ReActiveMicro PHASOR User manual

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Owner’s Manual
Advanced Sound Card
PHASOR

Advanced Sound Card
PHASOR

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Contents
Part I
Getting Started1
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About This Manual
About the Phasor
ReActiveMicro.com Technical Support
Installing and Testing the Phasor
What’s Next...
Part II
Getting Serious7
The COMPOSE Music Editor 7
Exploring COMPOSE 7
Entering Notes 10
Entering COMPOSE Keyboard Commands 11
Operating System (ProDOS) Commands 13
COMPOSE Editing Commands 14
Advanced Editing Commands 19
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Phasor Speech Programs 23
Editing TTS Parameters 23
About the Second Speech Socket... 24
52”redliuBdnuoS“stceffEdnuoS Calling Sounds from Applesoft BASIC 28
BIN.SOUNDS Technical Details 28
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Figures
Part I...Getting Started
Figure 1 Phasor Controls and Output Jacks 4
Figure 2Phasor Option Switches 4
Part II... Getting Serious
Figure 3COMPOSE Edit Screen 8
Figure 4 Single Key Shortcuts 11
Figure 5 COMPOSE Keyboard Command Table 12
Figure 6Valid Ranges for Keyboard Commands 13
Figure 7New File Command Defaults 15
Figure 8 Key Signatures 15
Figure 9Note Envelope Command Combinations 21
Figure 10 EDIT.TTS.PARMS Screen 24
Figure 11 Sound Builder Edit Screen 25
Figure 12 Sound Builder Shape Patterns 27
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Part I...Getting Started
Introduction
About This Manual...
This manual was written for users (like us) who want to jump right in and use the Phasor, but don’t
like to read lengthy instructions. Everyone should read Part I... Getting Started. It tells you how to
install the Phasor in your computer and then how to use the music, speech, and sound effect
demonstration programs provided on the Phasor Program disk. Part Il...Getting Serious, explains
how to create your own music, sound effects, or speech files.
About the Phasor...
The Phasor is a complete high-performance stereo music, sound, and speech synthesizer for the
Apple //e or II Plus computer. It offers 12 musical and sound effect voices, including 4 white noise
generators for percussive sounds. The Phasor also provides high quality text-to-speech capability.
Phasor’s powerful 4 watt audio amplifier allows direct connection to speakers or headphones.
The Phasor is compatible with most software written for the Mockingboard, A L F Apple Music
Synthesizer, Echo+ card, and Applied Engineering’s Super Music Synthesizer. Menu-driven
“user-friendly” software, provided with the Phasor, enables you to play and create your own music,
speeches, and sound effects right away.
We hope you have as much fun using the Phasor as we had developing it!
WARNING:
ReActiveMicro.com will not be responsible for shattered windows, cracks in plaster, or government
personnel mistakenly thinking an alien attack is taking place in your neighborhood. Phasor
is equipped with volume controls. Please keep them at an appropriate level. Thank you.
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Part I... Getting Started
ReActiveMicro.com Technical Support
If you have a technical question relating to your Phasor card, please contact the dealer from whom
you purchased the card. Most dealers are knowledgeable and have the resources to readily answer
your question. In the event that the dealer cannot answer your question, ReActiveMicro.com has
a staff of technicians dedicated to answering specific technical questions about
ReActiveMicro.com products and software. Technical Support representatives are available
between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM EST, Monday through Friday. The Technical Support
telephone number is (800) REACTIVE. Please call only this number for technical support, as
our sales office cannot transfer calls to the support lines.
The support representatives are experienced in many of the applications of ReActiveMicro.com
products, but in order to provide a quick and effective answer to your question, they will need to
know as much as possible about the hardware and software specifically related to your
question. Please provide the technical support representative with the following information:
•The ReActiveMicro.com product related to your question.
•The model and configuration of your computer. (What peripherals are being used?)
•The name, version, and revision level of the software that you are experiencing problems with.
•The results of any previous conversations with the software publishers support department.
•The results of any test programs, diagnostics, or troubleshooting done by you or your dealer.
ReActiveMicro.com
Technical Support
(800) REACTIVE
9AM to 5PM EST
Monday through Friday
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Part l...Getting Started
Installing and Testing the Phasor
Before you begin...
Make backup copies of both sides of your Phasor Program disk! The Phasor Program is on side
one; side two contains synthesized music selections. Neither side is copy-protected. Store your
original disk in a safe place. The working (backup) copies of your Phasor Program disk must be write
enabled. (No write-protect tab.)
Here’s what you need to use your Phasor...
Essential equipment:
•One of the following computer systems, capable of running ProDOS:
-Apple IIe (Standard or Enhanced)
- Franklin Ace 2000 series
- Laser 128
- Apple II Plus or Franklin Ace 1000 series with:
Applesoft BASIC in ROM;
48K of RAM on the main board;
16K Language Card RAM;
Game paddles
•One disk drive
• Video monitor
Optional equipment:
•Videx compatible 80 column text card and monitor capable of 80 column text display.
•RamWorks Memory Expansion card. (Apple //e only.) RamWorks also functions as an 80
column card and can optionally allow the entire Phasor Program and Songs disk to be loaded
to and run from a high-speed RAMdisk.
•TransWarp Accelerator card. Creating your own music with the COMPOSE music editor
program is appreciably faster at TransWarp speed.
•Game Paddles (Joysticks won’t do.) Game paddles are supported by the COMPOSE music
editor and speech synthesis programs, which are explained in Part II of this manual.
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Part I... Getting Started
Installation procedure
Step 1: Set the switches
Locate the option switch block on the Phasor card. See Figure 1. The Phasor is shipped from the
factory with all four switches set to the CLOSED position. This is called “Phasor Mode.”
Figure 1 Phasor controls and output jacks
Channel B Volume Channel A Volume
To change a switch setting, “flip” the rocker switch by pressing in on the small indentation at the top
or bottom of the rocker, just as you would a rocker-type household light switch. Pressing the rocker
in at the end nearest the word “OPEN” will open the switch or turn it OFF. The switch can be moved
to the CLOSED or ON position by pressing in at the end nearest the row of numbers on the switch
block. Never use a pen or pencil to change a switch setting. Use a small pointed object like a
wooden toothpick or bent-out paper clip.
Figure 2 Phasor option switches
Mode Selection
Switch 1: CLOSED Software selectable mode. The Phasor mode.
Open Hardware mode selection. The actual mode is
determined by the position of switch 2.
Switch 2: Open Echo+ mode.
Closed Mockingboard mode.
Switch 3: Left Volume to better match attached amplifier.
Switch 4: Right Volume to better match attached amplifier.
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P2
P2: This header allows Apple II Speaker input so the audio
output from the Phasor has ALL sounds included.
Be sure to connect the included 2-pin speaker cable to your
Apple II motherboard and to the Phasor if you would like all
audio, including system beeps, to be output.
DIP Switch
3.5mm Jack

