** Componium This demoversion is completely functional. Only thing you cannot do is to save your work. You can copy it absolutely free, but only if you copy it with all files provided in this distribution. Commercial use is not authorized without agreement. I cannot tell you where you could buy a full version - we could not find any distributor yet. (If you want to be a distributor of this product, please contact us.) * Running Double click on COMPO.PRG. You should not use Compoium in True Color or 256 color modes - there could appear drop-outs in sound because of lowered performace of system in these modes. * First steps with Componium I hope Componium can be used very intuitivelly, there should be no great difficulties. Most abilites can be accessed in the main menu or in the toolbox. * Playing a composition You will probably want to hear some music first of all. Componium (if it is installed well) should automatically load one of the demo songs. You will have only to click on the toolbox icon for playing (tweeter with notes), or select menu item Play, or press Control + P. When you want to probe some other composition, click on the load icon - arrow pointing from disk, or close the window and select menu item Open (Control + O). * Arranging song You should keep on mind that all actions (inserting, deleting, editing, etc.) are done by holding right mouse button on the item, whilst left button is used to moving a cursor and/or marking a block. The description of keybord shortcuts is not complete - it is intended only to help you with the most important features. * Cursor moves, block Cursor is an inverse rectangle. To move the cursor click left button on the item or use cursor keys (with a control/shift key pressed for bar/page moves respectivelly). If you hold left button and drag the mouse, a block will be marked in one or more tracks . * Mouse cursor The mouse cursor can be on of these: edit cursor - cross-hair - allowing to edit items. delete cursor - X-like cross - deleting items. insert cursor - crooked arrow - inserting notes. The shape of the cursor can be selected in the toolbox. You should use mainly edit cursor - it is possible to insert notes in this mode too. Insert cursor is ment only for some special purposes in highly complicated arranges. Deleting items can easily be done using [Delete] key. * Editing/inserting a note (Valid only when edit cursor is active.) The pitch and the duration of a note can be changed by __holding__ __right__ mouse button on the note (on its round body) and dragging the mouse in both directions. Special signs (#, b) can be added in dialog, which appears after double clicking on the note. When you hold right button between two notes, new note will be inserted. Holding above or below of the note adds new note into the chord. Pitch of the note at the cursor position can also be changed by pressing one of the C,D,E,F,G,A,B keys (with one of the shifts to set lower or higher octave), duration is controlled by 1,2,3,4,8,9 (for 16) and 0 (for 32) keys. The [Tab] key inserts new note into the chord. The space bar will insert one note at the right side of the cursor, backspace, delete and insert behave as expected. * Editing a command (Valid only when edit cursor is active.) Most of the other items can be edited by holding the right button or double clicking left button with nearly the same effect (also equivalent to typing [Return]). * Editing a part When using parts, you can edit them either in the composition window, either in separate window. The separate part window is opened, when you double click on the beginning of the name of the part. Note that all changes made in the parts are immediately displayed in all places, where the part is seen. The context of the part (voice, measure, key, octave shift, etc.) is taken from the place where the part is called. If you edit the same part with different contexts (e.g. called from locations having different keys), separate window is opened for each version of it. To create a new part use the menu item "Call part" and select the "New" button. ** Remarks * MultiTOS This version of Componium is not compatible with MultiTOS memory protection because of the timer A interrupt player. That means you can use all features, but you cannot play a song unless the memory protection is turned off. (I'm sorry, but I cannot find out any way to avoid memory protection fault - it seems that MultiTOS doesn't switch the process context when interrupt is accepted.) This READ.ME file written: 15/3/1993 Ondrej Spanel Lipenska 571 149 00 Praha 4 - Hrncire Czech Republic or e-mail: (Valid only till September 1994.)