Kevin Doyle
I am sorry that this issue is rather late - the cause was
the breakdown of my disc drives on New Year's Day. After an unsuccessful
shipment of a replacement unit from Roy, and with a prospective three week wait
whilst mine were repaired, we have invested in a back-up single disc drive to
ensure that AMPLINEX can continue without further delay.
I am sure, however, that you will find that this issue has
been worth the wait - we have another fascinating and varied collection of
original AMPLE music as well as a promotional track from the disc 'Notes' by
Pilgrim Beart (reviewed in AMPLINEX 002) supplied by Hybrid Technology.
It is good to see so many of the music contributions
containing 'info' words giving comments on the music or programming techniques.
In particular it is pleasing to see the results of a recent AMPLINEX article
(in this case on the ACT commands) used to such excellent effect in 'Newchor'
by Roger Cawkwell.
There is no Instruments section in this issue - we have
decided to use the space to publish more music.
In advertising copywriters' jargon, this issue could be
described as 'feature rich'. We have articles about converting AMPLE BCE
programs to AMPLE Nucleus, using conditional loops in AMPLE, redefining the
function keys, altering the Studio 5000 !boot file, and organising AMPLE files
with an ADFS.
We have reviews of a low-cost reverb effects unit and of the
new AMPLE Nucleus Programmer Guide. Also included, by courtesy of Hybrid Technology,
is a file (extracted from the Guide) containing an index of all the words
available in AMPLE Nucleus.
In the utilities section we have the first AMPLE game to be
published in AMPLINEX - a musical version of the 'Mastermind',
guess-the-colours puzzle. We also have a beginner's guide to AMPLE (written in
AMPLE) and a utility to allow the easy inclusion of chords in an AMPLE music
program.
These are just some of the items in this issue; I will leave
you to discover the rest for yourself!
One note for all contributors - don't despair if your
contribution has not appeared in this issue - it may well be used in the
future. We do not always include every contribution in the next issue in the
interests of a balanced format.
In the case of music contributions we also try to present a
variety of styles which may mean reserving some contributions for a future
issue.
So, even if your last contribution has not yet appeared,
please continue to send us your work - it is always welcome and is indeed vital
to the continued success of AMPLINEX.
Finally, Roy, Jackie and I would like to offer our best
wishes to you for 1988 and we look forward to receiving your continued support
throughout the year.
Published in AMPLINEX 003, January 1988
