TANDY 1000SL/2 (250-1402) Music Faxback Doc. # 1288 Creating Instruments in Deskmate Sound for use in Music: 1. Press the <F2> key and highlight the DATA COMPRESSION option, then press <ENTER>. 2. This will bring up options for NONE, MUSIC, and SPEECH. Select MUSIC and press <ENTER>. 3. Press the <F2> key and highlight the INSTRUMENT FILE option, then press <ENTER>. 4. Press the <F4> key and highlight the RECORD option, then press <ENTER>. 5. The computer will now prompt you for the recording time this can be from 1 to 29.xxx (we used 5 sec.). Enter the desired time and press <ENTER>. 6. Record sound through the Microphone. 7. Press the <F5> key and highlight the NAME option, then press <ENTER>. This is where you will enter the name of the instrument, and its instrument number. After entering your choice press <ENTER>. 8. Press the <F5> key and highlight the PITCH option, then press <ENTER>. You can select the pitch of your choice from the options listed on the screen (we used the default). 9. Press the <F5> key and highlight the RANGE option, then press <ENTER>. You can select from different ranges (again we used the default). 10. Save the file on the same disk that MUSIC.PDM is on. 11. Run MUSIC and select your instrument.