[Coco] [Color Computer] Orchestra 90-cc information

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Thanks, you've been very helpful. 
It's been so many years since I used my coco, I've
forgotten most of what I learned about the many
cartages.

Rev. Ernest


--- Willard Goosey <goosey at virgo.sdc.org> wrote:
> >From: "magickian99" <magickian99 at yahoo.com>
> >
> >Does anyone know of a site to get info on the
> orchestra 90-cc music 
> >synthesizer?
> >I have one now and would like to know how to use
> it.
> 
> The software is in ROM.  Just hit "s" and then "p"
> to Score and Play
> and it will play the William Tell song, which is
> also stored in ROM.
> It has few enough commands that you only need the
> first character.
> 
> Other commands:
> Append <filename>  merge filename with file in
> memory
> Bottom go to end of file 
> Cassette use cassette I/O
> Dir :<number>  use disk I/O, display directory of
> disk :<number>
> Edit 
> 	<break> enter command mode
> 	<clear> erase from cursor pos. to end of line
> 	<shift><break> cancel changes to line
> 	<shift><clear> delete line
> 	<enter> accept current line
> 	<left arrow> move cursor left one char.
> 	<right arrow> move cursor right one char.
> 	<shift><left arrow> delete curent char
> 	<shift><right arrow> insert space at cursor
> 	<up arrow> move cursor up one line
> 	<down arrow> move cursor down one line
> 	<shift><up arrow> joins current line with line
> above it
> 	<shift><down arrow> insert new line or break line
> 	<?> copy current line to end of file
> 	<!> move current line up one
> Get <Filename 1> <file 2>...  or * load, score, and
> play each file.  * is
>     all files
> Kill <filename> delete file <filename>.  disk only.
> List print music file to printer.  default is 600
> baud.
>      List 1 = 1200
> 	  2 = 2400
> 	  3 = 300
> 	  6 = 600
> Multi <file 1> <file2> ... like get, but with a
> disk, start over when
>       done
> New erase music file in memory
> Optimize delete spaces, unneeded code in music file
> Play plays sound file.
> Read <file> read file into memory
> Score compile into a binary format to play
> Top go to first line of file
> Verify for tape, re-read.
> Write <file> writes file to tape or disk.
> Xfer download music from compuserve
> /<string> search for string in file
> -<string> go up a line, to string
> @ breakpoint.  If you interrupt a Play, then type @
> it will put the
>   cursor roughly where the song was stopped.
> ? display "voicing" information at cursor location
> ! play file from cursor location forwards.
> 
> 
> If you want to use this with a disk drive you have
> to have an mpi or
> equivalent.  
> 
> There's at least two disks worth of sound files
> around for this thing,
> as well as a stand-alone version of the software
> that uses the CoCo's
> 6-bit sound hardware.  I just recently got a disk's
> worth of sound
> files off of rsti (RSDOS/MUSIC/ORC90-?.ARC I think).
>  Ira Goldklang's
> page is a good place to look for other sound files.
> 
> BTW the orc-90 software doesn't do filename
> extensions.  If you name
> the files .orc or .mus or whatever it won't
> recognize them.  
> 
> If you actually want to type in music into the
> thing, I can probably
> be convinced to photocopy the relevant pages.  I
> don't understand
> music and don't really desire to.  
> 
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Rev. Ernest Crowe
> 
> Willard
> -- 
> Willard Goosey  goosey at sdc.org
> Socorro, New Mexico, USA
> "I've never been to Contempt!  Isn't that somewhere
> in New Mexico?"
>    --- Yacko
> 
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