╘HIS FILE WILL HELP NEWCOMERS TO ╙╔─ MUSIC GET STARTED. ╘HE ╤-╠╔╬╦ ╙OFTWARE ╠IBRARIES HAVE HUNDREDS OF SONGS ON FILE THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND PLAY. ╘HERE ARE CLASSICAL, JAZZ, ROCK, FOLK, SHOW TUNES - MOST ANY KIND OF MUSIC YOU CAN IMAGINE IS THERE. ┴LMOST ALL HAVE BEEN CREATED AND UPLOADED BY FELLOW ╤-╠╔╬╦'ERS.
╔N ORDER TO PLAY THE MUSIC YOU WILL NEED A PLAYER PROGRAM. ╘HE MOST POPULAR AND VERSATILE IS "╙ID/╨IC V2.5" BY ├URVE. ╔T CAN BE FOUND IN THE UTILITIES SECTION OF THE MUSIC LIBRARIES. ╔T WILL PLAY ╙╔─ MUSIC FILES, AND CERTAIN TYPES OF FILES ALSO DISPLAY THE WORDS AND A PICTURE ON THE SCREEN!
╘HERE ARE SEVERAL KINDS OF FILES IN THE ╙╔─ SECTION OF THE LIBRARY. ┼ACH FILE ENDS IN A DISTINCTIVE EXTENSION TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF FILE IT IS AND, CONSEQUENTLY, ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU MAY HAVE TO DO TO THE FILE BEFORE PLAYING IT. ╘HE EXTENSIONS ARE:
.MUS
.SAL
.WDS
.PIL
.PIC
┴ ╙╔─ FILE ENDING IN ".MUS" NEEDS NOTHING DONE TO IT BEFORE PLAYING. ╔T CAN BE LOADED INTO ╙ID/╨IC V2.5 (OR ANY OTHER PLAYER UTILITY) AS IS, AND ENJOYED IMMEDIATELY. ".MUS" SIMPLY TELLS YOU THAT THIS IS THE MUSIC FILE.
┴ ╙╔─ FILE ENDING IN ".SAL" MEANS IT IS A SINGALONG FILE. ╔T IS ACTUALLY TWO FILES COMPILED INTO ONE -- THE MUSIC FILE AND A WORD FILE; THE COMPLETE LYRICS TO THE SONG WILL BE DISPLAYED AS THE MUSIC PLAYS. ╘HESE ".SAL" FILES NEED TO BE DISSOLVED BEFORE LOADING THEM INTO A PLAYER UTILITY, BUT DON'T BE ALARMED BY THIS. ╔T'S ╓┼╥┘ SIMPLE TO DO: AFTER DOWNLOADING THE ".SAL" FILE, MERELY LOAD AND RUN IT JUST LIKE ANY BASIC PROGRAM (EXAMPLE: ╠OAD "FILENAME.SAL",8). ╘HE .SAL FILE WILL SELF-DISSOLVE INTO THE TWO SEPARATE .MUS AND .WDS FILES AUTOMATICALLY. ╘HAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT! ╬OW LOAD THE PLAYER UTILITY AND ENJOY.
┴ FILE ENDING IN ".WDS" IS THE WORD OR LYRIC FILE FOR A CERTAIN MUSIC FILE. ╘HE FILES WILL BE NAMED EXACTLY ALIKE, EXCEPT FOR THE EXTENSIONS. ╙OMETIMES A ╙╔─ ARRANGER ADDS THE WORD FILE AFTER S/HE HAS UPLOADED THE MUSIC FILE, OR MORE OFTEN YOU'LL FIND THE .WDS FILE SEPARATELY WITH A ".PIC" OR ".PIL" FILE.
┴ FILE ENDING IN ".PIC" TELLS YOU THAT THIS IS A GRAPHICS FILE. ╔T'S AN ACCOMPANYING PICTURE FOR A MUSIC FILE.
╘HE FILES WILL BE NAMED ALIKE EXCEPT FOR THE EXTENSIONS. ┘OU MAY EVEN FIND A ".WDS" FILE TO GO ALONG WITH IT. ╙ID╨IC V2.5 CAN HANDLE ALL THREE TYPES OF FILES!
┴ ".PIL" FILE IS A LOT LIKE THE ".SAL" FILES: THERE ARE TWO FILES COMPILED INTO ONE TO SAVE CONFUSION AND DOWNLOAD TIME. ".PIL" TELLS YOU THAT THIS IS A PICTURE AND MUSIC FILE TOGETHER. ╘HESE ALSO MUST BE DISSOLVED BEFORE PLAYING THEM, BUT IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS DISSOLVING A .SAL. ╠OAD AND RUN THE .PIL FILE JUST LIKE A BASIC PROGRAM. ╔T WILL DISSOLVE INTO THE TWO FILES: A ".PIC" FILE AND A ".MUS" FILE. ╬OW LOAD THE PLAYER UTILITY, AND YOU'RE DONE!
╥EMEMBER, FIRST YOU NEED A SID-PLAYER UTILITY. ┘OU'LL FIND THESE IN THE "UTILITIES" SECTION OF THE ═USIC ╥OOM ╠IBRARY. ╘HEN BROWSE AROUND IN ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE ═USIC ╥OOM AND CHOOSE THE MUSIC THAT YOU WANT. ╬OW THAT THE VARIOUS EXTENSIONS HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED, IT WILL BE EASY. ┬UT IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF LOST OR CONFUSED, ╙YS╧P ╩ON AND ╙YSHELP BH ARE ALWAYS THERE TO AID YOU.
