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ACCU Music System by Kevin Fischer An ASP Member Version 3.3 Copyright 1993 - Kevin Fischer April 20, 1993 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Hardware/Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New in this Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Terms Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Upgrading Printer Drivers from Versions prior to 2.0 . . . . . . . 5 Upgrading from Versions prior to 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Upgrading from Versions prior to 3.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installing the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Running the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PROGRAM CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Setting the Location of your Song Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Setting up your Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting your Sound Output Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting the Program Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting Sound Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Setting Screen Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Setting Registration Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PRINTER CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Setting up your Printer/Picking a Printer Driver . . . . . . . . 14 Creating your own Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Setting the Printer Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Setting the Default Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 USING ACCU MUSIC SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Set Song File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Enter music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Print Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Transpose Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Convert Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Play music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Configure System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Shell to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Quit program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 SOUND CARD USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PRINTING SOME SAMPLE MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CREATING YOUR OWN MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Multiple Voice Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ADVANCED MUSIC COMMANDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 COMMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 CLEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 KEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 TEMPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 1 INSTRUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 PERCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 OS/2 SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Setting the Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 WINDOWS SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Setting the Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 About the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Future Revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 PROGRAM NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 ACCU Music System Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Bugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Contacting the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 ASP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 2 INTRODUCTION Are you an aspiring musician? Do you wish you could create songs for your PC speaker or Adlib/Soundblaster (or compatible) sound card? Do you want to be able to create your own music and have decent looking printed sheet music? If so, then maybe ACCU Music System is the program for you. Everything that you need to enter, transpose, play, and print your music is included in the program. You begin by defining your Song filename and then going to the music editor. In the music editor, you type in simple commands that represent the musical notes, key signatures, etc. in your music. The music editor also displays your music in standard musical notation at the top of the screen. The music editor allows you to enter up to 11 different voices (or parts) for your song. After you finish entering your music, you can use the transposer to transpose a voice (or voices) from one key to another, one octave to another, etc. Before printing out your music on the printer, maybe you'd like to find out if it sounds like what it's supposed to. You can then use the play option to play out your song on either your internal speaker or your sound card. If you have a sound card, it can play all 11 voices (parts) at the same time. Finally, you can print out the voices on your printer in standard music notation. It all prints quickly and easily. Hardware/Software Requirements Computer: IBM or compatible Processor: Any x86 processor (8086, 8088, 80286, 80386, 80486, etc.) Graphics: No graphics card required Memory: 384kb RAM required, 512kb RAM or higher recommended Operating System: DOS version 3.3 or higher (or compatible) Drives: Two floppy drives; or a floppy drive and a hard disk (floppy not needed if program is already on hard disk) Additional Hardware/Software which can be used (but is not required) o CGA graphics card/monitor o Printer with graphics support (i.e. not a daisy-wheel printer) o Sound card (Adlib, Soundblaster, or compatible) o Mouse o Adlib .ROL file player (one such possible program is included) New in this Version o Fixed bug when playing music which was in all lowercase o Fixed bug when transposing music in the treble clef o Fixed bug which prevented voice files (.V??) from being deleted when trying to delete a song file o Fixed bug which caused cursor in graphics display to lose track when switching windows o Fixed bug which caused voice descriptions to be copied from old song files to new song files ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 3 o Added ability to specify measures to play for internal speaker playback o Added ability to playback on internal speaker while in the editor - You can also specify measures to playback o Eliminated support for single voice .ACC music files. Old .ACC files will need to be converted to .SNG format using the appropriate option. o Added ability to specify external editor for editing song files o Re-worked menus for printer driver selection and creation to eliminate confusion o Included OS/2 and Windows icons o Added ability to ESCape out of color selection and printer string setup o Added ability to view a printer driver's settings (when creating a printer driver) Terms Used in this Manual These terms and concepts are important in order to understand how ACCU Music System works. Voice: This refers to one part of a song. A typical song is composed of multiple voices. Usually each instrument (instruments only available with sound cards) will have its own voice. Song file: A file with an extension of .SNG. This is for multiple voice songs. The file with the .SNG extension will contain the title of the song, the author, and a list of the additional voice files. The additional voice files have the same base filename as the .SNG file, but have extensions of .V?? (where '??' is the voice number). Each voice file contains a voice for that song. Voice file: A file with an extension of .V?? (where '??' is the voice number). Voice files belong to .SNG files. They contain the actual musical voice data for a song file. .ROL file: A file with an extension of .ROL. This is for playing on an Adlib compatible sound card. It is created when you have sound output set for a sound card. An external player program is then used to play it. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 4 GETTING STARTED Upgrading Printer Drivers from Versions prior to 2.0 The printer drivers in versions 2.0 and above are NOT COMPATIBLE with previous versions. You will HAVE TO either create new printer drivers (with the updated printer configuration in MUSICSYS.EXE) or copy over a printer driver that comes with this version (assuming you have that printer). Printer drivers from older versions WILL NOT WORK CORRECTLY. There are new commands in this version of the program, but all old song files will still work correctly. Upgrading from Versions prior to 3.0 Due to the way ACCU Music System v3.0 and above is set up compared to the older versions, you will need to rename the music files you created with previous versions. Since the previous versions only supported one voice, then you will need to rename them to .ACC music files. Simply use the RENAME command to change your file so that it has the .ACC file extension. For example, if your song was originally called MYSONGFI.LE, then you would type: RENAME MYSONGFI.LE MYSONGFI.ACC Then you must use the 'Convert .ACC File to .SNG File' option in the Conversion menu. This will convert your .ACC file into a .SNG file which can be used by the program. See the section 'TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL' (page 4) for information on .SNG files. Upgrading from Versions prior to 3.3 ALL music data files created with ACCU Music System/ACCU Music Printer versions prior to 3.3 will work fine with this version of the program. Beginning in version 3.3, there is no longer support for single-voice .ACC music files. I have decided that since multiple-voice .SNG files provide the same capabilities as .ACC files, that there is no need to have two file types being used by the program. You will need to convert your .ACC files to .SNG files using the 'Convert .ACC File to .SNG File" menu option in the Conversion menu. From then on, you can use ACCU Music System as before. The removal of .ACC music files will clear up some of the confusion of having two file types and make future updates easier to develop. Installing the Program Before installing ACCU Music System, it is important that you read the README file. You can do this from the install program, or by typing: TYPE README|MORE ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 5 Next, you will need to install ACCU Music System onto another floppy disk or to a hard disk directory. Here's some brief instructions on how to do this: Begin by running the INSTALL.EXE program from either the disk or hard disk directory where the files for the program are located. NOTE: Be sure to change to the drive or directory where INSTALL.EXE is located (i.e. don't type B:INSTALL). It will go through the modules which you can install. You do not have to install all of them, but it is recommended that you install the program files and the documentation. The INTUNE module is only for .ROL song playing on sound cards. If you DO NOT have a sound card, you do not need to install this. Just select the modules you want or don't want by press Y or N. You will then be prompted for a destination drive. Press the letter of the drive to install to. It will then prompt you for a directory (it defaults to \MUSICSYS). Press ENTER to keep it, or change it as you please. It will then check the available space on your destination location and then install the modules you selected. If you are working with a floppy drive only system, you may have to do multiple installations in order to get it completely installed. This is because if you are installing to your 2nd floppy, the music program and the INTUNE program may not both