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- Welcome to this demonstration version of
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- RHAPSODY2 and VOXSYNTH
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- Both programs are complete working versions of the real thing with the
- following exceptions:
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- Neither program will allow you to load or save data. Rhapsody
- automatically loads four scores for you to play and modify. VoxSynth loads a
- default module which you can edit to create a huge range of new sounds. The
- only restriction here is that the module contains only one instead of eight
- voices, and it will only work if it is the first voice installed (so you
- can't load multiple copies of the same module!)
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- In addition, this version of Rhapsody will allow you to try out the
- formatting and printing features, but it only prints the first page of a
- score, and also prints a grey stripe down the middle. The 'hot line' to
- !Scoredraw has also been disabled.
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- I am sorry to have to ruin my programs like this, but if you want to
- get hold of the real thing, pop a cheque in the post to your usual supplier
- and we shall both profit!
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- In order to appreciate the power of these programs, load up both
- programs at the same time. You will find that you can edit the demonstration
- voice at the same time that Rhapsody is using it!. You can draw new waves by
- hand (by dragging the SELECT button over the green CRO type display), you
- can add or remove harmonics (in the yellow window using the SELECT and
- ADJUST buttons) or you can play around with the amplitude and pitch
- envelopes. In an instant, you can swop from playing Handel on a harpsichord
- to playing Handel on a drainpipe!
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- NOTE: To hear the Rhapsody tunes correctly run Rhapsody on its own.
- Loading VoxSynth replaces the voices used in the tunes with a sample voice
- module which you can edit.
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- Rhapsody2 comes with a whole host of new features which greatly
- enhances its capabilities and usefulness. Two new modes of entry of data
- have been added - a step time mode for entering notes from a MIDI keyboard
- and a facility to drag notes and other symbols onto the score from the panel
- window. (Use the MENU button for this). In addition, the printout has been
- improved and lots of other features have been added, too numerous to
- mention.
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- VoxSynth is one of a suite of three programs which also includes
- VoxSample (a program for turning sampled sounds into a voice module) and
- VoxBeat (which allows you to create a single voice module containing up to
- 12 different sampled sounds - eg a drumkit). In addition, you get a fourth
- program, Perform, which enables you to construct a complete programme of
- Rhapsody and other pieces which are then played in sequence.
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- Rhapsody2 and VoxBox are available from:
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- Clare's Micro Supplies,
- 98 Middlewich Road,
- Rudheath,
- Northwich,
- Cheshire,
- CW9 7DA.
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- Both programs are priced at £61.95 including VAT.
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- If you already have the first version of Rhapsody, send your original
- disc back to Clare's together with £15.50 for your upgrade.
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- Here's to many happy hours of music making!
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- Oliver Linton.