Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    
    I'm having trouble with AMICUS 23.  This is a disk filled with music, and
    several PD music players.  Some of the documentation indicates that there
    is a way to play the included compositions by double-clicking their
    icons.  I set the default tool to be Amicus23:Music\PLAY, but when I
    double-click, I get a requester asking for another volume name which
    isn't discussed at all in the README files.

    The only way I can get the music to work is from the CLI, with

        > SMUSPlay\smus.safe music_file instrument_file_location

    Has anyone had any better luck with this disk?  The README files mention
    files which are nowhere to be found--can someone check if the disk is
    complete?

    Thanks,
    Sam

    
    Hi Sam,
    
        I think you need to create a directory called instruments and put
    the instruments in it to stop it asking for the other disk.
    
    Hope this helps..
    
    			Pete

>        I think you need to create a directory called instruments and put
>    the instruments in it to stop it asking for the other disk.

    I got this done for me when I unZOOed INSTRUMENTS.ZOO.  In fact, I used
    these instruments to play the scores from the CLI by saying:

        > smus.safe score_name Amicus23:Instruments

    When I double-click the music icons, I get a requester asking for volume
    "CAMEO-8".  CAMEO is the name of the Amiga user group that put this disk
    together.  Here's an excerpt from the DISKNOTES files.  Note that they
    refer to some programs which don't seem to be anywhere on the disk...

    Thanks again for the help,
    Sam

<BEGIN EXCERPT>    

CAMEO-?

	by Commodore Amiga Madison Enthusiasts Organization
	Box 53, Wisconsin Union South
	227 North Randall Ave., Madison, WI 53706

This disk was released September 1987.

This disk contains:

	1.  Scores - Songs that can be played with the public domain player
	    SMUSPlay provided on this disk.  The scores are limited because
            they are the only ones I could find that didn't use copyrighted
	    IFF instruments.  If you like the limited selection of music
            here, CAMEO suggests you buy one of the commercial music
            programs for which several scores are available in the PD.

	2.  Sonix-Scores - An arc'd and packed selection of Sonix Scores
	    arranged by John Reuschlein.

	3.  DMCS-Scores - A sampling of ready to play DMCS scores.

	4.  Information from Digital Visions, where more PD music
	    programs and utilities can be obtained.

	5.  MusicTools - several different tools useful with music files.
	    Please note that most of these programs must be run from CLI.

	6.  Instruments - noncopyrighted instruments used to play the
	    demonstration scores on this disk.

    	7.  Piano - a simple Piano keyboard/sound program.
            ^^^^^
    (I can't find this anywhere on the disk)
    
	8.  CLIRUN - a program stored in the c directory of this disk
            ^^^^^^
    (I can't find this anywhere--this looks like it would answer all my
    questions if I could find it--can someone verify that it is missing?  I
    don't even get a c directory created when I unZOO the disk)
    
    	    which allows you to play the scores provided from WorkBench.
 	    Read the docs on this one it is useful for other programs
            too!

(Excerpt from another DISKNOTES file)
    
This disk contains:

	1.  Instruments - noncopyrighted instruments used to play the
	    demonstration scores on this disk.  These IFF instruments can 
	    also be used in Instant Music, Deluxe Music, Deluxe Video,
	    SoundScape, and Sonix.
	    
	2.  Music - Songs that can be played with the public domain player
	    SMUSPlay provided on this disk.  The scores are limited because
            they are the only ones I could find that are not copyrighted
	    songs.  If you like the limited selection of music
            here, CAMEO suggests you buy one of the commercial music
            programs for which there are many scores are available in the PD.

	3.  MCraft2SMUS - This is a program to convert old Pre-Release 
	    version MusiCraft scores to SMUS (an IFF standard).  Once in 
	    SMUS they can be imported into Deluxe Music, Sonix, or others.
	
	4.  1812Overture - The full 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky, since
	    this is over 18 minutes of music complete with Cannons your
	    computer must have more than 512K of memory to play it.
	
	5.  SMUSPlay - This is a public domain program that plays songs in
	    the SMUS format.  It is used to play the songs in the music 
	    directory.
	
	6.  ListINSTR - A handy utility to list the instruments required to
	    play a song.  This is necessary because several programs simply
	    say "Cannot find instrument", and do not tell you which 
	    instrument is missing.
	
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