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╘HE ╙TEREO ╙ID-╨LAYER ╦EYBOARD ╓ERSION 8.0
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┬Y ═ARK ┴. ─ICKENSON
(├) 1987 ═ARK ┴. ─ICKENSON
╘HE FILE SIZE LIMITS ARE - 112 ┬LOCKS FOR ═USIC OR ═USIC AND ╫ORDS
68 ┬LOCKS FOR ═USIC OR ═USIC AND WORDS, IF A
╨ICTURE IS USED
╙TEREO ╙ID-╨LAYER ╦EYBOARD ├OMMANDS
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'╞1' - ╫HEN THIS KEY IS PRESSED THE CURRENTLY HIGHLIGHTED SONG (IN WHITE)
WILL BE LOADED AND PLAYED.
'╞2' - ╔F THE ╞2 KEY IS PRESSED (SHIFTED F1) ALL OF THE SELECTED SONGS (THE
ONES THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN REVERSE TEXT WHEN THE ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY WAS PRESSED)
WILL BE PLAYED. ╘HE FILES WILL BE PLAYED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE SELECTED.
'╞3' - ╘HIS WILL PLAY EVERY SONG ON THE DISK.
'╞4' - ╨RESSING THE ╞4 KEY WILL TOGGLE BETWEEN AUTO REPEAT AND SINGLE PLAY.
╫HEN THE AUTO REPEAT IS SELECTED THEN THE PLAYBACK MODES (╞1, ╞2, ╞3, ╞7 AND
╥) WILL REPEAT ALL OF THEIR SELECTED SONGS CONTINUOUSLY.
'╞5' - ╘HIS WILL SCAN THE DISK THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DISK DRIVE FOR
╙ID-╨LAYER MUSIC FILES.
'╞6' - ╘HIS WILL CLEAR ALL OF THE SONGS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR THE ╞2
FUNCTION.
'╞7' - ╘HIS WILL PLAY EVERY SONG ON THE DISK STARTING AT THE CURRENT
HIGHLIGHTED SONG (IN WHITE).
'╞8' - ╤UIT ╙ID-╨LAYER - NOT MUCH ELSE TO SAY HERE (YOU ╫╔╠╠ BE GIVEN THE
CHANCE TO BACK OUT).
'╥┼╘╒╥╬' - ╙ELECT/─ESELECT SONG FOR USE BY THE ╞2 PLAYBACK FUNCTION.
'╚╧═┼' - ╨RESSING THIS KEY WILL BRING YOU TO THE TOP OF THE CURRENT DIRECTORY
LIST
'╙╚╔╞╘ ╚╧═┼ (├╠╥)' - ╘HIS WILL MOVE YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CURRENT
DIRECTORY LIST. ╘HIS IS VERY USEFUL IF YOU HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SONGS ON
THE DISK AND THE ONE YOU NEED TO PLAY IS TOWARDS THE END
'├╒╥╙╧╥ ─╧╫╬' - ╘HIS WILL MOVE THE DIRECTORY LIST FORWARD ONE SONG
'├╒╥╙╧╥ ╒╨' - ╘HIS WILL MOVE THE DIRECTORY LIST BACKWARD ONE SONG
'+' - ╘HIS KEY WILL MOVE THE DIRECTORY LIST FORWARD FIVE (5) SONGS AT A TIME
'-' - ╘HIS KEY WILL MOVE THE DIRECTORY LIST BACKWARD FIVE (5) SONGS AT A
TIME
'1' TO '9' - ╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO SELECT HOW MANY TIMES A SONG WILL PLAY
BEFORE CONTINUING ON TO THE NEXT SONG. ╘HE NUMBER OF TIMES A SONG WILL
REPEAT IS INDICATED IN THE BOX TO THE LEFT OF THE HIGHLIGHTED SONG (IN
WHITE).
'═' - ╫HEN THE '═' KEY IS PRESSED IT WILL MAKE EVERY SONG ON THE DISK
PLAYBACK IN STEREO (EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN MARKED MONO ONLY). ╚ERE IS HOW
EACH SONG WILL BE PLAYED BACK IF THE STEREO OVERRIDE HAS BEEN ENABLED.