fit. With 720k, 1.2MB, and 1.44MB floppy disks, this shouldn't be a problem. After running the installation program, it will automatically change to the drive and directory where you installed the program and run MUSICSYS.EXE for you. (NOTE: If you only installed INTUNE, this will not work.) You can continue the installation by going to the next section titled 'CONFIGURING THE PROGRAM'. Running the Program The program MUSICSYS.EXE has three command-line options. It defaults to using direct screen writes which are the quickest method of updating the screen. If for some reason your screen does not look right, try using the /BIOS option listed below. If you have a color screen and the screen shows up in black and white, try using the /COLOR option listed below. If for some reason the program does not work whenever it seems to be waiting for a keypress, try the /NOSLICE option. Options: /BIOS Force BIOS screen writes instead of direct screen writes /COLOR Attempt to force color screen mode if color does not appear on color monitor /NOSLICE Disables giving up time slices to Desqview or OS/2 ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 6 The format for calling the program with command-line options is as follows: MUSICSYS /BIOS /COLOR /NOSLICE All command-line options are optional and must be separated by a space. The order does not matter. Some examples might be: MUSICSYS /BIOS MUSICSYS /COLOR /BIOS /NOSLICE MUSICSYS /COLOR MUSICSYS /NOSLICE MUSICSYS /BIOS /NOSLICE ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 7 PROGRAM CONFIGURATION To configure ACCU Music System, there are a series of steps needed. Some are not needed for all systems. Please go through the following sections to successfully install ACCU Music System. First you must decide whether you want to put your ACCU Music System song files (with file extensions of .SNG) in the same directory or drive as the ACCU Music System program. It is advised that you put them in a separate directory in order to keep your files straight (song files separate from program files). If you decide to not put the ACCU Music System song files in the same directory as the program file, continue with the next section. If you decide to leave them in program file directory, skip ahead to the section after this. Setting the Location of your Song Files NOTE: See the section 'TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL' (page 4) for more information on what Song files are. o If you want to put the song files in a separate directory, or in a separate directory on a different hard disk, do the following: Create the directory for your ACCU Music System song files. You can do this by typing: MD dirname at the right location (i.e. on the right drive, etc.). o If you want to put the song files on a different floppy disk, just make sure the floppy disk is formatted and that you'll always have this disk in the same drive everytime you use ACCU Music System. Next, follow these steps: 1) Load up MUSICSYS.EXE by typing: MUSICSYS.EXE and pressing ENTER at the DOS prompt. 2) Now select the option 'Configure system' from the main menu. 3) Continue by selecting the option 'Path to songs'. This will allow you to change the location the program looks for your song files at. 4) It will prompt you for the full path to where your song files (.SNG files) will be at. Enter the full path to either the directory you created or to the correct floppy drive and press ENTER. Examples: If your program files are on the D drive and in the MUSICSYS directory, and you created a directory called SONGS off of it, you would type: D:\MUSICSYS\SONGS If your program files are on your A floppy drive and you're putting the song files on your B floppy drive, type: B:\ You have now set the path to your song files. If you make a mistake, you can re-select 'Path to songs' from the menu and enter the correct path. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 8 If you installed the sample song files, you will need to copy them into this new directory (along with any other song files you may have). NOTE: From this point on, it is assumed that you have the program loaded and are located at the main menu. If you have not done this, simply type MUSICSYS at the DOS prompt and press ENTER. Setting up your Mouse Make sure that you have a mouse driver loaded. Typically if your mouse works with other programs (that support mice) then you have a mouse driver loaded. 1) Go to the Configuration menu by selecting the option 'Configure System'. 2) Select the option 'Mouse status'. It will then ask you whether you want the mouse turned on or off. Select the appropriate setting. That should have successfully set up your mouse. If that does not work, verify you have a mouse driver loaded and that it is the latest version. If you still have problems, contact me. Setting your Sound Output Device If you have not already loaded ACCU Music System, do this by typing MUSICSYS.EXE at the DOS prompt and pressing ENTER. ACCU Music System supports the following sound devices at this time: o PC Speaker o Adlib compatible sound card (This includes the Soundblaster card, the Thunderboard, most boards by MediaVision, etc.) When outputing sound on the Adlib compatible sound card, it will use a .ROL song player. ROL is the file extension given to a file format of songs designed for the Adlib sound card. Many sound card players are available which will play the .ROL format. You need one of these players in order to output your music on a sound card. The player you choose must have the ability to have the .ROL song filename passed to it on the DOS command- line. The SHAREWARE program InTune is included for this purpose. See the section SOUND CARD USE (page 29) for more information on how to use it with ACCU Music System. If you have a .ROL song player, be sure to have it installed correctly somewhere on your computer's hard disks or floppy disks. 1) Go to the Configuration menu by selecting 'Configure system'. 2) Select 'Sound output' from the Configuration menu. You will now be given 3 sound device choices: Internal Speaker, Adlib driver, and Soundblaster driver ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 9 3) Select the sound device you have. If you have a sound card, select the kind of card it is compatible with. If you do not have a sound card, just select Internal Speaker. At this time, the Adlib driver and Soundblaster driver do not work differently, but in the future, sound card file formats specific to the Soundblaster may be added. It will next ask how you would like to output your sound. If you previously selected Internal Speaker, just select Internal Speaker again. In the future, more choices for the Internal Speaker may be added. Users using the internal speaker are now done with choosing the sound output device. If you previously selected either Adlib driver or Soundblaster driver, you will only be given one choice. Select 'Adlib .ROL Player'. You will now be prompted for the full path and filename of your .ROL song file player. Enter that and place the string !-! where the .ROL filename should go. (If you are going to use InTune, see the section SOUND CARD USE (page 29) for information on what to put at this prompt). Examples: If your .ROL player is called ROLPLAY.EXE, is located in C:\PLAYER, and has the command-line options '/s' and '/b' before the filename, you would type: C:\PLAYER\ROLPLAY.EXE /s /b !-! If your .ROL player is called SONGPLY.EXE, is located in C:\MUSICSYS\PLAY, and has no options on the command-line, you would type: C:\MUSICSYS\PLAY\SONGPLY.EXE !-! Whenever you go to play a song, the program will create a .ROL file in the directory you specified for your song files (.SNG files) and then run the .ROL player with that filename. See below for more information on creating songs for playing on a sound card. Setting the Program Options 1) Go to the Configuration Menu by selecting the option 'Configure System'. 2) Select the option 'Program options'. 3) You will be able to change the following program options: File date/time checking: If this option is Yes, then it will first compare the date and time of the existing .ROL file with the dates and times of the .V?? files. If the .ROL file is newer than its supporting files, it will not re-compile the song before playing. If the supporting files are newer, it will re-compile. This is mainly a time-saving option. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 10 NOTE: If you have file date/time checking turned on and you play different voices of the song without re-editing the song, it will not re-compile it and thus will not play the correct voices. Thus, if you usually try playing different voices repeatedly, do not turn on this option. If you always play all voices or the same voice(s), leave it on. Show song titles with filenames: This will display the titles of the .SNG files next to each filename. This makes it easier to recognize songs, but may be slow on some computers. High speed graphics note drawing: Turning this on will cause the notes to be drawn quicker when scrolling in the graphics-based editor. It uses a different method of moving the graphics on the screen which is less accurate, but much quicker. The only visible difference you will see on the screen is that with this on, portions of notes may appear on the edges of the screen. This does not occur when this option is turned off. This partial notes does not present a problem, since the note will be re-drawn when you cursor over to it. This option is turned on by default and it is recommended that you don't turn it off unless you have a high-speed computer. Play notes as entered: This option will cause the notes you enter in the editor (either graphics- based or text-based) to be played on the PC speaker as you enter them. This can be useful to check mistakes. This is not affected in any way by the sound output device set up in the Configure System menu. NOTE: Due to the way the current version of ACCU Music System is written, it will not play all notes correctly while in the editor. The following is a brief explanation of where it will have problems: If you are using an * for the accidental and there is a KEY= statement affecting that note (i.e. somewhere above it) or you are using an * for the accidental and there is the same note previously (in the same measure only) which has an accidental, then it will not remember the previous accidental when playing the note. For example: KEY=7F B*4Q ; This note would be played as a natural and not flatted or KEY=0F BF4Q B*4H ; This note would be played as a natural and not flatted NOTE: This problem ONLY affects the notes being played as you type them in the editor. This problem DOES NOT occur when using the Play command from ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 11 the main menu or the playback of music from within the editor. This problem WILL be fixed in a future release. Notes played as entered all have equal length: When having the notes played with the previously mentioned option (in the editor), the notes play with preset lengths corresponding to the note length. What this means is that a whole note is twice as long as a half note, a half note twice as long as a quarter note, etc. Since it uses preset lengths, the notes that are played in the editor are not affected by TEMPO= statements. Because you must wait to start typing until after each note has finished playing, it may become tedious when entering long notes (such as whole notes). By turning this option on, all notes will be played with a short length (about the normal eighth note length) so that you won't have to wait long to start typing, but will still be able to hear the note. Again, NOTE that this option only affects notes played in the editor as you type them in. Use Text Editor rather than Graphics Editor: This option will allow you to use the text-based editor rather than the graphics-based editor when this option is turned on. The graphics-based editor is the default, but you can switch to the text-based one whenever you wish. It works identical to the graphics-based editor except for the fact that it doesn't draw the musical staff on the screen. It is recommended that you use the text-based editor if you don't have a CGA- compatible graphics card or if you're computer is too slow when scrolling the music with the graphics-based editor. Use external editor rather than built in editor: This option will allow you to specify an external editor program to use instead of the built-in editor. If you select Yes to this option, you will be prompted for the command-line to load up your editor. Enter the full path and filename to the program along with any command-line options for the program. Be sure to put the string !