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Showing posts with label Introduction. Show all posts

Printing out AMPLINEX information

There are three ways to print out the information seen in AMPLINEX.
You can print out an AMPLINEX file as it is displayed on the screen from within AMPLINEX; you can print the files themselves as you would any other text file; or you can load the files into your own word processor and re-format them as required before printing.
1) To print a file from within AMPLINEX choose the 'SET PRINT ON/OFF' option from the Introduction menu. This allows you to toggle a software 'print switch' on or off. If the switch is set ON then any AMPLINEX file which is displayed on the screen will be sent to the printer. This will continue until you set the switch off again using the same Introduction option. An asterisk is displayed at the top of the screen next to the issue number when the print option is ON and the print status is shown at the bottom right of the screen as text is displayed within AMPLINEX.
It is now also possible to print out part of a file from within AMPLINEX. There are two ways to do this:
a) To print a single page of an AMPLINEX file, make sure the 'print switch' is OFF and then select the menu option which displays the file. When the page you wish to print is displayed, and the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is showing at the bottom of the screen, press the letter 'P' on the keyboard. The page being displayed will then be sent to the printer. Pressing RETURN will then continue to display the file without printing.
b) To start printing part-way through a file, you can turn on the 'print switch' by pressing the CTRL and 'P' keys together when the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is displayed. Subsequent pages which are displayed will then be sent to the printer. The 'print switch' can be turned off again in the same way.
2) If you prefer to print the parts you require outside of AMPLINEX - all the data is held in files on the AMPLINEX disc. The files are in directories named according to the sections in which they appear and the file names can be seen at the foot of the screen as they are displayed in AMPLINEX so you can make a note of the ones you require.
The file directories allocated to each section of AMPLINEX are as follows:
$. for Music
A. for the Introduction and Adverts
F. for Features
H. for Hints and Tips
I. for Instruments
N. for News and Reviews
Q. for Questions and Answers
U. for Utilities
In addition to the text files, the AMPLE instrument definitions can also be printed directly from within AMPLINEX. Music and utility programs written in AMPLE can only be printed by LOADing the programs into the Studio 5000 and using the WRITE command (see Studio 5000 User Guide page 100).
3) If you wish to re-format the text before printing you should load the files into your word processor. The files contain unjustified text restricted to 38 columns width. The files contain only printable ASCII characters except for a control code (ASCII 11) which marks the screen page breaks. View treats these as left margin tabs and if necessary they can be removed with a C/^L// command.
Two utilities have been published in AMPLINEX to aid with the re-formatting of text files:
In AMPLINEX 003 'Hints and Tips' (H.ints003) there were instructions for a Wordwise segment program to automatically format AMPLINEX text files. The segment itself was included in AMPLINEX 004 (H.WWconv).
In AMPLINEX 005 there was a utility to print formatted 80-column text direct from an AMPLINEX text file. The instructions (U.print/i) and the BASIC program (U.print80) are both within the 'Utilities' section. A modification to this program (to provide a wider margin) was included in the 'Hints and Tips' section of AMPLINEX 006. See also the Update section of AMPLINEX 008 for a note concerning BASIC 1 users.
Published in AMPLINEX 028, September 1992
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Next issue news

The next issue of AMPLINEX will be for November 1992. We plan to publish at the end of November.
All applications for a FREE copy (i.e. those with discs containing contributions) must be received by MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER. Anyone paying the £2.00 fee should apply by Friday 27th November.
More than ever the content depends on your contributions between now and then - so please let us have an example of your music, or that question, answer, hint, or comment which might spring to mind when reading this issue. You can record your thoughts right now using our Feedback utility, or copy your latest piece of music on to another disc ready for contribution.
We look forward to reading and hearing your contributions.
Published in AMPLINEX 028, September 1992
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How to contribute to AMPLINEX