Part I... Getting Started
Step 2: Set the Phasor volume level
Turn both volume controls fully COUNTER CLOCKWISE. This will initially set both channels of the
Phasor’s audio output to minimum volume. You will adjust to the desired volume levels later.
Step 3: Install the Phasor in the computer
Turn the computer’s power OFF and plug the Phasor into any expansion slot except slot 3. If you
will be running Mockingboard-compatible music programs, install the Phasor in slot 4. Don’t replace
the computers cover yet. You still have to adjust the volume controls.
Step 4: Connect the Phasor outputs
Phasor's 4 watt stereo amplifier is capable ofdriving most speaker systems directly. If you really want
to disrupt your neighborhood, you can connect the Phasor’s output directly to your stereo
amplifier’s auxiliary inputs. For privacy, stereo headphones can be connected directly to the
Phasor’s 3.5mm output jack.
Output connection to the Phasor is made through the female 3.5mm jack on the keyboard end of
the Phasor. Because of the number of output configurations possible, output interface cables are
not provided with the Phasor. All of the necessary cables, connectors, or adaptors are available
online at eBay or MonoPrice.com.
Speakers and headphones should not have an impedence rating lower than 8 ohms. If you
connect directly to your stereo amplifier, use the amplifier’s AUXiliary, TAPE, or TUNER inputs. DO
NOT use the PHONO inputs.
Step 5: Configure the Phasor Program disk
Boot the write-enabled backup copy of the Phasor Program disk. The Phasor startup program will
search for an installed Phasor and display this message:
Phasor is configured for’ slot X with music graphics enabled.
(X represents the Phasor’s slot.)
Enter Y if the statement is correct. If your Phasor is in another slot, answer N and enter the correct
slot number. To enable or disable the graphics option, answer Y or N to the prompt:
Graphics during play?
The graphics display gives your eyes something to do while your ears are enjoying the music. It has
no effect on the music.
Whenever this disk is booted, it will expect the Phasor to be installed in the configured slot. If it is
not, it will find the Phasor and ask you to confirm the configuration again. You can also change the
configuration at any time by selecting the main menu option, “Change Phasor Slot.”
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