-! in the command where the filename of the file to be edited should be placed. This option is useful if you want to use CUT, COPY, or PASTE commands which aren't present in the current internal editor. If you specify the editor command-line and then later turn this option to No, if you re-select Yes again, it will remember the command-line that you previously entered. This makes it more convenient to switch back and forth between editor types. Setting Sound Volumes (for Sound card users only) If you are using an Adlib compatible sound card and have ALREADY set it up as a Sound output device, proceed if you want to set the output volumes for the dynamics in your music. 1) Go to the Configuration Menu by selecting 'Configure system'. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 12 2) Select the option 'Set Sound Volumes'. (NOTE: This option will only show up if you have previously selected either Adlib driver or Soundblaster driver for your output device). It will give you a list of musical dynamics ranging from pppp to ffff. You get to enter the volume that these dynamics will play out of the sound card when you select the 'Play Music' command. The volumes range from 0 to 100, with 100 being the loudest. Enter a number next to each dynamic. Press ENTER at a dynamic without changing anything to leave what was there before. Setting Screen Colors 1) Go to the Configuration Menu by selecting 'Configure system'. 2) Select the option 'Set colors'. The screen will show a list of colors on the left-hand side and their associated color numbers. On the right-hand side there is a sample screen display so you can see how the screen will look. You will be prompted for the following items and what color they should have: window text - Text in a window window highlighted text - Highlighted text in a window window border - Window border window background - Background of the window main screen text - Text on the main screen main screen highlighted text - Highlighted text on the main screen main screen background - Background of the main screen input foreground - Text of an input prompt input background - Background of an input prompt Color numbers range from 0 to 15 for text and 0 to 7 for background colors. It will show the previous value in brackets and you can keep that value by just pressing ENTER. If you decide while entering the new numbers that you want to abort, just press ESC and the old colors you had will be restored. Setting Registration Codes This option is for entering your registration codes if you have registered ACCU Music System. It will disable the SHAREWARE message at the bottom of the screen as well as disabling the information screen shown when exiting ACCU Music System. You simply enter the registration name and the code given to you by the author. If they are correct, it will disable the above mentioned features. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 13 PRINTER CONFIGURATION Setting up your Printer/Picking a Printer Driver First of all, make sure that you have copied all of the files with the .PRT extension to the same directory as the MUSICSYS.EXE program. (This should have already occurred if you used the INSTALL program). These files are the printer drivers. 1) From the main menu select 'Configure system' to go to the Configuration menu. 2) Select 'Printer configuration' to go to the Printer Configuration Menu. 3) If your printer is NOT compatible with one of the printers listed below, proceed to step 6. PAN1091I.PRT Designed for the Panasonic 1091i printer. Should work with the Panasonic 1080, 1091, 1092, and other Panasonic printers as well. May work with some Epson printers too. GEMINI10.PRT Designed for the Gemini 10 printer. Should work with the Gemini 15 printer also. EPSONLQ.PRT Designed for any Epson LQ printer. Tested on Epson LQ 2500 compatible GSX-140. GSX140.PRT Designed for the Citizen GSX-140 printer. BJ10E.PRT Designed for the Canon Bubble Jet 10e printer. HPLASER.PRT Designed for any Hewlett-Packard Laser Printer. Tested with the HP IID printer. HPDESKJ.PRT Designed for any Hewlett-Packard Deskjet Printer. Tested with the DeskJet 500 IBMPROPR.PRT Designed for any IBM Proprinter. 4) Select the option 'Select Printer Driver'. 5) You will be given a listing of printer names from the printer drivers in current directory. Select a driver by pressing ENTER on it. If you do not see a printer you want, select 'Unavailable Printer' and continue with step 6. Select your printer driver and you are DONE with printer configuration. 6) Assuming none of the printer drivers supplied with program work, you can go ahead and make your own printer driver. Continue with the section titled 'Creating your own Printer Drivers'. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 14 Creating your own Printer Drivers NOTE: If you have a laser printer not Hewlett Packard compatible, special printer routines need to be written for it. I would be glad to do this for you. Please send me a letter telling me your printer name and hopefully we can work something out. Do not use the options on the Printer Driver Creation Menu to create a laser printer driver! NOTE: Laser printer drivers cannot be loaded up. Any attempt to do so will result in unpredictable problems! 1) If you are not at the Printer Driver Creation Menu, get there. The path to the menu is: Configure system->Printer Configuration->Create Priner Driver Define Printer Name Set up printer strings View printer strings Load printer driver Save printer driver Clear printer driver Quit driver configuration 2) Begin by giving your printer driver a name. Select the option 'Define Printer Name'. Type in the name for your printer. If you make a mistake, you can re-select the option to change it. 3) Next you want to create the printer strings. GET OUT YOUR PRINTER MANUAL!! You will first be asked several questions about your print- er. - The first question asks whether your printer gives the top printhead pin a value of 128. Typically the printer will give this pin a value of 128 or 1. Select YES for 128 or NO for 1. This will affect whether your music is printed inverted or normal. - Next, you are asked three more questions concerning the graphics capabilities of your printer. The three resolutions supported are: 480 dots/line (60 dots/inch) 960 dots/line (120 dots/inch) 1920 dots/line (240 dots/inch) You will be asked for each resolution whether your printer supports it. Just select YES or NO depending on what your printer manual says. - The last question is asked only if you said that your printer supported 1920 dots/line. You are then asked whether your printer requires two passes to print a full line at this resolution. Typically your printer manual will say something like "Can't print adjacent dots" if it requires two passes. If you are unsure, just press YES. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 15 You will now enter the decimal code numbers for each printer function. You need to enter 3 digits for each code number. That means for the number 27, enter 027. For the number 0, enter 000. After entering these 3 digits, press ENTER. It will advance to the next code number entry. When you are done entering code numbers for that printer func- tion, press ENTER at an entry number prompt without typing anything. This might seem a little confusing so the following is an example: Lets assume you want to enter the numbers 27, 87, 102, and 1 for a function. You would type: 027<ENTER>087<ENTER>102<ENTER>001<ENTER><ENTER> Be sure to press ENTER where it says <ENTER>. You need to enter code numbers for the following printer functions: o Resetting the printer to its initial state when turned on. o Setting linefeed to 1/6 inch spacing. Make sure this is for setting all linefeeds to 1/6 inch, not just a one time 1/6 inch linefeed. o Setting linefeed to 8/72 inch spacing. Make sure this is for setting all linefeeds to 8/72 inch, not just a one time 8/72 inch linefeed. o Turning on double wide print mode. o Turning off double wide print mode. o Turning on enhanced or NLQ printing. o Turning off enhanced or NLQ printing. o Setting Graphics mode to 480 dots per line (60 dots per inch). Make sure this is for 8 pin mode, not 9 pin. o Setting Graphics mode to 960 dots per line (120 dots per inch). Make sure this is for 8 pin mode, not 9 pin. o Setting Graphics mode to 1920 dots per line (240 dots per inch). Make sure this is for 8 pin mode, not 9 pin. o Setting linefeed to 0/n inch spacing. 'n' can be any number your printer supports just as long as it supports a 0/n inch linefeed mode (no movement). Make sure this is for setting all linefeeds to 0/n inch, not just a one time 0/n inch linefeed. If you make a mistake while entering these codes or answering the questions, you can press ESC to abort. Then re-select the option from the menu. Answer the questions correctly. This time, just press RETURN at the prompt for each printer function you entered correctly previously. This will skip entering the data for that function, but will retain the data you entered previously. When you come to a function which you entered incorrectly or that has no 'old data', just type in the correct code numbers. They will overwrite the old ones. 4) After you have finished answering all of the questions, entering all of the code numbers for each printer function, and defining the name of the printer, you will want to save your printer driver. Do this by selecting the 'Save printer driver' option. Enter a filename for your printer driver. I recommend a filename which will give you some idea ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 16 of what kind of printer it is. You are now done creating a printer driver. 5) After you have saved your printer driver, you need to select your printer driver by using the 'Select the Printer Driver' option from the Printer Configuration menu. If you are unsure how to use this option, see the section 'Setting up your Printer/Picking a Printer Driver' above. If you realize you have made a mistake when creating your printer driver, you can use the 'Load printer driver' option to reload it and make changes. You can also use 'Clear printer driver' to erase the current printer driver definition from memory. Setting the Printer Port This option is for specifying the printer port for printing. It is primarily for users who do not wish to use LPT1: (since this is the normal default). 