To receive your next issue of AMPLINEX free of charge you must send a contribution of your own.
This could be an AMPLE music program, an instrument definition, a question or an article about some aspect of the AMPLE language or Hybrid Music System hardware or software, an AMPLE utility, a useful hint about AMPLE, or an answer to another member's question.
Under copyright law we cannot publish programs or music unless we have the permission of the copyright owners or their licensing agent. It is important to realise that in the case of an AMPLE music program, copyright exists in both the program itself and the music it represents. There may even be a separate copyright in the arrangement. If you wish to contribute transcriptions into AMPLE of someone else's music you must credit the copyright owner(s) of the music and the arrangement (if applicable). Please do not include lyrics as it is not feasible for us to obtain separate copyright clearance for these.
To protect ourselves from copyright actions we must ask you to sign the copyright declaration on the 'next issue request form' which was sent to you with this issue of AMPLINEX. All submissions made to AMPLINEX will be regarded as permission to publish within the AMPLINEX membership. Beyond this, the submission remains the property of the author.
As part of an exchange arrangement, we may wish to pass on your address if any of your contributions are of interest to other software publishers.
If you do NOT wish your contributions to be considered for publication elsewhere (and thus your address not to be passed to anyone else) please indicate this on the request form in the place provided.
You can also use your return disc to pass on questions which you would like answered on any issue relating to the Hybrid Music System or AMPLE language. We will do our best to answer them (or will pass them over to the other members for help) and publish the results in the Questions and Answers section of AMPLINEX.
You can also use AMPLINEX to advertise any (un)wanted items or to make contact with other members. Just put the details of your advertisement on to the return disc and we will try to include it in the next issue.
The 'Feedback' section of AMPLINEX contains a utility to allow a note to be written on the screen which can then be saved to disc. This 'note' file can then be included on your disc sent for the next issue of AMPLINEX.
'Feedback' notes can be used to make contributions to any of the text-based sections of AMPLINEX as well as to make comments or suggestions on AMPLINEX itself.
Send all contributions, on a standard DFS format disc (40- or 80-track).
It is not necessary to send printed copies of your contributions - any copies required are printed locally to minimize postage costs.
40-track disc users please note:
The AMPLINEX magazine is designed to fit on to one side of an 80-track disc. If you use 40-track discs you should send one double-sided or two single-sided discs.
Suggested file formats are:
a) AMPLE music programs - save these in normal Studio 5000 format (e.g. by selecting 'Save program' from the Studio 5000 Main menu). Since many members do not have the Music 4000 keyboard please ensure that your program has no M.M4 or M.KFX module words present. To make sure, try loading the program using your Studio 5000 system disc.
Please include some comments about the music - how or why it was written, how it could be changed - and put them into a word as comments following a DISPLAY statement. Use of the word 'info' to contain such text is common practice and we would suggest that it is NOT displayed automatically every time the music is played.
b) AMPLE instruments - save these in text form via *SPOOL using the AMPLE 'TYPE' command to save the word(s) you want.
Some description of the sound itself and hints on its use (e.g. which parameters could be changed, which are the most suitable octave settings) would make it more useful. This can be done using comments within the instrument definition itself (by preceding them with a '%').
c) Text (hints, questions etc.) - use the 'Feedback' note facility for short contributions. For longer pieces use View, Wordwise or other word processor (without embedded format codes or commands). Do not right justify the text.
You can help us operate AMPLINEX more efficiently by careful naming of the files which you send us. Receiving several files called 'hint' or 'quest' can cause us problems in trying to keep track of which contribution came from which member.
Wherever possible, please try and make the filenames of your contributions unique especially where they are for a regular section of the magazine.
Putting a combination of your name or initials and the section for which the contribution is destined is one way of doing this. So if your name is Fred Bloggs you could use FBquest or BlogH&T for contributions to the Questions and Answers or Hints and Tips sections.
Whatever filenames you use, please remember to include your name somewhere in the contribution - this can save us many hours annotating lists and cross-referencing filenames with contributors.
Ensure that your disc is well packed as we will be using the same packaging to return it to you.
Make sure you enclose a return address label and postage and that both the packaging and the disc are marked with your name and address.
Send it to:
AMPLINEX
26 Arbor Lane
Winnersh
Berks.
RG11 5JD
to arrive by the date specified in the 'Next issue' section.
We look forward to reading and hearing your contributions.
Published in AMPLINEX 028, September 1992
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Update – changes/corrections/comments

This section is a focus for news about the workings of AMPLINEX, corrections to items in previous issues, and other small pieces of information which might otherwise be missed amongst the details of each issue.

Membership

As mentioned in previous issues, we have been experiencing a drop in interest in AMPLINEX over recent months and have been trying to find ways of encouraging back lapsed members. In response to one of our reminder letters, David Barton made the following comments about AMPLINEX membership. We would be interested to hear other comments from members.
With regard to the lower contribution rate to AMPLINEX I wonder if my own experience is of interest. My initial purchase of a Music 5000 happened just before a bout of illness. Just as I started to make more use of it the chance of an upgrade to a Master 512 came. Then quite quickly came the chance to buy a Music 5000/4000 setup. So there I was learning the ins and outs of ADFS, DOS+, View, ViewSheet, AMPLE and music theory, and how to play a keyboard all at the same time. I also bought a second-hand copy of a DTP publishing program and tried to get to grips with it simultaneously.
It became clear that I was really not learning any of them properly so I had to slow down the learning process. At the same time I was ordering AMPLINEX back issues three at a time and studying the programs on these (and listening to the music). Perhaps other users have purchased new computers, whether Acorn or other makes, and are going through a similar learning curve.
I see that Micro User magazine (to be known as Acorn Computing from September) is offering Music 5000 units at £55.00. Whilst this will reduce the value of the Music 500 I never got around to selling when I upgraded, I hope it will give a new influx of members to AMPLINEX. Perhaps the magazine should have sold the units at £60.00 with a first disc from AMPLINEX included.

G H Richardson tribute discs

In AMPLINEX 024 we reported the death of one our regular contributors, George (G H) Richardson and later published details of two tribute discs prepared by Jack Wrigley. Jack has recently written to us with an update on the discs.
Many thanks to the members who responded to the first mention of this idea in AMPLINEX 026. Take-up is running at about 10% of our dwindling numbers at the time of writing. I'm sure we can manage another 10% with issue 027!
I've managed to include a couple of pictures of George on the disc sleeves, so for the first time you can see the face behind the music.
 The details are repeated below.
AMPLINEX members who have enjoyed the musical contributions of the late George Richardson over the years may want to acquire two tribute discs to George and help Cancer Research at the same time. The first disc contains all of George's original compositions, while the second is a selection of classical and dance pieces. Some have already been published in AMPLINEX, but George's family and I think it would be a fitting tribute to release his entire AMPLE work as a collection.
Just send (AMPLINEX-style) two 80-track or three 40-track formatted discs in a re-usable carrier with stamped return address label to:
Jack Wrigley
187 Bramhall Lane
South Bramhall
Stockport
Cheshire
SK7 2NG
All we ask is that you enclose a cheque for £3 (or more if you can afford it) made payable to: "Christie Hospital & Holt Radium Institute". This is the Manchester hospital that treated George. Please give generously to help combat a disease that claims far too many people every year.
Quite simply these discs contain music that one can listen to many times over. I'm sure you'll enjoy what George has left us to remember him by.
We always welcome suggestions for improvements in the workings or contents of AMPLINEX - most of the changes made to date have originated from members' suggestions. So, if you have an idea to improve AMPLINEX, let us know.
Also, please let us know if you spot an error or omission in the content of AMPLINEX - you may be the first one who has noticed.
Published in AMPLINEX 028, September 1992
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Welcome to AMPLINEX 028

