Re: Music Construction Set manual?

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On Sunday, September 16, 2012 8:17:21 AM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote:
> I made a cheat-sheet for keyboard commands.  If asimov
> 
> 

Thanks to Unknown for the text file.


> What does it take to save as a Mockingboard player file?  
> 
> It will do speaker music, mockingboard.  There must be
> a "Mockingboard SAVE" command somewhere?  I save my 
> files and try to play them with the MCS player (from
> basic, using MCS player on Mockingboard disk1,  
> not within Music Construstion set), and they
> won't play...
> 
> I see the program SAVES:
> SONG1
> SONG1.OBJ
> 
> what is the format for these files?  What will play 
> them besides the Music Construction Set program?
> 

I guess this is some sort of black magic.  MockingBoard Disk1 says: 
"Music Demonstration   
Featuring Selections developed using the music construction set by electronic arts"

it then BRUNS MCS   (music const. set player)

But the MCS **player** won't play songs saved to disk using the SAVE command within the Music Construction Set **editor**.

I think I have the MCS *player* format figured out.  It is different than those saved in the *MusicConstructionSet Editor*.  I've been dissecting Michael J Mahons CVT.MIDI program to convert MIDI music to the proper format.
 	
Daniel Kruszyna figured out that in Music Construction Set within SAVEd files:	
The two data sets are mapped to the treble and bass clefs.
The format in general is based on how the music looks in the editor
instead of what the player needs to do (the opposite of Electric Duet). 


So, what program would have been used to enter the music that plays on the MockingBoard Disk1?  Or is there a special command from the MCS Editor that allows conversion of the music file?

Rich