From: "min ni" <nimin@peach.ucs.indiana.edu>
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Subject: [comp.music] Nimble Musician ( NM ) 2.2 is now ready
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Date: 8 Oct 1992 12:48:52 GMT
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                          NM 2.2  --- Font Problem Fixed

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	Nimble Musician ( NM ) 2.2 is now ready, the new version has
	fixed the font problem many user encountered due to the 
	difference of fonts on our system and their systems.

	Thanks to Mark W. Eichin (MIT Student Information Processing 
	Board) and Glenn M. Lewis, NM 2.2 is now able to overcome some
	of the compiling problems due to the difference of machines.

	Besides, the tts.m in Dir_TTS has been improved, now when
	playing back the *.score files translated by "tts", you can
	hear the stress, the melody becames more vivid.

	When you list the melodies in NM 2.2, you will find some new
	interesting ones, for those who have access to the Next, you 
	might play them back. Among those, the following ones are
	generated by computer, rather than human composer :

	All-Comfortable
	Back-To-College
	Blue-Air
	Caribbean-Rock

	For those who encounter "a.out" problem, do either one of the
	following : [ Because there is a system call of the same name ]

		<1> >mv nm xnm
                     ---------

                    >xnm
                     ---
	  Or

		<2> change the "nm" to "xnm" in makefile and recompile.


	Notice: If you don't want to throw away existing melody in
	        your bank, just get in to the "Output" mode, display 
	        that melody and press "b" to back it up, and then 
		move those *.text files in your Dir_Text directory 
		to a save place ( Outside Dir_NM_2.2 ), after you 
		change version, copy them back to  Dir_Text and "Load"
		them.

	  	To load the melodies, just left click the "Load"
		button on the menu, then click in any category.
		                    ---------------------------

Place ( Anon FTP site ) : ftp.cica.indiana.edu

	                  /pub/pc/win3/uploads     OR    /pub/unix



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			What is NM ( Nimble Musician ) ?

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	NM uses X window as its base, so it works on the Sparcs and
	its compatibles.  Users can edit music in the five line style.
	Inputs may go through both mouse and keyboard. Outputs may go 
	through screen, printer and the Next machine's sound system.

	Since the Sparcs doesn't have a satisfactory sound function, 
        the NM package offers a translate function so that users can 
        translate the Textfile output by NM to a Scorefile which can
	be played back on a Next machine. The sampling rate is 22050
	( or 44100 ) samples per second, which is about CD quality.
        NM also offers the ability to have words go with the melody.

	The most important is to remember : move your mouse around to 
        find out which buttons on the menu are active, only the active
	buttons will respond when you click on them. Secondly, when
	you start the program, if you don't see anything show up on
        the screen after 30 seconds, click the right most mouse button
	to reflash the window.

	There are 36 different sorts of music you can input, it's up
	to you to name them, but the first and last kinds are fixed. 
        The first kind represents tempos used by drums, the last kind 
	represents tempo sets, in which a set of tempos are grouped 
	together as one unit. Because of the unique data structure,
	these two are not compatible with other 34 kinds. All the 36
	kinds can have whatever names you choose, but remember : the 
	first and the last kinds are different from others, names
	don't change their structures.  The capacity for each kind is 
	100.  Totally NM may handle 34,00 melodies + 100 tempos
	+ 100 tempo-sets. 


Ni Min.