[SO&E] - Magical Lute (Instructions)
First let me thank you for purchasing this product! I hope you will have as much fun as I had creating and playing it myself!
Please PREVIEW any of the songs here: https://soundcloud.com/salbar-skytower/tracks
The Lute comes with one song so you can test it out before you perhaps decide individual songs I also sell. The song that comes with the lute is "Terranigma - Europe"
1. How to play
The lute will work right out of the box. If you attach "[SO&E] - Magical Lute 1.1 (Play)" you will be able to click the immediate area around the torso. A menu will pop up, asking you which song you wish to play. After 5 seconds, the song will play together with the animation. Simply click again to choose stop. Any sound will stop immediately as well as the particles and the animation.
Should you have problems with locating the lute as it is invisible at first, please press "Ctrl+Alt+T", to see invisible objects outlined as a red, transparent object.
2. Particles
By default, particles are turned off. Please make sure that you are not playing any song when you turn them on as it will not take effect in the middle of the song. I provided two gestures in the folder to allow you to easily turn them on and off. The gestures are modifiable so you can change the Trigger if you'd like.
If you are more comfortable with using chat commands instead of gestures, please use the following commands.
To turn particles on - /101 On
To turn particles off - /101 Off
3. Animations
With version 1.1, the animation changed so only the arms are animated. You can now keep your AO on and everything but the arms will move according to your AO.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE - The animation has changed in the Lute itself but each and every song script has the name of the animation in it. Please ask for an update of the SONG SCRIPTS if you did not get them delivered automatically.
If you'd like to change the animation however, please follow the instructions below.
I. Right click the lute
II. Choose Edit
III. Go into the content Tab
IV. Take out the animation, preferably through "drag&dropping" it into the folder of the lute. That way you will not lose it.
V. Rename your own gesture to "guitarplay-stand", just like the original animation and put it into the content folder of the lute.
VI. You are done.
4. Setting the Volume
With version 1.1 of the Magical Lute, I added the function to increase or decrease the volume of the sound files.
Example on how to change the Volume.
/101 1 - Sets the volume to 10% of it's original volume.
/101 5 - Sets the volume to 50% of it's original volume.
/101 10 - Sets the volume to 100% of it's original volume.
Any number from 1 to 10 works and sets the volume accordingly.
5. Requests
I allow people to make requests when it comes to songs they'd like to hear. I will reserve the right to decline any request I do not feel comfortable about however. The problem with requests is that I have to learn the song and properly record it. Please understand.
That said, if you have a request please use
Quality lute!
Lute is constructed VERY well, light on scripts and sounds, and could possibly work in laggy situations due to how much of a featherweight it is!
The setup is very simple, and with songs being L$50 each, it's practically stealing, and, again, adding the new songs to your lute is as simple as dropping the one small script into the lute. Nothing more to it!
The only flaw to it is the animation that's used for guitar playing - but it is not so much a problem, as it is only minor, and the animation could be replaced if you have a better guitar animation, or do not really care for it.
Overall, very nice instrument, with a very wide selection of songs from a variety of media, professionally recorded by the creator himself. Highly recommended for both anime fans, gaming fans, instrument enthusiasts or just those looking to entertain at the next party!
Friendly service, great scripting, perfect for Role Play.
When I was snooping around for a lute for Role Play in a different sim, I was pleasantly surprised by the Magical Lute, there are plenty of songs on Youtube that I'd like to add into scenes for RP, but adding songs to a pre existing object is neigh impossible without breaking the bank for something that only 'Sorta' works.
This lute is completely free, and the ability to add whatever I like to easy-to-use and understand scripts makes it a real Home Run. Salbar quickly became the top of my Marketplace watch list for quality goods at more than fair pricing. The quality from this alone makes me feel comfortable buying their other products, knowing that any money I might spend will go into something fashionable, functional and flexible.
Incredible!
What a nice lute! The option of adding additional songs is clever as well. I will definitely get an extra song or two! :-)
Perfect!
This lute is incredibly well constructed and I was surprised to see you can get it for free with one song! Most other instrument creators charge something for even the initial instrument without many songs. The way this lute is offered is a perfect way for a customer to see the quality of the item as well as the music before investing in more. I highly recommend this lute for all music lovers in SL. I really enjoyed getting to hear a sample of all the other music I could by. The instructions and information about the lute was very thoughtful and detailed which I appreciate greatly!
Amazing
For something that is free, I was blown away at the quality. The songs are amazing and fit perfectly with my role play. Plus, the songs are cheap and are of a very high quality. I would encourage anyone who wants to add a musical touch to their role play to pick this up and purchase some songs, you will NOT be disappointed.
I can't believe it's free!
I must be dreaming! This is pretty good for a free item and the songs you can buy for it are pretty cheap. Great varieties in songs well modeled and an amazing price. Thank you so much for making this. It has to be one of the best lutes I had in sl and it looks great with my minstrel character I role play with! Hope to see more from the creator. Keep up the good work~!

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