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VENDINFO standard v1.03, produced by VendEdit v1.22, 15-Jul-1995
===== Product Information ==============================
Product: MIDIART Interactive Music Visualizer
Version: 3.00
Version Date: 15-Jun-1995
Product Type: Software
Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
Product Description: MIDIART v3.0 - MIDI music bursts with color!
MIDIART plays standard MIDI music files and
simultaneously creates beautiful psychedelic
images which are synchronized to the music.
The images are created and controlled by the
music itself! The user can also interact with
MIDIART to control the images. Requires
Windows 3.1 and a sound card or an external
MIDI sound generator. Includes full online
help. Shareware by AJF Consulting, Inc.
Reason for version: More graphic Image Generators and an improved
user interface. Users can now create their
own MIDIART performances.
Category: Home & hobby; Music
Keywords: MIDI Music Player Sound Visual Art Graphics
Images Multimedia Entertainment
Required Packages: MART30
This Package: MART30
Registration Fee: 25.00 (US Dollars)
Required Configuration
Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
Clock Speed: 33 MHz
Minimum OS: Windows 3.1
Standard RAM: 640K
Extended Memory: 4000K
Hard Drive Space: 1000K
Required:
Expanded *or* Extended Memory
Hard drive
Video Graphics Array (VGA)
Color monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
Sound card (specific types may be shown below)
Orders:
Address: Pik A Program, Inc.
13 Saint Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
USA
Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-867-3447
Phone: 212-598-4939
FAX: 212-228-5879
CompuServe: 74777,3233
Internet: 74777.3233@compuserve.com
Support:
Address: AJF Consulting, Inc.
P.O. Box 44-427
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
CompuServe: 73612,3116
Internet: 73612.3116@compuserve.com
===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
This package contains MIDIART 3.00 for Windows, by AJF Consulting, Inc.
MIDIART is a software package that is capable of playing standard MIDI
music files and simultaneuosly creating beautiful psychedelic images
synchronized to the music. The music recorded in the MIDI file is
responsible for creating the images in real time. You can interact
with MIDIART to control both the music and the images that are created.
In order to use MIDIART on your computer you must have the following:
- The Microsoft Windows operating system, version 3.1.
- A PC sound card OR an external MIDI sound generator connected
to a MIDI interface card.
- A sound card or an interface card device driver correctly
installed under Windows 3.1.
- A 386 or 486 PC. (An accelerated graphics video card is
required for 386 models.)
MIDIART is a program that is highly CPU intensive. Graphic objects
are created and destroyed in sync with individual musical notes which
can have very short durations. (A few milliseconds.) Therefore,
MIDIART will perform better when running on a faster computer.
A 486DX PC running at 50 Mhz or higher with an accelerated graphics
video card is highly recommended. On a slower machine, MIDIART may
not be able to create images that stay in sync with the music.
Another thing to keep in mind is that MIDIART uses MIDI (.MID) files
to play music and not WAVE (.WAV) files. This means that the sound
MIDIART produces depends of the MIDI capabilities of the sound card
you are using. If you have a newer Wave Table based sound card,
MIDIART should sound great. If not, MIDIART will sound OK but you
will be missing a great deal of sonic realism that you can only
get from the newer sound cards now on the market.
This document contains only a brief description of MIDIART and its
features, along with instructions for its installation. Quite detailed
documentation is included in the package, but it is in archived form, and
is more easily read after installation. (See installation section.)
MIDIART is being distributed as shareware. This form of software
distribution allows you to try out the software for thirty days free of
charge. If you find this program interesting and fun, and find that you
are using MIDIART after the thirty day period, you must register the
software for a small fee. Any fee you may have paid to others (disk
vendors, dealers, etc.) to obtain this evaluation version was a fee for
their copying and distribution services, rather than a payment for
continued use of the program.
When you register MIDIART, you will receive additional features and will
be eligible for future software upgrades. If you do not register, you
will be violating federal copyright law. To find out about the
additional features and benefits you will receive when you register
MIDIART, please refer to the REGISTER.TXT file, or the Windows README
help file that is available after you install the software.
