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Regulars/RuntheRisc/Riff/ReadMe
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| Filename: | Regulars/RuntheRisc/Riff/ReadMe |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0641 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
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File contents
!Help for !Riff 0.01 (14 Dec 1994) !Riff generates random repeating patterns on an attached MIDI instrument. A new note is added each time the pattern is played unless the note chosen would be unharmonious in the position chosen for it. Sometimes a section of the pattern is copied to one or more other locations in the pattern, possibly with a pitch shift and with channels interchanged. Very occasionally the pattern is cleared completely and the whole ghastly business starts again, probably producing a different pattern. The tempo also changes randomly between certain limits. !Riff displays the current pattern in a window. There are no controls except Quit. All you can do to relieve the monotony is change the instruments assigned to MIDI channels 1 to 4 or change the value of Seed% near the start of !Riff.!RunImage. !Riff requires a version 3 MIDI podule with the MIDI_FastClock SWI (mine is version 3.14). This program is Copyright 1994 Denis Howe. You may distribute verbatim or modified copies of this program provided each such copy is distributed with a copyright notice and distribution conditions identical to these. History ======= Please send me a copy of any changes you make and add the details here. 0.00 12 May 1992 Written by Denis Howe 0.01 14 Dec 1994 WIMP version If you like this kind of infinitely boring music (I love it!) you should hear "Drumming" by Steve Reich or anything by Philip Glass or Micheal Nyman. If you have any comments on this program feel free to mail me. Denis Howe <dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk> 48 Anson Road, London, NW2 3UU +44 (181) 450 9448
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The| 00000280 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f |re are no contro| 00000290 6c 73 0a 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 51 75 69 74 2e 20 |ls.except Quit. | 000002a0 20 41 6c 6c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 64 6f 20 | All you can do | 000002b0 74 6f 20 72 65 6c 69 65 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d |to relieve the m| 000002c0 6f 6e 6f 74 6f 6e 79 20 69 73 20 63 68 61 6e 67 |onotony is chang| 000002d0 65 20 74 68 65 0a 69 6e 73 74 72 75 6d 65 6e 74 |e the.instrument| 000002e0 73 20 61 73 73 69 67 6e 65 64 20 74 6f 20 4d 49 |s assigned to MI| 000002f0 44 49 20 63 68 61 6e 6e 65 6c 73 20 31 20 74 6f |DI channels 1 to| 00000300 20 34 20 6f 72 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 74 68 65 | 4 or change the| 00000310 20 76 61 6c 75 65 20 6f 66 20 53 65 65 64 25 0a | value of Seed%.| 00000320 6e 65 61 72 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 6f |near the start o| 00000330 66 20 21 52 69 66 66 2e 21 52 75 6e 49 6d 61 67 |f !Riff.!RunImag| 00000340 65 2e 0a 0a 21 52 69 66 66 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 |e...!Riff requir| 00000350 65 73 20 61 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 33 20 4d |es a version 3 M| 00000360 49 44 49 20 70 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 |IDI podule with | 00000370 74 68 65 20 4d 49 44 49 5f 46 61 73 74 43 6c 6f |the MIDI_FastClo| 00000380 63 6b 20 53 57 49 20 28 6d 69 6e 65 20 69 73 0a |ck SWI (mine is.| 00000390 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 33 2e 31 34 29 2e 0a 0a |version 3.14)...| 000003a0 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 20 |This program is | 000003b0 43 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 31 39 39 34 20 44 |Copyright 1994 D| 000003c0 65 6e 69 73 20 48 6f 77 65 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 |enis Howe. 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