Re: DiversiTune songs

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article Mark Westergaard <ahmlpub@ahml.lib.il.us> writes...

>What do I need in order to play DiversiTune songs?

    DSR's Diversi-Tune program of course, the final release was version 
1.1 back in 1990. I'm not aware of any other program that could play its
music format, unless you converted them (e.g. MIDIConvert that would see
DT songs and convert them into MIDIsynth sequences, though you would of
course lose the original instrument sounds).

>I never heard of DiversiTune. 

    It was quite popular in the late 80's, for its time it played some
of the nicest quality music from an Apple IIgs, offered a powerful MIDI
sequencer and had a lot of charm (songs that had an animated bouncing 
ball over the words). Bill Basham wrote it, the same author of well
known things like Diversi-DOS, Diversi-Copy, Diversi-Cache, etc.

>Is it shareware, freeware, or commerical?.

    It was a commercial program but no longer being sold anymore.
You _might_ be able to order a copy from Bill Basham directly, in 
fact I just spoke to him through e-mail a couple of months ago.
It might be worth asking if it could be reclassified. DSR's page 
is at: http://www.wizard.net/~dsr

>If it is shareware or freeware, where can I download it?

    There is a demo version on ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu which
would probably work as a player (you'd have to switch the songs
in and out of there manually, possibly even rename them to the
songs names used in the demo version). That demo is freeware at
least.

    If you have a web-browser with the Java plug-in, check out
a modern Diversi-Tune: http://members.aol.com/divtune/record.htm
There is also a stand-alone shareware version you can download
for your PC. The Java version is pretty neat if you have a nice
wavetable board like the Roland (or a software plug-in like the
Yahama XG player).

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca