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╞╧╥┼╫╧╥─
╘HE "╙╔─ ╨LAYER" AND "╙╔─ ┼DITOR" PROGRAMS HAVE ENJOYED A LONG AND RICH
HISTORY IN THE ├OMMODORE COMPUTING WORLD. ╫RITTEN BY ├RAIG ├HAMBERLAIN AND
PUBLISHED BY ├OMPUTE! ┬OOKS, "├OMPUTE!'S ═USIC ╙YSTEM FOR THE ├OMMODORE 128 &
64: ╘HE ┼NHANCED ╙IDPLAYER" REPRESENTS THE ULTIMATE IN MUSIC COMPOSITION TOOLS
FOR THE ├OMMODORE. ╫ITH OVER 7,000 SONGS NOW AVAILABLE IN THIS FORMAT, ONE CAN
EASILY SAY THAT IT IS THE MOST POPULAR MUSIC SYSTEM IN USE ON 8-BIT MACHINES.
╔N 1987 ═ARK ─ICKENSON INTRODUCED THE ╙TEREO ╙╔─ CONCEPT, WHICH GAVE ╙╔─ MUSIC
RENEWED LIFE. ┬Y MAKING AN INTERNAL HARDWARE MODIFICATION TO ONE'S COMPUTER OR
SIMPLY BY PLUGGING IN A CARTRIDGE, ONE GAINS AN ADDITIONAL THREE VOICES WITH
WHICH TO WORK. ╙TEREO ╙╔─S PROVIDE A FULLNESS NEVER BEFORE HEARD ON A 64.
╚OWEVER, WHILE THE ╙TEREO╨LAYER SERIES OF PROGRAMS ALLOW EASY PLAYING OF SUCH
FILES, CREATING STEREO ╙╔─S REMAINS A SOMEWHAT MUNDANE TASK. ┬ECAUSE ONLY
THREE VOICES MAY BE EDITED AT ONCE, ONE MUST FREQUENTLY SWAP AND RENAME FILES,
BREAKING THE CONTINUITY OF THE MUSIC COMPOSITION PROCESS. ├LEARLY, A
SPECIALIZED EDITOR FOR STEREO ╙╔─S IS NEEDED.
╘HE ╙TEREO ┼DITOR HAS BEEN CREATED TO FILL THAT VOID. ╬OT ONLY ARE ALL SIX
VOICES AVAILABLE IN MEMORY, THEY ARE DISPLAYED ONSCREEN AT ALL TIMES, GREATLY
IMPROVING EDITING EASE. ═OST OF THE POPULAR EDITING FEATURES FROM THE ORIGINAL
╙╔─ ┼DITOR ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THIS PACKAGE. ╔N ADDITION, SEVERAL NEW,
STEREO-SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES HAVE BEEN ADDED. ═ANY HOURS OF WORK HAVE BEEN PUT
INTO THIS PROJECT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE FLAVOR OF THE ORIGINAL ┼DITOR WHILE
GREATLY REDESIGNING IT FOR STEREO OPERATION. ┴ SPECIAL MENU SYSTEM HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED TO ALLEVIATE THE NEED TO REMEMBER HOW TO ACCESS SOME OF THE MORE
OBSCURE MODE-SETTING FUNCTIONS, SINGALONG SONG EDITING HAS BEEN INTEGRATED
INTO THE MAIN EDITOR, AND ═╔─╔ SUPPORT HAS BEEN ADDED, ALONG WITH A HOST OF
OTHER NEW OPTIONS.
╔ WISH TO MAKE IT CLEAR, HOWEVER, THAT ╙TEREO ┼DITOR REPRESENTS AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT EDITING ENVIRONMENT. ╔N TERMS OF PROGRAM OPERATION, ╙TEREO ┼DITOR
HAS VERY LITTLE IN COMMON WITH THE ORIGINAL ┼NHANCED ╙IDPLAYER SYSTEM. ╙TEREO
┼DITOR WAS DESIGNED FROM THE GROUND UP WITH ABSOLUTELY NO CONSCIOUS EFFORT PUT
INTO MAKING IT RESEMBLE THE ORIGINAL EDITOR; EMPHASIS WAS PUT ON
FUNCTIONALITY, NOT FAMILIARITY. ╞OR THIS REASON, THOSE ACCUSTOMED TO THE
ORIGINAL EDITOR MIGHT FIND ╙TEREO ┼DITOR AWKWARD AT FIRST. ╘HE TRANSITION WILL
OCCUR MUCH MORE SMOOTHLY IF YOU APPROACH THIS NEW EDITOR WITH AN OPEN MIND.
╘HOUGH ╙TEREO ┼DITOR MAKES IT EASY TO REDEFINE EDITOR KEYS TO MIMIC THE
ORIGINAL EDITOR, WE ╙╘╥╧╬╟╠┘ DISCOURAGE THIS PRACTICE, AS IT HAS BEEN FOUND TO
INCREASE CONFUSION BY THOSE WHO TRIED IT DURING ALPHA AND BETA TESTING.
╔T IS THE WISH OF THOSE INVOLVED IN AND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT THAT
├RAIG ├HAMBERLAIN CONTINUE TO BE REWARDED FOR HIS EXCELLENT WORK IN THE
ORIGINAL ┼DITOR PROGRAM AND ASSOCIATED UTILITIES. ╘HEREFORE, WE WILL NOT
ACCEPT DONATIONS OF ANY NATURE AND URGE ANYONE WHO MAKES USE OF THIS PACKAGE
TO PURCHASE THE BOOK/DISK COMBINATION "├OMPUTE!'S ═USIC ╙YSTEM FOR THE
├OMMODORE 128 & 64: ╘HE ┼NHANCED ╙IDPLAYER". ╬OT ONLY IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE
THE BOOK TO FULLY UNDERSTAND ╙IDPLAYER COMMANDS, ╙TEREO ┼DITOR MAKES USE OF
THE STAND-ALONE PLAYER ON THE ┼NHANCED ╙IDPLAYER DISK. ╙O, TAKE NO SHORTCUTS;
PURCHASE THE BOOK AND BE AN HONEST MEMBER OF THE GREAT ╙╔─ COMMUNITY.
╫HEN ┼RIC ═C├ORMICK APPROACHED ME WITH THE IDEA OF WRITING A ╙TEREO ╙╔─ ┼DITOR
IN ╩UNE (A FUNNY STORY IN ITSELF), ╔ THOUGHT HE WAS OUT OF HIS MIND.
╬EVERTHELESS, ╔ BEGAN THE PROJECT THEN, ALTHOUGH HALF-HEARTEDLY. ╔T WASN'T
UNTIL LATE ┴UGUST THAT ╔ FINALLY GOT THE SPARK TO WORK ON THE PROJECT; AND
THREE MONTHS OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS LATER, ╔ REALIZE WHAT A JOY IT WAS TO WRITE
THIS PROGRAM AND WORK WITH PEOPLE AS TALENTED AS THE ARRANGERS WHO HAVE MADE
╙╔─ MUSIC AS POPULAR AS IT IS TODAY. ╘O THOSE FINE PEOPLE ╔ DEDICATE ╙TEREO
┼DITOR.
╥OBERT ┴. ╙TOERRLE
╬OVEMBER 24, 1989