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Version 1.61 of this program incorporates the following changes:
1. Will now play Master Composer Files from Commodore 64.
2. Will now play Lyra Files from Color Computer.
3. When creating an SMF file if the internal ST speaker is on the
music will play at normal speed and conversion will be slowed.
This enables a partial SMF file to be created and stopped at any
point by pressing the delete key.
4. The mouse is hidden when a song starts. It is toggled to visible
by pressing a mouse button and may be hidden again by pressing
a button a second time.
5. Instrument presets can be changed while the music is playing
using the mouse to allow you to experiment with different presets.
6. The MMM.TXT file was updated to refelect these changes.
7. SMF format 1 expanded to play a maximum of 20 tracks. Previously
it was 16.
8. Allowed for larger initial delta time in SMF.
Version 1.7 Includes the following changes:
1. Antic Music Processor files will now play, including display of
lyrics if included.
2. SID stereo files will play if Alternate Format is selected. This
increases the voices to 6 if .STR files are available.
3. Values in the note control window can be changed while the music
playing.
4. Four different problems related to playing of MMS files were
corrected.
Version 1.74 Included the following changes:
1. Playing of Music Studio fixed to permit changes of tempo or key in
middle of the song.
2. Other minor bug fixes relating to Music Studio.
3. Midi Music System player expanded to allow for most of special
commands such as bump velocity, bump tempo, transpose, etc.
4. Orchestra 90 player corrected to handle accidentals properly.
Other minor bug fixes in Orchestra 90.
5. File selector switch from GFA to GEM in hopes of clearing up a
problem when using TOS 1.4.
6. Memory allocation changed.
Version 1.8 includes the following changes:
1. Screen display and colors modified to make room for level box.
2. Maintain volume for master volume removed from program.
3. Individual channel controls for volume added.
4. Compress and expand for velocity range (all channels) added.
5. MT-32 load and save parameters added.
6. A problem with display of Music Studio Lyrics was corrected.
Version 1.91 of this program incorporates the following changes:
1. Will now play Adlib Files from IBM and compatibles.
2. Will now play Cakewalk from IBM and compatibles.
3. Improvements made for playing enhanced and stereo SID files.
4. The intro screen for high resolution was modified.
5. Color inversion of the display now possible using the "I" key.
6. Titles and info now stay on the screen until another song starts.
7. There is a faster response after pressing escape or delete when
a song is playing.
8. MT-32 save did not work at rev 1.86 and that was fixed.
Version 2.0 Includes the following changes:
1. Fixed bug where a few Cakewalk files did not play correctly.
2. Added a configuration save and load. It saves MMM option parameters
in a file for later recall.
3. Added capability to create SMF format 1 files.
4. Fixed a bug when playing SMF files relating to Meta Event block
sizes.
5. Put help data in a separate file to reduce program size and
hid help menus until selected.
6. Improved restriction to file select cursor movement when a menu
is pulled down.
7. Fixed a bug relating to path names when using a file selector box.
8. Display of time signature added. It is not available for all music
types.
9. Added Suppress Control Messages which stops midi data going to the
syntheszier that affects synthesizer control such as portamento,
channel pressure, etc. It only affects SMF and Cakewalk music.
Version 2.1 Includes the following changes:
1. Added Amiga DMCS to types of music played.
2. Added Macintosh DMCS to types of music played.
3. Added Cakewalk 2 to types of music played.
4. Changed analyze song to show instrument names (where available)
5. Changed startup drive to correct value (improper drive was
accesssed when using hard drive C).
6. Fixed scrolling song title error.
7. other internal changes that are not supposed to affect the
operation were made.
8. Delay between songs (version 2.11) added.
9. Changed ST sound to refelect volume changes in the music. (2.12)
10. Fixed tied note playing when using ST sound in SIDs. (2.13)
11. Fixed tempo for SIDs with negative jif. (2.13)
12. Changed song selection numbering technique (2.14)
13. Made possible the selection and scrolling of files using the
mouse while a song is playing. (2.14)
14. Set up a different technique for turning notes off when song
stops or pauses. (2.14)
15. Fixed a discrepency in the instrument present number in Music
Studio and DMCS (midi only). M.S. played correctly but left the
wrong number in the display. (2.14)
16. When mouse is enabled while a song is playing it must be clicked
in the upper right hand corner to hide it. (2.14)
17. A new "box" was added called File Playing. It shows the file
name of the song currently playing and the name of the next song
to be played. (2.15)
17. A new menu item was added "Use Song Memory" which will load
songs into computer memory when selected. Also when song memory
is in use playing will occur from the songs in memory rather
that read them from a disk file. This is limited to 124 songs
and may require 2 megs of memory or more depending on the total
size of the songs that are loaded. Songs can also be loaded by
selecting them while others are playing (see 13 above) but this
may interfer with the playing song so it is not recommended. (2.15)
18. Set Drum Track added. This allows channels to be specified as
drum or other fixed tracks. This is done so that if the song is
transposed up or down the drum track notes will remain the same.
(2.16)
19. Key mapping changed. All keys map to mouse and menu functions.
(2.16)
20. Define Keys added. When Define Keys is used you can change the
key mapping of any of the fucntions where keys are used. To
retain your changes you need to save the configuration. This key
map menu also allows you to see the current key assignments.
(2.16)
21. Full Screen Files was added in version 2.16. This allows you to
look at all the music file names at one time. They can then
be selected by clicking on the file name with the left mouse
button.
22. Volume control by channels modified as follows: The old way was
to use the numbers shown in the volume box as the velocity number
sent to the synthesizer for that channel. It remained the same
throughout the song. The new way allows volume changes in the
song to occur at elevated or reduced volume level throughout the
music. See the text file for more complete information (2.17)
23. The master volume control for the entire piece was also modified
to behave by the same method as described above. It can now
be used with or without the individual channel control. The
control box will now display 100 instead of 1.0 indicating
normal song volume. (2.17)
24. MMM.CFG is loaded automatically when MMM is started if it
exists in the same directory. (2.17)
25. Bug in DMCS file tempo fixed. It was incorrect when the mouse
was at the extreme right side of the screen. (2.17)
26. The tempo in the tempo box can now be modified by keys as well
as the mouse while the song is playing. Default keys are + to
increase and - to decrease, but these can be redefined. (2.18)
27. The tempo box can be made inactive while a song is playing.
The default key for this is T. When this key is pressed while
the song is playing the box outline will turn blue. When it is
blue tempo changes in the music will occur but will not be
displayed in the box. You can make changes to the tempo in the
box wi