Kevin Doyle and Roy Follett
In this issue we have a utility of interest to those members with Music 3000 and 4000 units, and another of more general interest. We have further comments on the Music Publisher software in the News and Reviews section, as well as our regular Questions and Answers and Hints and Tips sections.
As usual we have a wide selection of AMPLE music, with seventeen pieces of original or more familiar music.
We look forward to receiving your contributions to the next issue of AMPLINEX - details of our deadlines are in the Next Issue News section.
Published in AMPLINEX 028, September 1992
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Printing out AMPLINEX information

There are three ways to print out the information seen in AMPLINEX.
You can print out an AMPLINEX file as it is displayed on the screen from within AMPLINEX; you can print the files themselves as you would any other text file; or you can load the files into your own word processor and re-format them as required before printing.
1) To print a file from within AMPLINEX choose the 'SET PRINT ON/OFF' option from the Introduction menu. This allows you to toggle a software 'print switch' on or off. If the switch is set ON then any AMPLINEX file which is displayed on the screen will be sent to the printer. This will continue until you set the switch off again using the same Introduction option. An asterisk is displayed at the top of the screen next to the issue number when the print option is ON and the print status is shown at the bottom right of the screen as text is displayed within AMPLINEX.
It is now also possible to print out part of a file from within AMPLINEX. There are two ways to do this:
a) To print a single page of an AMPLINEX file, make sure the 'print switch' is OFF and then select the menu option which displays the file. When the page you wish to print is displayed, and the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is showing at the bottom of the screen, press the letter 'P' on the keyboard. The page being displayed will then be sent to the printer. Pressing RETURN will then continue to display the file without printing.
b) To start printing part-way through a file, you can turn on the 'print switch' by pressing the CTRL and 'P' keys together when the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is displayed. Subsequent pages which are displayed will then be sent to the printer. The 'print switch' can be turned off again in the same way.
2) If you prefer to print the parts you require outside of AMPLINEX - all the data is held in files on the AMPLINEX disc. The files are in directories named according to the sections in which they appear and the file names can be seen at the foot of the screen as they are displayed in AMPLINEX so you can make a note of the ones you require.
The file directories allocated to each section of AMPLINEX are as follows:
$. for Music
A. for the Introduction and Adverts
F. for Features
H. for Hints and Tips
I. for Instruments
N. for News and Reviews
Q. for Questions and Answers
U. for Utilities
In addition to the text files, the AMPLE instrument definitions can also be printed directly from within AMPLINEX. Music and utility programs written in AMPLE can only be printed by LOADing the programs into the Studio 5000 and using the WRITE command (see Studio 5000 User Guide page 100).
3) If you wish to re-format the text before printing you should load the files into your word processor. The files contain unjustified text restricted to 38 columns width. The files contain only printable ASCII characters except for a control code (ASCII 11) which marks the screen page breaks. View treats these as left margin tabs and if necessary they can be removed with a C/^L// command.
Two utilities have been published in AMPLINEX to aid with the re-formatting of text files:
In AMPLINEX 003 'Hints and Tips' (H.ints003) there were instructions for a Wordwise segment program to automatically format AMPLINEX text files. The segment itself was included in AMPLINEX 004 (H.WWconv).
In AMPLINEX 005 there was a utility to print formatted 80-column text direct from an AMPLINEX text file. The instructions (U.print/i) and the BASIC program (U.print80) are both within the 'Utilities' section. A modification to this program (to provide a wider margin) was included in the 'Hints and Tips' section of AMPLINEX 006. See also the Update section of AMPLINEX 008 for a note concerning BASIC 1 users.
Published in AMPLINEX 027, July 1992
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Next issue news

The next issue of AMPLINEX will be for September 1992. We plan to publish at the end of September.
All applications for a FREE copy (i.e. those with discs containing contributions) must be received by MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER. Anyone paying the £2.00 fee should apply by Friday 25th September.
More than ever the content depends on your contributions between now and then - so please let us have an example of your music, or that question, answer, hint, or comment which might spring to mind when reading this issue. You can record your thoughts right now using our Feedback utility, or copy your latest piece of music on to another disc ready for contribution.
We look forward to reading and hearing your contributions.
Published in AMPLINEX 027, July 1992
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How to contribute to AMPLINEX

To receive your next issue of AMPLINEX free of charge you must send a contribution of your own.
This could be an AMPLE music program, an instrument definition, a question or an article about some aspect of the AMPLE language or Hybrid Music System hardware or software, an AMPLE utility, a useful hint about AMPLE, or an answer to another member's question.
Under copyright law we cannot publish programs or music unless we have the permission of the copyright owners or their licensing agent. It is important to realise that in the case of an AMPLE music program, copyright exists in both the program itself and the music it represents. There may even be a separate copyright in the arrangement. If you wish to contribute transcriptions into AMPLE of someone else's music you must credit the copyright owner(s) of the music and the arrangement (if applicable). Please do not include lyrics as it is not feasible for us to obtain separate copyright clearance for these.
To protect ourselves from copyright actions we must ask you to sign the copyright declaration on the 'next issue request form' which was sent to you with this issue of AMPLINEX. All submissions made to AMPLINEX will be regarded as permission to publish within the AMPLINEX membership. Beyond this, the submission remains the property of the author.
As part of an exchange arrangement, we may wish to pass on your address if any of your contributions are of interest to other software publishers.
If you do NOT wish your contributions to be considered for publication elsewhere (and thus your address not to be passed to anyone else) please indicate this on the request form in the place provided.
You can also use your return disc to pass on questions which you would like answered on any issue relating to the Hybrid Music System or AMPLE language. We will do our best to answer them (or will pass them over to the other members for help) and publish the results in the Questions and Answers section of AMPLINEX.
You can also use AMPLINEX to advertise any (un)wanted items or to make contact with other members. Just put the details of your advertisement on to the return disc and we will try to include it in the next issue.
The 'Feedback' section of AMPLINEX contains a utility to allow a note to be written on the screen which can then be saved to disc. This 'note' file can then be included on your disc sent for the next issue of AMPLINEX.
'Feedback' notes can be used to make contributions to any of the text-based sections of AMPLINEX as well as to make comments or suggestions on AMPLINEX itself.
Send all contributions, on a standard DFS format disc (40- or 80-track).
It is not necessary to send printed copies of your contributions - any copies required are printed locally to minimize postage costs.
40-track disc users please note:
The AMPLINEX magazine is designed to fit on to one side of an 80-track disc. If you use 40-track discs you should send one double-sided or two single-sided discs.
Suggested file formats are:
a) AMPLE music programs - save these in normal Studio 5000 format (e.g. by selecting 'Save program' from the Studio 5000 Main menu). Since many members do not have the Music 4000 keyboard please ensure that your program has no M.M4 or M.KFX module words present. To make sure, try loading the program using your Studio 5000 system disc.
Please include some comments about the music - how or why it was written, how it could be changed - and put them into a word as comments following a DISPLAY statement. Use of the word 'info' to contain such text is common practice and we would suggest that it is NOT displayed automatically every time the music is played.
b) AMPLE instruments - save these in text form via *SPOOL using the AMPLE 'TYPE' command to save the word(s) you want.
Some description of the sound itself and hints on its use (e.g. which parameters could be changed, which are the most suitable octave settings) would make it more useful. This can be done using comments within the instrument definition itself (by preceding them with a '%').
c) Text (hints, questions etc.) - use the 'Feedback' note facility for short contributions. For longer pieces use View, Wordwise or other word processor (without embedded format codes or commands). Do not right justify the text.
You can help us operate AMPLINEX more efficiently by careful naming of the files which you send us. Receiving several files called 'hint' or 'quest' can cause us problems in trying to keep track of which contribution came from which member.
Wherever possible, please try and make the filenames of your contributions unique especially where they are for a regular section of the magazine.
Putting a combination of your name or initials and the section for which the contribution is destined is one way of doing this. So if your name is Fred Bloggs you could use FBquest or BlogH&T for contributions to the Questions and Answers or Hints and Tips sections.
Whatever filenames you use, please remember to include your name somewhere in the contribution - this can save us many hours annotating lists and cross-referencing filenames with contributors.
Ensure that your disc is well packed as we will be using the same packaging to return it to you.
Make sure you enclose a return address label and postage and that both the packaging and the disc are marked with your name and address.
Send it to:
AMPLINEX
26 Arbor Lane
Winnersh
Berks.
RG11 5JD
to arrive by the date specified in the 'Next issue' section.
We look forward to reading and hearing your contributions.
Published in AMPLINEX 027, July 1992
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Welcome to AMPLINEX 027

Kevin Doyle and Roy Follett
In this issue we have a larger than usual News and Reviews section which includes reviews of the Music Publisher package and of an unusual portable synthesiser, and a commentary on Hybrid's entry into the PC market. In the Utilities section we have a program to help violin students and a demonstration of how to construct more effective menus.
In addition we have our regular sections of Questions and Answers and Hints and Tips as well as a selection of original and more familiar pieces of AMPLE music.
We look forward to receiving your contributions to the next issue of AMPLINEX - details of our deadlines are in the Next Issue News section.
Published in AMPLINEX 027, July 1992
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Printing out AMPLINEX information

There are three ways to print out the information seen in AMPLINEX.
You can print out an AMPLINEX file as it is displayed on the screen from within AMPLINEX; you can print the files themselves as you would any other text file; or you can load the files into your own word processor and re-format them as required before printing.
1) To print a file from within AMPLINEX choose the 'SET PRINT ON/OFF' option from the Introduction menu. This allows you to toggle a software 'print switch' on or off. If the switch is set ON then any AMPLINEX file which is displayed on the screen will be sent to the printer. This will continue until you set the switch off again using the same Introduction option. An asterisk is displayed at the top of the screen next to the issue number when the print option is ON and the print status is shown at the bottom right of the screen as text is displayed within AMPLINEX.
It is now also possible to print out part of a file from within AMPLINEX. There are two ways to do this:
a) To print a single page of an AMPLINEX file, make sure the 'print switch' is OFF and then select the menu option which displays the file. When the page you wish to print is displayed, and the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is showing at the bottom of the screen, press the letter 'P' on the keyboard. The page being displayed will then be sent to the printer. Pressing RETURN will then continue to display the file without printing.
b) To start printing part-way through a file, you can turn on the 'print switch' by pressing the CTRL and 'P' keys together when the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is displayed. Subsequent pages which are displayed will then be sent to the printer. The 'print switch' can be turned off again in the same way.
2) If you prefer to print the parts you require outside of AMPLINEX - all the data is held in files on the AMPLINEX disc. The files are in directories named according to the sections in which they appear and the file names can be seen at the foot of the screen as they are displayed in AMPLINEX so you can make a note of the ones you require.
The file directories allocated to each section of AMPLINEX are as follows:
$. for Music
A. for the Introduction and Adverts
F. for Features
H. for Hints and Tips
I. for Instruments
N. for News and Reviews
Q. for Questions and Answers
U. for Utilities
In addition to the text files, the AMPLE instrument definitions can also be printed directly from within AMPLINEX. Music and utility programs written in AMPLE can only be printed by LOADing the programs into the Studio 5000 and using the WRITE command (see Studio 5000 User Guide page 100).
3) If you wish to re-format the text before printing you should load the files into your word processor. The files contain unjustified text restricted to 38 columns width. The files contain only printable ASCII characters except for a control code (ASCII 11) which marks the screen page breaks. View treats these as left margin tabs and if necessary they can be removed with a C/^L// command.
Two utilities have been published in AMPLINEX to aid with the re-formatting of text files:
In AMPLINEX 003 'Hints and Tips' (H.ints003) there were instructions for a Wordwise segment program to automatically format AMPLINEX text files. The segment itself was included in AMPLINEX 004 (H.WWconv).
In AMPLINEX 005 there was a utility to print formatted 80-column text direct from an AMPLINEX text file. The instructions (U.print/i) and the BASIC program (U.print80) are both within the 'Utilities' section. A modification to this program (to provide a wider margin) was included in the 'Hints and Tips' section of AMPLINEX 006. See also the Update section of AMPLINEX 008 for a note concerning BASIC 1 users.
Published in AMPLINEX 026, May 1992
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Next issue news

The next issue of AMPLINEX will be for July 1992. We plan to publish at the end of July or the beginning of August.
All applications for a FREE copy (i.e. those with discs containing contributions) must be received by MONDAY 6TH JULY. Anyone paying the £2.00 fee should apply by Friday 24th July.
More than ever the content depends on your contributions between now and then - so please let us have an example of your music, or that question, answer, hint, or comment which might spring to mind when reading this issue. You can record your thoughts right now using our Feedback utility, or copy your latest piece of music on to another disc ready for contribution.
We look forward to reading and hearing your contributions.
Published in AMPLINEX 026, May 1992
Labels: , ,

How to contribute to AMPLINEX

To receive your next issue of AMPLINEX free of charge you must send a contribution of your own.
This could be an AMPLE music program, an instrument definition, a question or an article about some aspect of the AMPLE language or Hybrid Music System hardware or software, an AMPLE utility, a useful hint about AMPLE, or an answer to another member's question.
Under copyright law we cannot publish programs or music unless we have the permission of the copyright owners or their licensing agent. It is important to realise that in the case of an AMPLE music program, copyright exists in both the program itself and the music it represents. There may even be a separate copyright in the arrangement. If you wish to contribute transcriptions into AMPLE of someone else's music you must credit the copyright owner(s) of the music and the arrangement (if applicable). Please do not include lyrics as it is not feasible for us to obtain separate copyright clearance for these.
To protect ourselves from copyright actions we must ask you to sign the copyright declaration on the 'next issue request form' which was sent to you with this issue of AMPLINEX. All submissions made to AMPLINEX will be regarded as permission to publish within the AMPLINEX membership. Beyond this, the submission remains the property of the author.
As part of an exchange arrangement, we may wish to pass on your address if any of your contributions are of interest to other software publishers.
If you do NOT wish your contributions to be considered for publication elsewhere (and thus your address not to be passed to anyone else) please indicate this on the request form in the place provided.
You can also use your return disc to pass on questions which you would like answered on any issue relating to the Hybrid Music System or AMPLE language. We will do our best to answer them (or will pass them over to the other members for help) and publish the results in the Questions and Answers section of AMPLINEX.
You can also use AMPLINEX to advertise any (un)wanted items or to make contact with other members. Just put the details of your advertisement on to the return disc and we will try to include it in the next issue.
The 'Feedback' section of AMPLINEX contains a utility to allow a note to be written on the screen which can then be saved to disc. This 'note' file can then be included on your disc sent for the next issue of AMPLINEX.
'Feedback' notes can be used to make contributions to any of the text-based sections of AMPLINEX as well as to make comments or suggestions on AMPLINEX itself.
Send all contributions, on a standard DFS format disc (40- or 80-track).
It is not necessary to send printed copies of your contributions - any copies required are printed locally to minimize postage costs.
40-track disc users please note:
The AMPLINEX magazine is designed to fit on to one side of an 80-track disc. If you use 40-track discs you should send one double-sided or two single-sided discs.
Suggested file formats are:
a) AMPLE music programs - save these in normal Studio 5000 format (e.g. by selecting 'Save program' from the Studio 5000 Main menu). Since many members do not have the Music 4000 keyboard please ensure that your program has no M.M4 or M.KFX module words present. To make sure, try loading the program using your Studio 5000 system disc.
Please include some comments about the music - how or why it was written, how it could be changed - and put them into a word as comments following a DISPLAY statement. Use of the word 'info' to contain such text is common practice and we would suggest that it is NOT displayed automatically every time the music is played.
b) AMPLE instruments - save these in text form via *SPOOL using the AMPLE 'TYPE' command to save the word(s) you want.
Some description of the sound itself and hints on its use (e.g. which parameters could be changed, which are the most suitable octave settings) would make it more useful. This can be done using comments within the instrument definition itself (by preceding them with a '%').
c) Text (hints, questions etc.) - use the 'Feedback' note facility for short contributions. For longer pieces use View, Wordwise or other word processor (without embedded format codes or commands). Do not right justify the text.
You can help us operate AMPLINEX more efficiently by careful naming of the files which you send us. Receiving several files called 'hint' or 'quest' can cause us problems in trying to keep track of which contribution came from which member.
Wherever possible, please try and make the filenames of your contributions unique especially where they are for a regular section of the magazine.
Putting a combination of your name or initials and the section for which the contribution is destined is one way of doing this. So if your name is Fred Bloggs you could use FBquest or BlogH&T for contributions to the Questions and Answers or Hints and Tips sections.
Whatever filenames you use, please remember to include your name somewhere in the contribution - this can save us many hours annotating lists and cross-referencing filenames with contributors.
Ensure that your disc is well packed as we will be using the same packaging to return it to you.
Make sure you enclose a return address label and postage and that both the packaging and the disc are marked with your name and address.
Send it to:
AMPLINEX
26 Arbor Lane
Winnersh
Berks.
RG11 5JD
to arrive by the date specified in the 'Next issue' section.
We look forward to reading and hearing your contributions.
Published in AMPLINEX 026, May 1992
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Update – changes/corrections/comments

This section is a focus for news about the workings of AMPLINEX, corrections to items in previous issues, and other small items of information which might otherwise be missed amongst the details of each issue.

G H Richardson tribute discs

In AMPLINEX 024 we reported the death of one our regular contributors, George (G H) Richardson. Jack Wrigley has now written to us with details of a tribute to George.
AMPLINEX members who have enjoyed the musical contributions of the late George Richardson over the years may want to acquire two tribute discs to George and help Cancer Research at the same time. The first disc contains all of George's original compositions, while the second is a selection of classical and dance pieces. Some have already been published in AMPLINEX, but George's family and myself think it would be a fitting tribute to release his entire AMPLE work as a collection.
Just send (AMPLINEX-style) two 80-track or three 40-track formatted discs in a re-usable carrier with stamped return address label to:
Jack Wrigley
187 Bramhall Lane
South Bramhall
Stockport
Cheshire
SK7 2NG
All we ask is that you enclose a cheque for £3 (or more if you can afford it) made payable to: "Christie Hospital & Holt Radium Institute". This is the Manchester hospital that treated George. Please give generously to help combat a disease that claims far too many people every year.
It seems more than 4 years ago since I first struggled to get to grips with AMPLE and in desperation made contact with George via AMPLINEX. Needless to say, George soon put me on the straight and narrow until I blundered into the next problem, usually the day after. As John Bartlett has already said, George put a lot of his time into AMPLINEX and it was part of a long and happy retirement.
In putting these discs together I have been reminded of the great love George had for music and the helpful nature of the man himself. Quite simply these discs contain music that one can listen to many times over. I'm sure you'll enjoy what George has left us to remember him by.
We always welcome suggestions for improvements in the workings or contents of AMPLINEX - most of the changes made to date have originated from members' suggestions. So, if you have an idea to improve AMPLINEX, let us know.
Also, please let us know if you spot an error or omission in the content of AMPLINEX - you may be the first one who has noticed.
Published in AMPLINEX 026, May 1992
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Welcome to AMPLINEX 026

Kevin Doyle and Roy Follett
In this issue we have our regular sections of Questions and Answers and Hints and Tips as well a feature on running the Hybrid Music System from a hard disk.
We also have a large selection of AMPLE music (18 pieces), a staff printing utility, and a review of Hybrid's new Music Publisher package.
We look forward to receiving your contributions to the next issue of AMPLINEX - details of our deadlines are in the Next Issue News section.
Published in AMPLINEX 026, May 1992
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Printing out AMPLINEX information

There are three ways to print out the information seen in AMPLINEX.
You can print out an AMPLINEX file as it is displayed on the screen from within AMPLINEX; you can print the files themselves as you would any other text file; or you can load the files into your own word processor and re-format them as required before printing.
1) To print a file from within AMPLINEX choose the 'SET PRINT ON/OFF' option from the Introduction menu. This allows you to toggle a software 'print switch' on or off. If the switch is set ON then any AMPLINEX file which is displayed on the screen will be sent to the printer. This will continue until you set the switch off again using the same Introduction option. An asterisk is displayed at the top of the screen next to the issue number when the print option is ON and the print status is shown at the bottom right of the screen as text is displayed within AMPLINEX.
It is now also possible to print out part of a file from within AMPLINEX. There are two ways to do this:
a) To print a single page of an AMPLINEX file, make sure the 'print switch' is OFF and then select the menu option which displays the file. When the page you wish to print is displayed, and the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is showing at the bottom of the screen, press the letter 'P' on the keyboard. The page being displayed will then be sent to the printer. Pressing RETURN will then continue to display the file without printing.
b) To start printing part-way through a file, you can turn on the 'print switch' by pressing the CTRL and 'P' keys together when the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is displayed. Subsequent pages which are displayed will then be sent to the printer. The 'print switch' can be turned off again in the same way.
2) If you prefer to print the parts you require outside of AMPLINEX - all the data is held in files on the AMPLINEX disc. The files are in directories named according to the sections in which they appear and the file names can be seen at the foot of the screen as they are displayed in AMPLINEX so you can make a note of the ones you require.
The file directories allocated to each section of AMPLINEX are as follows:
$. for Music
A. for the Introduction and Adverts
F. for Features
H. for Hints and Tips
I. for Instruments
N. for News and Reviews
Q. for Questions and Answers
U. for Utilities
In addition to the text files, the AMPLE instrument definitions can also be printed directly from within AMPLINEX. Music and utility programs written in AMPLE can only be printed by LOADing the programs into the Studio 5000 and using the WRITE command (see Studio 5000 User Guide page 100).
3) If you wish to re-format the text before printing you should load the files into your word processor. The files contain unjustified text restricted to 38 columns width. The files contain only printable ASCII characters except for a control code (ASCII 11) which marks the screen page breaks. View treats these as left margin tabs and if necessary they can be removed with a C/^L// command.
Two utilities have been published in AMPLINEX to aid with the re-formatting of text files:
In AMPLINEX 003 'Hints and Tips' (H.ints003) there were instructions for a Wordwise segment program to automatically format AMPLINEX text files. The segment itself was included in AMPLINEX 004 (H.WWconv).
In AMPLINEX 005 there was a utility to print formatted 80-column text direct from an AMPLINEX text file. The instructions (U.print/i) and the BASIC program (U.print80) are both within the 'Utilities' section. A modification to this program (to provide a wider margin) was included in the 'Hints and Tips' section of AMPLINEX 006. See also the Update section of AMPLINEX 008 for a note concerning BASIC 1 users.
Published in AMPLINEX 025, March 1992
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Next issue news