===== Packing List =====================================
As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
Filename Size Date Time CRC32
READ_ME.BAT 418 15-Jun-1995 03:00a 42E687A4
FILE_ID.DIZ 454 15-Jun-1995 03:00a FF56192D
BWCC.DLL 152304 18-Sep-1993 11:50a 6F309D34
MA_IMG1.DLL 102912 27-Jun-1995 10:16p CD1958FB
MA_IMG2.DLL 102400 3-Jun-1995 10:51p 32CDFEB0
MA_PLAY.DLL 33422 26-May-1995 04:17p 59CC3B5B
MIDIART.EXE 94720 15-Jul-1995 11:01a 53C074F4
SETUP.EXE 30720 14-Jul-1995 12:26a 09397722
MIDIART.HLP 57885 13-Jul-1995 05:34p 3E784332
QUICKREF.HLP 25117 5-Jul-1995 12:08p 5B26562B
README.HLP 27165 13-Jul-1995 05:30p 7B74CB51
SETUP.LST 332 15-Jul-1995 11:23a C6526138
CANYON.MID 33883 11-Jan-1994 11:21p 7A0D5418
FUNK.MID 9762 16-Jan-1994 01:23p 2DAFAA3A
INDUSTRY.MID 11522 16-Jan-1994 03:26p BCBE895C
SUMDREAM.MID 5183 16-Jan-1994 03:33p A0209C1A
KEYS.REF 4808 13-Jun-1995 06:07p 2F21E8EF
ORDERFRM.TXT 2761 13-Jul-1995 04:19p E26B9EB4
REGISTER.TXT 3364 13-Jul-1995 05:29p B68E3269
VENDOR.TXT 216 15-Jun-1995 03:00a 13796CEE
ABOUT.WAV 58686 2-May-1995 09:19p 56868CD9
NOTICE.WAV 38804 2-May-1995 09:21p 278B978C
ORDERFRM.WRI 4608 15-Jul-1995 10:37a 07483DEC
===== Installation =====================================
To install this version of MIDIART, you must first unzip or copy all the
files in the package into a single directory. You will then need to run
the SETUP.EXE program located in this directory. You must run this
program under Microsoft Windows. This program will check to insure all
the necessary files are present in the package, and will create a MIDIART
Program Manager group containing both program and help file icons. (Be
aware that you must run this setup program before you can correctly run
MIDIART.)
To run the setup program, select (File) and (Run) from the Windows
Program Manager main menu. Then type "\XXX\SETUP.EXE" in the command
line edit box. "XXX" should be the name of the directory that contains
the files you previously unzipped or copied. The setup program allows
you to specify the name of the directory in which you want the MIDIART
program files to be placed. Enter a drive and directory name or use the
directory name recommended by the program. After you click the OK
button, several files will be copied to the install directory and a new
Program Manager group will be created for the MIDIART program and its
help files.
After you run the setup program as described above, you should read
through the MIDIART Windows help file. This help file contains basic
information about MIDI, for those who are unfamiliar with MIDI concepts
and terminology. It also explains how to use MIDIART and how to create
your own MIDIART performances. MIDIART has several features you may
not become aware of until you read through this documentation.
After you learn to use MIDIART, you will want to do the following:
- Order a registered version of MIDIART. The shareware version of
MIDIART will only allow you to play the four MIDI files that come
bundled with this version. The registered version will allow
you to play any standard MIDI file, and comes with additional
enhancements. (See the REGISTER.TXT file.)
- Obtain more standard MIDI files. Standard MIDI files can be found
on BBS systems, online services such as CompuServe or America
Online, and the Internet via FTP sites. MIDIART should be able
to correctly play any standard MIDI file that conforms to the
General MIDI standard. Currently, both the shareware and
registered versions of MIDIART do not come bundled with MIDI
files, so as not to infringe on the copyrights of the authors
of this material.
===== Warranty =========================================
LIMITED WARRANTY
The evaluation ("shareware") version of MIDIART (the "SOFTWARE") is
provided for evaluation only, on an "as is" basis without warranty of any
kind. The entire risk as to results and performance of the SOFTWARE is
assumed by you. Should the SOFTWARE prove defective, you (and not AJF
Consulting, Inc.) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing,
repair or correction.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AJF CONSULTING, INC.
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER AJF
CONSULTING, INC. NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION,
PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE, EVEN IF AJF CONSULTING, INC. HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. IN NO EVENT
SHALL AJF CONSULTING'S LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES EVER EXCEED THE
PRICE PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM
OF THE CLAIM. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE
QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota
and shall inure to the benefit of AJF Consulting, Inc. and any
successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding
brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to
this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of
competent jurisdiction located in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The
parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.
===== License for Use and Distribution =================
LICENSE TERMS APPLICABLE TO ALL USE OR DISTRIBUTION
The MIDIART software package (the "SOFTWARE") is a copyrighted
product of AJF Consulting, Inc. and is protected by United States
copyright law and also by international treaty provisions.
All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to AJF Consulting,
Inc. The use or distribution of the SOFTWARE is expressly
prohibited, except as authorized by the terms of this agreement.
You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
SOFTWARE except as provided in this agreement.
LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
Permission is granted to individuals charging no fees, and to BBSes,
User Groups, Mail-Order Disk Vendors, CD-ROM publishers, and BBS
File-Distribution Networks regardless of fees, to distribute the
MIDIART software package, provided they convey a complete and
unaltered copy of the shareware version of this product, and provided
they claim no ownership of this product.
Distribution by other channels, and distribution of modified versions,
are also allowed, but only under the terms of the attached VENDINFO data
record, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution
satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed in that data
record is hereby authorized.
Permission to distribute this product is not transferable, assignable,
saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor wishing to distribute this
product must independently satisfy the terms of this limited
distribution license.
AJF Consulting, Inc. may revoke any permissions granted here, by
notifying you in writing.
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