SPECTUNE
FOR 48K SPECTRUM
XORSOFT

SPECTUNE
INSTRUCTIONS

LOADING
To load  Spectune type LOAD "" & start the tape.
Side A. Loads in two parts, the first part is the
Demonstration & Instruction program; this provides
brief instructions & an explanation of written music, &
information about the main program. (Just follow the
directions!)
Side B. Contains the Main programme only.

THE MAIN PROGRAMME.
Once the Main programme has loaded, you are given a
Menu to choose from:
	Crochet Length.
	Edit & Write.
	Learning Mode.
	Play a Tune.
	Recall.
	Tuning Mode.
	Save, Load, & Print

THE KEYBOARD.
The Spectrum keyboard is turned into a piano keyboard
with 34 notes. The bottom row, Caps shift to space, are
the lower white notes. A to L, are the black notes. Q to
P, are the upper white notes, and 2 to 0, the upper black
notes. This leaves 1,4,8,D,H. & Enter, for the use as
control keys in various modes

NOTE.
Pressing Quit (Figure 1), will return you to the Menu.

CROTCHET LENGTH.
Sets or Alters the time value of a Crotchet, all other time
values are regulated from this. (This does not alter the
speed of a tune!)

EDIT & WRITE.
This fairly complicated routine provides full editing
facilities; on selection, you are asked: Edit or Write?.
Edit. The names of the tunes in the computer's memory
(A B C etc.) are then displayed & you are given the
options: Edit, Move, Delete. First Edit: This allows note
by note editing; you are then asked, "SET KEY
SIGNATURE". Press 'S' & you can then select the key
you want by moving the cursor; pressing 'Enter' sets
the key shown by the cursor. You are then asked "Set
Time signature". Press 'S' & you can select a time
signature by using the cursor.
If you have selected a time signature, the tune now
becomes subject to bar lengths (see below). The tune
you have chosen can now be stepped through and
edited. Press '4' to scroll the tune left and '8' to scroll
it right. The note in the bright area can then be worked
on.

DELETE - by pressing D

ALTER - by pressing Enter.
You will now be prompted to SET NOTE - this is done
by selecting the required note as if the Spectrum were a
piano keyboard. When you have a note in the correct
position on the stave, the time value can be selected by
pressing H - at each press the time values - semibreve,
minim, crochet etc - are cycled through. When satisfied
with the note press Enter. You are now prompted to
SET REST. This is done by pressing D - a rest will be put
into the tune for the length of time you hold down the
key and an appropriate rest sign (if any) will be displayed.
Press Enter to return to the editing routine. If you don't
want a rest, press Enter to return to editing.

INSERT.
A note and a rest can be inserted in front of the note
displayed in the bright area. On pressing H, the note
displayed disappears, it has been pushed to the right to
make space for the new note. You are now prompted to
select note and continue as above.

BAR LENGTHS.
If you have selected a time signature, bar lengths are
worked out. For example, if you have selected 4/4 time,
and the first few notes add up to exactly 4 crotchet
lengths, then a bar line is shown on the screen.
Suppose, however, the first 4 notes are 3 crotchets and
a minim, then a bar of exactly 4 crotchet lengths is not
possible, and the words "BAR ERROR" appear. In this
case it is necessary to move right and alter the note
values until a correct bar length is achieved. Note that
scrolling RIGHT cancels the BAR ERROR message, and
scrolling LEFT calculates the current bar length.

MOVE.
Suppose you have tune A, B & C in memory; if you
leave the flashing cursor over 'A' and press 'M', another
letter, D will appear. A small letter 'a' will also appear on
the lower left of the screen. This means that a new tune
'D' has been set up, which now contains A. Press 'M'
again and you have 'a a'; select 'B' and press 'M' and
you have D containing A, A, B and so on - any number
or combination of tunes can be merged in this way - the
programme allows enough space for over 2500 notes.

WRITE.
If this is selected, you are asked which key you want;
this is chosen by using the cursor. You are then asked if
you want to reset the memory; doing so will delete ALL
previous tunes from the computer's memory. You are
now prompted to SET NOTE; this is done as described
above. On pressing ENTER, the note scrolls to the left
and you can then set another note. If in writing you
make a mistake, then press key 8 - EDIT - the tune now
scrolls one note to the right and you are in editing
mode. When editing is complete press 1 - QUIT - to set
back to writing mode.

PLAY A TUNE.
On pressing P, you are asked to select a key, using the
cursor. You are now asked, PRACTISE or MEMORISE.
If practise is selected, the stave and keyboard are
displayed and the Spectrum becomes a piano
keyboard. When you have finished practising, press
QUIT (1).

MEMORISE.
If memorise is selected, you are asked if you want to
RESET memory. If you reset, all previous tunes are
deleted from memory, and the tune you then play
becomes tune A. The stave and keyboard are now
displayed and the name of the current tune.

RECALL A TUNE.
Pressing R from the main menu selects this option; the
letters of the tunes held in memory are displayed and
you can select any tune to replay, by moving the cursor.

LEARNING MODE.
This has two options, A & B. When A is selected,
random notes appear on the right of the stave and you
must press the correct key to correspond to that note.
Another note will then appear and so on, pressing a
wrong note will lose you one "Life". (You have three!)
You are given a score according to the speed with
which you react.

If B is selected, you are given the option to LOAD
TUNES; these are tunes that have keen previously
recorded and saved. You are then asked, PROMPT.
This indicates which key is to be pressed, so enabling
you to learn both the keyboard and the notes on the
stave! You then select the tune you require as in the
recall mode. The effect is similar to mode A.

SAVE, LOAD, PRINT.
Pressing S selects this mode. You can now save your
tunes on tape, or load them back from tape, or print the
notes out on the ZX printer. WARNING: Do not press
the BREAK key whilst in this mode; you will have to
reload the programme if you do!

We hope you enjoy SPECTUNE. We at XORSOFT aim
to produce high quality programmes for your enjoyment
or instruction which should give you many happy hours
with your computer.





XORSOFT
SPECTUNE