1. Introduction
                                  2. Version
                                  3. Installing
                                  4. Troubleshooting
                                  5. Use
                                  6. Out other musical products

1. Introduction

 
Melody Player is freeware.
You can use it without any limitation, and give it to whoever you want.
Melody Player enables to build lists of music files and play them on your computer.
Melody Player loads and plays MUS, MYR, MID, MOD, S3M and MusicXML (.xml and .mxl) files.
MUS and MYR files are the standard format for Melody Assistant and Harmony Assistant, two other programs from the same authors.
You can download the latest versions of all our programs, download music demo files or read the documentation files from : http://www.myriad-online.com

• Version 5.0 : April 2008, MusicXML format management, new interface

• Version 3.3 : November 2003

• Version 3.2 : September 2002

• Version 3.1 : April 2002

• Version 2.9 : December 2001, New file format

• Version 2.8 : September 2001, New file format

• Version 2.7 : July 2001, New file format

• Version 2.5  February  2001.  New file format

• Version 2.4  October  2000.  New file format

• Version 2.3  August 2000.  New file format, music ending: bug fixed.

• Version 2.2  June 2000.  New file format

• Version 2.1,  April 2000.  Digital output configuration, new sound database, new file format

• Version 2.0,  February 2000.  Reading of MUS files with digital audio tracks, quality enhancement.

• Version 1.3, Decembre 24 1999. Better quality, MOD &  S3M Import, sound effects.

• Version 1.2 Devember 9 1999.  Output quality enhancement

• Version 1.1, November 30 1999.  New file format

• Version 1.0, November 29  1999. First version.

Macintosh :
Minimal hardware/operating system  requirement : Macintosh PPC with 4 Mb of free memory / MacOs 8.6 or more.

Windows :
Minimal hardware/operating system requirement : PC Pentium 133 or more, 16-bits sound card / Windows 95,98, 2000 or NT4.

Macintosh :
When installed, Melody Player is tuned to work with most of the files. However, if using huge music files, maybe you'll have to increase the allocated memory above 4 Mb.

Error messages are collected in a text file called "MelodyPlayer.err" .
If you encounter specific problems, you can write to : report@myriad-online.com.

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Melody Player's interface is simple. Window size is small enough to be puyt in a corner of your screen and play music in background while you're working on your computer.

Once Melody Player is started, you can build the file list, without limit of number.

Lists of files are compatible with the Melody and Harmony Assistant Jukebox files (.BOX extension). You can then load Jukebox files made with Melody or Harmony Assistant, modify and save them.

To add a file to the list, drag and drop the file to the Melody Player's window or use "File>Add file to list" to open the file selector.

While music is playing, you can change the main volume : blue and white rectangle on the bottom right of the window.

A digital sound database is installed along with Melody Player. You can download an extended sound database on our Website or order the Myriad CD-ROM with the super-extended sound database.
Color of the light on the upper right corner of the window says which sound base you're using :

red light sound database (GMLTBASE.RSR)
orange extended sound database (GMSTBASE.RSR) ,
green super-extended sound database (GMSEBASE.RSR).

To install a new database, you just have to copy the required file in the "GMDIGIT" folder of Melody player and to restart the application. Same sound database can be used with Melody Assistant, Harmony Assistant or Melody Player.

Macintosh :

Double-clicking on the window title reduces the window to its smallest size.
Melody Player doesn't use Quicktime but directly the computer's digital output. Quicktime settings don't apply to Melody Player

OMeR :
OMeR converts a printed musical score in a music file you can hear, modify and print with Melody Assistant or Harmony Assistant.
If you often copy printed scores under Melody Assistant or Harmony Assistant, and you own a scanner; OMeR will greatly ease your job. OMeR will drive your scanner, collect one or several pages and analyze them to generate a musical document useable directly under Melody or Harmony.
Shareware. License fee : $25.
English, French, Spanish.

Melody Assistant :
In summary, Melody Assistant enables you to enter, play and print musical scores with astonishing ease.
But its capabilities cover numerous musical domains : tablature calculation, digital sound editor, effects, transpose, Karaoke mode, digital export (including MP3)...
Melody is provided with a digital sound database, so that you can use it without any MIDI interface or hardware.
Shareware. License fee : $25.
English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese.

Harmony Assistant :
can be considered as Melody's "big brother". All the Melody Assistant features are, of course, included, but a wide range of new tools are added: chord grid calculation, automatic generation of harmony accompaniments or rhythm patterns, redefined or user defined music styles, etc. .
Commercial product. License + CD-ROM : $85.
English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese.

Virtual Singer :  Make your computer sing in different languages.
Shareware. License fee : $25.

Myriad CD-ROM :
You can download all these programs (OMeR and Melody Assistant in shareware version, Harmony Assistant in demo version) for free on our Web site, or order a CD-ROM with all the latest releases as well as several hours of music and the super-extended sound database.
CD-ROM Macintosh/Windows: US$13.
 (Harmony Assistant is shipped with the CD-ROM.)

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