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                        DELUXE MUSIC CONSTRUCTION SET
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                                                     TYPED BY SHARD
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
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Edit Menu
               Undo                       R Amiga-Z
               Cut                        R Amiga-X
               Copy                       R Amiga-C
               Paste                      R Amiga-V

Play Menu
               Play Song                  R Amiga-P
               Play Section               R Amiga-S
               Stop Play                  R Amiga-Q
               Resume Play                R Amiga-R
               Begin Section              R Amiga-Shift-<
               End Section                R Amiga-Shift->

Note Menu
               Up Half Step               R Amiga-U
               Down Half Step             R Amiga-J
               Up Level                   R Amiga-I
               Down Level                 R Amiga-K
               Up Octave                  R Amiga-O
               Down Octave                R Amiga-L
               Half Time                  R Amiga-H
               Double Time                R Amiga-D
               Flip Note Stem             R Amiga-F
               Set Play Style             R Amiga-Y

Groups Menu
               Tie Notes (UP)             R Amiga-T
               Beam Notes                 R Amiga-B

NOTE PALETTE WINDOW
-------------------

Notes:
       1 Selects a whole note
       2 Selects a half note
       3 Selects a quarter note
       4 Selects an eighth note
       5 Selects a sixteenth note
       6 Selects a thirty-second note

(Press the Shift key at the same time you type each number key to select the
corresponding rest.)

Tools
               Eraser                     X
               Mod Clr                    C
               Arrow                      F10
               I-beam                     '

Time Modifiers
               Dot                        D
               Triplet                    L
               Quintuplet                 V

Accidentals
               Flat                       B
               Natural                    N
               Sharp                      R

Dynamic Modifiers
               ppp                        p-p-p
               pp                         p-p
               p                          p
               mp                         m-p
               (and so forth)

SCORE WINDOW
------------

To  change  a note's duration or time modifier, first select a note or group
of notes, then hold down the ALT key while clicking the new note duration or
time modifier in the Note Palete.

You can also use a Note Palette keyboard shortcut in conjuction with the ALT
key  shortcut.  The ALT key technique doesn't work with dynamic modifiers or
accidentals.

To  remove  time modifiers, select the note or notes, then hold down the ALT
key while clicking MOD CLR, or pressing C.

Press  the Space Bar to freeze the display at any point during the playback.

Press DEL to delete selected notes, groups of notes, or chords.

Copy a selected note or chord by holding down the ALT key, then dragging the
selected note or chord horizontally.

MENUS
-----

File

New Score, Open Score, Save, Save As, Revert, and Print Score all act as you
might expect.

Set Print Pause
Causes  the  printer  to  pause  after  printing  a page of music so you can
advance  to the next sheet of paper, and also lets you specify the number of
staffs (staff sets) that print per page.

Show Memory
This  window contains information about the amount of RAM available for your
composition.   The first line tells how much memory you still have availabe.
The  second  line  tells how much memory is currently being used by the song
itself.   The third line tells how much memory is being used by instruments.
The  fourth  line tells how much memory is being used by teh Clipboard.  The
fifth  line describes the 'memory level' of the program as a number from one
to  five  - the gigher the number, the more memory available.  If the memory
level falls to three or below, you should be especially careful about saving
your score.  If you find that you are running short of memory and still have
a  considerable  amount of work remaining, you should consider splitting the
composition into two files to avoid the risk of running out of memory.

Save as SMUS File
Lets  you  save a score in SMUS-IFF format.  The Open Score command can also
open scores written in SMUS-IFF format.

EDIT
----

Undo
Reverses  your  most recent action in the Edit, Notes, or Measures Menu.  It
also  reverses  your  most  recent musical entry or deletion.  Undo does not
reverse Cut.  Use Paste to undo a Cut).

Cut
Removes  all  selected notes and rests from the score and places them on the
Clipboard.    Measures to the right of the cut measure move left and fill in
areas that are emptied by the cut.

Copy
Copies  all  the  selected  notes  and  rests to the Clipboard(replacing the
Clipboard's  current  contents).   Unlinke Cut, Copy doesn't remove anything
from the score.

Paste
Inserts  the  contents  of  the  Clipboard  into your Score at the insertion
point.   If notes are selectd in the score when you use Paste, the Clipboard
contents  replace  the  selected  passage (think of it as "pasting over" the
selection).

