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                              DeLuxe Music v2.0



         The following interesting message was found on Mediafoto BBS


Workshop/Midi message #1661 from ESPEN BERANEK to ALL.
   Entered on 30th March, 1993 at 19:06, 108 lines.

Subject: DeLuxe Music v2.0
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Electronic Arts of Berkshire, England have supplied me with the
following information in a letter dated 24th February 1993:

DELUXE MUSIC CONSTRUCTION SET VERSION 2.0
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MAJOR FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS
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* Supports all standard display modes

* Compatible with AGA hardware

* Multiple document support

* Hide/Reveal Project option to manage open projects

* Supports 32 staves (and 32 MIDI notes played out)

* Improved MIDI support - File Import/Export Support Commodore's MIDI
  driver

* Stand alone player module

* Full ARexx support which allow:
  Creating compositions algorithmically through an ARexx script
  Creating shortcut macros
  Scanning a musical document and making changes through an ARexx script

* Macro definition to automate repetitive tasks

* 64th notes and rests

* Can attach any musical sample or MIDI channel to an instrument name

OTHER FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS
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* Undo/Redo

* Full support of the Amiga clipboard

* Go To Measure option

* Support beams over rests

* Two way ties

* Insert tempo changes anywhere in a score (not just at measure bars)

* Embed samples in file when saving

* Set Instrument Pan so that internal instruments prefer left or right
  speaker when playing back

* Share Sample option for instruments so that more than one instrument
  can use the same sampled sound

* Transpose option for transposing the sound of an instrument in semi-
  tones without changing the score

* Tune option for tuning instruments upward or downward by fractions of
  a semi-tone

* Save Settings option for saving the current state of the program
  options so that the program will have the same settings at the your
  session

* Print As... requester for setting printing options for the score

INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS/CHANGES
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* Totally revamped file requesters to conform to modern Amiga standards
  (look and feel of 2.0)

* Most requesters allow multiple Apply to make several changes to score
  before closing requester

* Advanced Keyboard commands - Keyboard bindings in requesters

* Load program by double-clicking on score file

* Delete File option in the File menu

* Hard Disk installation program

MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
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* For Amiga

* 512K of RAM (512K chip RAM)

* 1 Floppy drive

* Kickstart/Workbench 1.3 and 2.0 supported

* Standard RGB monitor

Released in Spring 1993 Upgrades available for original DeLuxe Music
Construction Set owners. Please call 0753 549 442 for more information.

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Maybe this is old news to a lot of you, and maybe this will never
happen, but it's a piece of interresting information anyway, or isn't
it?
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(_spen |)eranek


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