The Musician is distributed as SHAREWARE: if you use The Musician you should pay the author.
You may register by sending US $10 CASH (or an equivalent sum with your local currency) to the author at the address above. A shareware registration form are available inside The Musician 2.2.0.
Please, please, no checks: to cash them I must pay the bank more than $15!!!!!
These are some things you can send me instead of the money:
√...original software,
√...shareware software (but only if you're the author),
√...books or Macintosh-related magazines subscription,
√...CD-ROMs,
√...piece of new or used hardware.
√...CD-Audio (Rock, Country)
Special offers:
All registered users of any my other shareware program may register one copy of The Musician 2.2.0 at the special price of US $5. Simply write in the "comment" area of the registration form, which other shareware program you've already registered.
Special licences:
pricing:
√...Site licence: US $ 200
√...Country licence: US $ 500 (a licence to use the software in any your office in one country)
√...World licence: US $ 1000 (a licence to use the software in any your office around the world)
To register a special licences, please follow this steps:
1) send an international postal money order to the address above,
2) send me a letter or an e-mail containing your personal data (the same data requested in the "normal" registration form).
• The unregistered version.
The The Musician 2.2.0 unregistered version is fully working, but shows always its about box, when you drag some items on it.
When you register The Musician 2.2.0 the "irritating" about box don't more appears and any "unregistered" notice will be replaced by the registration infos.
Be careful: if you've an e-mail address you will receive the serial number as soon. To enter the serial number use the "Register Now" button, in the about box.
The Musician 2.2.0 can also be included, without my previous permission, without changes and with this "Read Me", in all CD-ROM or disk shareware collections and in all CD-ROM or Disk magazines (anyway an e-mail or a notice will be welcome, as well as a copy of the magazine or media :-).
The Musician 2.2.0 may not be included in a commercial package without my permission.
• How to use.
The The Musician 2.2.0 package contains two version of the application:
√...The Musician 2.2.0 (68K) for 68K Macs or, in emulation, for Power Macs.
√...The Musician 2.2.0 (PPC) for Power Macs.
The Musician 2.2.0 is a Drag&Drop application to play 'snd ' resources from each dropped file. The Musician 2.2.0 is able to scan, quickly, one or more HD, CD, folders, diskettes, files, to find 'snd ' resources to play.
While The Musician 2.2.0 works the window below returns some informations:
DropKey: if you drag one or more items on its icon, while option key is down, when The Musician 2.2.0 finds 'snd ' resources in a file, tells you how many sounds that file contains and asks for consent, before to play them.
CURSOR: The Musician searches in disk or folder:
The Musician plays a 'snd ':
The Musician 2.2.0 works fine and fast in background...
Note: while The Musician 2.2.0 is the foreground application, you can press escape or command-period to exit during its performance. Instead if The Musician 2.2.0 is the background application you can use only escape key to stop its job.
When The Musician 2.2.0 completes its job and if it's in background, then attempts to call back your attention, to show its statistics, by a simple notification procedure. If you does nothing or are working with another application, after a brief waiting time (about 30 seconds), it quits.
The Musician 2.2.0 supports the dragging of many items. It' s able to use temporary memory and can manage very large 'snd ' resources, but, if some trouble occurs, you can try to increase its memory allocation.
The Musician 2.2.0 requires at least System 7 to run.
• Thanks for support, help and suggestion to:
√...Carla Bidone
√...Peter Gildea
√...Alessandro Giolitti
√...Lucilla Guendalina Moliterno
√...Alessandro Levi Montalcini
√...Masatsugu Nagata
√...Fabrizio Oddone
√...Jim Stout.
• Version history:
2.2.0 PowerPC version. Added tri-dimensional buttons. All modal dialogs are now movable. Improved many code's parts. Improved registration form. Improved registration procedure. Lot of minor changes. The Musician use now temporary memory to manage very large 'snd 'resources. Changed desktop icon.
2.1.0 Completely rewritten the info window routine. Increased the number of informations returned by info window and very improved its look. Added the registration form feature. Optimized and improved any routine. Very improved the job speed. Added the escape key tracking. Added the ability to use menus while The Musician is the foreground application. Removed 'No sound' alert. Changed the work procedure. Added a notification procedure. Minor changes.
2.0.0 Added the ability to work in background. Added drop key. Added the ability to scan disks and folder. Added the command-period tracking.
1.0.0 First version (named FilePlay).
• Author's note:
My software development group is made up by: me :-/
On the other hand, my beta-tester group is made up by: me :-(
This means that if you find a bug, both developer and beta-tester groups would greatly appreciate your reporting ;-)
And don't forget to register your copy of The Musician 2.2.0. Remember that a shareware author should be supported. If you don’t pay for shareware software today, you will pay much more tomorrow for exactly the same features (but enclosed in a 'nice' commercial box and with a 'friendly' copy protection...).
• Disclaimer.
The Musician shouldn't cause any damage, but you use it at your own risk. As an independent software developer, I can make no warranties whatsoever on it.