If  the  Clipboard  contains  less  than a measure, Paste puts the Clipboard
contents  in  the  measure  containing  the  insertion point or in the first
measure  containing  a  selection.    If the resulting measure contains more
beats  than the time signature calls for, the notes or rests for those beats
are dimmed.

If  the  Clipboard  contents  begin  or  end with a full measure, the pasted
material  will  begin  or  end with a measure bar.  If the Clipbord contains
material  for  miltiple measures , the content is pasted exactly as it is in
the Clipboard, measure bars and all.

If  the  Clipboard contians material from more than one staff, the Clipboard
contents  are pasted downward into the corresponding staffs.  For example,if
Staff  One  and Two are copied to the Clipboard, then the insertion point is
placed  in  Staff Two.  The Clipboard contents will be pasted into Staff Two
and  Three.   Paste does not add staffs to accommodeate the selection on the
Clipboard.  If there aren't enough staffs for all of the Clipboard, only the
portion that can be accommodated by the score is pasted.

If  Two Tracks Per Staff is used while the Clipboard contains one track, the
track  into  which teh Clipboard is pasted is determined by the direction of
the  note stem in the Note Palete Change Track control.  If you Paste into a
track that already contains music, the Clipboard contents are inserted ahead
of teh existing music.

Clear
Removes the current selection like Cut, but doesn't copy to the Clipboard.

Select All
Selects all the music in the score.

WINDOW
------

Score
This  is  the  main  composition  window  and appears onscreen with the Note
Palete  and Piano Keyboard when you start DMCS.  A DMCS score, like standard
sheet  music,  contains one or more staffs, which in turn contain the notes,
time  signature,  clif,  key, dynamics, lyrics, chords, and othe information
that combine to describe a piece of music.

Entering Notes In The Score
You can enter notes in three ways:

By selecting notes from the Note Palette and clicking directly in the score;

By  using  Insert  Notes  in  Score  and clicking keys in the Piano Keyboard
window;

By  using  a  MIDI device (such as a keyboard) connected to the Amiga with a
MIDI Interface.

SELECTING NOTES
Clicking  on  the diagonal arrow in the Noe Palette changes the pointer into
an  arrow,  which you can use to select notes.  you select notes by clicking
them  with  the arrow, or by dragging a selection box around them.  The last
note  you  enter  in  a  score  is selected until another note is entered or
selected.

Insertion Point
The  insertion  point  is  a  flashing  vertical  line  that indicates where
material  pasted  from  the  Clipboard  or  inserted from the Piano Keyboard
appears,  and  where various commands from the menus will take effect.  Move
the insertion point by clicking the arrow at any point in the score.

SCORE SETUP
-----------

Bars Per Line
Controls  the  number  of  measures (1 to 10) on a line and how many will be
printed per line on paper.

Beats Per Minute
Lets  you  tell the program how fast to play music in the score.  If you use
this control during playback, the change will be heard immediately.

Score Width
Lets  you set the width of a paged score to any setting between 40 and 1000.
The  Screen  Width gadget sets the score width so that all the bars per line
called  for  in  that  setting can be seen in the Score window.  The Printer
Width  gadget  sets  the score to a width which will produce a printed score
with  1/4  inch  margins  on  8-1/2  by  11 paper.  The width is measured in
pixels.  There are 72 pixels in an inch.

Volume
Lets you control the overall volumne level of the playback.

Paged Score
A  highlighted  Paged Score gadget tells the program to display the music as
it will appear when printed instead of as a score which scrolls continuously
from left to right.

2 Tracks Per Staff
A  highlighted 2 Tracks per Staff gadget sets the score so that two separate
rhythmic tracks of music can be entered in each staff.

Show Play Styles
There  are sixteen numbered play styles controlled from the Notes menu.  The
style  numbers appear on the score if you click the Show Play Styles gadget.

STAFF CONTROLS
--------------

Choose Staff Number
Lets  you  tell  the  program which staff you want the other settings in the
lower  half  of the window to apply to.  The top staff is number 1, the next
is number 2, etc.  up to 8.

Treble, Bass, Tenor, and Alto Clefs
Let  you  choose  the  beginning  clef for the staff indicated by the Choose
Staff  Number  control.    You  can change Clefs within a staff by using the
Change Clef command in the Measures menu.

Add Staff
Adds  a  staff  to the score.  (New staffs always appear with a treble clef.
Be  sure  to  use  the  clef setting to pick the clef you want).  Scores can
contain up to 8 staffs.

