SuperJAM!'s ability to write music in an unlimited number of styles will open your ears to fresh ideas, exciting rhythms, and mesmerizing musical feats of all kinds.
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To hear this demonstration, you'll need either a Windows 3.1-compatible soundcard or MIDI instrument configured to the General MIDI Specification.
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If you do not hear music coming from your sound device right now, click on the Stop button and consult the README.TXT file for information how to configure your system.
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If you are still having trouble, call The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks at 404-315-0212. We're here to help!
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SuperJAM! is completely interactive music software. It turns your computer into a band of professionally trained musicians.
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In fact, the SuperJAM! band can play in any style, key, tempo, or time signature.
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Just like live performances, SuperJAM! performances are always fresh and exciting, because SuperJAM! composes music while it's playing!
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With SuperJAM!, you are the producer! The band is at your beck and call.
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No matter how much or how little musical experience you have, you can create professionally-arranged songs quickly and easily with SuperJAM!
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Since you can edit any part of a musical performance on-the-fly while the music plays, you can build songs at your own pace!
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Remember that you can stop this demonstration at any time by clicking on on the Stop button in any dialog box. This will give you a chance to make some music of your own and explore SuperJAM!'s feature-filled user interface.
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To order SuperJAM!, call The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks at 1-800-226-0212. Have your VISA or MASTERCARD ready.
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Now let's get on with the demonstration... Have fun!!!
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SuperJAM! comes complete with everything you need to write music, including an interactive on-screen keyboard.
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Here, you can choose from a wide range of musical styles, perform complex chords with a single finger and modify your music in dozens of ways.
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Each of the keys in the Keyboard window performs a different chord.
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Chords, three or more simultaneous notes, form the foundation of a piece of music.
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When you click on a particular key, SuperJAM! plays the chord defined by that key.
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You can choose from an entire list of chords, as well.
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You can even make your own chords using SuperJAM!'s Chord window!
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Simply click on different notes to highlight them. Each highlighted note becomes part of the chord.
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Leave the music playing, and the band performs your chord for you while you build it!
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SuperJAM! includes over 30 infinitely-changeable musical styles, including pop, rock, jazz, funk and classical.
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Styles give your songs musical variety. Each style creates a different musical mood.
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From Mozart to Motown, Hip-hop to Bebop, SuperJAM! has it all...
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Each style has 4 levels of complexity, or grooves.
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By clicking on the Keyboard window's groove buttons, you can instantly change the flavor of each style.
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Each groove represents a slightly different feel for the style. It's like having 4 styles in one!
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In addition to styles, you can also change the tempo and key of your music.
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You can make SuperJAM! play faster or slower, higher or lower.
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SuperJAM! also includes musical embellishments that provide musical and rhythmic variety within your song.
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Each embellishment has its own button.
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You can choose from intros, fills, breaks, and endings while the music plays!
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The Intro button plays a special introduction, then breaks into the groove of the currently selected style...
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The Fill button provides percussive and melodic transitions...
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The Break button performs a rhythmic pause in the music...
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And finally, the End button provides a neatly-arranged ending for your song...
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SuperJAM!'s House Band performs your music. The House Band consists of six musicians:
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The Lead Player
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The Guitar Player
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The Keyboard Player
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The Bass Player
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The Band window's Mixing Grid allows you to control the mix and pan of each band member.
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The up-down placement of a band member's icon controls its volume in the mix.
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The left-right placement determines a band member's panning in the stereo spectrum.
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You can even mute and solo each band member with the click of a mouse button!
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Once you're happy with your musical choices, you can transform them into a section. Let's create our first section...
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First, we name the new section and give it a length in measures...
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Inside the Section window, you just play your chords from the keyboard and let SuperJAM! do the rest.
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The Play button sets the section looping repeatedly, so you can add to the section while the music plays.
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When the band is playing, the Play button turns into the Stop button.
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Pretty easy, huh!