The next issue of AMPLINEX will be for May 1992. We plan to publish at the end of May.
All applications for a FREE copy (i.e. those with discs containing contributions) must be received by MONDAY 11TH MAY. Anyone paying the £2.00 fee should apply by Friday 29th May.
More than ever the content depends on your contributions between now and then - so please let us have an example of your music, or that question, answer, hint, or comment which might spring to mind when reading this issue. You can record your thoughts right now using our Feedback utility, or copy your latest piece of music on to another disc ready for contribution.
We look forward to reading and hearing your contributions.
Published in AMPLINEX 025, March 1992
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How to contribute to AMPLINEX

To receive your next issue of AMPLINEX free of charge you must send a contribution of your own.
This could be an AMPLE music program, an instrument definition, a question or an article about some aspect of the AMPLE language or Hybrid Music System hardware or software, an AMPLE utility, a useful hint about AMPLE, or an answer to another member's question.
Under copyright law we cannot publish programs or music unless we have the permission of the copyright owners or their licensing agent. It is important to realise that in the case of an AMPLE music program, copyright exists in both the program itself and the music it represents. There may even be a separate copyright in the arrangement. If you wish to contribute transcriptions into AMPLE of someone else's music you must credit the copyright owner(s) of the music and the arrangement (if applicable). Please do not include lyrics as it is not feasible for us to obtain separate copyright clearance for these.
To protect ourselves from copyright actions we must ask you to sign the copyright declaration on the 'next issue request form' which was sent to you with this issue of AMPLINEX. All submissions made to AMPLINEX will be regarded as permission to publish within the AMPLINEX membership. Beyond this, the submission remains the property of the author.
As part of an exchange arrangement, we may wish to pass on your address if any of your contributions are of interest to other software publishers.
If you do NOT wish your contributions to be considered for publication elsewhere (and thus your address not to be passed to anyone else) please indicate this on the request form in the place provided.
You can also use your return disc to pass on questions which you would like answered on any issue relating to the Hybrid Music System or AMPLE language. We will do our best to answer them (or will pass them over to the other members for help) and publish the results in the Questions and Answers section of AMPLINEX.
You can also use AMPLINEX to advertise any (un)wanted items or to make contact with other members. Just put the details of your advertisement on to the return disc and we will try to include it in the next issue.
The 'Feedback' section of AMPLINEX contains a utility to allow a note to be written on the screen which can then be saved to disc. This 'note' file can then be included on your disc sent for the next issue of AMPLINEX.
'Feedback' notes can be used to make contributions to any of the text-based sections of AMPLINEX as well as to make comments or suggestions on AMPLINEX itself.
Send all contributions, on a standard DFS format disc (40- or 80-track).
It is not necessary to send printed copies of your contributions - any copies required are printed locally to minimize postage costs.
40-track disc users please note:
The AMPLINEX magazine is designed to fit on to one side of an 80-track disc. If you use 40-track discs you should send one double-sided or two single-sided discs.
Suggested file formats are:
a) AMPLE music programs - save these in normal Studio 5000 format (e.g. by selecting 'Save program' from the Studio 5000 Main menu). Since many members do not have the Music 4000 keyboard please ensure that your program has no M.M4 or M.KFX module words present. To make sure, try loading the program using your Studio 5000 system disc.
Please include some comments about the music - how or why it was written, how it could be changed - and put them into a word as comments following a DISPLAY statement. Use of the word 'info' to contain such text is common practice and we would suggest that it is NOT displayed automatically every time the music is played.
b) AMPLE instruments - save these in text form via *SPOOL using the AMPLE 'TYPE' command to save the word(s) you want.
Some description of the sound itself and hints on its use (e.g. which parameters could be changed, which are the most suitable octave settings) would make it more useful. This can be done using comments within the instrument definition itself (by preceding them with a '%').
c) Text (hints, questions etc.) - use the 'Feedback' note facility for short contributions. For longer pieces use View, Wordwise or other word processor (without embedded format codes or commands). Do not right justify the text.
You can help us operate AMPLINEX more efficiently by careful naming of the files which you send us. Receiving several files called 'hint' or 'quest' can cause us problems in trying to keep track of which contribution came from which member.
Wherever possible, please try and make the filenames of your contributions unique especially where they are for a regular section of the magazine.
Putting a combination of your name or initials and the section for which the contribution is destined is one way of doing this. So if your name is Fred Bloggs you could use FBquest or BlogH&T for contributions to the Questions and Answers or Hints and Tips sections.
Whatever filenames you use, please remember to include your name somewhere in the contribution - this can save us many hours annotating lists and cross-referencing filenames with contributors.
Ensure that your disc is well packed as we will be using the same packaging to return it to you.
Make sure you enclose a return address label and postage and that both the packaging and the disc are marked with your name and address.
Send it to:
AMPLINEX
26 Arbor Lane
Winnersh
Berks.
RG11 5JD
to arrive by the date specified in the 'Next issue' section.
We look forward to reading and hearing your contributions.
Published in AMPLINEX 025, March 1992
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Update – changes/corrections/comments

This section is a focus for news about the workings of AMPLINEX, corrections to items in previous issues, and other small items of information which might otherwise be missed amongst the details of each issue.

AMPLINEX music

In reply to the comments, in the previous issue, from Jim Brook about the selection of AMPLINEX music, we have received the following thoughts from Don Buckley:
Since a lot of music files are received each issue - would it be an idea for AMPLINEX to let it be known to members that, for an additional fee of, say, two pounds (the same as for each normal issue disc), copies of files not included on that disc could be had (on a separate disc sent by those people interested)?
I do agree that there are many different tastes in music, and feel that this may be a solution to the pressing problem of space on the normal issue discs. Bearing in mind the extra time taken to copy these discs, would it not be fair for the organisers of AMPLINEX to gain a little financial benefit for doing the work, from the extra monies sent for the discs?
We would certainly like to publish more music and, in the past, we have occasionally published an extra disc of music in addition to the normal issue disc. It has to be said, however, that this was during the 'heyday' of AMPLINEX when the number of contributions received for each issue greatly outweighed the number we could publish. In these more restricted times (this issue's contributions numbered about half those published) we have to rely on more and more material submitted in the past.
Although we have a considerable backlog of music contributions some of these are versions of material already published, and some would be, we feel, of limited interest to members - usually very simple transcriptions of sheet music.
In addition, we have attempted to maintain a consistent level of quality in the AMPLINEX output and this means checking and, sometimes, editing contributions to make them work within the AMPLINEX format. We would not want to lower those standards just in order to increase the volume of music published, and this means we would need to spend more time preparing each issue's discs.
In short, time is the main reason why we feel unable to pursue this suggestion - the offer of a reward is appreciated, but the real constraint is lack of time, not lack of money.