Delete Staff
Removes the staff indicated by the Choose Staff Number box.

Staff Sound On
Turns  the  sound  on  and off for particular staffs during playback.  First
pick  the staff you want with Choose Staff Number, then click the gadget off
to  turn  off  the  sound  for that staff.  Click again to turn the sound on
again.    By  turning  the sound on or off for each staff, you can listen to
those parts of a score which you choose without hearing the other parts.

Hide Staff
Activate  this  gadget to hide the staff selected in the Choose Staff Number
control.  To work on an individual part or to print one or severalparts of a
larger  piece  of music at a time, use this control.  Text inserted above or
below a staff is hidden when the staff is hidden.

Hide Instruments
Click  this  gadget to hide all the instrument names for the staff indicated
by the Choose Staff Number control.

Hide Clef/Key
Click this gadget to hide the clef and key signature for the staff indicated
by the Choose Staff Number control.

Space Above Staff & Space Below Staff
Lets  you determine how much space appears above and below each staff to get
the  needs  of your music.  Changes made here are instantly reflected on the
screen.    If  you  are planning to include lyrics in a score, add the extra
space  for your lyrics with these controls.  The available space is measured
in pixels.  A standard note head is 5 pixels high.

Normal, Play 1 Octave High, Play 1 Octave Low
Select the appropriate gadget to change the pitch of all notes on a selected
staff.

NOTE PALETTE
The  top  part of this window contains notes and rests of varying durations,
while  the  bottom part contains most of the note modifiers used in standard
music  notation,  including  time modifiers such as triplets and quintuplets
accidentals such as sharps and flats, and dynamic modifiers from ppp to fff.
The middle part contains the following tools you will need as you work:

Arrow
Use  the  arrow  for  selecting  from  menus  or  window, including the Note
Palette,  or  for  selecting notes or larger section of a score (see Editing
with the Note Palette for more information on selecting from the score).  To
make  a selection from the Note Palette, point and click.  The most recently
selected  item  will  be  displayed  in read.  Other selections which remain
active  are  displayed with a red border.  The arrow is also used for moving
the  insertion  point  throughout the score, clicking onscreen controls, and
selecting commands from the menus.

When  you  click an item in the Note Palette, the pointer takes the shape of
the  selected  item  (as well as any other active selections - for example a
dotted,  sharped  eight  note).   If one or more items from the note palette
have  already  been  selected and the pointer appears as the selected items,
click the arrow to get the arrow back.

Mod Clr
Turns off all modifier selections simultaneously.

Eraser
Use  the  eraser  to  remove  notes (including individual notes in a chord),
rests,  and  dynamic  modifiers from the score by first selecting the eraser
and  then  clicking on a note, rest or dynamic modifier with it.  The eraser
does not remove accidentals or time modifiers.

I-Beam
Click  the  I-beam  to insert text.  Dragging with the I-beam creates a text
box.  Clicking inside the box sets the insertion point.  Cut, Paste and Copy
are  supportd  when  DMCS  is inserting text.  To move a box, drag it by the
handle  on  the  upper  left.    To resize one, drag the handle on the lower
right.    To  re-select a box, click any of its text.  Text is considered by
DMCS to be connected to the staff which is closest to the center of the text
box and will be hidden when that staff is hidden.

Change Tracks
Click  here  to  change  the track on a staff which has two tracks per staff
turned  on  from the Score Setup window.  The notes of Track One are entered
with the note stem up, while the notes of Track Two are entered stem down.

Working On The Score From The Note Palette
To  insert  a note or rest, make a selection from the Note Palette, and then
point to a spot on the Score and click.  The note will be added to the staff
to  the  right of the note to the immediate left of that spot.  As described
in  the Entering notes in the score, horizontal placement will depend on the
durationof  the  note  entered and the number of beats already inserted into
the  measure.  If you drage the mouse vertically, the pitch of the note will
go  up  or  down  to  reflect  its  position on the staff and the tone being
sounded will change to reflect the position of the staff.

Add A Premodified Note To The Staff
By  first  selecting  the  modifier  and then the note, then clicking on the
staff.

Dynamic Modifiers
ff,  mf,  etc.,  are  selected  from the Note Palette and are applied to the
staff position rather than notes.