╙╔─ HAS BECOME THE GENERIC TERM APPLIED TO THE MUSIC COMPOSED ON A ├OMMODORE. ╔T STANDS FOR "╙OUND ╔NTERFACE ─EVICE". ┴ ├OMMODORE HAS THREE VOICES, WHICH MIGHT MAKE YOU THINK THAT THE MUSIC CAN'T POSSIBLY BE ANY GOOD. ┬UT A GOOD ╙╔─ ARRANGER KNOWS HOW TO GET AROUND THE LIMITATIONS AND COMPOSE A MUSIC FILE THAT IS FULL AND PROFESSIONAL SOUNDING. ┘OU WILL PROBABLY BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT SOME OF THE EFFECTS YOU WILL HEAR.
┴FTER LISTENING TO SOME OF THE ╙╔─ MUSIC, YOU WILL MOST LIKELY ARRIVE AT THE NEXT STEP: "HOW CAN ╔ MAKE ╙╔─╙, TOO??" ╔T'S EASY! ╚OWEVER, THE PROGRAM USED TO ARRANGE ╙╔─╙ IS ╬╧╘ PUBLIC DOMAIN -- YOU CAN'T DOWNLOAD IT ANYWHERE IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY. ┘OU MUST BUY THE BOOK THAT CONTAINS IT AND/OR THE COPYRIGHTED DISK.
╘HE BOOK IS TITLED:
┴LL ┴BOUT ╘HE ├OMMODORE 64 ╓OL.2
┘OU CAN FIND IT IN BOOK OR COMPUTER STORES, OR YOU CAN ORDER IT DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER. ├ONTACT:
├╧═╨╒╘┼! ╨UBLICATIONS
╨.╧. ┬OX 5058
╟REENSBORO, ╬├ 27403
1-800-334-0868
╘HE BOOK IS $16.95. ╔T CONTAINS THE COMPLETE LISTING OF THE ╙ID ┼DITOR PROGRAM AND INSTRUCTIONS. ╚OWEVER, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TYPE THE PROGRAM, YOU CAN ORDER A DISK CONTAINING ALL THE PROGRAMS IN THE BOOK. ╘HE DISK IS $12.95.
╧NE WORD OF CAUTION: ─╧ ╬╧╘ ATTEMPT TO BUY THE DISK WITHOUT THE BOOK OR USE A "PIRATED" COPY OF THE ╙ID ┼DITOR. ╘HE BOOK INCLUDES OVER 200 PAGES OF DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ╙ID ┼DITOR. ╔F YOU TRY TO USE THE ╙ID ┼DITOR WITHOUT THEM, YOU'LL SOON FIND YOURSELF LOST. ├RAIG ├HAMBERLAIN DID A SUPERLATIVE JOB SIMPLIFYING THE MASSIVE INFORMATION NEEDED TO USE THE ╙ID ┼DITOR. ╫ITHOUT IT, YOU'LL BE MISSING A LOT OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ╙ID ┼DITOR.
┴ND WHEN YOU COME TO THE POINT OF ARRANGING YOUR OWN ╙╔─╙ -- DON'T BE SHY! ╫E ARE ALWAYS EAGER TO WELCOME NEW ╙╔─ ARTISTS. ╘HERE ARE NUMEROUS "╙╔─ PEOPLE" AROUND YOU WHO WILL SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IF YOU ONLY ASK. ╫E WERE ALL NEW AT IT ONCE, AND WE'LL HELP TO CLARIFY ANY POINT AND PERHAPS EVEN GIVE YOU A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE TRICKS! :)
╧NE LAST REMARK: IF YOU FIND A ╙╔─ FILE THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY, TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL THE ╙╔─ ARTIST. ╨OST A COMMENT ON THE FILE ITSELF, OR PUT A MESSAGE ABOUT IT ON THE ═USIC ┬OARD (IN THE ╤UESTIONS, ┴NSWERS AND ├OMMENTS SECTION OF ├╔╬). ╫E CAN'T OVER EXPRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS. ╔T HELPS THE ╙╔─ ARTIST TO KNOW HIS WORK IS ENJOYED, AND IT SPURS HIM ON TO DO EVEN BETTER. ╫ITH A PAT ON THE BACK NOW AND THEN, YOU CAN BE SURE THE ╙╔─ COMPOSER WILL BE BACK WITH BIGGER AND BETTER MUSIC! ╔T TAKES TIME TO PREPARE THESE ╙╔─ FILES; THE FILES ARE UPLOADED FOR YOU TO ENJOY WITH NO COMPENSATION FOR THE ╙╔─ ARTIST ... EXCEPT YOUR APPRECIATION.
╘HIS ╙ID ╘UTOR WAS COMPOSED IN THE HOPE THAT IT WILL HELP INTRODUCE MORE NEW PEOPLE INTO EVER-EXPANDING ╙╔─ ═USIC ╠IBRARY. ╫E TRIED TO ANSWER EVERY QUESTION THAT WE OURSELVES HAD WHEN FIRST VENTURING INTO ╙╔─S. ┬UT IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO CONTACT:
