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The Sound Board
Ages 5 to Adult
Automated Education
P.O. Box 42284
Phoenix, AZ 85080-2284
Synopsis
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The Sound Board transforms your computer into a high-tech musical
instrument AND work of art to please both the ear and eye. COLOR
with MUSICAL DOTES(tm) (dot/note) around the board DRAWING your
favorite SONGS. Then turn on The Sound Board and listen to the DRAWING
come to life. Worry not that your artistic and musical talents don't
exist. The Sound Board may well bring out hidden talents.
Mission
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Automated Education pledges to provide affordable, entertaining,
consumer software dedicated to the education and entertainment of all
ages of computer users worldwide.
Background
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The Sound Board is one of a line of Automated Computer Toys available
from Automated Education. The company's vision is that the home computer
can be integrated into the educational and entertainment activities
of its owners. Computer Toys such as this is one example of how.
A companion line of educational software called The Educator is also
available from Automated Education. Neither line of software attempts
to replace the original ( toy or teacher ), simply make it all more fun.
Read the file 1lvlware.doc on your disk for registration information
and run the program register.exe TODAY!
Contact Automated Education for more information today !
User Interface
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F1 - Help D - Draw Mode
F2 - Select Dote to Draw M - Move Mode
F3/SF3 - Save picture/template E - Erase Mode
F4/SF4 - Load picture/template p - Print Portrait
F5 - Place a Voice P - Print Landscape
F6 - Turn Music on/off arrows,pgdn,pgup,home,end
F7 - Configure Board - Move Cursor
SF7 - Configure Dotes & Shading = - Transpose Dotes
F8 - Global Note Change -/+ - Change Tempo(speed)
F9 - Turn FLASH ON ctrl arrow Transpose entire range
shift F9 - Unflash Current Dote C - Circular Dotes
ctrl F9 - Start/Stop Flashing S - Square Dotes
F10 - Clear Screen T - Triangle Dotes
esc - Exit 0-9,a-c - Place Dote
o - Set Current Octave
Features
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1. 13 Colors correspond to 12 notes ( black is silence )
2. Save SONG DRAWINGS to disk and recall them later
3. Easily create a TEMPLATE from ANY SONG YOU draw. Children love to
color by number on the screen.
4. Alter templates and song drawings distributed
5. Change all dotes of a certain color to another color
with just a few keystrokes
6. PRINT the song drawings or templates COLOR them, display them
proudly or even give them as greeting cards.
7. Hours of fun DRAWING your favorite tunes or DRAWING your own music
"Visual Keyboard"
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Color Character Note
--------- ---------- --------
Blue 1 A
Green 2 Bb
Cyan 3 B
Red 4 C
Purple 5 C#
Brown 6 D
Light Blue 7 Eb
Light Green 8 E
Light Cyan 9 F
Pink a F#
Yellow b G
White c Ab
How the Music is Played
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When you turn the music on, it will start playing the note where the
cursor is located. If the cursor is not on a note, the first note is
chosen at random. Play continues around the drawing from note to note
ONLY where notes touch. For example a single line of notes will
play as such
-->
6 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 4 4 6
<--
first in one direction and then another. Notice that the direction is
only changed when the brown (6) note is played.
The corner example:
1 1 1 1 4 3
--> 2
5
Here The Sound Board makes a choice when on the red (4) note.
If it came from 1, the choice is 3 or 2 because they are both touching
the 4 note.
Suppose the 3 is selected. What choices are next ? If you said 2
choices, 4 and 2 you were wrong. The Sound Board will reverse its
direction only when necessary. In this case it is not. The 2 is
available from the 3 and hence is the only choice.
The corner example:
1 1 1 1 4 3
--> 2
5
Now if the 2 had been selected after the 4, then next choice would
be 3 or 5. Notice what happens if 3 is selected, 4 becomes the only
choice and the corner is used to reverse direction. This is a very
special property of the corner that adds great variety to the music.
There are many examples provided that were made specifically to
demonstrate The Sound Board. Enjoy.
Polyphonic
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Place another voice and you will receive another independant note.
This is known as polyphonic sound. It is equivalent to press 2 keys
on a piano at the same time.
The Sound Board supports FIVE voice polyphonic music.
It is possible to have the second voice 'follow' the first voice
along the entire path defining a song. Remember the classic 'Row,
Row, Row Your Boat' ?? Load the picture RRRYB by using shift F4. Place
the first voice, turn the music on, wait, then make the second a
third voice join in at the right time. Even more fun than that old
player piano, isn't it.
Your Favorite Tunes
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The sound board is great for playing your favorite tunes. If you have
a music background, you'll quickly get the hang of the 12 note
scale available on the "keyboard". If you are like me the best method
to get a particular melody is to draw it from the sheet music. Make
your music the old fashioned way... buy it !
Timing
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Whether you are the music maestro or the restricted-to-the-shower-by-
city-noise-ordinance opera star, you probably realize the TIMING is
a very critical element of music. There are two mechanisms to control
the timing of you DRAWING. The first is the number of notes you place.
Because the rate at which the notes play is constant ( regardless of
how many voices are playing ), The Sound Board will effectively hold a
note when it is encountered in succession.
Say for example the following is DRAWN:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 9 A A B C C C
This arrangement plays the scale but notice the 7 note is played 4 times.
This means that note is played 4 times longer than the single note. This
is the 'whole note'. A single note is the quarter note and of course the
A ( with 2 ) is the half note. Cool.
The second timing element in music is tempo. Control the tempo using
+ ( to increase ) and - ( to decrease ). Simple
In no time at all you'll be a Sound Board musician!
My SONG DRAWINGS are the best!
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Says YOU! Many think they are the best. Who knows, maybe you are.
To find out, Automated Education holds an annual contest. Send your
Sound Board Song Drawing creations on disk to:
"My SONG DRAWINGS are the Best" Contest
P.O. Box 42284
Phoenix, AZ 85080-2284
First prize is a $500 US Savings Bond.
Only registered distributors are eligible. Each distributor may enter
N+1 files where N is your personally sponsored distributor count.
The more you sponsor, the more song drawings you may enter.
All entries must be postmarked by August 1st.
All entries become the property of Automated Education.
The winning song drawing will be included with the next version and the
creator will be crowned the Sound Board Champion!
Entries will be judged on visual originality, color, shading, silence...
The decision of the judges will be final. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!
COPYRIGHT
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Copyright 1992 by Automated Education, Inc. Phoenix Az. USA
Automated Education, Inc. reserves all rights to this product. However,
you may freely distribute the entire package ( ie. all files together ) to
potential distributors. You may not alter the files (including filenames) or
the package other than including your information in the .reg file when
registering.
Offering this 1-Levelware along side of any shareware ( eg. shareware
catalog or shareware disk or CD offerings ) other than on electronic
bulletin boards (BBS's) and internet archive sites (FTP) is strictly prohibited without
prior written consent of Automated Education, Inc.
No one may collect ANY money for distribution. Only Automated Education
may accept registrations. If you use this program you must register or be in
violation of US copyright laws. Read the file called 1lvlware.doc for the
exciting details about the benefits of registering any 1-Levelware product.