registration.

Full-Screen Mode

Selecting and Customizing an Animation

About the Animations


Evaluation License

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Order Form
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What? Me Register?

This version of ScreenDance is freely distributed for the sole purpose of allowing you to "try before you buy" (also known as a shareware version). So please try it out and pass it on to friends - but if you like it, buy it now for only $19.95! Don't miss out on all the benefits others have already gotten by registering.

For ordering info, see the order form. You can also place a secure credit card order on the web, using our secure internet order form.

In return for your support, you will receive the following:

ScreenDance 98 on CD.

A bonus pack of 12 new ScreenDance animations:

*	Aurora - dancing Northern Lights

*	Fractals II - second volume of computer-generated art

*	Fuzzball - sort of like a laser-light show

*	Haze - 3D texture-mapped fog (comes in purple too!)

*	Neon Lights - musical Las Vegas

*	Piano Roll - like from an old-time player piano

*	Pulsars - fly through musical galaxies

*	Spectrometer - spectrum bargraph, like on a graphic equalizer

*	Tapestry - selection of shimmering tapestries

*	Tunnels - pulsating passageways

*	VU Bargraph - like on your hi-fi, but with slew rate control

*	VU (Analog) - VU meter like on an old tape deck

Support for third-party animations, when they become available.

Printed manual.

Unlimited phone support.

Advance notice of bug-fixes and updates (via e-mail).