╙╔─╨╔├ WAS WRITTEN FOR MYSELF AND VARIOUS MEMBERS OF ╒.╙.╬. TO REPLACE, OR PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ AND THE REGULAR ╙╔─╨LAYERS LIKE ╦╨╠┴┘. ┴T THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A ╦╧┴╠┴╨┴─(TM) ARTIST, ╔ ADDED A NEW FEATURE FOR THE ╙╔─ MUSIC WORLD. ╬OW, IF YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW, YOU CAN DISPLAY ╚╔╥┼╙ GRAPHICS WHILE YOUR ╙╔─ MUSIC PLAYS!!!
╘HIS VERSION CONTAINS SEVERAL NEW FEATURES NOT AVAILABLE OR IMPROPERLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE EARLIER VERSION. ┘OU CAN NOW USE ├╧╠╧╥ AND ╥╓╙ CODES IN YOUR .╫─╙ FILES WITH NO PROBLEMS. ╫HILE A SONG IS PLAYING, THE FUNCTION KEYS DO BASICALLY THE SAME THINGS AS THEY DO IN THE SELECTION MODE. "╞1" SELECTS THE NOTE DISPLAY OVER .╫─╙ OR .╨╔├ DISPLAYS, "╞3" SKIPS TO THE NEXT SONG IN THE PLAY LIST WHEN USING "╞3" SELECT ALL, "╞5" IS NOW THE MENU KEY INSTEAD OF "*" AND "╞7" WILL EXIT FROM PLAYING SONG AND RETURN YOU TO THE MENU -- EVEN IN "╞3" MODE. ╙╔─╨╔├ NOW HAS ╘╥╒┼ MULTIPLAY OF SELECTED SONGS; SEE BELOW ON HOW TO USE THIS! ╞INALLY, ╙╔─╨╔├ SUPPORTS USE OF THE ═╧╒╙┼ (OR A ╩OYSTICK) FOR SELECTION OF SINGLE SONGS FOR PLAYING!
┴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; WHEN YOU SELECT TO PLAY A CERTAIN PIECE OF MUSIC ╙╔─╨╔├ WILL FIGURE OUT IF IT IS JUST MUSIC OR IF THERE ARE WORDS OR A PICTURE TOO!
╘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.
╘O SELECT TO PLAY ┴╠╠ OF THE MUSIC FILES ON THE SCREEN, JUST HIT THE "╞3" FUNCTION KEY. ╧NE BY ONE, ALL THE MUSIC WILL BE PLAYED -- ALONG WITH ANY WORDS OR PICTURES THAT GO WITH THEM!
╘O USE THE NEW ═╒╠╘╔╨╠┴┘╔╬╟ FEATURE, MOVE TO A SONG YOU WANT TO PLAY. ╒SE ╙╚╔╞╘-╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO HIGHLIGHT THE NAME OF THE SONG IN LIGHT GREEN. ╧NCE YOU HAVE SELECTED ALL THE SONGS YOU WANT TO PLAY, NOW HIT THE "╞3" KEY. ╔T WILL NOW PLAY ONLY THE SELECTED SONGS, NOT ┴╠╠. ╘O RETURN "╞3" TO THE MODE TO PLAY ┴╠╠ SONGS, JUST RE-READ THE DIRECTORY OF SONGS.
╔F YOU WANT A NEW DIRECTORY OFF ANOTHER DISK, JUST CHANGE DISKS THEN HIT THE "╞5" FUNCTION KEY. ╙╔─╨╔├ WILL THEN RE-READ THE DIRECTORY.
╔F YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE MORE THAN 51 ╙╔─S PER DISK SIDE, YOU CAN HIT "╞2" TO MAKE ╙╔─╨╔├ LIST THE NEXT 51 ╙╔─S. ╘HIS CAN CONTINUE FOR AS MANY ╙╔─S AS YOU MAY HAVE ON YOUR DISK. ╫HEN READING IN THE NEXT PAGE, ╙╔─╨╔├ WILL PAUSE WHILE READING PAST THE PREVIOUS ╙╔─S.
╔F YOU HAVE FINISHED, JUST HIT THE "╞7" FUNCTION KEY AND YOU WILL RETURN TO ┬┴╙╔├. ╘O RESTART ╙╔─╨╔├, JUST TYPE ╥╒╬ AGAIN.
