Melody DA

Copyright (c) 1999 by Hide Itoh <hide@kagi.com>. All rights reserved.


What is Melody DA?
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Melody DA is a DA type music keyboard program. I creaded this just for a little bit of fun and thus it does not have any nice features like recording, play back, etc.. at all. All you can do is just play the melody using stylus.
Have fun!!


Requirements
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Palm OS 2.0 or later


Installation
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Installation is very simple. Just install 'MelodyDA.prc' to your Pilot.


How to use it?
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Well, please check out 'How to play piano, organ' books at the music store if you do not know how to play it ;-)
BTW, you do not have to touch and detach the key. You can slide the stylus to the next key to play.

Front panel switches
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L/H - Low/High octave mode
    toggles high and low octave mode. Melody DA can cover 3 octave using this H/L switches.

TMP - Tempo mode
    plays tempo for about 4 seconds

PLY - Play back mode
    play back the recorded and converted melody. Since it play backs the converted melody the melody will be legate if you use legate mode for recording. To stop the play back melody, just tap once anywhere on the screen

LGT - Legato mode
    makes recording melody legato (smooth)

REC - Recording mode
     records the melody you play and convert the melody into text data for Melody Editor (by Katsuhiro Endo) note mode, and copies the converted text data to clipboard up to 1024 bytes.  You can paste this data to Melody Editor's note form directly from the clipboard. Since the maximum text data size is 1024 bytes, you can not record long melody at a time. 
Actual recording will start when you play the first sound after pressing the REC  button, so you do not have to rush to start playing.
The recording is done either when you press the REC mode button to OFF, or when you exit the Melody DA. The Melody DA convert the recorded melody and copies it to the clipboard then. 

To quit Melody DA, tap the outside of Melody DA dialog on screen.




Notes
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Melody DA is a DA (Desk Accessory) program. To use it, a special launcher program is required. There are some launcher programs that are capable of launching DA programs, and you can get it on internet. One of the most popular DA launcher program is "DA Launcher", written by Mr. Yamada (Hacker-Dude san). You can get the DA Launcher from his web site <http://www.tt.rim.or.jp/~tatsushi/>.
There's a excellent web site where you can get all information about DA and the newest version of all DA programs available from Mr.Yamakado's web (Cute and Fanky DAs) <http://member.nifty.ne.jp/yamakado/da/>


Version History
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2.0 (7/20/99)
	* Added H/L buttons to toggle High and Low octave mode.
	* Added TMP button, LGT button and PLY buttons.
	* Added REC mode button and recording feature for Melody Editor (by Katsuhiro Endo) note mode.

1.1x (6/11/99)
	* New version based on 1.1 and expanded for covering two octave.

1.1 (6/11/99)
	* Correct the tuning based on the 440Hz 'A' sound.

1.0 (6/8/99)
	* First public release.


Special thanks to
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All Japanese DA developers who has developed the DA system and worked on the polularization of DA program, especially for those who has release their DA's source code to public!!
 

Authors Home Page (getting the recent version)
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Hide's Software Download
    http://www.vcnet.com/hide/download/



Copyright and freeware distribution
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Melody DA is a freeware and is copyright 1999. Hide Itoh asserts the right to be identified as author and has provided this software as a freeware. You can distribute it free via electronic bulletin boards, user groups, and person to person. When distributed, all accompanying files (the Read Me document, the program, etc.), are to distributed with the software without exception. The software is not to be included with any commercial software or any public domain/shareware package sold for profit without proper written consent from the author.

There's no technical support available for this software. However your comment and bug reports are always welcome. Please send your e-mail to Hide Itoh <hide@kagi.com>


Disclaimer
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While the author of this software has made every effort to deliver a high quality product, The author does not guarantee that this product is free from defects.  The author is not responsible for any damage to the purchaser's computer system or data and in no event will I be responsible to the purchaser for any consequential, incidental, or indirect damages (including but not limited to damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, or loss of data) arising out of the use or inability to use this product, even if I have been advised of the possibility of such damages.  Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply to you. The use of this software includes the complete agreement of this disclaimer.
