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"╙╔─╨╔├ ╓3"
"╘HE ═USIC ╨LAYER THAT WOULDN'T ─IE!"
┬Y ╦ERMIT ╥. ╫OODALL - ╩UNE 1987
╔NTRODUCTION
╙╔─╨╔├ WAS WRITTEN FOR MYSELF AND
VARIOUS FRIENDS TO REPLACE AND PROVIDE
AN ALTERNATIVE TO ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ AND THE
COMMERCIAL ╙╔─╨LAYERS LIKE ╦╨╠┴┘.
┴T THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND, WHO HAPPENS
TO BE A ╦╧┴╠┴╨┴─(TM) ARTIST, ╔ ADDED
╘HE ABILITY TO DISPLAY ╚╔╥┼╙ PICTURES
(.╨╔├) WITH YOUR MUSIC. ┴S THE PLAYER
EVOLVED ╔ ADDED SUPPORT FOR SONG LYRIC
(.╫─╙) FILES AND ═┴╬┘ OTHER THINGS.
╬EW ╞EATURES ╙UMMARY
╟RAND ╙TAFF REPLACED BY A ╦┼┘┬╧┴╥─
DISPLAY SIMILAR TO ╦╨╠┴┘ AND
╙TEREO╙╔─. ┴LSO DISPLAYS THE
LETTER OF THE NOTE PLAYING FOR
EACH VOICE.
╠OWERCASE WITH COLOR CODES IN ┴╠╠
MODES. ╥EGULAR ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ OR ╚╔╥┼╙!
├OLOR ALLOWED IN .╫─╙ WHEN USED
WITH A ╨╔├TURE.
╦OALAPAD PICTURES NO LONGER CAUSE THE LYRICS (.╫─╙) TO BE BLURRY.
╒P TO 95 BLOCKS OR MORE OF MUSIC. ┼VEN
WHEN USED WITH A ╨╔├TURE.
┬LACK AND ╫HITE 32 BLOCK FORMAT ╚╔╥┼╙
╨╔├TURES SUPPORTED.
├╘╥╠-╙╚╔╞╘-╞3 TO SCRATCH UNWANTED
MUSIC FILES.
╞3 = ╨LAY ╞╥╧═ INSTEAD OF ┴╠╠.
╘HE ╞3 (╨LAY ╞ROM ╦EY) CAN REPEAT
ENDLESSLY WITH USE OF ╙╚╔╞╘-╠╧├╦.
╨ TO ╨AUSE/╞REEZE DURING PLAY OF MUSIC.
(ALSO USEFUL FOR SYNC'ING UP DUAL
COMPUTER SONGS LIKE ┴╪┼╠-╞)
╞1 SWITCHES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE
╨╔├TURE AND THE KEYBOARD DISPLAY.
╘ITLE ╙CREEN
┴S SOON AS YOU ╥╒╬ THE ╙╔─╨╔├ YOU
WILL SEE THE TITLE SCREEN WHERE A VERY
BRIEF EXPLANATION IS GIVEN OF HOW
╙╔─╨╔├ WORKS. ╩UST HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO HAVE
╙╔─╨╔├ READ A DIRECTORY FROM THE DISK
OF ALL THE ╙╔─╨LAYER (.═╒╙) FILES. ┴LL
THE .═╒╙ FILENAMES WILL BE DISPLAYED ON
THE SCREEN. ┴T THIS POINT YOU DO NOT
NEED TO WORRY IF ONE FILE HAS WORDS OR
A PICTURE TO GO WITH IT. ╫HEN YOU
SELECT A CERTAIN PIECE OF MUSIC,
╙╔─╨╔├ WILL FIGURE OUT IF IT IS JUST
MUSIC OR IF THERE ARE WORDS AND/OR A
PICTURE TOO.
═AIN ╙CREEN
╘O SELECT ONE MUSIC FILE, JUST USE
THE CURSOR KEYS TO MOVE THE BLINKING
CURSOR TO THE NAME OF THE MUSIC YOU
WANT. ╚IT THE "╞1" FUNCTION KEY TO PICK
THAT MUSIC.
