How to contribute to AMPLINEX

To receive your next issue of AMPLINEX free of charge you must send a contribution of your own. This could be an AMPLE music program, an instrument definition, an article about some aspect of the AMPLE language or Hybrid Music System hardware or software, an AMPLE utility, a useful hint about AMPLE or an answer to another user's question.

The important thing is that it is YOUR OWN WORK. Because of copyright law we cannot publish programs or music unless we have the permission of the copyright owner(s). It is important to realise that in the case of an AMPLE music program, copyright exists in both the program itself and the music it represents. If you wish to contribute transcriptions into AMPLE of someone else's music you must credit the copyright owner(s) of the music and if possible identify the publisher(s). We can then try to obtain permission to publish.

To protect ourselves from copyright actions we must ask you to sign the copyright declaration on the 'NEXT ISSUE' request form which was sent to you with this issue of AMPLINEX. All submissions made to AMPLINEX will be regarded as permission to publish within the AMPLINEX membership. Beyond this, the submission remains the property of the author.

You can also use your returned disc to pass on questions which you would like answered on any issue relating to the Hybrid Music System or AMPLE language. We will do our best to answer them (or will pass them over to the other members for help) and publish the results in the Questions and Answers section of AMPLINEX.

You can also use AMPLINEX to advertise any (un)wanted items. Just put the details of your advertisement onto the return disc and we will try and include it in the next issue.

Send all contributions, on a standard DFS format disc (40 or 80 track).

Suggested file formats are:

a) AMPLE Music programs - save these in normal Studio 5000 format.

b) AMPLE instruments - save these in text form via *SPOOL using the AMPLE 'TYPE' command to save the word(s) you want.

c) Text (hints, questions etc.) - use View or Wordwise and save it (without embedded commands). If you have not got access to one of these products you can use the Studio 5000 Notepad to create some text-only words by putting a '%' at the start of each line. After MAKEing the word(s) you should use *SPOOL and the AMPLE word 'TYPE' to save the word(s) you want to your return disc.

In all cases please put your name somewhere in the file. In the case of AMPLE music programs use the DISPLAY facility in the 'RUN' word. For instrument definitions put a '%' comment line at the start of the word.

In the case of instrument definitions some description of the sound itself and hints on its use (e.g. which parameters could be changed) would make it more useful.

Ensure that your discs are well packed as we will be using the same packaging to return it to you.

Make sure you enclose a return address label and postage and that both the packaging and the disc are marked with your name and address.

Send it to:

AMPLINEX

26 Arbor Lane

Winnersh

Berks

RG11 5JD

to arrive by the date specified in the 'NEXT ISSUE' request form.

We look forward to reading and hearing your contribution.