1) If you are not at the Printer Configuration Menu, get there. The path to the menu is: Configure system->Printer Configuration 2) Select the option 'Set Printer Port'. 3) Enter the number of your printer port (LPTx:). You can enter a port number ranging from 1 to 4. Port 1 is the default. Setting the Default Print Quality This option is for setting the default Print Quality. It saves you from having to re-select the print quality every time you do a printout. 1) If you are not at the Printer Configuration Menu, get there. The path to the menu is: Configure system->Printer Configuration 2) Select the option 'Set Default Print Quality'. 3) Select the default print quality for your printer. NOTE: Whenever you change printer drivers, the default print quality is set to none. NOTE: If you set a print quality that is not supported by your printer driver, the default will not show up automatically when going to print your music. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 17 USING ACCU MUSIC SYSTEM When first loaded, the program will display the program heading, the current song file, the title of the song file (if it has one), and the main menu. You will see a menu with the following options: Set Song File * Enter Music * Print Music * Transpose Music Convert Music * Play Music Configure System Shell to DOS Quit program NOTE: The starred '*' options will NOT appear on the menu until you select a song file using the 'Set Song File' option. You will also see a message at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen saying 'F1 for Help'. You can press F1 on any menu selection within ACCU Music System in order to get detailed help on it. If you have a mouse, you also click the mouse on 'F1 for help' to get help on the current selected item. On any of the menus in the program, you can use the arrows keys or the mouse to select an option. You only need to single-click with mouse on an item to choose it. If you are using the keyboard, pressing ENTER will choose an item. You can also press the number in front of the item to move the cursor to that item. The following tells what you can do at this menu. See the sections following for more detailed information on the options. To load up a previously saved song file, or to create a new one, select the option 'Set Song File' (see page 19). To edit the currently selected song file, select the option 'Enter music' (see page 19). To print a voice from the currently selected song file, select the option 'Print music' (see page 23). To transpose voice(s) in the currently selected song file, select the option 'Transpose music' (see page 25). To do file conversions, select the option 'Convert music' (see page 26). To play voice(s) in the currently selected song file on either the PC speaker or a sound card, select the option 'Play music' (see page 27). ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 18 To configure the settings of the system or to create/select printer drivers, select 'Configure system' (see page 28). To temporarily shell to DOS, select 'Shell to DOS' (see page ). To quit the program and return to DOS, select 'Quit program'. It is important to note that most of the commands work on the currently selected song file. Enter music, print music, transpose music, and play music all work on the currently selected song file. See the section 'TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL' (page 4) for an explanation of song files. Some options will work with multiple voices while others will require you to pick a voice. Set Song File This option is for selecting a song file to work with. You will be given a directory of path specified for your song files. You can change the default through the 'Configure system' menu. See 'Setting the Location of your Song Files' for information on how to do this. You can use the arrow keys, the PGUP, PGDN keys, or the 1st letter of the selection to move the cursor around. Press ENTER on your selection. The mouse can also be used. Use the arrows at the right-hand side of the window to move the cursor. Then single-click the mouse on your selection to pick it. You can use the DEL key to delete a file if you want. If you press ENTER on a directory, it will switch to that directory and give you a list of files. To create a new song file, select the first option 'Enter New .SNG Filename' and enter a filename for your new song file. You can press ESC to abort a selection. You can now use the other commands that will work on the select song file. Enter music This option is used for entering music. There are two internal editors available for music entry. One editor is graphics-based and requires at least a CGA graphics card. This is the default editor. The other editor is text-based and does not require a graphics card. You can switch editors through the Configure System->Program Options command. See page 10 for more information. If you would rather use an external editor program to edit your music, you may do so by setting it up via the Program Options command on the Configuration Menu. See page 10 for more information. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 19 The text-based editor is identical to the graphics-based one except that it does not display the musical staff across the top of the screen. You will be switched to graphics mode and it will display a musical staff on the screen. At the bottom half of the screen it will have a text editor for enter music commands. NOTE: If you have selected the text-based editor, you will not see the music across the top of the screen, but instead will have a larger text entry window. All commands apply to both the text-based and graphics-based editors. It displays several pieces of information such as: - the current window number (upper right hand side of the window) - the current measure number (lower right hand side of the window) - the current line number/ the total number of lines (lower left hand side of the window) - the insert/overwrite mode indicator (bottom of the window) You will also see a menu listing the available commands and the letters needed to access them. Press ALT and that letter to access that menu item. The editor is for entering the music commands. See the section 'CREATING YOUR OWN MUSIC' below for information on what the music commands are and how to use them. After entering each music command, the editor will check your command. If it is incorrect it will display an error message. Typically it will give you an idea on how to correct the error. If you selected the "Play notes as entered" option (see page 10), it will play each musical note as you enter. Please see that section for an important note on playing notes in the editor. In addition to accepting the complete music commands (as specified elsewhere in this manual), it will also accept abbreviated commands. This will allow you to speed up your music entry. It will take an abbreviated command and convert it into a full command, saving you several keystrokes. Here's an explanation of how you can abbreviate your music commands: Abbreviations are based on previous note data. So if you enter a music command that is abbreviated, it will get any information needed to complete the command from the previous note. Given a music command of the format: [Note letter][Accidental][Octave][Duration][Tie][Dynamic] such as CF4QT/mf, you can abbreviate its entry by not putting parts at the end of the note command. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 20 NOTE: The note modifiers ([Tie] and [Dynamic]) can not be abbreviated. Thus if you enter an abbreviated command, you must still enter these modifiers since they won't be taken from the previous note. So a sample note like C*4Q (without the tie and dynamic) could be abbreviated as: C - Entering the note letter only. Accidental is always *. Octave and duration are taken from the previous note. C* - Enter the note letter and accidental. Octave and duration are taken from the previous note. C*4 - Enter the note letter, accidental, and octave. Duration is taken from the previous note. CQ - Enter the note letter and duration. Accidental is always *. Octave is taken from the previous note. Q - Enter the duration. Note letter and octave are taken from the previous note. Accidental is always *. It is important to note that if the accidental is not in your abbreviated command, the accidental placed in your expanded note will always be *. As can be seen, the quickest notes can be entered by the note letter by itself; the note letter and the duration; or the duration by itself. There are a few peculiarities to the notes (which apply only to specific abbreviations): When entering just the note letter and accidental, you will need to use C# for C Sharp rather than CS. This is because this could be mis-interpreted as C sixteenth note. Do this for whenever you enter the note letter and accidental and the accidental is a sharp. When entering just the duration, you will need to use 8 rather E (for eighth note). This is because it could be mis-interpreted as E the note letter. Take a typical music entry session like: C*4Q D*4Q E*4Q Now, let's say you wanted to enter an F (to continue the scale), there are several ways to do this: 1) Just type F and press ENTER. It will use the octave from the previous note as well as the duration. It will use * as the accidental. 2) Type F* and press ENTER. It will use the octave and duration from the previous note. 3) Type F*4 and press ENTER. It will use the duration from the previous note. 4) Type Q and press ENTER. It will use the note letter, octave, and duration from the previous note. It will use * as the accidental. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 21 5) Type FQ and press ENTER. It will use the octave from the previous note. It will use * as the accidental. Measure bar commands (M***) can be abbreviated by just typing M and pressing ENTER. Quit commands (Q***) can be abbreviated by typing Q and one or more *'s. So Q*, Q**, or Q*** would all be valid. So, theoretically, to do this whole scale with the least typing, you would type: C*4Q D E F G A B Q* If you learn to use these abbreviations when typing in your music, you will greatly speed up your note entry. To move around in the text editor, you can use the following keys: ARROW KEYS HOME - Moves to the beginning of the line END - Moves to the end of the line INSERT - Toggles insert/overwrite mode PGUP, PGDN - Goes up/down by a page CTRL-PGUP - Moves to the top of the file in the window CTRL-PGUP - Moves to the end of the file in the window CTRL-Y - Deletes the current line The editor works with multiple windows. There is a window for each voice (or .V?? file) in your song file. The following are the command and used in the editor: ALT-#: # is NOT the # key on the keyboard. It is a number (such as ALT- 1, ALT-2, etc.). Pressing this will move you to that window number without having to go to the W]indow menu. ALT-S: Saves the current window ALT-C: Clears the current window. This basically erases the voice in the current window. You will be prompted for confirmation. ALT-O: Brings up the options menu. You can work with the following options: T]itle: Allows you to set the title of the song. A]uthor: Allows you to set the author of the song. D]escription: Allows you to set the voice description for the current voice (window). ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 22 E]rase Erases the voice description for the current voice (window). I]nstrument Allows you to get an instrument listing from the STANDARD.BNK file (for sound card playing). See SOUND CARD USE for more information. Q]uit: Quits to the editor window ALT-P: Allows you to play measure(s) in the current window. It will play the measures you pick on the PC speaker. ALT-W: Brings up the window list. You can select other windows to edit from this list. You can also add voices (windows) to your song file. ALT-Q: This will quit to the main menu. If you have not saved a window, it will prompt you to do so. The following are not listed on the menu, but available from within the editor: ALT-U: Starts playing the current window on the PC speaker up through the current measure. ALT-F: Starts playing the current window on the PC speaker from the current measure to the end of the window. You can also press F1 while in the editor to get help on the different keystrokes available, the format of music commands, etc. Print Music This option is for printing a voice of the currently selected song file. You will see a menu like the following: * Select voice Set Clef Set Key Set Time Signature Set Options Set Print Quality Begin Printing Quit to main menu If you are using a song file and have multiple voices, you will need to select the voice to print using the 'Select voice' command. The starred command 'Select voice' will only show up if you are working with a multiple voice song file. You will also get a status box up in the upper-right hand corner of the screen. This will show basically all of the information that you have input so far. The 'Status:' portion refers to what is currently happening. It will display 'Printing' when printing, 'Aborted' when the printing is ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 23 aborted, 'Errors' for errors in the music, 'Working' for creating the music in memory, or 'Completed' when finished. The following three options on the print music menu are not required unless you have not specified these options in currently selected voice: Set Clef: This is for setting the clef for the voice you have selected to be printed. If you have used the CLEF= music command in this particular voice, you do not need to change this option. Valid clefs are T)reble, B)ass, TeN)or, A)lto, and S)oprano. Set Key: This is for setting the key signature for the voice you have selected to be printed. If you have used the KEY= music command in this particular voice, you do not need to change this option. You can select either F for Flats, S for Sharps, or N for Neither (i.e. no flats or sharps). If you entered F or S, you will be prompted for the number of Flats or Sharps. Enter a number 1 to 7. Set Time Signature: This is for setting the time signature for the voice you have selected to be printed. If you have used the TIME= music command in this particular voice, you do not need to change this option. Enter the time signature in the following way: Type the top number of the time signature followed by a slash followed by the bottom number of the time signature. For example, the time signature 4/4 would be entered as 4/4. Note that this has changed since version 2.1 of ACCU Music Printer. Previously you would have entered just 44. You can still do that, but now you can use the slash. The slash allows you to enter two digit time signatures such as 12/8. The option 'Set Options' will let you set the left and right margins for your printout. It will display the current settings which default to zero inches for both margins. The distance is measured from each edge of the paper, so you would not enter 7.5 for your right margin, but 1 since it is one inch from the right edge of the paper (it is assumed that your paper is 8.5 inches wide). You can enter a number from 0 to 2 inches for your margins. You can use decimal points. 'Set Print Quality' will allow you to determine what your printout will look like. Depending on what your current printer and printer driver allows you to do, you will be given several quality specifications. You may not be given all of them since your printer may not support them. If your printer supports all resolutions, it will give you the options D)raft, M)edium, and H)igh. Select the letter of the print quality you want. Due to the high resolution of the notes, your music will not look its best unless it is printed at H)igh mode. At the D)raft and M)edium modes the printout may look BAD (in draft mode portions of the music may be missing, particular vertical lines). It is because it can't print everything when it prints at the lower resolutions. If you are using a laser printer, the ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 24 Print Quality option will not work and will always print at 300 dpi (make sure you have enough printer RAM). 'Begin Printing' will allow you to print out your music. It will not work if you haven't selected a voice or set a print quality (only for non-laser printers). You must use the O]ptions->T]itle or O]ptions->A]uthor command under 'Enter music' if you want to change the title or author. It will then begin printing. It will load the file before it prints so be sure the disk file is available at the beginning of printing. Be sure the printer is turned ON before you select the 'Begin Printing' option. Any status messages will appear in the box under category "Status". You can press ESC to abort the printing (it will wait until the end of the current staff line to stop printing). The program will return to the main menu when it is done. The last option 'Quit to main menu' will quit to the main menu. Transpose Music This option is for transposing voice(s) of your song file. It allows you to transpose music UP or DOWN a number of half steps. This means you could have it transpose some music down an octave or maybe from one instrument to another. Another feature of the transposer is that it allows you to specify the key signature of the output voice(s). This is useful for changing music from a difficult key to an easier one. It will ask you which voice(s) you want to transpose. Mark the voices you want to transpose by pressing the SPACE BAR on each voice. You can also single-click the mouse on a voice to mark it. Press ENTER or single-click the mouse on the message 'Click Here when Completed' after selecting the voice(s) you want to transpose. If you do not mark any voices and just press ENTER, you will be returned to the main menu. You will next see a menu like the following: Transpose amount in half steps Original key signature in file(s) Resulting key signature Output song/music file Begin transposition Quit to main menu 'Transpose amount in half steps' will allow you to specify the amount of half-steps you want to transpose the music. Enter the tranpose amount in half steps. Enter a positive number (without the plus sign) to transpose UP or a negative number (WITH the negative sign) to transpose DOWN. You may enter 0 or any other number. Remember that there are 12 half steps per octave. If you enter a number too big or too small, it will automatically put the transposed note in the next closest octave. An example of using half steps would be: transposing CN4Q up 2 half steps would make it DN4Q. 'Original key signature in file(s)' will allow you to specify the original key signature of the voice(s) you have marked. If you used KEY= music ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 25 commands in the voice(s) you marked, you do NOT need to use this command. This is if you did NOT specify the key signature within the voices. You will be prompted for Flats, Sharps, or Neither. Select the appropriate choice (neither is no flats or sharps). If you selected flats or sharps, you will be prompted for the amount. Enter a number from 1 to 7. It is important to realize that the key signature you enter with this option applies to all of the voices you marked. Thus if any of the voices you marked has a different key signature than the others you marked, you must do separate transpositions for each different key signature. The best solution to this problem is to use KEY= commands within your music files. 'Resulting key signature' allows you to specify the key signature of the resulting song file. It defaults to having the computer select a key signature. It will try to pick the best key signature. If you select this option, you will be asked if you want a key signature with Flats, Sharps, or Neither (Neither is no flats/sharps). If you select Flats or Sharps, it will ask you if you want to specify the number of flats or sharps. If select N for no, it will determine the key signature but will use flats or sharps as you requested. If you select Y for yes, it will ask how many flats or sharps. Enter a number from 1 to 7. Your marked voice(s) will all have this key signature. 'Output song file' allows you to specify a different song file for output. The transposer defaults to replacing the original voice(s) in your song file with the transposed ones. It does not change the voices you did not mark. You may decide that you want to have the resulting transposed voices put in a different song file (so as to preserve the original song file). An example of when you might want to do this might be: you want to transpose the included SCALES song file to a different instrument, but what to keep the original scales as well After selecting this option, it will prompt for the new song filename. Enter the filename with no path and no .SNG extension. It will put the resulting files in the same directory as the original file. It is important to note that the resulting output song file will contain all of the voices that were in the original file (i.e. although it will transpose only the ones you marked, it will also put the unmarked files in the new resulting song file). 'Begin transposition' will cause the transposer to start transposing with the selected options. The transposer will then scan your voice files and create the resulting files. If you have multiple key signature changes within an input file, they will all be combined into one key for the output file. 'Quit to main menu' will quit to the main menu. Convert Music This option will allow you to convert music files (.ACC files) to song files (.SNG files), convert ACCU Music System files to .ROL files, and ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 26 convert .ROL files to ACCU Music System files. You will see a menu like the following: Convert to .ROL song file Convert from .ROL song file Convert .ACC file to .SNG file Quit to main menu The option 'Convert to .ROL file' will allow you to convert song files to .ROL files. It will convert the current song file (i.e. the one you have selected). It will go through all of voices in your song file and create a .ROL file with the same base filename. The .ROL file will be put in the same directory as the original song file. This option does the same thing that the Play music command does when you have it set up for the .ROL file player. The only difference is that this command does not allow you to pick which voices (it always does all of them) and it doesn't play the file when it's done. The option 'Convert from .ROL file' will you to convert an Adlib .ROL file to the ACCU Music System format. It will create a .SNG file and the appropriate voice files. It will convert tempos, volumes, and instrument names. It will not convert pitch-changing effects. You will be able to select a .ROL file to convert. The option 'Convert .ACC file to .SNG file' will allow you to convert single voice music files (.ACC) to multiple voice song files (.SNG). .ACC music files were used in ACCU Music System versions prior to 3.3. This command will erase the original .ACC file and create a new .SNG file allow with one .V?? voice file. It will also take the TITLE= and AUTHOR= statements out of the .ACC file and put them into the .SNG file. This option is primarily if you want to update an older .ACC music file to work with ACCU Music System. This option will first ask you to select an .ACC music file to convert. Select a file to convert and it will convert it. Play music If you are using the PC speaker for output, you will get to pick the voice you want to play (it will not ask you if you are using a single voice song file). Simple press ENTER on the voice or click the mouse on the voice to choose it. It will prompt you which measures of the voice that you want to start and end playback with. Enter the measure numbers or press ENTER at the prompt for the default. It will then begin playing. If you are using a sound card for output, you will get to which pick voices you want to play (it will not ask you if you are using a single voice song file). You can some of them or all of them. Mark the voices you want to play by pressing the SPACE BAR on each voice. You can also single-click the mouse on a voice to mark it. Press ENTER or single-click the mouse on the message 'Click Here when Completed' after selecting the voice(s) you want to play. If you press ENTER on all voices, it will play all of the voices. If you do not mark any voices and just press ENTER, you will be returned to the main menu (if you weren't on 'all voices'). You will NOT be able to specify which measures to play. