Aminet 5/Aminet 5 - March 1995.iso/Aminet/mus/edit/OctaMEDv4.lha/Docs/HDINSTALLATION

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HARD DISK INSTALLATION:  ( sorry, no install script for this old version )

Decide where you want OctaMED-Pro on your hard disk.
Create a directory or  "drawer" there called OctaMED.

Put the OctaMED-Pro floppy disk in DF0:.

Then open a CLI window, ( or use Sid, Dopus ), and enter the following for
each file name listed below:

COPY DF0: TO work:Music/OctaMED file name
             |      |           |
             |      |           Each of the files
             |      |           listed below.
  The disk or       |
  partition name.   The path description,to OctaMED-Pro dir.

Copy to the OctaMED directory: (files marked * MUST be copied)

MODS (dir)           Some demonstration songs
Docs (dir)           Documents
Programmers (dir)    Information for programmers
Docs.info            Doc directory icon
Programmers.info     Programmers directory icon
OctaMED              * The main program
OctaMEDPlayer        The stand-alone player program
OctaMED.gfx1         * Graphics data } or WHATEVER.gfx1 etc
OctaMED.gfx2         * Graphics data } on where you
OctaMED.gfx3         * Graphics data } purchased
OctaMED.gfx7         * Graphics data } OctaMED from.
OctaMEDPlayer        The stand-alone song player
OctaMED.info         * OctaMED-Pro's icon file
OctaMEDPlayer.info   OctaMEDPlayer's icon file

You need only the files marked with an asterisk to run the program.
You may want to move OctaMEDPlayer into your "C:" directory so you can
easily run it from the CLI without having to type out the path description.






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ABOUT THE MANUAL:

The more control a program offers, the more you must study and learn to
use it effectively.  OctaMED-Pro provides the ability to control virtually
every aspect of your composition.  As a result, it has what may seem at first a bewildering number of control
s and screen gadgets.

The aim of this manual is to provide you with the information you need to
use all the power of OctaMED-Pro.  It is a reference book, rather than a
tutorial.
It groups explanations of controls by the screens on which they appear.

If you have used a SoundTracker style of music composer, the BLOCK EDITOR
will be familiar to you.  However, because OctaMED-Pro offers so many new
features and unique techniques, reading this manual is necessary to use
the program effectively.

A NOTE TO NEW USERS:

If you are new to Tracker composers, first read the BLOCK EDITOR
instructions. The BLOCK EDITOR is the heart of the program, where you enter
music and will do most of the work of creating music.

Begin by playing and looking at the demonstration song.
Next you might enter some music from a sheet music score.
After you have this experience,you will have gained enough facility to
begin experimenting with your own music.

AN OVERVIEW OF OCTAMED-PRO EDITORS AND PANELS:

OctaMED-Pro uses a number of screens to perform various tasks and  3
areas are always visible regardless of which screen is in use:

STATUS BAR offers information and controls you frequently need.
The MENU PANEL opens the editors and control panels.
The TIMER provides a way to time songs.






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Among the screens, there are five separate editors:

BLOCK EDITOR              Composing, entering and editing music.
GRAPHIC NOTATION EDITOR   A traditional notation music editor.
SAMPLE EDITOR             Sample and modify sampled instruments.
SYNTHETIC SOUND EDITOR    Designing synthetic waveform sounds.
SAMPLE LIST EDITOR         To edit and organize instrument files.

Also,there are ten panels for composing songs,controlling, instruments,
and file handling operations.

FILES PANEL Loads/saves songs and instruments in various formats.
PLAY PANEL  Controls tempo, volume, filters, and sequence lists.
INSTR PANEL Loads,transposes,adjusts various types of sound.
BLOCK PANEL Cuts,pastes,opies,deletes blocks and song parts.
EDIT PANEL  Controls track sound and note editing.

MISC PANEL  Clears and quits the program, and sets preferences.
VOL PANEL   Sets the master, and proportional volume for tracks.
MIDI PANEL  Controls MIDI instruments/writes maps/MIDI messages.
TRANS PANEL Adjusts pitch song, block, track or instrument.
RANGE PANEL Complex cutting and editing of large areas of a song.

In addition to these, there are four special purpose editors:

Programmable Input Key Editor on the EDIT PANEL
Play Sequence List Editor on the PLAY PANEL MIDI
Map Editor on the MIDI PANEL MIDI
Message Editor on the MIDI PANEL
Waveform Sequence Editor on the SYNTHETIC SOUND EDITOR

OCTAMED-PRO SCREEN OBJECTS:

You select buttons by putting the mouse pointer on them and clicking
(usually) with the left mouse button.  There are two types of buttons.
Some perform an immediate action one time.  Others select settings that
remain in effect until you reset them.  The second type of button changes
color when selected.







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PROPORTIONAL GADGETS look like slider controls.  There are two methods of
adjusting these.  You may drag the slide indicator to the desired setting
or click the directional arrows that you will usually find associated with
the gadget.

STRING GADGETS require that you click inside them to mae them active
before you can enter or alter the text.

NUMERICAL STRING GADGETS work in a similar way, but they may also have
plus and minus buttons that you can use as an alternative way to increase
or decrease the numbers in the gadget.  Another type of numerical gadget
you change by clicking and holding the
 left mouse while entering a single key stroke from the keyboard.
There are also NUMERIC GADGETS on the STATUS BAR that you can change by
clicking the numbers themselves in the gadget.  For example, in the case
of a three digit number, clicking on the right digit with the left mouse
button increases the number by one,the
 right mouse button decreases it by one.
 Clicking the second digit changes the number by ten, while clicking
 the left-most digit changes it by a hundred.

LEGAL NOTICE:

Teijo Kinnunen and R.Burt-Frost are the copyright owners of all versions
of OctaMED.  This version four is NOT public domain but is released as
FREEWARE, ( copyright retained ).

RBF Software were the original owners of Amiganuts United, but this is now
a seperate company and has NO affiliation with RBF Software and all
RBFSoftware programs are no longer sold by Amiganuts.
OctaMED-Pro is sold without warranty.
The owners and distributors have made every effort to keep OctaMED-Pro
as bug free as is reasonably possible, but neither the author nor
R.Burt-Frost is responsible for any loss or damage caused by this program
and loading and running the program, you are agreeing to this.


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If you wish to contact the publisher and joint Copyright owner of OctaMED,
then write enclosing an s.a.e. or IRC coupon  TO:

              R.Burt-Frost.   C/O., RBF SOFTWARE
 169,Dale Valley Road,Hollybrook,Southampton. SO16 6QX. England


CREDITS:

Teijo Kinnunen                    Programming, design and graphics.
Ray Burt-Frost                    Ideas,support and continual suggestions.
Larry McIntire/EdWiles/Teijo/Ray  This manual.***
Marcus Pol                        Intro graphics.
Izrael Simila                     OctaMED and Player icons.
Frederic Bouquerel                The title bar OctaMED-Pro logo.
Steve Hayes                       Electronic Arts IFF-loader (Fish disk #64).
COMMODORE                         For a GREAT electronic masterpiece !


Please include the version number of your OctaMED Disk.
If you need a response to your letter, please enclose an I.R.Coupon.


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