CMF/CMS Music Files

The files in this directory are music files which can be played on a Sound
Blaster card with the required SB software. There are also a number of
utilities and programs for use with CMF/CMS music files.  The music files are
not listed here, but are unarchived in the MUS_CMF directory for easy playing.


[AUTOPLAY]
Autoplay 1.1 (Coon, John M.; $10) plays Sound Blaster music files. Requires
Sound Blaster Card, Playcmf, and SBFMDRV which comes with SB. It plays CMF
files only.

[COMPOZ]
Compoz (Coon, John M.; $20) allows you to compose and playback multi-voice
musical scores for the Sound Blaster. Up to nine voices are programable with
any of sixteen instruments from the built in instrument cache or imported from
your directory of SBI files. Notes can be input either by mouse or keyboard
over a seven octave range. Sharps, flats and naturals are supported, as are
dotted and tied notes. Several sample music files are included. 640K and the
Sound Blaster software driver required.

[DRMBLST]
Drum Blaster (Epic MegaGames ASP; $15-$30) turns your PC into a professional
sounding drum pad with 40 killer digitized drum and sound effects at your
command. You can tap out rhythms by pressing the keys, and it can also play
CMF music files in the background. A synthesizer mode turns the top row of
letter keys into a music keyboard. An amusing animated drummer and keyboard
player are displayed at the top of the screen. Several sample music files are
included. While this will work in a limited capacity on a regular PC speaker,
a Sound Blaster compatible card is highly recommended. Requires 512K RAM,
EGA/VGA with at least 256K video memory, and a hard drive or high density
floppy drive.

[PLAY2]
Play2 (Namkoob Software; $15) is a Sound Blaster CMF file player. It provides
a selection box for you to choose songs you wish to play, and allows you to
attach a 40 character description to songs. A batch file is included that will
automatically load the SBFMDRV and run the PLAY2 program.

[ROLCON]
Rolcon (Creative Labs; $0) enables you to convert ROL files (Adlib compatible)
into CMF files (Sound Blaster compatible). Requires 500k+ of disk space.

[SBTIMBRE]
SBTimbre 3.50 (James W. O'Connell, reg. fee: $40) lets you create and modify
instrument sounds for Soundblaster and Adlib FM compatible sound cards.

[STYLES]
Styles 1.0 (G. Val, reg. fee: $0) includes CMF files of Chopin, Palestrina and
three original works.