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 27 It will create the .ROL file and run the .ROL song file player for your sound card output. Configure System You will see a menu with the several options. All of these options have been described in previous sections of this manuals. See the page numbers listed below for a description of each of these options. Printer Configuration - page 14 Sound output - page 9 Set sound volumes - page 12 Mouse status - page 9 Path to songs - page 8 Program options - page 10 Set colors - page 13 Set Registration Code - page 13 Shell to DOS This option is for temporarily going to DOS. When you are done in DOS, type EXIT to return to ACCU Music System. It is recommended that you do not load up any memory-resident programs (such as PRINT) while shelled to DOS since it can corrupt memory. Quit program This will quit to DOS. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 28 SOUND CARD USE In order to use a sound card with ACCU Music System, you will need the following: - an Adlib compatible sound card (includes Soundblaster boards, Mediavision boards, etc.) - a sound driver for it: this is SOUND.COM for the Adlib board this is SB-SOUND.COM for the Soundblaster this is FM.COM for the Thunderboard - a bank file of instruments - a .ROL song file player I have not included the sound driver as it is copyrighted material. Adlib owners should have had the driver supplied with the sound card. Soundblaster owners should have had their driver supplied with the sound card. Thunderboard owners can obtain it from Media Vision if they do not have it. If you are a Thunderboard owner and do not have the correct sound driver listed above, you can contact MediaVision and obtain the driver. Their BBS phone number is 510-770-0527 and you need the FM.COM driver. If you are a Soundblaster owner and do not have the correct sound driver listed above, you can contact Creative Labs and ask for the SB-SOUND.COM (for Adlib compatibility). They can be contacted at 1-800-998-LABS (voice) or 408-428-6660 (BBS). I would suspect that the Soundblaster driver SB-SOUND.COM would work with Soundblaster-compatible sound cards, so you might try obtaining the driver from Creative Labs even if you don't own a Soundblaster. A bank file of instruments (STANDARD.BNK) is included inside the InTune program module. You will have to install this module in order to get to it. I have included the SHAREWARE version of the .ROL song file player called InTune. It is NOT made by me. It is an excellent program written by Doug Brandon. He has been kind enough to allow me to distribute it with my program. It is UNREGISTERED, so you MUST register it SEPARATELY with him if you decide to use it. Please see the documentation file for INTUNE for information on how to register it. If you decide to use InTune, put it in the same directory as the ACCU Music System program. Put the STANDARD.BNK file there as well. Make sure you load up your Sound driver before running ACCU Music System (maybe use a batch file). ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 29 The command to type in for running the InTune would be: INTUNE !-! This is what you would type into the configuration for ACCU Music System when setting up the .ROL file player. You may need to put the file path for INTUNE.EXE before the program name as well. When you use a sound card with the .ROL file player, you can have different instruments in your song files. You use the INSTRUMENT= command to change the current instrument in each voice. See a description of the INSTRUMENT= command below for more information on how to use it. You can get a list of instruments from within the editor by using the O]ptions->I]nstruments command. It will ask you for the first letter to start the listing at. Either enter a letter or press ENTER to see the entire listing. It will then show all of the instruments it finds. It gets the instrument list from the STANDARD.BNK file. It will look for that file in the current directory first. If it doesn't find it there, it will look for it in the same directory that is being used for your song files. It will display an error message if it can't find it in one of these two directories. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 30 PRINTING SOME SAMPLE MUSIC Included with this version of ACCU Music System are several song files: STARBANN.SNG - Star Spangled Banner (one voice, song file) BTHVNNO5.SNG - Beethoven's 5th Symphony (multiple voice, song file) SCALES.SNG - Major scales (multiple voice, song file) To print STARBANN.SNG, do the following: First set the music file, by selecting 'Set Song File' from the main menu. Now select the file STARBANN. Next select 'Print music' from the main menu. You have to have previously setup your printer driver for this to work. Select 'Set Print Quality' and select the print quality for your music. Finally, select 'Begin Printing'. Be sure the disk with the file is in the drive and the printer is turned on. The program should print out the music to the Star Spangled Banner then. To print SCALES.SNG, do the following: Remember, that this is a multiple voice song file, so you will need to select the voice you want to print out. First set the song file by selecting 'Set Song File' from the main menu. Now select the file SCALES. Next select 'Print music' from the main menu. You have to have previously setup your printer driver for this to work. Select 'Select Voice' and pick which voice you want to print out (in this case, what scale you want to print out). Now select 'Set Print Quality' and select the print quality for your music. Finally, select 'Begin Printing'. Be sure the disk with the file is in the drive and the printer is turned on. The program should then print out the scale you selected. To print BTHVNNO5.SNG, do the following: Remember, that this is a multiple voice song file, so you will need to select the voice you want to print out. First set the song file by selecting 'Set Song File' from the main menu. Now select the file BTHVNNO5. Next select 'Print music' from the main menu. You have to have previously setup your printer driver for this to work. Select 'Select Voice' and pick which voice you want to print out. Now select 'Set Print Quality' and select the print quality for your music. Finally, select 'Begin Printing'. Be sure the disk with the file is in the drive and the printer is turned on. The program should then print out the voice you selected of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 31 CREATING YOUR OWN MUSIC You may be thinking by now, "This is great, but how do I print out my own music?" Well, here comes that information. The first step is to set a song file. Do this by selecting 'Set Song File' from the main menu. Now select 'Enter New .SNG Filename' and type in a filename. Now select 'Enter music' from the main menu. You will now see a staff show up on the top half of the screen and a text editor at the bottom half of the screen. See 'Enter music' for more information on how to edit in the text editor. (NOTE: The staff will not show up if you are using the text-based version of the editor.) You will be entering information specifically for the printout by ACCU Music System. That means that anything you type will appear in the sheet music. The format for each command is as follows: Note Letter/Accidental/Octave Number/Note Length/Dot/Tie/Dynamic A description of each part follows: Note letter This is the musical letter of the note. Valid note letters are: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, R. The R is for rest. Use it if you want a rest instead of a regular note. Accidental This is the accidental of the note. Some valid accidentals are: N (natural), S (sharp), F (flat), *. Only use an accidental if you want it to appear on the music. For example, if all of the notes in a song are natural, do not put an N for all of their accidentals. Use an *. That means that ACCU Music System will just print the note with no accidental. For rests, be sure to use an *. Octave Number This is the octave number of the note. It ranges from 1 to 8. If the note is a rest, use an * instead of an octave number. Each octave goes from lower C to the B above it. Octave 8 only contains lower C. The following diagram gives you an idea where on the staff each octave is: ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 32 G ---------------------------F --------------------------- E ---------------------------D --------------------------- Treble C - Start of octave 5 ---------------------------B --------------------------- Clef A ---------------------------G --------------------------- F ---------------------------E --------------------------- D Middle C - Start of octave 4 B ---------------------------A --------------------------- G ---------------------------F --------------------------- Bass E ---------------------------D --------------------------- Clef C - Start of octave 3 ---------------------------B --------------------------- A ---------------------------G --------------------------- F E Note Length This is how long the note is. Valid note lengths are W (whole note), H (half note), Q (quarter note), E (eighth note), and S (sixteenth note). Rests must have a note length. Dot This is whether the note is dotted. If it is, there is a period immediately following the note length. If not, there is NO period following the note length. Tie This is whether the note it tied. If it is, there is a T following the last character. If it is not, there is nothing following the last character. A note with a Tie specified will tie that note to the following note. [NOTE: Ties do not work in this version of ACCU Music System. Include them in your music so that in future versions you won't have to modify your music.] Dynamic This is the dynamic of the note. It is optional. Dynamics can be "fff", "ff", "f", "mf", "mp", "p", "pp", "ppp", etc. After the last character of the note command, put a slash ('/') and then the dynamic (in lower case). For a "mf" note, you would add "/mf" to the end of the note command. See examples for a better illustration. Do not add dynamics to rests! You do not need to put a dynamic on every note, just on the notes where dynamics change. The following