╘HE FIRST MODE IS THE "╩UST ╨LAIN ═USIC" MODE. ╙╔─╨╔├ WILL DISPLAY A STYLIZED ╟RAND ╙TAFF ON THE SCREEN AND AS THE MUSIC PLAYS, A MUSIC "NOTE" WILL MOVE UP AND DOWN THE STAFF IN TIME TO THE MUSIC FOR ALL THREE VOICES; BUT THE "NOTE" WILL ╬╧╘ BE IN A PROPER MUSICAL POSITION AS THE DISPLAY WORKS. ╘HE DISPLAY IS MEANT ONLY AS A DEMO. ╘HE NOTES CAN CHANGE THEIR COLOR FROM THE DEFAULTS IF YOU USE THE ┴╒╪ COMMAND IN THE MANNER OF ╦╨╠┴┘ TO DO SO. ┘OU ├┴╬╬╧╘ CHANGE A NOTE TO BE BLACK AS THAT IS THE COLOR OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE SCREEN! ╔F YOU DO CHANGE THE COLOR TO BLACK, THE NOTE WILL TURN WHITE INSTEAD. ╘O STOP PLAYING THE MUSIC HIT ╞7 KEY TO RETURN TO THE MENU. ╘HIS WILL EVEN RETURN TO THE MENU IF YOU ARE USING ╞3 TO PLAY ALL OR SELECTED SONGS. ╔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 NOTES DISPLAY WHILE PLAYING THE SONG.
╘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 ╙╔─╨╔├. ╙╔─╨╔├ USES ONLY THE UPPER CASE LETTERS YOU WOULD NORMALLY TYPE IN WHEN YOU FIRST TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER. ┼VEN THOUGH MOST ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ WORD FILES CURRENTLY USE UPPER AND THE LOWER CASE LETTERS, ╙╔─╨╔├ WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT AND TRANSLATE THE LETTERS TO ALL UPPER CASE!
╞OR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ WORD FILES, ╔ SUGGEST READING ├RAIG ├HAMBERLAIN'S ╙╔─╬┼╫╙ FILES THAT DEAL WITH THEM! (╘ECHNICAL NOTE: FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED, THE ORIGINAL ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ USED TRUE ┴╙├╔╔ TEXT FILES AND ╙╔─╨╔├ CAN USE THOSE OR JUST PLAIN ├OMMODORE "╨┼╘╙├╔╔" TEXT TOO! ┬UT YOU ┴╥┼ ENCOURAGED TO USE THE REGULAR TYPE OF ╙╔╬╟┴╠╧╬╟ FILE FORMAT!)
╘HE BRAND NEW MODE, ONLY 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 COMPATIBLE GRAPHICS EDITOR OR CONVERT YOUR PICTURE TO ONE OF THESE FORMATS USING A CONVERSION UTILITY PROGRAM. ╙╔─╨╔├ CAN ╧╬╠┘ USE ╦╧┴╠┴ OR ─OODLE TYPE PICTURE FORMATS FOR IT'S DISPLAY! ┴NY OTHER FORMAT WILL JUST BE IGNORED BY ╙╔─╨╔├, INCLUDING CRUNCHED VERSIONS OF THE ABOVE PICTURES OR THE STANDALONE PICTURES THAT LOAD AND DISPLAY THEMSELVES. ╧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 RECENTLY DISCOVERED LIMITATION OF USING .╨╔├S WITH YOUR MUSIC. ⌐╘HE .═╒╙ FILE CANNOT BE ANY LONGER THAN 35 BLOCKS FOR A ╦OALA .╨╔├, OR 37▀ ⌐BLOCKS FOR A ─OODLE!▀
┘OU CAN NOW 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, ALTHOUGH ⌐THE TEXT ON A ╦OALA SCREEN WILL BE▀ ⌐SOMEWHAT BLURRY▀. ╘HE WORDS WILL BE IN ╒╨╨┼╥ AND ╠╧╫┼╥ CASE IN THIS MODE AND COLOR/╥╓╙ CODES ARE IGNORED ENTIRELY! ╧NE LAST NOTE: WHEN STARTING YOUR .═╒╙, PUT A 1/2 NOTE REST IN THE MUSIC TO GIVE ╙╔─╨╔├ TIME TO DISPLAY YOUR SONG'S TITLE!
╔F YOU OWN THE ├OMMODORE 1350 ═╧╒╙┼, 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 NOTE DISPLAY. ┴NY OTHER MOUSE MOVEMENT WILL ABORT THE SONG!
