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- Apple II
- File Type Notes
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- Developer Technical Support
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- File Type: $D6 (214)
- Auxiliary Type: All
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- Full Name: Instrument File
- Short Name: Instrument
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- Written by: Matt Deatherage January 1990
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- Files of this type and auxiliary type contain musical instruments.
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- Files of type $D6 contain data that is to be interpreted as a definition of a
- musical instrument. Programs which work with music have widely varying needs;
- while Apple proposes a standard instrument definition (ASIF), it is largely
- designed for the Apple IIGS Note Synthesizer and is listed under file type
- $D8, Sampled Sound. Programs not using that tool may require files to store
- their own instruments. Apple assigns auxiliary types in this file type for
- such purposes.
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- The following auxiliary type assignments are current for this file type as of
- the publication date of this Note:
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- Auxiliary Type Short Name Developer
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- $0000 Music Construction Set inst.* Electronic Arts
- $8002 Diversi-Tune instrument DSR
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- Table 1-Auxiliary Type Assignments
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- The auxiliary types for this file type are reserved; any not listed in this
- Note or About File Type Notes must be assigned by Apple Computer, Inc. Using
- any file type or auxiliary type not assigned may result in conflicting
- identification of files by totally unrelated programs. To obtain an auxiliary
- type assignment in this file type, see About File Type Notes.
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- * Although Electronic Arts' program Music Construction Set for the
- Apple IIGS only creates sequences of this file type and auxiliary
- type $0000, the program actually attempts to read any file with
- type $D6. Creators of sequence files may wish to note this
- irregularity in their documentation.
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