are some examples: ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 33 C*4E This is a C note, with no accidental, in the 4th octave and is an eighth note. FS5Q. This is a F note, with a sharp accidental, in the 5th octave, a quarter note, and is dotted. B*3ST This is a B note, with no accidental, in the 3rd octave, sixteenth note, and is tied. R**Q This is a quarter rest. GN6H.T This is a G note, with a natural accidental, in the 6th octave, half note, dotted, and is tied. BN4Q/mf This is a B note, with a natural accidental, in the 4th octave, quarter note, "mf" dynamic. G*5H.T/fff This is a G note, with no accidental, in the 5th octave, half note, dotted, tied, and is "fff" dynamic. In addition to the usual whole measure rest "R**W", I have added a new type of rests common to musicians. It is the multiple measure rest. It shows up on the music as 1.5 inch line with the number of whole measure rests written above it. The command is "Xn" where 'n' is the number of whole measure rests. Do not use it for only 1 whole measure rest. Anything 2 or greater is okay. Be sure to put the "Xn" command between two measure bars (just like a whole rest usually is). Some examples are: X2 Two measures of whole rests. X12 Twelve measures of whole rests. X6 Six measures of whole rests. There are a few other things that you must know in order to enter music for ACCU Music System. The first is that you need to divide your music into measure bars. If you don't you'll run into major problems. To put a measure bar in your music, use 'M***' as the note. Do not put a measure bar at the beginning or end of your music. At the end of your music use 'Q***' as the note. This tells ACCU Music System that this is the end of your music. The following is a sample scale divided into measures: C*4Q D*4Q E*4Q F*4Q M*** G*4Q A*4Q B*4Q C*5Q M*** D*5Q ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 34 C*5Q B*4Q A*4Q M*** G*4Q F*4Q E*4Q D*4Q M*** C*4Q R**H R**Q Q*** Multiple Voice Songs ACCU Music System allows you to create multiple voice song files (.SNG). This is for when you have music that has multiple voices playing at the same time. You enter each voice in a separate Window (see the 'Enter music' section on how add a voice (ALT-W) to your song). You would use the ALT-W command for Window and select 'Add voice'. If you have a sound card and have it setup for sound output you can play all of the voices in your song file at the same time (the sample song file BTHVNNO5 was designed for this) using the play command. See SOUND CARD USE (page 29) for more information. If you do not have a sound card, you can only play one voice at a time. You can ONLY PRINT ONE voice at a time. In the future, you will be able to print multiple parts on the same staff line or print musical scores. You can transpose multiple voices at a time. That explains everything necessary to make your own music. The ADVANCED MUSIC COMMANDS listed below will allow you to enhance your music in many ways. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 35 ADVANCED MUSIC COMMANDS As you may have noticed, entering the key signature, time signature, title, author, etc. each time you want to print a piece of music becomes tedious. In addition, this allows you to have only one time signature and key signature per piece of music. As a result, a series of special commands have been added to ACCU Music System to overcome these limitations. COMMENT One function that is quite useful is the comment. This allows you to put comments in your music telling where you are in the music or to describe something in the music. Comments are NOT printed and are totally disregarded by the program. Comments begin with a ; (semi-colon) and can be any where on a line. Anything to the right of the semi-colon is ignored. A few examples of comments might be: M*** ; This is the second ending of the music E*4Q F*4H. M*** G*4H G*4H Q*** ; That's the end. CLEF Another command that is quite useful is CLEF. This allows you to set the clef of the music. At this point in time it can only be used at the very beginning of the song (before any music data). It is used to set the initial clef. For now, you can only have one clef per voice file. After the CLEF= (all special commands have an equal sign after them), you need to put a letter telling what clef. This letter is the same as the one you would press if you were entering the clef from the Print menu. The valid letters are: T - treble, B - bass, N - tenor, A - alto, S - soprano. An example might be: CLEF=N ; This sets the clef to TENOR TIME The TIME command allows you to set the time signature in your music. You can use it anywhere within your song (at the beginning of a measure). It is useful for initially setting the time signature of a song in addition to changing the time signature partway through the song. The TIME command must be at the beginning of a measure (not necessarily immediately following a measure bar [M***], but before any note commands). The format for the TIME command is TIME=t/b. The 't' would be the top number of the time signature and 'b' would be the bottom number of the time signature. Don't forget the equal sign. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 36 In previous versions, you could not combine a TIME= statement and a KEY= statement in the same measure bar. This has been corrected. You can now combine both in the same measure bar. Additionally, in previous versions, the TIME= statement was of the format TIME=tb (notice there is no slash). This format is still supported, but the format with the slash is recommended since it allows you to have two digit top and bottom numbers. E*4Q F*4Q G*4H M*** TIME=2/4 ; This would set the time signature to 2/4 G*4H F*4Q E*4Q M*** TIME=3/4 KEY=2F ; This would set the time to 3/4 and change the key to 2 flats E*4W Q*** KEY The KEY command allows you to change the key signature of your music. You can use it anywhere within your song (at the beginning of a measure). It is useful for initially setting the key signature of a song in addition to changing the key signature partway through the song. The KEY command must be at the beginning of a measure (not necessarily immediately following a measure bar [M***], but before any note commands). In previous versions, you could not combine a KEY= statement and a TIME= statement in the same measure bar. This has been corrected. You can now combine both in the same measure bar. The format for the KEY command is KEY=nT (where 'T' is either F for Flats or S for Sharps and 'n' is the number of each). 'n' is a number from 0 (for no flats/sharps) to 7. E*4Q F*4Q G*4H M*** KEY=3F ; This sets the key to 3 flats E*4Q F*4Q G*4H M*** KEY=0F ; This sets the key to no flats/sharps ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 37 E*4W M*** KEY=2S TIME=2/4 ; This sets the key to 2 sharps and the time signature to 2/4 F*4H F*4H Q*** If you want to set the KEY to 0 flats/sharps at the beginning of your song, be sure to not to put either KEY=0F (or KEY=0S) at the beginning of your song or set the key signature at the print menu. TEMPO The TEMPO command is for setting the TEMPO of the music. Its format is: TEMPO=bpm 'bpm' is the beats per minute. An example might be: TEMPO=108.0 As you can see, you can specify a decimal if you want. TEMPO commands can only appear in voice 1 of song files. Any tempo changes specified in voice 1 will affect the other voices as well. You can specify more than one TEMPO command in a song to change the tempo. The TEMPO command only affects the playing of music, not the printing. INSTRUMENT The INSTRUMENT command is for setting the current instrument to play the voice with. It is only used for the .ROL song file player when you are using a sound card. The format is: INSTRUMENT=instname 'instname' is the instrument name you want to switch to. An example might be: INSTRUMENT=tromb1 Multiple INSTRUMENT commands can be used in a voice to change the instruments within the voice. PERCUSSION The PERCUSSION command is for setting whether the current song file uses percussion. This is only used for the .ROL song file player. The format is: PERCUSSION=status 'status' is either ON or OFF. If you use percussion instruments in your music, use PERCUSSION=ON. Otherwise set it to OFF. It defaults to OFF. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 38 The percussion command is needed since an Adlib compatible sound card has two modes: percussive and melodic. The number of simultaneous voices playing in each mode is different in the two modes (6 normal + 5 percussive in percussive mode and 9 normal in melodic mode). This is the only reason for the PERCUSSION command. Any of the advanced commands can be used to replace the manual settings at the main menu. Be sure to set the settings from the main menu OR use the advanced commands. Do not forget to use one or the other. Also, the advanced commands override any manual settings. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 39 OS/2 SETUP As a user of OS/2 2.0, I have extensively tested ACCU Music System with this operating system. I have listed below the DOS settings which will enable ACCU Music System to work at its best. DPMI MEMORY LIMIT = 0 EMS MEMORY LIMIT = 0 XMS MEMORY LIMIT = 0 HW_TIMER = ON (This affects the cursor in the graphics-based editor.) Leave all of the rest of the settings at their defaults. Setting the Icon To set the icon, you first need to have installed ACCU Music System and created a program object for the program. I will use the abbreviation LMB for Left Mouse Button and RMB for Right Mouse Button. Once you have done this, do the following: 1) Click the RMB your program object 2) Click the LMB on the right arrow next to "Open" 3) Click the LMB on "Settings" 4) Click the LMB on the "General" notebook tab. 5) Click the LMB on the "Find" button. 6) Click the LMB in the field marked "Folder". 7) Backspace all the way to the left to erase the current path. 8) Now enter the path to your ACCU Music System files. An example might be: C:\MUSICSYS Be sure to include the full path and drive letter. 9) Click the LMB on the "Find" button. 10) You will get a display showing the icons it has found. You should see a music icon with the filename MUSICOS2.ICO. Click the LMB on it. 11) Click the LMB on "Ok". 12) Now double click the LMB on the upper-left corner of the window to close it. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 40 WINDOWS SETUP Use the standard Windows DOS program set up for ACCU Music System. This is done by moving to a program group and select New from the File menu. Setting the Icon To change the icon for ACCU Music System, follow these directions: I will use the abbreviation LMB for Left Mouse Button. 1) Select the program object you created for ACCU Music System by clicking the LMB on it. 2) Press ALT-ENTER to bring up the Properties box. 3) Click the LMB on the "Change Icon" option. 4) Windows will display an informational message, just click the LMB on the "Ok". 5) The cursor will be in the "File Name" box. Delete the filename and path listed in this box. 6) Now type in the full path and filename for MUSICWIN.ICO which is located in the directory with ACCU Music System. An example might be: C:\MUSICSYS\MUSICWIN.ICO After typing this, press ENTER. 7) Click the LMB on "Ok". 8) Click the LMB on "Ok". ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 41 NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR Reading comments about the program has proved a valuable asset in learning what to change. I will keep in mind all of your suggestions as I continue to upgrade this program. After using this new version, please mail me the comment form with any ideas, comments, or bugs so I know where to go from here. This program was formerly named ACCU Music Printer. I changed the name starting with version 3.0 to reflect the fact that not only does it print music, but it edits it, transposes it, converts it, plays it, AND prints it. About the Author I am currently attending the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), majoring in Computer Science. I am a sophomore there this spring. My permanent address is in Poway, California which is a city only 30 miles away from downtown San Diego. I have been programming for a number of years. I first started out on the Atari 800 with BASIC and have progressed to C on the IBM PC. I have written several other shareware programs for the IBM. I have an interest in music, thus the writing of ACCU Music System. If you have any ideas for other programs, please let me know. About the Program ACCU Music System is written in C++ (although most of it is standard C) and compiled with Borland C++ 3.1. It started out as a BASIC program on my Atari. It easily outgrew that and so was rewritten in C on the IBM. It is currently over 30,000 lines long. Any comments or questions about the program and how it works are welcome. Future Revisions Assuming I receive some support or acknowledgement that this program is useful, I will continue making enhancements. Future enhancements include the following: o Fix to problem of sometimes improper note playing while in the editor. See page 11 for more information. o Enhanced printer output, including: - Connecting bars: Several consecutive eighth notes and sixteenth notes will be connected together instead of separate. - Additional notes, musical symbols: thirty-second notes, ties, repeat symbols, double bars, double dots o A Scorer which would take several ACCU Music System files and print them out like a director's score or something like you would find in a music book. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 42 o The ability to print multiple parts on a single staff. o The ability to put text beneath the music (e.g. lyrics). o The ability to put chord symbols in the music. o The ability to put headings at the top of the page or bottom of the page. o Ability to read / write MIDI .MID files. o Possibly a version for Windows 3.1 supporting multimedia output o Possibly a version for OS/2 2.0. (Does someone know how to get the programmer's manuals for OS/2 2.0 cheap?) ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 43 PROGRAM NOTES ACCU Music System Registration ACCU Music System is being distributed as ShareWare. If you find it useful or use it every so often, please register your program. Purchasing this program from a local users' group, software disk club, or computer store does not mean your program is registered. It will only be registered if you mail ME your registration form and money. Registration costs $20.00 * (US funds, please) and entitles you to: - the next version of the program with printed documentation when the program becomes available - a code to remove the "begging screen" and the one-line registration reminder on printouts from this and all future versions - the ability to receive additional future versions at a discount price * - product support from the author * U.S. orders add $3.00 for shipping and handling. Foreign (non-U.S.) orders add $6.00 for shipping and handling. Fill out the registration form (found in REGISTER.FRM) and mail it with $20.00 plus shipping and handling (see shipping and handling charges listed above). When you register you will receive a form which will allow you to upgrade to future versions. It will include the discount price for the upgrades. This will allow you to get future updates hassle-free. You will receive the next version of ACCU Music System on disk with printed documentation when it becomes available. Be SURE to completely fill out the registration form so I know what to do if there isn't a newer version currently available. No matter what you specify on your registration form, you will receive a letter confirming your registration and the information necessary to remove the begging screen and the one-line registration reminder from the program. I would really appreciate any comments, questions, ideas, etc. Anything I can get from the users will certainly help me make ACCU Music System a better program. If you have any problems, BE SURE TO WRITE!! Just send me a note or write me a letter. Be sure to include your return address in case I need to write you back. There is a comment form located in the COMMENT.FRM file. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 44 Send all correspondence to: Kevin Fischer c/o ACCU Music System 16878 Saint James Drive Poway, CA 92064-1137 USA See the registration form in REGISTER.FRM if you feel like registering your copy of ACCU Music System. Bugs I would appreciate hearing about any bugs, problems, etc. you encounter with ACCU Music System. Although I CANNOT give you a free update or anything of that sort, I will do my best to fix the problem and notify you that it has been fixed. Contacting the Author If you need to contact me for any reason, I can be reached at the location listed below. Kevin Fischer c/o ACCU Music System 16878 Saint James Drive Poway, CA 92064-1137 USA NOTE: As I am not usually residing at the above address (since I am at college), it will take me a little time to respond to any correspondance. I do get my mail forwarded regularly, so all registrations and comments will get responded to ASAP. I can also be contacted via E-mail on the Internet. I read my E-mail regularly, so this is the fastest way of contacting me. My address there is: kfischer@seas.ucla.edu Disclaimer Users of ACCU Music System must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "ACCU Music System is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of ACCU Music System." All software, hardware, etc. mentioned in this documentation are copyright their respective owners. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 45 Shareware Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. ACCU Music System is a "Shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using ACCU Music System and continue to use ACCU Music System after a reasonable trial period, please register your program. Anyone distributing ACCU Music System for any kind of remuneration must first contact Kevin Fischer at the address above for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering ACCU Music System after contacting the author. You are encouraged to pass a copy of ACCU Music System along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. ASP This program is produced by a member of the Association Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 46 Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 47 INDEX .ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5, 26, 27 .ROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 26-30, 38 .ROL FILE PLAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 27, 30 .ROL SONG FILE PLAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 28, 29, 38 .SNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 19, 26, 27, 32, 35 .V?? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 10, 22, 27 ACCIDENTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 21, 22, 32, 34 ADDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 44-46 ADLIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 27, 29, 39 ALTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 13, 22, 25, 27, 36, 42, 44-46 BASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 36 BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7 CLEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 23, 24, 33, 36 COLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 6, 7, 13 COMMAND-LINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 COMMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 42, 44 CONVERSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CREATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 10, 14, 15, 17, 20, 24, 32 DIRECT SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33 DOUG BRANDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 DRIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5, 9, 10, 13-17, 24, 29, 31 DYNAMIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 21, 32-34 EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 11, 12, 19, 20, 22, 23, 30, 32, 40, 42 FUTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 10, 12, 33, 35, 42, 44 GRAPHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 40 HELP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 23, 44, 46 ICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 41 INSTRUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 23, 25-27, 30, 38 INTUNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 9, 10, 29, 30 KEVIN FISCHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 45, 46 KEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 11, 19, 22-26, 36-38 MARGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 MEDIA VISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 MULTIPLE MEASURE REST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 5, 9, 13, 18, 19, 26, 27, 32, 34, 41, 42, 46 NOTE . . . . 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17-22, 24-26, 32-34, 36, 37, 42, 44, 45 NOTE LENGTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 32, 33 ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 48 NOTE LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 32 OCTAVE NUMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22-24, 26, 28 OS/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 6, 40, 43 PERCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39 PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 9-13, 18-20, 23, 27, 35, 38 PRINT QUALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 23-25, 31 PRINTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5, 14-17, 19, 24, 25, 28, 31, 42 PRINTER PORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 16, 17, 23, 25, 31, 38 PROGRAM . . . . . . . . 3-10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 25, 28-31, 36, 40-42, 44, 46 REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 28, 44, 45 SETTING UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 14, 17, 30 SHAREWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 13, 29, 42, 44, 46 SHIPPING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 SOPRANO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 SOUND CARD . . . . . . . 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 18, 23, 27-30, 35, 38, 39 SOUND CARD USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 23, 29, 35 SOUND DRIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 TEMPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 38 TENOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 TIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 32, 33 TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 6, 9-11, 16, 17, 23, 24, 35-38, 45 TITLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 18, 22, 25, 27, 36 TRANSPOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 18, 19, 25, 26, 35 TREBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 33, 36 UPGRADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 44 VOICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5, 11, 18, 19, 22-27, 29-31, 35, 36, 38 WINDOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 22, 23, 41, 43 ACCU Music System v3.3 4-20-93 Page 49