Vivaldi User Guide

Introduction: The Disks

Disk 1 contains the application programs and a couple of pieces of demonstration music; the other disks are full of resources, such as sound sample files (disk 2) and extra music (if you sent disks to be filled up). Public Domain libraries and Internet sites have many music files; you can get sound samples out of these by loading them into Vivaldi or TrackPlay and then saving the required samples out.

Once you have put disk 1 in the drive and clicked on the disk drive icon (consult your computer's User Guide if you are unsure about this) you should see something similar to this:

(Disk 1 illustration)

If you double-click the icon marked !Tutorials, then you will get the tutorial program; if you are using this package for the first time then it would be a good idea to run it, and follow its instructions.

Double-clicking DemoMusic opens a folder of demonstration music, and double-clicking Apps reveals the application programs. The most important applications are:

AWSystem: When run, this loads the music player module. If it isn't run, it just tells the other programs where to find their shared data. It is PD.

TrackPlay: This is the PD music player. It gives some music controls - stop, rewind, etc - and allows samples to be saved out.

Vivaldi: This is the music editing program.

Samp-Edit: This is the sample editor. Several effects are incorporated, like echo, fade, and transpose.

SampMaker: This is a synthesizer, in which you actually draw the waveform and specify the way in which it changes with time.

EasySynth: This is a simple sample synthesizer. It works by changing the harmonic content of the sound as time passes.

	AWSystem: When run, this loads the music player module. If it isn't run, it just tells the other programs where to find their shared data. It is PD.
	TrackPlay: This is the PD music player. It gives some music controls - stop, rewind, etc - and allows samples to be saved out.
	Vivaldi: This is the music editing program.
	Samp-Edit: This is the sample editor. Several effects are incorporated, like echo, fade, and transpose.
	SampMaker: This is a synthesizer, in which you actually draw the waveform and specify the way in which it changes with time.
	EasySynth: This is a simple sample synthesizer. It works by changing the harmonic content of the sound as time passes.