EASY PLAY Camel Software has recently issued a music program for the Amstrad called Toolbox 2. It differs from other music programs in its intention - not to teach you much about music but simply to get you in the position of playing music quickly and easily. It gives you the chance to play your Amstrad in a similar way to those Casio 'one key' facilities where after recording the sequence of notes you require, you then time them by pressing a single key in step with a rhythm unit. Each press of the key 'releases'a note of the tune. This facility is available on all three sound channels of the Amstrad and so a three pari tune is possible. There are other facilities like transposition and a preset rhythm and altering the sound timbre has been kept to the business of fiddling with the envelope shape. It's quite a well designed package and for those with no knowledge of music is a relatively cheap buy. Popular Computing Weekly |