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*** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WITH THIS README ***
PocketSynth v1.23 - Portable Keyboard and Metronome for Pilot
Shareware $10
Please include email address, product name and your PilotID
Your PilotID is the name you entered the first time you synched your Pilot.
Please make sure the PilotID is EXACTLY what you entered (case sensitive).
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~echeng/Pilot/pilot.html
Eric Cheng, echeng@cs.stanford.edu
PO Box 10617
Stanford, CA 94309
Payment also accepted via the First Virtual (tm) Internet Payment System.
To get a First Virtual account, go to http://www.fv.com/newacct
To pay using this system, send me an email with your VirtualPIN and email
address in the body, and "PocketSynth v1.23 Registration" as the subject.
Features:
Keyboard:
- Play frequency accurate notes on keyboard by tapping or writing
- "Compose" mode for easy input of songs
- Sophisticated string-based song format
- Playback at various tempos
- Save songs via cut and paste and the memopad
Metronome:
- Graphical and audio "ticks"
- Customizable beep frequency
- Customizable beats/measure setting
- Tempo measuring via tapping hardware buttons
Rev. Changes
Version 1.23
- fixed metronome-close tempo redraw bug
- scroll up/down buttons now always change octave
- fixed scroll arrow redraw bug
- fixed compose bug (writing over new grafitti-entered songs)
Version 1.22
- fixed Preferences/Paste command key conflict
Version 1.21
- minor cosmetic changes
- fixed high-note (past high E) bug
Version 1.2
- added tempo to song format (<txxx>, where xxx is the new tempo)
- tempo can be "composed" by tapping the word "Tempo:" or the numeric tempo
representation
- option to turn off preserve dotted note option -- during composing,
dotted note toggle will turn off after entering asingle note
- current song persistence - no more interrupted composing sessions!
Version 1.1
- fixed octave 4 bug
- pageup/pagedown buttons change octaves if song field is not active
- added a rest button for easy composing with rests
Version 1.0 RELEASE
-Added "clear" and "select all" menu options for easier
cutting and pasting of songs
-Insert position moves to first error location if song format is wrong
-scroll bars STILL do not draw correctly, but they work fine
IMPORTANT: Song format for v1.0 is different from all previous versions.
Duration indices are reversed: (0 = whole note, 1 = half note, 2 = quarter note, 3 = eighth note, 4 = 16th note, 5 = 32nd note)
Version 1.0b - 9/06/96
-ALL SONGS WRITTEN PRIOR TO THIS VERSION WILL NOT WORK WITH 1.0
-The duration values have been changed to the following:
0 = whole note, 1 = half note, 2 = quarter note, 3 = eighth note,
4 = 16th note, 5 = 32nd note
-Changed UI of duration, octave, beats/measure selection
Version 0.92 - 9/06/96
-Fixed fast metronome bug
-Added tempo measuring feature (using scrollup/scrolldown buttons)
-Added Recording (composing) of notes from keyboard
-Fixed memory bug
Version 0.91 - 9/03/96
-Changed tempo UI in main and metronome forms
-Added beats/measure and beat frequency options
Version 0.9 - 8/30/96
-Added Simple Metronome
-Scroll Bars in Song Field now work
-still do not draw correctly, though
-Added undo command
Version 0.84 - 8/16/96
-Added cut/copy/paste commands
Version 0.83 - 8/13/96
-Added Pen Tracking (play multiple notes by dragging)
Version 0.8 - 8/13/96
-Initial Release