Re: Music Studio files

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In article <49offl$4kc@asia.lm.com>, mportune@telerama.lm.com (Matt
Portune) writes:

>
>Hello all, I'm looking for 2 specific files from Activision's "Music 
>Studio 2.0".  I need the files "INTRO.SNG" and "TITLE.PIC".  Can somebody

>send them to me if you have them?  Thanks!

    Fortunately, you do not really need the files. Any super-res screen
pic (std. 32K type $C1) will do so long as it is named "TITLE.PIC".  Any
song file will do so long as the wavebank it uses is in the WAVES folder
and it is named "INTRO.SNG". 

   I tested this using an old game screen pic and the Mem.Santi piece from
Keef the Thief. It worked. (In fact, the new intro.sng may stay put!) 

   One thing to consider is that, when your pic is loaded, Music Studio
will over-write the palette. The new palette is the same one used for the
MS staff/notes/etc. editing display: grey, dk. grey, black, pink, dk.
pink, brown, orange, yellow, bright green, med. green, amber, light blue,
med. blue, purple, dk. blue, white (colors 0-15).  Not many pics will look
very handsome with such a palette swap.

   To produce an attractice title screen you could begin by approximating
the above palette-- say with Platinum Paint-- and, then, create your new
screen. Save as an SHR pic under the name TITLE.PIC. Now, when MS swaps in
its palette, the change will not be too gross.