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README : SSEYO Plugin V6.0                                    31st March 1999
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Thank you for using this SSEYO Koan product !

Depending on how you downloaded this product, the first thing you will probably
need to do is to install the product. Instructions for doing this are given
below.

The SSEYO Koan Plugin (also referred to by web developers as the Interactive
Music Control - IKMC), is available in various "flavours".
  The ActiveX Control flavour is used by Internet Explorer : it is available
     for Windows 95/98/NT4 and later only.
  The LiveConnect Plug-in flavour is used by Netscape Navigator and
     Communicator : it is available for both Windows 95/98/NT4 and later,
     and MacOS 7.5 and later.

If you have downloaded the primary install for Windows, then both the SSEYO
Koan Active X control and the SSEYO Koan LiveConnect Plug-in flavours will be
installed (the latter will also be installed under any 32-bit browser program
that can be detected by the setup program, including Internet Explorer and
Netscape Navigator/Communicator).

The SSEYO Koan Plugin is very highly programmable and interactive !
Please refer to the SSEYO web site for more details (http://www.sseyo.com).

Please also check-out the FAQ at http://www.sseyo.com/kplg_faq.html !

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What's new in the V6.0 release - 31st March 1999 ?
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The V6.0 release of the Koan Plugin contains a huge amount of extra
functionality, aimed at making it easy to use with Flash, DHTML and
other Javascript programmable web animation software products.
The net result is that web pages worldwide will easily be able to combine
interactive music with interactive animations : with both feeding each other !

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To install the software under Windows ...
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Full instructions are at :

  Windows : http://www.sseyo.com/setup.html
  Mac     : http://www.sseyo.com/macplug.html

For further information, please refer to the read-me file (e.g. RKPLG60.TXT)
which comes with the above installation.

Each software product has its own software license - please read and agree
to the terms of the Software License.

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How can I hear it working ?
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Once you have installed the SSEYO Koan software, you will now want to
surf the SSEYO Koan web site, at http://www.sseyo.com, to check-out what
you can do with the Koan Plugin !

To quickly add beautiful Koan Music to your web page, just follow the simple
instructions at http://www.sseyo.com/addkoan.html

Now that you have tried the Koan Plugin, why not download Koan X Demo from our
website, or Koan Pro Demo : or purchase the Koan Plugin VKE ?

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How do I load local files ?
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If you have the basic, free Koan Plugin, you will *not* be able to load local
files from your hard disk.

If you upgrade to Koan Plugin VKE, then you will be able to open SSEYO Koan Files
(*.skp, *.skd, *.skt, *.skm) straight from your hard disk.
  With Netscape Navigator : use the File Open menu and select the appropriate
    file type;
  With Netscape Navigator : open a blank page and use Explorer (Windows)
    or Finder (Mac) to drag the appropriate Koan file icon onto the blank page.
  With Microsoft Internet Explorer : open a blank page and use Explorer
    (Windows) or Finder (Mac) to drag the appropriate Koan file icon onto
    the blank page.

Use your mouse to click on the Koan icon that is displayed, and the file
will play automatically !

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Plug-in and Active X Control Tips
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There is a considerable amount of functionality that you can access from both
the Plug-in and Active X controls, by using the mouse button to click on the
flashing Koan icon. This causes a pop-up menu to be displayed, from which you
can select the option you want.

Mouse Menu option                     What it does
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"Play..."                             Play the piece.
"Rewind ..."                          Rewind the piece by 10%.
"Forward ..."                         Fast-forward the piece by 10%.
"Stop..."                             Stop the piece playing.
"Pause..."                            Pause the playing piece.
"Continue..."                         Continue playing the paused piece.
"Record Koan music ..."               Record the session to MIDI or WAV file.
"Save to play file ..."               Save a play-only (.skp) version of the
                                      current edited version of the piece
                                      (which must be either a .skd or .skt file).
"Save to development file ..."        Saves the edited version of the piece
                                      to a local .skd file.
                                      available with Koan Plugin or Koan Plugin VKE.
                                      Feature available only in Koan Plugin XE
                                      (bundled with Koan X - saves as a protected
                                      skt template file) and Koan Plugin PE
                                      (bundled with Koan Pro - saves as an skd file).
                                      For Koan Plugin VKE, the file is instead
                                      saved as a protected template file.
"Save copy of file ..."               Saves a local copy, of the current piece,
                                      which can be either an .SKP, .SKD, .SKT or .MID
                                      file.  Feature only available in Koan
                                      Plugin XE and PE.
"View Piece Details ..."              View the author's piece notes
"Setup ..."                           Start the Setup dialog, where you can
                                      configure the Koan Plugin, enable/disable
                                      Direct Sound support etc.
"Abort Download..."                   Abort the download of any currently
                                      downloading Koan files.
"Launch Koan Helper Application ..."  Launch the Koan Helper application,
                                      if any is available for the current piece type.
"About SSEYO Koan Plugin ..."         Display version and other information.
"Connect to SSEYO Koan home page"     Connect to the SSEYO home page (http://www.sseyo.com)
                                      for the latest Koan news !

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More information ?
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Check-out the FAQ at http://www.sseyo.com/kplg_faq.html !

Sorry, but no support is given for the Koan Plugin or any free or demo
products. Please see our Technical Support policy at 
http://www.sseyo.com/contact.html#SupportPolicy
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What's new in the 31st March 1999 Release ?
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The 31st March 1999 release marks the release of the Animation tuned
Koan Plugin V6.0 !

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Koan Authoring Tools
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Create your own pieces with the award-winning SSEYO Koan Pro and SSEYO Koan X.
See our web pages for more details (http://www.sseyo.com).

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No Sound ?
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If you are getting no sound output from your SSEYO Koan product, please
check the following :

1. Check that you have a valid MIDI Output device specified (check : the
   Setup Options dialog, available through your SSEYO Koan product's Menu).
   SSEYO Koan will default to use the Midi Mapper, which may not have been
   specified properly on your machine - in which case, you can either set-up
   the Midi Mapper properly, or change the Midi Output device to instead be the
   direct driver for your soundcard.
   (Note : for Win 95 users, the MIDI mapper is the default instrument, which
   is defined through Control Panel / Multimedia / MIDI  ... the instrument
   you specify here, is that selected when you specify "MIDI Mapper" as your
   Koan Midi Output Device.)

2. Check that you have at least 1 MIDI device available on your system ! If you
   have none (very rare), then you must either buy a new soundcard which
   supports MIDI, or get hold of some of the new software-only synth drivers,
   such as the Yamaha SoftSynth.

3. Check that you have not specified "SB16 Midi Out" or some other device by
   mistake, without having an external sound source connected !

4. Check that you have not set the SSEYO Koan master volume level to 0 or very
   low.

5. Make sure that you have not used Koan Web to mute your SSEYO Koan output.

6. Check that your soundcard's master Midi output level has not been set to 0
   or very low, or muted altogether.

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If nothing else seems to work ...
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If you've tried everything, and get no output at all ... check the Koan FAQ at
http://www.sseyo.com/faq.html !

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PURCHASING DIRECT FROM SSEYO
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Please see our website (http://www.sseyo.com) for the latest pricing
on products purchased direct from SSEYO.

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SSEYO CONTACT DETAILS
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SSEYO Ltd, Weir Bank,
Monkey Island Lane,
Bray, Berks,
SL6 2ED
UK

Tel:+44 (0)1628 629828
Fax:+44 (0)1628 629829

WWW:        http://www.sseyo.com
Internet:   koaninfo@sseyo.com

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