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- Tunes v1.0 08/05/92
- by
- Harry Sarber
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- I wrote this program about a year and a half ago and I thought
- other people might be interested in hacking it. It could really use
- a few more things to make it more complete, but it does what I need
- it to do. Tunes runs in ST low or medium resolutions.
-
- Tunes gives you the ability to put notes on the screen by using
- the mouse to select the note and location on the staff. When Tunes
- runs it loads in a low rez picture file. If you are in Medium rez
- it will switch to 'forced' low rez. You are presented with an icon-
- based screen to make your selections.
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- Starting at the upper left corner there are two icons that look
- sort of like floppy disks. They are used to load and save Tunes.
-
- The next icon is a capital 'A'. That lets you call up accessories
- from within Tunes.
-
- The GFA button is used to write out a GFA Basic listed files with
- Sound and Wave statements that you can merge into your programs. To
- this date I haven't figure out how to get the volume to work correctly
- on GFA listed files.
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- The next button is a few notes. Click on that to play the Tune.
-
- And the last button on the upper left is an eraser for clearing
- the staff.
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- The upper right corner is used to display the current note and
- current voice. The three voices can be selected one at a time by
- clicking on the one, two, or three icon.
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- Just under the title is a slider that is used to move to different
- sections of the staff. You can use the arrows on either side to move
- one note at a time in the direction that the arrow points.
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- To the left of the title is the speed bar. This adjusts the tempo
- of the Tune.
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- To the right of the title is the volume bar. Since GFA listed
- files don't come out right the way I had them set up with the volume
- adjustment the volume control has been 'disabled' when you write a
- GFA listed file. (I don't even think it's in the source code anymore)
-
- In the center of the screen is the staff. You place notes on the
- staff by clicking the left button when the note is in the proper
- location. To clear a note just click again in the same note location
- and the note will disappear.
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- And finally, at the bottom of the screen is where you make your
- note and rest selections. You can also make the note sharp, flat, or
- dotted.
-
- That's about it. Like I said earlier, it could use a lot more,
- but I don't have the time to put into it. Maybe someone else would
- like to add some things to it or use it for Tunes in their own
- programs. The source code has very few comments in it. Some places
- are real bowls of spaghetti. I probably shouldn't have broken it
- down into so many subroutines, etc., etc., etc. :)
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- Just so I don't forget. This source code is being sent out as
- Freeware. If you make some great mods to it would you please send me
- a copy?
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- Genie: H.SARBER Compuserve: 72717,335
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