Welcome to the Home of SimpleSong!
The Singing Mac
SimpleSong is a program that allows you to easily
write songs for your computer to sing! You simply enter the syllable or
word to be sung, select the note length, and play on an on-screen piano
keyboard. When you are done with your song, SimpleSong will save it as
a SimpleText file (SimpleText can also "sing" the song), so almost any
Mac user can hear your song on their computer. Send some singing e-mail!
System
Requirements
SimpleSong has the following system requirements:
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68030 processor or faster
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System Software version 7.1 or later (Mac OS 8 compatible)
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Apple's Speech Manager, Macintalk 3 and associated voices
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5 MB application RAM
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13" or larger monitor
Download
SimpleSong
SimpleSong (ca.660 KB) is available for downloading by clicking
here.
You will need Stuffit Expander or a similar product to expand the archive.
Please remember that SimpleSong is not free. If you decide you would
like to continue using the program then please pay for it! You can
pay by credit card, check or money order (Payment information is included
with the program), or you may use a credit card to pay online here:
Thank you for your support!
SimpleSong is preset to run using 5 MB of RAM. This
should be sufficient for most computers. However, if you see a message
indicating that SimpleSong is out of memory, try increasing the amount
of memory available to the program. You can do this by selecting
SimpleSong's icon in the Finder and then selecting "Get Info" from the
File menu. Try changing the number in the "Preferred Size" box to 6000
or more, if necessary.
IMPORTANT: You must have the following items present
in your "Extensions" folder in order for SimpleSong to work properly:
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Speech Manager
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MacinTalk 3
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"Voices" folder, which contains (among others) the following
voices: Princess; Kathy; Junior; Fred; Ralph; Trinoids; Zarvox
These are the most effective "singers" for use with SimpleSong.
If you do not see these voices in the "Voices" submenu of SimpleText, then
one or more of the abovementioned components is missing. The installation
of these items is standard with system software 7.6 and newer. If you need
to install any of the components, use your system software CD, or click
here.
A folder containing the necessary files will be downloaded to your computer.
You will need Stuffit Expander or a similar product to expand the archive.
Put the contents of the folder (not the folder itself) into the
Extensions folder (inside the System folder) and restart your computer.
Sample
Songs
You can hear some songs produced with SimpleSong! Download
the SimpleText files by clicking here.
You will need Stuffit Expander or a similar product to expand the archive.
I plan to expand the number of samples, so check back often. If you have
a song you'd like included here, please send it to the above address. Please
read the file "Read Me First" before attempting to have the songs "sung".
It explains in more detail the required system configuration.
Any questions? Write to the author, Kurt Kaufman, at the
following address.
kurtkaufman@hotmail.com
For other programs written by Kurt Kaufman, click here.
Page last modified 1/1/99KK
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