╔F THE MESSAGE "╞2 - ╬┼╪╘ ╨┴╟┼" IS
DISPLAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN
THIS INDICATES YOU HAVE MORE THAN 51
MUSIC FILES ON YOUR DISK. ╘O SEE MUSIC
FILES 52 AND ON, JUST HIT "╞2". ╘HE
NEXT 51 FILES WILL BE DISPLAYED AND IF
THERE ARE EVEN MORE THAN THAT YOU WILL
GET THE "╞2" MESSAGE AGAIN. (┴ SHORT
PAUSE WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE 2ND SET OF
MUSIC FILES DISPLAYS DUE TO ╙╔─╨╔├'S
READING PAST THE FIRST SET)
╘O SELECT TO PLAY ┴╠╠ OF THE MUSIC
FILES ON THE SCREEN, JUST HIT THE "╞3"
FUNCTION KEY. ╙TARTING WITH THE FILE
THE CURSOR IS ON, ALL THE MUSIC FROM
THAT POINT ON TO THE LAST ONE WILL BE
PLAYED-ALONG WITH ANY WORDS OR PICTURES
THAT GO WITH THEM. ╥EMEMBER, UNLIKE THE
EARLIER ╙╔─╨╔├, "╞3" NOW PLAYS ONLY
FROM THE CURRENT LOCATION OF YOUR
CURSOR. ╔F YOU WANT ALL THE MUSIC TO
REPEAT OVER AND OVER, JUST PUSH IN THE
╙╚╔╞╘-╠╧├╦ KEY WHILE THE FIRST SONG IS
LOADING. ┴S LONG AS ╙╚╔╞╘-╠╧├╦ IS DOWN,
THE SONGS WILL REPEAT ONE AFTER ANOTHER
ENDLESSLY...OR UNTIL YOUR POWER FAILS.
╘O USE THE ═╒╠╘╔╨╠┴┘ FEATURE, MOVE
TO A SONG YOU WANT PLAYED. ╒SE
╙╚╔╞╘-╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE
NAME OF THE SONG IN LIGHT GREEN.
├ONTINUE HIGHLIGHTING ALL SONGS YOU
WANT TO HEAR. ╧NCE YOU HAVE SELECTED
ALL THE SONGS YOU WANT TO PLAY, NOW HIT
THE "╞3" KEY. ╙╔─╨╔├ WILL NOW PLAY ONLY
THE SELECTED SONGS, NOT ┴╠╠. ╘O RETURN
"╞3" TO THE MODE TO PLAY ┴╠╠ SONGS,
JUST USE "╞5" TO RE-READ THE DIRECTORY.
╧NCE THE DIRECTORY HAS BEEN REREAD,
THEN "╞3" WILL SELECT EVERY SONG. ( ╔T
IS REALLY THE ACT OF HIGHLIGHTING ┴╬┘
SONG WHICH SWITCHES "╞3" TO THE SPECIAL
MODE THAT ONLY PLAYS THE HIGHLIGHTED
SONGS. ╥EREADING THE DIRECTORY SIMPLY
CANCELS IT. )
╔F YOU WANT A NEW DIRECTORY OFF
ANOTHER DISK OR THE SAME DISK, JUST
CHANGE DISKS THEN HIT THE "╞5" FUNCTION
KEY. ╙╔─╨╔├ WILL THEN RE-READ THE
DIRECTORY.
╔F YOU HAVE FINISHED, JUST HIT THE
"╞7" FUNCTION KEY AND YOU WILL RETURN
TO ┬┴╙╔├. ╘O RESTART ╙╔─╨╔├, JUST TYPE
╥╒╬ AGAIN.
─O YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF MUSIC ON
YOUR DISK THAT IS NOT EXACTLY TO YOUR
TASTE? ┘OU CAN QUICKLY SCRATCH THEM.
╩UST HIGHLIGHT THE UNWANTED SONGS
AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO MULTIPLAY THEM.
(┬E ╓┼╥┘ CAREFUL.) ╬OW HOLD DOWN THESE
╘╚╥┼┼ KEYS TOGETHER: "├╘╥╠-╙╚╔╞╘-╞3".
╫HEN ONLY THESE KEYS ARE HELD TOGETHER,
╙╔─╨╔├ WILL ERASE EVERY HIGHLIGHTED
SONG AND ANY .╫─╙ OR .╨╔├'S THAT GO
WITH THEM!
╨LAYING ═USIC
╘HE FIRST MODE IS THE "╩UST ╨LAIN
═USIC" MODE. ╙╔─╨╔├ WILL DISPLAY A
STYLIZED KEYBOARD WITH EACH ╙╔─ ├HIP
VOICE SHOWN AS A COLORED NOTE ON THE
KEYBOARD. (TO LOVERS OF THE THREE
LEGGED ═ARTIAN DANCING GIRL, MY
APOLOGIES. ┴S YOU CAN SEE, SHE IS NOW
WORKING ON THREE FINGER HARMONIES.)