1 - ╔F THE SONG HAS BEEN STAMPED, (MORE ON THIS LATER) THE STAMP WILL
BE LOADED INTO THAT FILES OPTION DESIGNATOR AND PLAYED IN THAT
MANNER. ┴FTER THE SONG HAS PLAYED YOU CAN CHECK THE STEREO OPTIONS
BY PRESSING THE ╙╨┴├┼┬┴╥ TO SEE HOW IT WAS SETUP.
2 - ╔F THE SONG ISN'T STAMPED THEN THE PLAYBACK WILL USE WHATEVER
OPTIONS HAVE BEEN SET FOR THE FILE. ─EFAULT IS ╓OICE 1 ON ╠EFT
ONLY, ╓OICE 2 ON ╥IGHT ONLY AND ╓OICE 3 ON BOTH ╠EFT AND ╥IGHT
SIDES.
'╥' OR '╨' - ╘HIS WILL REPEAT THE LAST SONG PLAYED WITHOUT RELOADING THE SONG
FROM DISK.
'╙╨┴├┼┬┴╥' - ╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE HOW A SONG WILL BE PLAYED (STEREO
OR MONO). ╘HERE IS A WINDOW TO THE RIGHT OF THE HIGHLIGHTED NAME. ╘HIS
STARTS OUT WITH AN '═' IN THE WINDOW. ╘HIS MEANS THE SONG WILL BE PLAYED
BACK ═╧╬╧. ╔F IT IS AN '╙' THEN THE SONG WILL PLAYBACK IN ╙╘┼╥┼╧ USING THE
OPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SET FOR IT. ╠ASTLY, IF THERE IS A '6', THEN THE FILE
IS A '╬╧╬-╙╘┴═╨┼─' 6-╓OICE ╙TEREO FILE.
'├' - ╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO EXECUTE ANY OF THE ─ISK ─RIVES ─╧╙ COMMANDS AS
IN ╙0:╨╥╧╟╥┴═ - TO SCRATCH A PROGRAM AND ECT.
'─' - ╘HIS WILL DISPLAY A COMPLETE DISK DIRECTORY TO THE SCREEN. ╔F YOU
WISH TO PAUSE THE LIST PRESS THE '╙╨┴├┼┬┴╥' TO RESUME THE LISTING PRESS
'╥┼╘╒╥╬'.
'╦' - ╘HERE ARE NOW THREE DIFFERENT KEYBOARD ROUTINES. ╘HE '╧╠─' ROUTINE
WAS THE ╬┼╫ ROUTINE IN VERSION 7.0. ╘HE '╨╧╥' ROUTINE USES THE ╬┼╫ KEYBOARD
ROUTINE FOR A MORE ACCURATE DISPLAY, EXCEPT WHEN ╨ORTAMENTO IS USED ON A
VOICE IT WILL USE THE ╧╠─ ROUTINE JUST FOR THAT VOICE. ╘HIS WILL SHOW THE
SLIDING KEY EFFECT. ╘HE '╬┼╫' ROUTINE DECODES THE VOICE INFORMATION RIGHT
FROM THE MUSIC FILE ITSELF JUST LIKE THE ┼DITOR WOULD. ╘HIS WILL GIVE A 100%
ACCURATE DISPLAY OF THE KEYS. ╘HIS ROUTINE ALSO RECOGNISES THE USE OF
╘RANSPOSE AND WILL DISPLAY THE KEY IN THE TRANSPOSED POSITION. ┴NOTHER
FEATURE HAS BEEN ADDED THAT WILL DISPLAY WHAT THE NOTE IS THAT IS BEING
PLAYED (IE. ├, ─, ┼, ╞, ECT...). ╔F ╘RANSPOSE IS USED IT WILL DISPLAY THE
TRANSPOSED NOTE VALUE IN REVERSE TEXT. ╨╧╥ IS THE DEFAULT SETTING.
