WELCOME TO THE SONIC DRUM KIT
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                     Version 2.0
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                 ©1994 Malcolm Lavery.
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Here is a run down on how to use sonic drum kit.....


Select a drum sample from the current drum kit at the 
top of the screen,it will become hilighted.

By selecting a position in the score window and clicking 
the left mouse button the currently selected drum sample 
will be placed at that point in the score.

By selecting a drum sample on the score and clicking the 
right mouse button will erase the sample from the score 
at that position.

Use the FORWARD/REWIND/START/END buttons to move about 
in the drum score.

To increase the size of the current score,click on the 
ADD button,this will add an amount of work space to the 
end of the score,clicking the left mouse button on ADD 
will add 1 to the end of the score,clicking the right 
mouse button on ADD will add a full

The size of the score is only limited be the amount of 
memory that your set up has.

The score position is always shown in the middle/bottom 
of the score display.

Use the CUT/COPY buttons to copy a block into the buffer 
and then use the PASTE button to paste the buffer in to 
the score at the position you select and click at.

The C BLOCK button lets you select a block in the score 
to delete.

The C SCORE button clears the entire score and shrinks 
it back to the default size.

TEMPO and VOLUME are adjusted by the +/- button to the 
left of the menu display.

When the LOOP button is on the score will loop back to 
the start when it gets to the end of the score it is 
playing.

You can switch any of the four tracks on or off with the 
four track buttons at the far left of the menu display.

The SWAP button is very handy as it will search the en
tire score for a certain drum sample and swap it for an
other that you have chosen.

L KIT button,you can select another drum kit from the 
disk,the drum samples and it's icons will be loaded into 
memory and displayed at the top of the screen.
Loading a new kit clears the current score!!!

L SCORE button loads a saved score into memory,the score 
will use the currently loaded drum kit,so if a sample in 
the score is not available in the drum kit,it will not 
be displayed on the score.

S SCORE button saves the current score to disk,saveing 
scores using this method saves you valuable disk 
space,as only the score data is saved.
Make sure you have the drum kit for that score loaded 
when you re load a saved score from disk.

L MOD button loads in a saved drum beat module,see 
below.

S MOD button saves not only the score data,but also 
saves the drum kit and the scores tempo,volume and if it 
is looped all in one file.
This method is good,as it saves you having to load and 
set everything up,but each saved module will take up a 
lot of disk space.

L CUT loads a score cut from disk into the buffer,so you 
can load saved riffs/fill ins and place them into your 
score.

S CUT saves the buffer contents to disk,see above.

ABOUT thanks to me(big head).

QUIT dont know what that does (NOT!)

New functions in V1.6.
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Filter on/off (forgot this in the first version).
Nice horizontal sliders for the tempo and volumes.
Warning requesters!!!!.

New functions in V1.8.
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Cut/Clear/Paste/Swap etc, now only effects active 
tracks.
Now has independant volume control for each of the 
tracks.
Tune function(mainly for my use!),just tunes the samples 
up or down slightly.
Score marker memory bank,you can now store up to five 
score positions,and jump back to them at any time.
Jump back to your last edited position(after playing 
etc.
Most of the code has been speeded up ie:score tempo 
speed,cut/copy highlight bar,a few bugs have now been 
fixed.
You can now tell which track is active,the in active 
tracks are darkend.

WHATS' NEW IN VERSION 2.0
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Sonic drum kit version 2.0,now has a new section 
altogether,this section is were you can tap out all your 
beats.
This is done by pointing to a pad and clicking the left 
mouse button,or by pressing a key on the keyboard that 
has been assigned to that pad.

You can assign a new sound from the currently loaded 
drum kit,to any of the drum pads,just click on PAD 1/PAD 
2/PAD 3 buttons etc to assign both a new sound and a 
keyboard key.

There is also a metronome for keeping you in time,and 
the metronome sound can be changed the same way as the 
pads,just click on the METRONOME button, and choose a 
drum sound from the kit at the top of the screen,the 
metronome tempo can also be changed using the slider 
control.

The drum pads can have auto repeat or no auto 
repeat,this just rapidly repeats the pads sound if you 
hold the mouse button down,usfull for drum rolls etc. 

There is now an interactive explanation of what you/each 
of the buttons do/are doing.

This program was written on a A1200,and as such runs 
best on a A1200 and up,there is now a function which 
lets you turn off the score scrolling.
Not only does this improve the timing,but it speeds up 
the tempo of the score for A500/A600 owners.

I will be releasing drum kit data disks into the PD 
library,as and when I
produce them!!!

HAVE FUN !!!!!!!!!!!!