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- Welcome to MidiMaster 7.0!
- With MidiMaster, you can enjoy the world of music without
- making effort to organize and play your music collection.
-
- ==> If you are a new user, read "For NEW users" first and then
- "For experienced users" section.
-
- ==> If you have already used MidiMaster before, you can read
- "For experienced users" section right away.
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- For NEW users
- =============
-
- I suppose you are a new user of this software. Here is
- what you can do to customize MidiMaster as your favorite
- application:
-
- 1. Configure MidiMaster as your default viewer of your favorite
- media file types such as wav and mid files, by answering
- the questions at the startup of the program.
-
- 2. If you don't want MidiMaster to perform the above check again,
- choose 'No' for the question "Do you want to check the file
- association automatically next time".
-
- 3. There should be a floating panel at the top of the screen.
- Drag the panel (you should drag it from the right of the
- music symbol) to whereever you want. You may click on
- the music symbol to make the panel assign on the top.
-
- 4. You can also see the main window, right? Remember that
- you can adjust the position and the size of the main window
- at any time. MidiMaster is smart enough to remember the
- location and the size of the main window too!
-
- 5. From the main window, find the "Properties" button and
- click on it. A property dialog box will be popped up.
- From "Files/Directories" tab, enter the directory information:
-
- a) Starting directory
- - specify the startup directory of MidiMaster
- b) Library directory
- - specify the location of the library files
- c) Temporary directory
- - specify the temporary directory where the unzip
- operation takes place.
- d) Volume control program
- - you should browse your custom volume control program
- from here.
-
- 6. You can also customize MidiMaster from other tabs.
-
- 7. You may now proceed to the next section.
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-
- For experienced users
- =====================
-
- 1. Unlike the previous version, MidiMaster 6.5 has a different
- concept of Play List and library. The following remarks
- the difference between Play List and library:
-
- > Play List is a list of files which MidiMaster plays on.
- Library is a list of files *and* directories (specified in
- wildcards). MidiMaster, however, cannot play on libraries
- directly.
-
- > Play List has a file extension ".mmp" while Library has
- a file extension ".mml".
-
- > Library is a permanent storage for a list of files and
- directories while Play List can be a temporary file.
- But if you click on the "Lock" button on the main window
- and make sure it is "down", the Play List can serve
- as a permanent storage.
-
- > You can have at most 14 Play Lists accessible from
- the combo box above the Play List. But you can have
- unlimited number of libraries stored in the "library
- directory" specified in the property dialog box.
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