Accidentals
Are  added by selecting from the Note Palette and clicking the note you want
to  modify.  To change an accidental already inserted into the score, simply
choose  a  different  accidental  an  click  over the accidental you wish to
change.    DMCS automatically hides accidentals that are assigned by the key
signature  unless  an  earlier note in the measure has been modified with an
accidental.

EDITING WITH THE NOTE PALETTE
Select  individual notes or chords in the score by clicking on them.  Select
groups  of  notes  and  chords  by draggin a selection box around them.  Use
commands in the Edit, Notes and Groups menus to act on selected notes.

Select  larger  sections  of a score by clicking on a notehead, scrolling to
the  desired  position  in  the score, and then clicking on another notehead
while  holding  down  the  Shift  key.   If the second note selected is on a
different  staff,  then all the staffs between the two selection points will
be selected.

Remove  individual  notes  or  rests  by selecting them with the pointer and
pressing  Delete.   Or choose the Eraser and click the notehead.  Or use the
Cut command.

Change the duration notes in the score by selecting a note or notes with the
arrow,  holding down the Alt key, and clicking on the appropriate box in the
Note Palette (or using keyboard shortcuts).

Add  dots,  triplets,  and  quintuplets to individual notes by selecting the
time  modifier  and  then  pointing and clicking on the notehead you wish to
modify.

Add  dots,  triplets,  and  quintuplets  to  groups  of  notes in a score by
selecting  the  notes with the arrow, holding down the Alt key, and clicking
on  the  appropriate  box in the Note Palette (or using keyboard shortcuts).
Press  the  Alt key, and clicking on the appropriate box in the Note Palette
(or  using  keyboard  shortcuts).    Press  the  Alt key again and click the
appropriate box in the Note Palette again to remove the modifier.

Change  accidentals (sharps, flats, and naturals) by placing anew accidental
over an existing accidental.

Change  dynamic  modifer  settings  (p,pp,ff,etc.)  already  inserted in the
score,  by  holding  down  the  Right  Amiga  key  and clicking on a dynamic
modifier  in  the  score with the arrow.  A requester appears on the screen.
Select any number from 0 to 127.  The volume of the selected dynamic modifer
will be changed.

PIANO KEYBOARD
Insert Notes In Score

Clicking  on  the  Insert notes in the score box on the piano keyboard turns
the  note  insertion  function  on  or  off.    When  it is on, notes at the
corresponding  pitch  will  be inserted into the score as you play the piano
with  your mouse.  Be sure to use the arrow to select the insertion point in
the  score  before  you start playing the piano.  The note duration value is
determined by the selection in the Note Palette.  ( You can use the keyboard
shortcuts  to  quickly change the duration of piano ntes as you play).  DMCS
automatically  draws  the  bar lines and creates new measurs when you insert
notes  into  the  score  with  the  Piano  Keyboard,  however,  it  does not
automatically  scroll  the  score  when  new  measures  are  added  past the
boundaries  of  the Score window - use the scroll bars to manually bring new
measures into view.

Single Notes
This  gadget  sets the Piano Keyboard so that only single notes are inserted
when you click the piano keys.

Chords
Click  the Chords gadget to tell the program that you want to insert several
notes at the same vertical position to make a chord.

Advance
Use  Advance  to  move the insertion point to the next available position in
the staff when Chords is activated.

Insert Rest
Click this box to insert a rest instead of a note.  Change the duration of a
rest in the same way as you would change the duration of a note.

If  Two  Tracks  per  Staff  is  turned on the Score Setup window, notes are
entered  in  the  track  indicated by the direction of the note stems in the
Note Palette.

The  keyboard makes the sound of the instrument checked in the Sounds menu.
To  change the play style for the keyboard sound, use Keyboard Play Style in
that same menu.

PLAY
Play Song
Plays the entire song from beginning to end.

Play Section
Plays  the  section  of  the  song  specified with the Begin Section and End
Section  marks  (<<  and  >>).  See Begin Section & End Section below.  Uses
Flash Notes and Player Piano if those commands are selectied (see below).

Stop Play
Stops  the  playback  and returns the score to normal display.  Pressing the
Space  Bar  also stops playback, but brings the measure shown on the measure
counter  -  at  the  bottom of the Note Palette - into the score window, and
selects the last note played.

Resume Play
Resumes  playing  the  score from the measure that was playing when you used
Stop Play, or pressed the Space Bar.