╘HE COLORED KEYS MOVE AROUND IN NEAR
PERFECT SYNC TO THE MUSIC. ╘HE NOTES
CAN ALSO CHANGE THEIR COLOR FROM THE
DEFAULTS IF YOU USE THE ┴╒╪ COMMAND IN
THE MANNER OF ╦╨╠┴┘ TO DO SO. ╘O STOP
PLAYING THE MUSIC HIT ╞7 KEY TO RETURN
TO THE MAIN SCREEN. ╘HIS WILL RETURN
EVEN IF YOU ARE USING ╞3 TO PLAY ALL
OR SELECTED SONGS. ╔F YOU ONLY WANT TO
PAUSE THE MUSIC THEN CONTINUE, (LIKE IF
A TELEPHONE CALL INTERRUPTS YOU) JUST
HIT THE ╨ KEY. ╘HE MUSIC WILL FREEZE
UNTIL YOU HIT ANOTHER KEY. ╔F YOU HIT
╞5 YOU WILL RETURN TO THE MENU AND THE
DIRECTORY OF SONGS WILL BE REREAD. ╔F
YOU HIT ╞3 YOU WILL ABORT THE CURRENT
SONG AND GO TO THE NEXT SONG YOU HAVE
SELECTED TO PLAY. ╔F YOU HIT ╞1 AND
YOU ARE USING WORDS OR PICTURES WITH
YOUR MUSIC, THEN YOU WILL RETURN TO THE
KEYBOARD DISPLAY WHILE PLAYING THE
SONG. ╒SE ╞1 AGAIN, AND YOU CAN GET
YOUR PICTURE BACK. (BUT ONLY THE
PICTURE...YOU CANNOT GET THE .╫─╙ BACK
AS THE MUSIC/WORDS SYNC IS LOST)
╘HE SECOND MODE WILL PLAY ANY
╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ WORDS FOR YOU WHILE THE MUSIC
PLAYS TOO. ╘HE ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ WORDS ARE
STORED IN A FILE THAT HAS THE EXACT
SAME NAME AS THE MUSIC FILE, EXECEPT
THAT THE MUSIC FILE NAME ENDS WITH A
".═╒╙" AND THE WORD FILE NAME ENDS WITH
A ".╫─╙". ┴NY WORDS FILE WILL WORK JUST
FINE WITH ╙╔─╨╔├. ╙╔─╨╔├ NOW USES THE
LOWERCASE CHARACTERS THAT HAVE BECOME
POPULAR IN ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ AND OTHER PLAYERS.
─UE TO DIRE THREATS, ╔ FIXED ╙╔─╨╔├ TO
ALSO ALLOW LOWERCASE! (╞OR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ WORD FILES, ╔
SUGGEST READING ├RAIG ├HAMBERLAIN'S
╙╔─╬┼╫╙ FILES THAT DEAL WITH THEM.)
╘HE THIRD PLAYING MODE, SUPPORTED
BY ╙╔─╨╔├, IS THE DISPLAY OF ╚╔╥┼╙
PICTURES WHILE PLAYING MUSIC. ╘O MAKE
A PICTURE FILE YOU WILL NEED TO START
WITH A ╚╔╥┼╙ PICTURE MADE BY ╦╧┴╠┴╨┴─,
─OODLE OR A PLAIN 32 BLOCK ╚╔╥┼╙ (NO
COLOR) PICTURE OR CONVERT YOUR PICTURE
TO ANY ONE OF THESE FORMATS USING A
CONVERSION UTILITY PROGRAM. ╙╔─╨╔├ CAN
╧╬╠┘ USE ╦╧┴╠┴, ─OODLE OR ┬/╫ TYPE
PICTURE FORMATS FOR IT'S DISPLAY. ┴NY
OTHER FORMAT WILL BE DISPLAYED
IMPROPERLY...PROBABLY AS PURE GARBAGE.
╧NCE YOU HAVE A ╚╔╥┼╙ PICTURE THAT IS
IN AN APPROPRIATE FORMAT, RENAME THE
FILE CONTAINING THE PICTURE TO HAVE THE
SAME NAME AS THE MUSIC FILE, EXCEPT USE
".╨╔├" INSTEAD OF ".═╒╙". ╘HIS FOLLOWS
THE SAME TYPE OF STANDARD IN NAMES SET
UP BY THE WORD FILES. ╥EMEMBER, INSTEAD
OF A ".═╒╙" ENDING TO THE NAME USE A
".╨╔├" ENDING. ╘HE ".╨╔├" TELLS ╙╔─╨╔├
THAT THE FILE IS A PICTURE. ╙╔─╨╔├
KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH IT AFTER THAT.
