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APPLE']t COMPATIBLE A L F Products lnc.; 1448 Estes; Denver, CO 80215; (303) 234-0871 MGl MC16 MUSICGARDS D* REST fi b h 't t tXS Ott ttE .)) t .f'.F.N.h. , I 1'IEASURE suB a 9474 FREE EHD =t sAuEil APPLE II COMPUTER ENTER THE EXCITING the sample songs provided. You can Music Card and plugs into your home FIELD OF COMPUTER MUSIC enter songs yourself from standard stereo system. lnstallation is that play "boot" Now you can get into the exciting sheet music and them using the easy. When you the Disk ll- program provided. follow field of computer-controlled music at Entry Just compatible software disk, the start-up program our lowest price ever. For less than the simple instructions in our detailed will automatically configure $22 per voice, the MC1 is ideal for manual. the software to work with the expan- sion slot(s) you've selected. (Cassette getting started. Or, for less than $82 per voice, the MC16 features super- INSTALLATION software is also available.) accurate tuning and extra-fine Either Music Card plugs into any volume discrimination. Both come expansion slot in your Apple@. THE HARDWARE with complete software for an (When using more than one MC16 The MC.1 Music Card has nine in- Apple@ ll or Apple@ ll-Plus com- they must be in adjacent slots.) The dependent "voices". The MC16 has provided puter - in just minutes you can play audio cable attaches to the three voices per card, and you can use two MC16's for six voices or each song name. Music Card is available on the treble three MC16's for nine voices. Each and bass staves for entry in standard voice can play a melody like you ENTERING YOUR positional notation no "octave could play on a piano using only one OWN SONGS numbers" or other nonsense.- The full finger. Using several voices adds pitch range of the Music Card, plus You can easily enter songs from more "fingers". Three voices of the the notes in between the piano scale sheet music in a simple, straight- MC1 (or one MC16 card) play through notes, available using the forward fashion. Entry displays the is the left speaker of your stereo transpose feature. Pitches and rests music you've entered sheet system. Three other voices (or in a can have durations from whole to music format which allows you to another MCl6) play through the right sixty-fourth, plus triplet and dotted quickly compare what you've entered speaker. The remaining three voices and all these "tied" together in any- with the sheet music. To enter a note, (or the third MC16) play through both combinations. Non-standard dura- you select the type of note from a speakers to create a "middle" effect. tions can also be specified. There are menu of notes on the screen by point- Each voice has control of pitch, commands to transpose, change time ing an arrow to it. This is done by envelope, and volume; program- and key signatures, change envelope turning one of the paddle knobs, then mable independently for each voice. and volume settings, and more. All pressing the button to select the note. On the MC1, one voice from each these can be placed anywhere in the The other paddle is used to position stereo position can be used either in score, not just at the beginning, so the note on the treble or bass staff "normal mode" for tonal notes (the you can change the sound of a voice shown on the screen. Pressing the piano scale) or in "fuzz mode" for from one note to the next. And a very paddle button then causes the note to white-noise-like effects (such as per- powerful call/subroutine capability be entered, drawn on the screen, and cussive sounds). allows you to easily repeat sections, its pitch played through the Music make Card. The pitch is automatically cor- define standard sounds, SONG PLAYBACK IS "rounds", of rected for the current key signature (0 and simplify a variety other musical constructions. QUICK AND EASY to 6 sharps or flats) which can be Whether you're playing the sample changed whenever the key changes songs provided, songs you've pro- in the music. Accidentals (sharps, EASY EDITING grammed, or programmed songs flats, and naturals other than the key Another important feature of Entry from our "Album" series of disks, signature) are easily entered and con- is editing. You can easily change, playing a song is quick and easy. tinue within the voice throughout the insert, and delete notes, rests, and First, type RUN PLAY. The prompt measure, as required by standard commands. Entry has both "replace" character for the Play program (a music notation. and "insert" modes so you can use period) will appear on the screen. To ln addition to the instant verifica- the mode that best suits the editing play the song DIXIE BOOGIE (pro- you're doing. You can even step vided with the MC'l), for example, tion of pitch as the entered note is played, Entry automatically shows through notes one at a time, with the you type PLAY:DIXIE BOOGIE. The pitch of each note played through the song will be read from disk, and then measure bars at the end of each measure. These two features allow Music Card. This lets you find par- a suggested playback speed (tempo) ticular notes easily. MEASURE and will be shown on the screen. Rotating you to catch little mistakes almost immediately you can simply back GOTO commands let you move to the paddle 0 knob allows you to select particular up and correct- them. The excellent sections without stepping various speeds; when you've set the through notes. speed you just press the paddle 0 but- "human engineering" of Entry lets ton to begin playback. During you work in a carefree mood - with playback, the screen shows the title, conf idence that anything done in- WE'VE DONE ALL THE HARD composer, and conductor of the song advertently is readily changed that WORK FOR YOU you are "in control". lt has- been (or any text information). Above the Entry is written entirely 6502 highly praised by both musicians and in text is an amazing color display of the Assembly Language the fastest computer enthusiasts. As of this music as it plays (it is also suitable for and most efficient language- on the writing, thousands of customers have black and white monitors). The pitch Apple@ . Long execution pauses and used the Entry program, and none of each voice is shown by a moving other annoying delays often found have ever reported any "bugs" or dot above a line with a "middle C" in less sophisticated programs- marker. The color of each dot in- errors. By contrast, we've seen music - entry programs which erase your are virtually non-existant in Entry. And dicates the current volume of each since both Entry and your song fit song at the slightest error one envelope. (Or the volume range on entirely within the Apple's memory, even erases all active disks- and the MC16.) This lively display allows lhere are no time-consuming disk draws random lines on the screen if you to follow the melody of each transfers. Once run, Entry uses the you merely try to back up past the part, without having to read special disk (or cassette tape on systems f irst note ! notations. without a disk) only when you store a The Disco program allows you to A LARGE SELECTION song on disk or recall one. For most play several songs in a row. Once set convenient music entry, it is desirable up, you just type RUN DISCO (for a OF FEATURES to be able to quickly and easily play random playback order) or EXEC Entry has one of the largest selec- the song you're working on, then go ALBUM (to play the songs in the same tions of features available in any per- back to editing. With Entry, you just order) and all the songs on a disk can sonal computer music entry program. type PLAY, select the tempo, and be played - without having to type in Nearly the full pitch range of the press a button. The song plays im- mediately, and when playback is amplifier or receiver, cable sup- VOLUME LEVELS: MC1: 9 independ- finished you can instantly continue plied has standard RCA-type phono ent volume control circuits, each editing right where you left off. You plug(s). To use an MC1 (or three with 16 settings over a 28 dB don't have to load other programs, MC16's)on a mono system, obtain range. MC16: 3 independent vol- and there are no disk transfers, a "Y" adapter lrom a local stereo ume controlcircuits, each with 256 "compile phases", or other delays to store. (The MC1 has an optional settings over a 78 dB range. Both disturb your creative mood. What Mono Cable, order number 10-1-2.) units feature exponential control. other system is so advanced? Entry's easygoing interactive-graphics STEREO: The MC1 has 3 voices on WAVEFORMS: Square. (The MC16 operation eliminates the annoying the left output, 3 on the right, and 3 can also produce variable duty distractions found in less advanced voices on both ("middle"). The cycle pulse waves, see MODES software and lets you enjoy working MC16 has a single output, so one above.) I MC16 3 voices MCI 9 voices ' with music. MC16 is mono. With 2 MC16's the ENVELOPES: See ENTRY specifi- ouput is stereo, with 3 voices on cations.