Begin Section & End Section
Define a specific section for playback with the Play Section command.  Begin
Section  marks  the  measure containing the insertion point, or a selection,
with  an  international  open  quote  (<<).    End Section marks the measure
containing  the  insetion point, or a selection, with an international close
quote  (>>).  The first measure of the score is always DMCS' default section
- the Begin and End Section marks always appear above the first measure when
you open a score.

Flash Notes
When  Flash Notes in on,using Play Song causes the music to flash and scroll
by  as  the score is played.  Using Stop Play freezes the scrolling music at
the last note played before the Stop Play command was issued.

Using  Play  Section with Flash Notes causes each note to flash as it plays,
buy only for the section chosen.

Turn Page
A  score  normally  advances  automatically only when you lay the music with
Flash  Notes selected.  Selecting Turn Page keeps the score advancing as the
music plays, even is Flash Notes is not selected.

Player Piano
Causes  the  corresponding keys in the Piano Keyboard window to flash as the
music  plays.  Bring the Piano Keyboard window to the top before playing the
song  to  avoid  slowing  down the music during playback.  The red indicates
that this command is on; select it again to turn it off.

Repeat Play
Causes  the  music to play continuously until you use Stop Play.  Works with
Play  Song, or Play Section.  A check mark next to this command indicates it
is on; select it again to turn it off.

NOTES
Up & Down Half Step

Raises  or lowers the selected notes one half step, the smallest interval in
conventional  Western music.  (Adjacent piano keys are one half step apart).
DMCS  inserts  accidentals  as  necessary  to  show  the  change  in correct
notation.    These  commands  produce  sharps  and  naturals only if the key
signature  contains sharps.  They produce flats and naturals only if the key
signature contains flats.

Up & Down Level
Raise  or  lower  selected  notes to the next vertical position in the staff
(the  next space or line).  Accidentals move right along with the notes they
modify.

Up & Down Octave
Raises or lowers the selected notes a full octave (12 half steps).

Invert Chord Up & Down
Raises  the lowest tone in a chord one octave, or lowers the highest tone in
a chord one octave, respectively.  If the chord already contains the invertd
note,  the  note  being  moved is placed an octave above or below the second
note in the chord.

Half Time
Halves  the  duration  of  the  selected notes and rests.  For example, half
notes  become  quarter  notes.  Note, half time refers to note duration, not
tempo.

Double Time
Opposite of Half Time.

Flip Note Stem
Inverts  the  stems of selected notes.  In a one track per staff score, DMCS
automatically  flips  notes  below the middle of a staff up, and notes avove
the middle of a staff down.  If there are two tracks per staff, notes in the
first  track  have  their stems up, and notes in the second track have their
stems down.  Using this command on a group of notes that have stems pointing
in  both directions, aligns all the stems in the same directions.  Using the
command again reverses that direction.

Set Play Style
Opens  a  requester  box  from  which you can pick a play style for selected
notes.    Click  OK  and  the  play style number appears above every note it
applies to (or below each not in track 2 music).  you can also hide the play
styles by unchecking the Show Play Styles control in the Score Setup Window.


GROUPS
The  Groups  menu  contains  commands that affect selectd groups of notes by
adding or removing notation such as ties, slurs, and beams.  All commands in
the  Groups  menu  can be turned on and off, and all act on notes which have
been  selected  with  the  arrow.   To cancel a group command, you need only
select  one  note  in  the  group,  and use the command again.  Each o f the
Groups menu commands is explained below.

Tie Notes (Up) & (Down)
Joins selected notes of the same pitch (either above or belwo the notes), so
they  are played as one continuous tone.  Drag notes horizontally to improve
the  appearance  of  the  tie.    When  you  use  Tie  Notes, the command is
highlighted  in  read  in the menu to show you it is active for the selected
note  or  notes.  To remove a tie, select one or all of the tied notes, then
select  the  Tie  Notes command again.  The red gighlight around the command
will  disappear along with the tie.  Tie Notes is only command in the Groups
menu which does not use additional RAM.

Beam Notes
Connects  selected notes with a heavy black line.  When you use this command
to beam notes, the command is highlighted in red in the menu to let you know
the  command is active.  You can adjust the angle of the beam by dragging it
to  obtai  the  best  appearance.   Beam Notes have no effect on the way the
music  plays.   Most printed orchestral music uses beams to connect notes of
the  same  beat.    You  can remove a beam in the same way you remove a tie;
select  one  or  all of the beam notes, and choose the Beam Notes command to
deactivate the beam.

