TI-Piano README

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TI-Piano is a music playing program for your 83+/84+. Omnicalc is REQUIRED, otherwise this program will do nothing. omnicalc is not included in this group, so if you don't have it and you would like to use this program, you must download it from ticalc.org

Using TI-Piano is easy. just press buttons! (ok, theres more to it than that) Each column of keys represents an octave. the last column (under f5) does nothing however. (except clear, which is used to exit, and +, which is used to change the tempo) rows 3-9 play notes. (if you dont know what i mean by rows 3-9, i mean from the [Alpha] button down to the [STO->] button.)

Note Chart:

  C   O    L    U   M    N
 -----------------------------------
  | | 1       2      3     4      5
 -----------------------------------   
  |2|SAVE   LOAD   Delete
R |3| A       A      A     A   
  |4| B       B      B     B     Exit
  |5| C       C      C     C   
O |6| D       D      D     D   
  |7| E       E      E     E   
  |8| F       F      F     F   
W |9| G       G      G     G    Tempo Change 

See a pattern? if you get the point, you can skip the rest of this paragraph. otherwise, read this. if you still dont get it, try loading onto your calc and pressing some buttons until you do. of course, if you are reading this and already understand, you should mail me some money for wasting my time.

Other Keys to know about:
[Enter] Replays all keys pressed since you started the program
[2nd] opens up a menu to load a previously saved song.
[MODE] Load a previously saved song. 
[DEL] resets the current song. this will not affect any saved songs.
+ lets you change tempo for the rest of the song. can be used as many times as you like to create the desired effect.
The down arrow key DOES play a note, it plays "A", in the first octave.

Features:
4 octave scale, notes A-G 
Playback of notes pressed since start of program.
saved songs, up to 6 at a time! You can even load your friends' songs!
You set the tempo each time you start the program

Coming soon: 
Animation that shows which key you pressed

Credits: 

Concept And Preliminary Design: Alex10819, Brainiac256
Production: Alex10819
Beta Testing: Alex10819, and anyone who downloaded the beta off my forums.


Other Thanks: 

Brainiac256, the genius who has helped with most of my projects
Anyone who has joined my forums or posted a bug report.

Bugs, Errors, other Idiotic problems... whatever they may be.
  - if you have any problems, feel free to contact me. also, if you get an memory error after running the program for a while, could you send me an Email telling me: What calc you have, When/ Where you got the error, how long you had been running the program, and where i can send a response to.

Contact Info:
alex10819.tk - my new forums. Guests may post here without signing up, so if you find a bug feel free to swing by for the 	5 minutes it takes to report it to me.
alex10819@gmail.com - if you dont feel like going to my forums, send me an email. you can expect a response (if needed) 	within 2 days, unless i have some problem to deal with.
alex10819 - feel free to add me on AIM. i will answer any questions you may have about the program or TI-BASIC in general.