COMPUTE!'s First Book of Commodore 64 Sound and Graphics puts the TV screen and speakers under your control. Beginners will find good introductions to sound and graphics on the Commodore 64. More advanced users will find exciting, sophisticated techniques that will let yoususe the most advanced capabilities of the machine. And there are utilities that anyone can use — even if you've never programmed before.

Here is a sample of what you'll find in this book:

• Programs. to help you add music to your programs.
• A sprite editor.
• Programs that let you change the characters printed on the screen to any shape you want, including pictures.
• A complete music synthesizer.
• A utility to create high-resolution, fine line graphics, like those you see in arcade games.
• A program that adds four new graphics commands to BASIC.
• Many clear, understandable explanations for how to program graphics.