Slur Notes (Up) & (Down)
Draws  a  curved  line over or under two or more selcted notes, and playback
glides smoothly from note to note within the slur.  Liek ties and beams, the
command  is  gihlighted in read when the selected notes are slurred - select
the  command again to turn off the slur.  The audible effect of this command
is subtle and difficult to hear with some instruments.

Crescendo & Descrescendo
Plays  the  selected  notes  successively  louder  (crescendo,  <) or softer
(decrescendo,>).    The  volume  change begins at the current volume setting
when  the  crescendo  or  decrescendo  sign starts, and ends with unless you
place  a  different dynamic modifier within the >, or < sign.  In that case,
the  crescendo  or  decrescendo  ends at the volume level set by the dynamic
modifier.

Octave Raise & Lower
Marks  the  selected  notes  for  playback  an  octave  higher or lower than
originally written.

MEASURES
--------

Note: Operations performed with the Measures menu cannot be Undone.

Set Time Signature
Sets  a  time  signature for all the staffs in the score, beginning with the
measure  conataining  the  insertion point or selection.  The time signature
stays in effect until you assign a new one in a subsequent measure.

Click a number in the top row of the time signature requester box to set the
number  of beats each measure will contain.  If you don't see the number you
need,  click the Other scrollbar and scroll it to any whole number up to 99.

Click  a  number  in  the bottom row to set the note value that receives one
beate.    (For example.  4/4 means 4 beats to the measure, quarter note gets
one beat.  and 6/8 means 6 beats to the measures, 8th note gets one beat).

Set Key Signature
Sets a key signature that takes effect beginning with the measure containing
the  insertion  point or selection.  The key signature stays in effect until
you set a new one in a subsequent measure.

Selecting  different  signatures shows your selection on the mock measure in
the  upper  left  of the key signature requester box.  Click OK when you see
the one you want.

If  the affected measures contain music, click the Don't Transpose gadget to
leave  the  notes as they are.  Click Transpose Up or Transpose Down to move
existing music up or down to the scale of the new key.

Set Clef
Opens  a  requester box from which you can choose one of four clefs: treble,
bass,  alto,  or tenor.  Click OK to assign the selected clef to the measure
containing  the  insertion point or selection.  The assigned clef remains in
effect  until  you  assign  a  different  clef  to the same staff in a later
measure.

Set Instrument
Assigns the selected instruments in the Sounds Menu (including MIDI channels
and  presets)  to  the  staff  and measure containing the insertion point or
selection.    An  instrument  remains  in effect for a staff until you set a
different instrument in a subsequent measure of the staff.

Set Tempo
Assigns  the  current Beats Per Min value from the Score Setup window at the
measure  containing  the  insertion  point  or a selection.  The new setting
remains  in  effect  until  you reset tempo at a later measure.  The setting
appears  in  the  score  above  the staff and measure where the change takes
place.

Erase Inst & Tempo
Erase the instrument and tempo setting for a number of selected measures, or
a single measure containing the insertion point.

Insert Measure
Inserts  a  blank  measure  (in  every  staff  of the score) in front of the
measure containig the insertion point or selection.

Split Measure
Inserts  a bar line at the insertion point, thus splitting a measure in two.

Join Measures
Removes  the  bar  lines  that  separate  adjacent  measures  containing the
selected notes.  (Selections must span tow or more measures.)

Realign Measure
Moves  the  notes  within  a  measure so they are displayed in proportion to
their  duration.    If a bar line has been moved, Realign Measure restores a
measure to a standard length and note positioning.

Begin & End Repeat
Inserts  a  Begin  Repeat or End Repeat symbol in the measure containing the
insertion  point  or  selection.  DMCS plays the music that lies between the
symbols twice before proceeding to the following measures.

1st & 2nd Ending
Used in conjunction with the repeat signs, the 1st Ending marker can be used
on  any  measures  between the repeat signs to say "Play this only the first
time through." The 2nd Ending marker can be used on any measures between the
repeat  signs  that  you  want  played  the second time through, but not the
first.

Double bar
Inserts  a  double  bar  at  the end of the measure containing the insertion
point  or  selection.   A double bar marks the end of a section of a musical
composition.

SOUNDS
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Midi Channel 1
Opens  a  secondary menu from which you can choose one of up to 16 different
MIDI  channels.    The  channel  number  currently  in  use  is shown in the
secondary  menu  in  read  and  in the MIDI Channel # commmand in the Sounds
menu.   The number of channels you can use is determined by the capabilities
of your MIDI device, consult your Owner's Manual.