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Each time you click on a different piano key, the SuperJAM! band flawlessly performs a chord based on the note you select.
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Let's throw in some finishing touches...
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Now our section is complete!
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Let's hear the whole section from beginning to end...
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The Start button plays the section one time through.
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That sounds great! Let's create another one, this time in a different style.
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Now we have our chords. This time let's change the key...
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Now let's slow it down a bit...
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Ahh! That's much better. Now let's change the groove...
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...and to finish it off, let's add a few embellishments.
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Each Section window contains handy mouse editing tools to make section building easy.
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The Pencil button, currently selected, puts the mouse in write mode. It allows you to add new chords and embellishments...
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(Notice that each time you click on a different tool, the mouse pointer changes into that tool.)
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The Magic Wand button lets you change existing chords...
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The Hand button lets you drag chords and embellishments to different places in the section...
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The Duplicator makes copies of chords and drags them to new locations...
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And finally, the Eraser removes chords, grooves, and embellishments from the section.
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That's section building! Now let's move on to the Song window...
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As you create each section, it becomes a part of your song. The Song window is where you arrange your finished composition.
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Each time you create a new section, it appears in the Song window.
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(Notice that the two sections we just created, "Super," and "JAM!," are already in the Song window.)
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The Song window also has the same handy mouse editing tools we just saw inside the Section window. You can use them to arrange all of your sections.
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When you are finished, you can play your completed song using the familiar Start and Play buttons.
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You can even add melodies or lead lines to your song from the Song window!
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You can also arrange and edit SuperJAM!'s palette of musical styles.
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In fact, you can create your own styles from scratch quickly and easily.
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The Style window is where you control how SuperJAM! composes on-the-fly.
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Each style can contain a limitless number of patterns. And within each pattern lies sixteen variations for each of the six band members. It's no wonder SuperJAM! never plays the same thing twice!
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Let's take a look at the Drummer's pattern...
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This is the pattern grid for the drummer. Each band member has their own pattern grid. The blue bars are notes that the drummer plays. The height of each bar is the note's volume, and the width is the note's duration.
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Let's play some drums...
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The drum pattern loops repeatedly, so that you can add your drum part little by little.
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It's easy! Just click on the pencil and add to the beat...
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...but the drums are only the beginning of a SuperJAM! style.
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Let's edit the Bass Player's part.
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Now let's add a keyboard part...
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Now put it all together!
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SuperJAM! dynamically creates music based on your ideas and instructions, no matter how simple or sophisticated.
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With SuperJAM!, making music is easy and fun.
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So go ahead! Strike up the band, pick the style, press some keys and listen!
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You'll be amazed how quickly you'll sound like a pro with SuperJAM!
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SuperJAM! is brought to you by...
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The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd.
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Venture Center
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1605 Chantilly Drive NE - Suite 200
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Atlanta, Georgia 30324 USA
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(404) 315-0211 BBS
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(404) 315-0212
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(404) 315-0213 fax
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(800) 226-0212 sales and info
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Copyright (c)1993 The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd.
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If you want to add even more musical variety, check out the SuperJAM! Power Series, a collection of extras designed to make SuperJAM! even more versatile and powerful!
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The Power Series consists of 6 new accompaniment disks, each representing a unique Styles Collection, titled:
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Cutting Edge Collection
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Dance Mix Collection
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Classical Collection
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Pop/Rock Collection
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World Music Collection
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Movie Soundtrack Collection
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For more information about SuperJAM! or the SuperJAM! Power Series, call The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks at 1-800-226-0212.
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Select one of the following:
1Redo|Run SuperJAM! Demo again
2Kill|End the Demo
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:LKill
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This concludes the SuperJAM! demonstration.
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The demo script will now end so you can work with the program.
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We hope you have had fun taking the SuperJAM! tour. Go ahead now and explore your own musical ideas with SuperJAM! The possibilities are endless...