Re: Music Construction Set manual?

[hotrod.apple2@gmail.com]

On Sunday, September 16, 2012 10:17:21 AM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
> I made a cheat-sheet for keyboard commands.  If asimov
> 
> maintainer wants it, send me email.
> 
> 
> 
> I would like :  Disk command list.  I know there are
> 
> CATALOG, LOAD, SAVE
> 
> 
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> 
> Rich

I found these in an old text file (as a start anyway).

======================================
  MUSIC CONSTRUCTION SET DOCUMENTATION 
=======================================
 
      WRITTEN BY: LOWELL YURA
 
KEY BOARD MODE:
 
<--,-->,A,Z:-MOVEMENT
1-5:-16TH NOTES THROUGH HOLE NOTES
6-0:-16TH RESTS THROUGH HOLE RESTS
K AND L:-32ND NOTES AND S2ND RESTS 
        (ONLY USE THROUGH KEYBOARD)
 
T:-TREBLE CLEF
B:-BASS CLEF
S:-SHARP
F:-FLAT
N:-NATURAL
D:-DOT
I:-TIE
O:-OCTAVE RAISER
 
<ESC>-ERASES WHATEVER IS BEING POINTED
      AT OR HELD
<SPACE-BAR>-PUTS DOWN ANOTHER OF WHAT-
            EVER YOU PUT DOWN LAST
U-TURNS THE NOTE OR TIE YOU'RE CARRY-
  ING UPSIDE DOWN
=:-SCROLLS SCREEN FORWARD ONE MEASURE
H:-SEND HAND TO BEGINING OF SONG
Q:-SENDS HAND TO THE QUARTER REST IN 
   THE PARTS COLLECTION
P:-CAUSES THE NOTE INDICATOR TO    FUNCTION
<CTRL>-S:-TOGGLES THE NOTE INDICATOR
          BETWEEN MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC
<CTRL>-P:-BEGINS PRINTING
 
               ICONS
 
ICONS ARE PICTURES USED TO EXPLAIN
COMMANDS THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE
BOTTOM RIGHT OG THE SCREEN.
 
PLUG ICON:-TELL COMPUTER THE HARDWARE
           YOU ARE USING
PIANO ICON:-PLAYS THE MUSIC IN MEMORY
ARROW ICONS:SCROLL BACK AND FORTH
HOME ICON:-SEND YOU TO THE BEGINNIG
           OF SONG
DISK ICON:-LETS YOU ACCESS THE DRIVE
           TYPE LOAD..., OR SAVE...
           TYPE CATALOG TO SEE THE
           DIRECTORY
CUT ICON:-LETS YOU ERASE PLACE THE
          SCISSORS OVER A MEASURE AND
          HIT THE NUMBER ON THE KEY-
          BOARD OF THE NUMBER OF 
          MEASURES YOU WANT TO ERASE
PASTE ICON:-THIS LETS YOU PUT THE LAST
            THING ERASED OTHER PLACES
            IN THE SONG
 
 
THE MUSIC CONSTRUCTION SET (MCS) WILL
LET YOU PLAY CHORDS OF UF 2 NOTES.
IF YOU OWN A MOCKINGBOARD SOUND AND 
SPEACH GENERATOR YOU CAN PLAY A CHORD
OF UPTO 6 NOTES.
 
THE 5 GAUGES IN THE CENTER LET YOU
CONTROL PLAYBACK SPEED, VOLUME, AND
SOUND QUALITY. THE SOUND AND VOLUME
GAUGES ONLY WORK IF YOU OWN A MOCKING-
BOARD, THE LEFT ONE IS FOR THE TOP
STAFF THE RIGHT ONE IS FOR THE BOTTOM.
THERE ARE FOUR AVAILABLE SOUNDS:
AT THE TOP POSITION-REGULAR
2ND POSITION-SMOOTH (CONTINUES)
3RD POSITION-VIBRATTO (WAVY)
4TH POSITION-DRUM LIKE
 
I HOPE THAT IS ENOUGH TO GET YOU 
STARTED.