Reviewer wanted

We have received a copy of Hybrid's Music Publisher package which 'does for printed music what the word processor does for text'. We are looking for a member with knowledge of music notation to review the package for AMPLINEX. The package runs on any BBC computer and prints on any Epson-graphics compatible printer. If you are interested please contact AMPLINEX as soon as possible after receiving this disc - we would like to carry the review in our May issue.
We always welcome suggestions for improvements in the workings or contents of AMPLINEX - most of the changes made to date have originated from members' suggestions. So, if you have an idea to improve AMPLINEX, let us know.
Also, please let us know if you spot an error or omission in the content of AMPLINEX - you may be the first one who has noticed.
Published in AMPLINEX 025, March 1992
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Welcome to AMPLINEX 025

Kevin Doyle and Roy Follett
In this issue we have brief sections of Questions and Answers and Hints and Tips as well an explanation of a way to customise the AMPLE main menu.
We have a large selection of AMPLE music (over 20 pieces) and more discussion (in the Update section) about publishing music in AMPLINEX.
We are sorry to report that, as well as the rather sparse Questions and Answers and Hints and Tips sections, there are no Features or News and Reviews sections in this issue.
About 18 months ago (in AMPLINEX 019) Roy commented on the gradual decline in membership which we had experienced since the number of new members was being outweighed by those whose interest had waned or who had moved on to other systems.
This trend has, sadly, continued with a consequent reduction in the number of contributions. At their height, these regularly overflowed two, or even three, double-sided 80-track discs; the contributions to this issue fitted on one side of one disc.
We are considering ways in which to try to renew interest in AMPLINEX and boost contributions, and we would ask any members who have suggestions to make them known to us. Naturally, we would like to continue publishing AMPLINEX for as long as possible, but if there is no longer the level of interest to make such an enterprise feasible we will have to consider bringing it to a close.
We look forward to receiving your contributions to the next issue of AMPLINEX - details of our deadlines are in the Next Issue News section.
Published in AMPLINEX 025, March 1992
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Printing out AMPLINEX information

There are three ways to print out the information seen in AMPLINEX.
You can print out an AMPLINEX file as it is displayed on the screen from within AMPLINEX; you can print the files themselves as you would any other text file; or you can load the files into your own word processor and re-format them as required before printing.
1) To print a file from within AMPLINEX choose the 'SET PRINT ON/OFF' option from the Introduction menu. This allows you to toggle a software 'print switch' on or off. If the switch is set ON then any AMPLINEX file which is displayed on the screen will be sent to the printer. This will continue until you set the switch off again using the same Introduction option. An asterisk is displayed at the top of the screen next to the issue number when the print option is ON and the print status is shown at the bottom right of the screen as text is displayed within AMPLINEX.
It is now also possible to print out part of a file from within AMPLINEX. There are two ways to do this:
a) To print a single page of an AMPLINEX file, make sure the 'print switch' is OFF and then select the menu option which displays the file. When the page you wish to print is displayed, and the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is showing at the bottom of the screen, press the letter 'P' on the keyboard. The page being displayed will then be sent to the printer. Pressing RETURN will then continue to display the file without printing.
b) To start printing part-way through a file, you can turn on the 'print switch' by pressing the CTRL and 'P' keys together when the 'Press RETURN to continue' prompt is displayed. Subsequent pages which are displayed will then be sent to the printer. The 'print switch' can be turned off again in the same way.
2) If you prefer to print the parts you require outside of AMPLINEX - all the data is held in files on the AMPLINEX disc. The files are in directories named according to the sections in which they appear and the file names can be seen at the foot of the screen as they are displayed in AMPLINEX so you can make a note of the ones you require.
The file directories allocated to each section of AMPLINEX are as follows:
$. for Music
A. for the Introduction and Adverts
F. for Features
H. for Hints and Tips
I. for Instruments
N. for News and Reviews
Q. for Questions and Answers
U. for Utilities
In addition to the text files, the AMPLE instrument definitions can also be printed directly from within AMPLINEX. Music and utility programs written in AMPLE can only be printed by LOADing the programs into the Studio 5000 and using the WRITE command (see Studio 5000 User Guide page 100).
3) If you wish to re-format the text before printing you should load the files into your word processor. The files contain unjustified text restricted to 38 columns width. The files contain only printable ASCII characters except for a control code (ASCII 11) which marks the screen page breaks. View treats these as left margin tabs and if necessary they can be removed with a C/^L// command.
Two utilities have been published in AMPLINEX to aid with the re-formatting of text files:
In AMPLINEX 003 'Hints and Tips' (H.ints003) there were instructions for a Wordwise segment program to automatically format AMPLINEX text files. The segment itself was included in AMPLINEX 004 (H.WWconv).
In AMPLINEX 005 there was a utility to print formatted 80-column text direct from an AMPLINEX text file. The instructions (U.print/i) and the BASIC program (U.print80) are both within the 'Utilities' section. A modification to this program (to provide a wider margin) was included in the 'Hints and Tips' section of AMPLINEX 006. See also the Update section of AMPLINEX 008 for a note concerning BASIC 1 users.
Published in AMPLINEX 024, January 1992
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