╘HERE HAS BEEN ONE LIMITATION OF
USING .╨╔├S WITH YOUR MUSIC IN THE
PAST. ╘HE .═╒╙ FILE COULD NOT BE ANY
LONGER THAN 35-37 BLOCKS WHEN USED WITH
A ╨╔├TURE. ╘HIS IS ╬╧ ╠╧╬╟┼╥ ╘╥╒┼!
─UE TO A MUCH MORE INTELLIGENT METHOD
OF LOADING THE PICTURES, YOU CAN HAVE
UP TO 95 OR MORE BLOCKS OF MUSIC WITH
YOUR PICTURE. (THIS IS THE ╞╒╠╠ AMOUNT
OF MEMORY AVAILABLE EVEN WITHOUT THE
PICTURE.)
┘OU CAN ALSO USE YOUR .═╒╙ WITH
.╫─╙ ┴╬─ .╨╔├S! ╩UST LEAVE THE TWO
LINES AT THE BOTTOM FOR YOUR WORDS TO
APPEAR ON, AND NAME ALL ╘╚╥┼┼ FILES,
.═╒╙ .╫─╙ .╨╔├, TO HAVE THE SAME PREFIX
AS EACH OTHER AND ╙╔─╨╔├ WILL FIGURE
OUT THE REST. ┘OU CAN USE ┬/╫, ─OODLE
OR ╦OALA PICTURES. ╙OME NOTES: WHEN
STARTING YOUR .═╒╙, PUT A 1/2 NOTE REST
IN THE MUSIC TO GIVE ╙╔─╨╔├ TIME TO
DISPLAY YOUR SONG'S TITLE. ╫HEN USING
THE ╞1 KEY TO SWITCH TO THE KEYBOARD
DISPLAY, REMEMBER THAT THE .╫─╙ CANNOT
BE REACTIVED...ONLY THE PICTURE.
╔F YOU OWN THE ├OMMODORE 1350/1
═╧╒╙┼, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THIS
HANDY LITTLE CRITTER WHEN SELECTING
A SONG OR TWO TO PLAY, (JOYSTICK MAY BE
SUBSTITUTED). ╩UST MOVE THE MOUSE
AROUND TO MOVE THE CURSOR ONSCREEN. ╘O
SELECT & PLAY A SONG HIT THE FIRE
BUTTON. ╫HEN PLAYING A SONG, THE FIRE
BUTTON WILL TAKE YOU TO THE KEYBOARD
DISPLAY. ┴NY OTHER MOUSE MOVEMENT WILL
ABORT THE SONG.
╦NOWN BUG WARNING: ╔F YOU HAVE A
LINE IN YOUR LYRICS (.╫─╙) FILE THAT
HAS ENOUGH COLOR CODES TO CREATE A
TOTAL CHARACTER COUNT GREATER THAN 38
CHARACTERS, THEN YOU RUN THE RISK OF
HAVING PART OF THE END OF THE LINE
"CHOPPED OFF". ╘HE RULE IS, ╧╬╠┘ 38
CHARACTERS TO ANY LINE OF TEXT!
╘IP: ═ANY PEOPLE ARE USING SOME
SORT OF ┴──╘┼╪╘ TYPE PROGRAM TO ADD
COLOR AND GRAPHICS TO THE CREDIT BLOCK
THAT APPEARS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
KEYBOARD AND LYRICS DISPLAY. ┘OU CAN
HAVE LONGER LINES BY PUTTING UP TO
THREE CURSOR RIGHT CODES (─ECIMAL 157)
AT THE START OF THE CREDIT LINES.
╔F YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW TO USE ╙╔─╨╔├-FIRST ╥┼-╥┼┴─ THIS
DOCUMENTATION. ╘HEN IF YOU STILL DO NOT
UNDERSTAND, JUST SEND ME ┼═┴╔╠ ON
╤UANTUM╠INK ( ├╒╥╓┼ ) OR ON ╨EOPLE╠INK
( ╦ERMIT ). ╔ DON'T ╨╥╧═╔╙┼ TO REPLY,
BUT ╔ USUALLY WILL!
- ╦ERMIT ╫OODALL