CBeat V1.21
16/10/95

╜ 1995 Movement Software

1. Contents

1. Contents
2. Introduction
3. System Requirements
4. Operation
	4a. In use
	4b. Errors
5. Legal bit
6. Compatibility
7. Program History
8. Thanks
9. Contact

2. Introduction

	For muso's everywhere ! CBeat is a small desk accessory, designed to work alongside your sequencer software, that is incredibly handy. When adding an effect to a piece of music, you often need to know the length of a musical note (crotchet, semiquaver etc.) so you can match the effect unit's delay time (often measured in milliseconds, a thousandth of a second) to the tempo of the music. This is what CBeat calculates. Given the Beats Per Minute (BPM), CBeat will calculate the length of various useful notes. Indispensable...

3. System Requirements

	CBeat will run on any ST compatible computer, including the STe, TT, Mega series, and the Falcon. The video display must be in an 80-column mode (i.e. any resolution from 640 * 200). This includes ST Medium, ST High, and most Falcon resolutions. CBEAT.ACC must be placed in the root directory of your boot drive (usually A: or C:).

4. Operation

4a. In use

	Include CBEAT.ACC, CBEAT.RSC and/or CBEATMED.RSC on your boot drive. If you are running in medium resolution, CBeat will use CBEATMED.RSC, but if you are running in high resolution (640 * 400 or more),  then CBeat will use CBEAT.RSC. If you use both resolutions, simply copy both CBEAT.RSC and CBEATMED.RSC onto the boot drive, and CBeat will automatically load the correct file.
	When this is done, on booting the machine, the CBeat entry will be found under the Desk menu of any GEM program. Click on this to activate the dialogue box. Simply enter the BPM, click on Calculate (or press Return). The values of the notes will appear next to the relevant note lengths. CBeat works out the length, in milliseconds, of the following notes:

	Value	Name	Note

	1/1	Whole	Semibreve
	1/2	Half	Minim
	1/4	Quarter	Crotchet
	1/8	Eighth	Quaver
	1/16	Sixteenth	Semiquaver
	1/32	Thirtysecond	Demisemiquaver
	1/3	Half triplet	Minim triplet
	1/6	Quarter triplet	Crotchet triplet
	1/12	Eighth triplet	Quaver triplet
	1/24	Sixteenth triplet	Semiquaver triplet
	1/48	Thirtysecond triplet	Demisemiquaver triplet

When you have finished with CBeat, simply click on Quit.

4b. Errors

CBeat has five error messages, three of them fatal.

Invalid BPM Entry	Your entry should consist only of numbers and a decimal 			point.

That's Too Fast !! 	CBeat only allows BPM values up to a ridiculously fast 			499,999 BPM.

BPM Too Small 	Similarly, CBeat only allows BPM values down to a 				ridiculously low 24.001 BPM.

CBEAT.RSC Not Found!	The high resolution resource file was not found on your 			boot drive. CBeat will not operate in these 		
			circumstances.

CBEATMED.RSC Not Found!	The medium resolution resource file was not found on 			your boot drive, and you are in a medium resolution 			mode.

C-Beat will NOT Operate!	Due to GEM error or no .RSC file

5. Legal bit

	The author cannot accept any liability for any damage as a result of using this program, watching The Word, or falling off a very high building. All these activities are at your risk. Yes, you!
	This program is Shareware. If you use this program for more than two weeks, or more than ten times, you are morally obliged to send me £3 sterling (cheques payable to J. Levon).

PD Libraries, BBSs and users may freely distribute this program as long as these files are included :

CBEAT.ACC
CBEAT.RSC
CBEATMED.RSC
CBEAT.STW (Atari Works)
CBEAT.RTF (Rich Text Format)
CBEAT.ASC (Simple ASCII)

or

CBEAT.ZIP

6. Compatibility

	CBeat has been tested on a 4Mb Falcon with TOS4.04 and a 1040STE with TOS1.62. There have been no reported incompatibilities with any GEM programs.

7. Program history

	Date	Version	Comment

	27/8/94	1.0	First Version
	31/1/95	1.2	New interface, slight error fixed, RTF docs.
	16/10/95	1.21	Long break :-) Doesn't hang on "No RSC"

8. Thanks

Thanks to :-

Hisoft for Lattice C
Atari for Works
Echobelly for a damn fine album

No Thanks to :-

Hisoft for Lattice C docs
Boys II Men & Wet Wet Wet

9. Contact

	If you feel the insane urge to contact me, or even pay up, my address is thus :

John Levon
12 St. John's Avenue
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 2RE
ENGLAND

or e-mail me at levonj5@cs.man.ac.uk

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