'┴' - ╘HIS ALLOWS A PERSON TO TELL PLAYER TO LOOK FOR THE SECOND ╙╔─ CHIP AT
ADDRESS $─┼00 OR $─╞00. ╔F YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SECOND CHIP INSTALLED THEN
YOU CAN SELECT ╬╧╬┼. (DEFAULT ON START-UP IS ╬╧╬┼).
'┬ACK ┴RROW' (LOCATED UPPER-LEFT BY THE NUMBER 1 KEY) - ╘HIS WILL PUT OR SAVE
A ├╧╬╞╔╟╒╥┴╘╔╧╬ FILE ON THE DISK. ╫HEN THE PROGRAM STARTS, IT WILL CHECK FOR
THIS FILE. ╔F IT IS PRESENT, IT WILL BE LOADED AND PARAMETERS SET. ╘HE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS IN THE FILE: ╥┼╨┼┴╘ ╧╬ OR ╧╞╞, ╦┼┘┬╧┴╥─ ╧╠─ OR ╬┼╫,
┴──╥┼╙╙ ╬╧╬┼, $─┼00 OR $─╞00, ╙╘┼╥┼╧ OR ═╧╬╧, ┴╒╪ ╦┼┘╙ ╧╬ OR ╧╞╞, ╞AST╠OAD ╧╬
OR ╧╞╞ AND ╔NPUT ─EVICE ╬UMBER (8, 9, 10 OR 11). ┴LSO DURING THE START-UP, IF
A '╘╚┼ ┬┴╬─' FILE IS PRESENT, THEN IT WILL ALSO BE LOADED. ╘HE ┬AND FILE
CONTAINS SPRITE INFORMATION THAT IS DISPLAYED WHEN A 3 VOICE SONG IS PLAYED.
┘OU CAN NOW CREATO YOUR OWN BAND FOR THE PLAYER.
'╠' - ╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO TELL THE PLAYER ╬╧╘ TO LOAD IN PICTURES FOR THE
MUSIC FILES. ╘HE NORMAL DEFAULT IS ╧╬, THIS WILL LOAD ╨╔├ FILES IF THEY ARE
PRESENT. ╔F YOU SELECT ╧╞╞, ╨╔├S WILL NOT BE LOADED EVEN IF THEY ARE
PRESENT.
'<' - ╘HIS WILL PLAY THE ╠┼╞╘ HALF OF A ╙TEREO SONG BY ITSELF. ╘HE SONG MUST
ALREADY HAVE BEEN LOADED.
'>' - ╘HIS WILL PLAY THE ╥╔╟╚╘ HALF OF A ╙TEREO SONG BY ITSELF. ╘HIS WILL
ALSO DISPLAY THE CREDITS FOR THE RIGHT CHANNEL (THEY ARE NORMALLY NOT SHOWN).
'╔' - ╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE THE INPUT DEVICE NUMBER FROM 8 TO 11. ╘HE
PLAYER WILL LOAD ALL OF THE MUSIC/PICTURES/STEREO/WORD FILES FROM THE INDICATED
DEVICE NUMBER.
'╞' - ╘URN THE ╞AST ╠OAD FEATURE OF THE ╨LAYER ╧╬ OR ╧╞╞. ╘HIS VERSION OF THE
╙TEREO ╨LAYER HAS ITS OWN BUILT IN ╞AST ╠OAD ROUTINE. ╔ WOULD RECOMMEND USING
THIS ROUTINE OVER CARTRIDGES LIKE THE ╞AST ╠OAD FROM ┼PYX.
'╪' - ╔F THIS COMMAND IS TURNED ╧╬ THEN THE COLOR CODE FROM THE ┴╒╪ COMMAND
WILL CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD ALONG WITH THE ╠EVEL ═ETERS.
╔F IT IS TURNED OFF THEN IT WILL OPERATE LIKE VERIONS 1 THROUGH 7 OF THE
PLAYER.