Use  the  Set  Instrument  command from the Measures menu to assign the MIDI
channel  and  preset  to  a  specific  staff and measure in the score.  MIDI
presets  and channels are shown in the score like regular DMCS instruments.
You  may  not  use  the  same  MIDI  channel  for the same measure number in
different staffs - each staff must have its own MIDI channel.

MIDI Active & MIDI Input Enabled
Turns the MIDI Port and MIDI input capability on or off.  Make sure you turn
the  MIDI  port  off  before reconnecting another device to the Amiga ports.
Turn  MIDI  Input  Enable  off  if you want to play your MIDI device without
inserting notes inthe score.

MIDI Setup
Opens  a  requester  box  in  which  you  set  the  follwing  MIDI interface
paramaters:

MIDI Preset
Changes the settings of the external MIDI device from within the score.  you
can  select  a  number  from 0 to 128.  Click OK to confirm your entry.  The
number  of  presets  you  can use is determined by the number stored in your
MIDI device, consult your Owner's Manual.

Some  MIDI  devices  number  their  presets  from 0 to 127, but DMCS assigns
"none" to preset 0.  For this reason, you must add one when assigning preset
numbers  for  some devices.  For instance, to use preset 0 on a device where
the  presets are numbered from 0 to 127, you would assign the preset as 1 in
DMCS.  Preset 1 would be assigned as 2,2 as 3,3 as 4, and so on.

Use  the  Set  Instrument  command  fromthe Measures menu to assign the MIDI
channel  and  preset  to  a  specific  staff and measure in the score.  MIDI
presets  and  channels  are shown in the score like regular DMCS intruments.
You  may  not  use  the  same  MIDI  channel  for the same measure number in
different staffs - each staff must have its own MIDI channel.

Change Input Delay
Lets  you contrl the Input Delay that enables DMCS to determine the duration
of  notes inserted in the score from an external MIDI device.  When you play
a note on the MIDI device, the "Input Delay" is the amount of time, measured
in  sixtieths  of  a second, that must elapse before the note changes to the
next  larger  note duration.  For example, if you select a quarter note from
the  Note  Palette,  and set the Input Delay to 60 (60/60ths of a second, or
one second), then playing a note for less than one second on the MIDI device
inserts the note in the score as a quarter note, holding the note for one to
two  seconds  changes  it to a dotted quarter note, holding for two to three
seconds changes it to a half note, and so on.

Remove Instrument
Removes the selected instrument from the Sounds Menu, and score.

Load Instrument
Opens a requester box containing a directory of DMCS intruments.  Select the
instrument  you want, and click to open.  To close the requester box without
loading  an  instrument,  click  the Cancel gadget.  Instruments loaded into
DMCS  are  shown  in  the top third of the Sounds menu, with a check mark in
front of the active instrument.  Instruments are saved with the score.

The Load Instrument command loads instruments into the Sounds menu only, not
the  score.    Use  Set Instrument from the Measures menu to assign selected
instruments  to  the  score.    Using  Play  Song  or  Play  Section without
instruments causes DMCS to use "First Voice".

Keyboard Play Style
Sets  the play style you'll hear for the checked instrument (including MIDI)
when  you  click  the  Piano  Keyboard  keys.   Hints For Inserting Text And
Printing

In  addition  to inserting lyrics in a score, you can also use text boxes to
insert  non-musical  information,  such  as  titles,  copyright information,
composers, and so on the top or bottom of a score.  This is very helpful for
inserting  the  written  musical  instrutions that often appear in the upper
left- hand corner of a composition.

Experiment  with  the white space above and below the staff (controlled from
the  Score  Setup  window), to create the most aesthetic layout, and to give
yourelf enough room for lyrics or other text.

More Hints On Editing And Fine Tuning
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Eliminate  a  note in a chord by dragging it vertically until it merges with
another note.  Dragging notes changes their tone by scale steps (eight to an
octave),  so  a  sharp or flat note will only merge with another note if the
accidental is removed.

Use  "Two  Tracks per Staff" when notes of different durations are played at
the  same  time  in one staff.  For instance, if one note of a chord lets up
while  others  are  sustained,  insert  the  note of shorter duration on the
second track.

You  can  issure a global Beam command by using Select All in the Edit menu,
then selecting Beam Notes from the Groups menu.


                  L8trz.