INSTRUCTIONS FOR "NAME THIS SONG" Distribution: This program is distributed as an ".LZH" file which requires the program LHARC to dearc. The dearced files include the following NAMETUNE.PRG, NTT.DAT, NAMETUNE.MID, NAMETUNE.TXT, MAKESNGF.PRG and MUSIC1.LZH. After dearcing the original file, the music file must be further dearced onto a blank disk. Other music files are available separately. Requirements: Atari ST, 2 joysticks, color monitor. Synthesizer optional, but recommended. Description: This is a two player game. The objective is to score more points than your opponent. Points are scored when a tune is correctly identified. Preparation: The program, NAMETUNE.PRG, will normally be on a different disk than the music files. If the music files have been archived into a single file, you must dearc them and place all (usually 111) onto a single floppy. Besides the 111 music files one other file called SONGDESC.DAT must be present on the same disk. Plug in your midi cables if you have a synthesizer. Set the computer for medium resolution. Insert the program disk into drive A. Find NAMETUNE.PRG and double click it with your mouse, the program will start and the intro music will play. Unplug your mouse and plug a joystick into each port. Remove the program disk and insert the music data disk into drive A. More Set Up: Before the game starts you must load the song description file into the computer. To do this use your joystick in port 1 (not the mouse port) and move the mouse cursor to the options menu. Select Read Disk and push the joystick fire button. Next you may enter the names of each player by selecting from the select menu and they typing them in. You also can choose to have the notes displayed on a keyboard while music is playing. If you don't use midi you can choose to have music played through the Atari speaker. Playing: To start the game select Start from the select menu. When the music begins push up or pull back on your joystick to move the white cursor bar up or down into the song name window. Player 1 (port 0) is on the left. Player 2 (port 1) is on the right. Scroll through the song titles. When you find the correct one for the music that is playing, move the cursor to the name of the music and push the fire button on your joystick. If you are correct the music will stop and you will receive points. The song name will then be displayed and after a pause the next song will start. Scoring: A correct guess scores 6 points if guessed from 0 to 10 seconds after the music starts, 5 points from 11 to 20 seconds, 4 points 21 to 30 seconds, etc. and finally 1 point if identified 51 to 60 seconds. One point is deducted for each incorrect guess. Most songs stop after 60 seconds but some are shorter. The name of the music will always be displayed after the music stops even if not guessed correctly. Variations: If you think you know it all you can make recognition more difficult by choosing one or more option from the variations menu. These are first, increasing or decreasing the tempo. The tempo is will be multiplied by the number selected. The selected number is changed using the up and down arrow keys. The second variation is skip notes, every other note is the music will not play. The third variation is inversion. This means the notes on the keyboard are turned upside down. Middle C still plays at middle C but D above C drops to B below C and the B goes up to take the place of D, the C in octave 5 trades places with the C in octave 3 etc. Finally you can set the total number of points that comprise a game. The number defaults to 100 but it may be changed to any number between 10 and 900. Key use: When the menu is active R reads a disk, S starts the game, Esc or Q exit the program and returns you to the desk top, D displays the music keyboard, P selects the St speaker. When the music is playing Esc stops the game, Delete skips a song, space bar pauses the game. Ending: The game ends after the last song finishes, when one player reaches the predefined point total, or when the escape key is pressed. The winner's score flashes at conclusion. Statistics on your guessing are displayed by selecting Show Scores in the menu. The accuracy is the number of correct guesses divided by the total number of guesses. The percent identified is the number of correct guesses divided by the number of songs played (this also includes those deleted.) Making files: You can create your own music for Name This Tune. First the music must be in Standard Midi File Format. Second you must make a descriptive file called SONGDESC.DAT. The format of this file is first the file name of the music, 14 characters and any after the name are blanks, 32 characters for the description, the last two characters are carriage return, line feed. That is a total of 48 characters and each line must be exactly that long. You can use a word processor or other program such as Flash to make this file. A special program has been created for this purpose called MAKESNGF.PRG. Here is the procedure to set up a data disk. First either use standard midi files that you already have or make new ones. To make new ones from other music files you can use the program Midi Music Maker (MMM181.PRG), follow the instructions with that program. Limit each piece to about 60 seconds. To do this you use the ST speaker and a stop watch and press the Delete key at about 60 seconds from the start of the song. If you are planing on using the ST speaker only you should try to make midi files that only use single voices on each of the first three channels. Put all the SMF files on one disk (110 or less of them.) Put the MAKESNGF.PRG file on that disk. Then run the MAKESNGF program. The file name for each music file will be shown. You have 32 spaces to enter the title for that music file. Type in the correct title from previously made list. To skip a song or file press return only. When you are done press the escape key. When the program exits the SONGDESC.DAT file will be written. Additional music files for this game can be purchased. The cost is $5 per disk plus $2 shipping and handling. Specify classical, old pop, newer pop & rock, country, movies, ragtime, Christmas, mixture of miscellaneous types. All disks contain more than 100 songs and are double sided and the music is 3 voice (suitable for use without midi equipment). This program is shareware. If you use the program $10 would be appreciated. I would also like to hear of any comments or suggestions for improving the program. Dave Henry 1720 Wickersham Dr. Anchorage, AK 99507 907-563-7414