╘HERE IS NOW A WINDOW UNDER THE ╙ONG ╙ELECTOR ╫INDOW. ╔N THIS WINDOW IT WILL
DISPLAY A ╨ FOR ╨╔├, ┴ FOR ┴╬╔, ╙ FOR ╙╘╥ AND ╫ FOR ╫─╙ FOR THE CURRENT
HIGHLIGHTED SONG (IN WHITE). ┴LSO, WHEN LOADING A SONG, THE PROGRAM WILL NOT
TRY AND LOAD A ╨╔├ IF ONE ISN'T PRESENT ON THE DISK. ╘HE SAME GOES FOR AN
╙╘╥ AND A ╫─╙ FILE. ╧N THE ╦EYBOARD ╙CREEN THERE IS NOW A TIMER. ╘HIS WILL
ALLOW YOU TO TIME A SONG AND SEE HOW LONG IT PLAYS.
╧NE NEW FEATURE IS ┼NHANCED ╫─╙ FILES. ┬Y USING A NEW PROGRAM CALLED ╫╧╥─╙
├╥┼┴╘╧╥, YOU CAN NOW CREATE WORD FILES THAT HAVE 5 LINES OF TEXT/GRAPHICS/COLOR
INSTEAD OF JUST ONE. ╘HIS PROGRAM WILL ALSO MAKE THE ┼NAHNCED FILES COMPATIBLE
WITH ╙╔─-╨╔├. ╞OR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS FEATURE DOWNLOAD THE FILE CALLED
╫─╙ ├╥┼┴╘╧╥.╙─┴ FROM ╤UANTUM ╠INK UPLOADED BY MYSELF ═ARK ┴ ─.
╙TEREO ╧PTION ═ENU
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'╞1' - ╘OGGLE ╙╧╬╟ PLAYBACK FROM TO ╙╘┼╥┼╧ TO ═╧╬╧ AND ═╧╬╧ TO ╙╘┼╥┼╧. ╘HIS
WILL CHANGE THE LETTER IN THE WINDOW TO THE RIGHT OF THE HIGHLIGHTED SONG (IN
WHITE) FROM ═ TO ╙ AND ╙ TO ═.
'╞3' - ├HANGE VOICE WORKING ON FROM 1 TO 2, 2 TO 3 AND 3 TO 1.
'╞5' - ╘OGGLE THE CURRENT VOICE SELECTED FROM ═╧╬╧ TO ╙╘┼╥┼╧ OR ╙╘┼╥┼╧ TO
═╧╬╧.
'╞7' - ┼XIT THE ╙TEREO ═ODIFIER ╙CREEN
'╞8' - ╙TAMP THE FILE WITH THE CURRENT STEREO PARAMETERS.
'╠' - ╫HEN PRESSED CURRENT VOICE SELECTED WILL BE DESIGNATED TO START ON THE
LEFT CHANNEL (THIS IS THE DEFAULT)
'╥' - ╫HEN PRESSED THE CURRENT VOICE SELECTED WILL BE DESIGNATED TO START ON
THE RIGHT CHANNEL.
'├╒╥╙╧╥ ╦┼┘╙' - ╫ILL MOVE THE NUMBER OF NOTES ON THE CURRENT SELECTED VOICE
UP AND DOWN. ╘HE MAXIMUM NUMBER IS 98 AND MINIMUM IS 0. ╔F ┌┼╥╧ IS SELECTED
THEN THE VOICE WILL PLAY ON WHATEVER SIDE IT IS TOLD TO EXCLUSIVLY.
╘HE ╦EYBOARD ╙CREEN ├OMMANDS
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'╞5' - ╥ETURN TO THE ╙ONG ╙ELECTOR ╙CREEN
'╞7' OR '╙PACEBAR' - ╘HIS WILL SKIP THE CURRENT PLAYING SONG AND LOAD IN THE
NEXT SONG IN THE LIST.
'╨' - ╘HIS WILL PAUSE THE SONG AND ANY OTHER KEY WILL RESTART IT.
'╞' - ╘HIS WILL ╞AST╞ORWARD THE MUSIC (3 TIMES FASTER THAN NORMAL). ╨RESS ANY
OTHER KEY TO RETURN TO THE NORMAL SPEED.
'╥┼╘╒╥╬' - ╘HIS WILL TOGGLE FROM ╨╔├ TO ╦EYBOARD AND BACK AGAIN.