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- MCS Stereo ReadMe File
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-
- Version 1.02
-
- The MIDI files included with MCS Stereo assume "Extended" MIDI Patch Maps.
- Make sure you have chosen the Extended MIDI Patch Map in the Midi Mapper
- Applet of the Control Panel. The Control Panel may be accessed through the
- "Main" group in the Program Manager or by pressing the "Settings" button in
- the MCS Stereo MIDI Player.
-
-
- Normally, if a portion of a WAV file is highlighted, the "Edit Sample" dialog
- box will only play the selected area. To play the entire file without
- deselecting the currently marked area, hold the <Ctrl> key while pressing the
- "Play" button in the "Edit Sample" dialog box.
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- Version 1.01
-
- Environment switching buttons were added in the Standard Environment and the
- Enhanced Remote control.
-
- The scan buttons for the Remote Control Digital Recorder were changed to skip
- buttons. Used to skip forward or backward in the current playlist. (Changed
- to maintain functionality consistency between Digital Recorder, CD Player and
- MIDI Player controls in the Remote Control)
-
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-
- The manual incorrectly states that Animotion technical support is available on
- Compuserve in the Multimedia Vendors forum. The forum has instead been set up
- in the MIDI Vendors forum. To access Animotion technical support through
- Compuserve, type GO ANIMOTION at any CIS prompt. The BBS number and technical
- support policies are still as stated in the manual.
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-
- A new section has been added to the MCSINIT.INI file since the manual was
- printed. You should find the following entries which were not described in
- the manual:
-
- [EditSample]
- FastGraph=0
- InitialDisplayTime=10
- AlwaysCollect=0
-
- These entries were added to improve the capabilities of the Edit Sample
- dialog box, which is used for editing WAV files.
-
- The first entry, "FastGraph", selects the algorithm used to display the
- waveform. By default, FastGraph is set to 0. Change the entry to
- "FastGraph=1" to enable the FastGraph option.
-
- If you are using the product on a slower machine or editing large files, you
- may find the FastGraph option provides faster display performance.
- However, the FastGraph option is not as accurate in it's display of the
- waveform.
-
- The "InitialDisplayTime" parameter specifies the largest amount of time (in
- seconds) that are displayed when the file is initially loaded. This may be
- adjusted from 1 to 999 seconds.
-
- The "AlwaysCollect" parameter is used to control the memory optimization
- functions of the Edit Sample dialog box. The default value is 0, and should
- only be changed if a file seems to "hang" after modifications which alter
- the file's size.
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-
- Additional information for users who have attached the output of their
- CD-ROM drive to the Auxiliary port of their sound card.
-
- If your sound board has a CD audio line-in port, yet you have
- found it necessary to attach the audio output of the CD-ROM drive to
- the auxiliary line-in port, you will find it impossible to control
- the CD Volume in the Enhanced CD player. This section will detail
- how to make MCS Stereo best utilize your sound board's auxliliary
- line-in to control the volume of your CD player.
-
- The "Volume" section on page 3-23 of the MCS Stereo User's Manual
- describes a procedure which assigns the auxiliary port of the sound
- card to MCS Stereo's logical CD volume control. After this operation
- the Enhanced CD Player's volume controls will adjust the volume of the
- sound card's auxiliary port as will the buttons labeled "CD" on the Remote
- Control Mixer. Because both the Standard Environment Mixer and the
- Enhanced Mixer rely, not on MCS Stereo's logical associations, but instead
- on the patch names as reported by the sound card's mixer driver, the
- user must still adjust the "Aux" sliders to change the CD's volume
- when using either the Standard Environment Mixer or the Enhanced Mixer.
- Alternatively, the user may also change the default patch names that
- the mixer driver will use to correspond to the changes made in
- the MCSINIT.INI file. We think that this is a very reasonable
- solution that most users would prefer.
-
- The following instructions are meant for those who have the problem
- described above. These instructions are to supercede those given on
- page 3-23 of the manual.
-
- Step 1. Install MCS Stereo if has not been previously installed.
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-
- Step 2. Switch MCS Stereo's logical auxiliary and CD associations
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- a) Use Windows' notepad (or any other editor which will write
- straight ASCII files) and load "MCSINIT.INI" from the directory
- containing Windows.
-
- b) Locate the [LINECONFIG] section and examine the entries
- labled "CD_AUDIO" and "AUXILIARY", then swap the line
- numbers associated with both devices.
-
- Example: If your sound board is a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum,
- then you would make AUXILIARY=LINEIN03 and CD_AUDIO=LINEIN02 as
- demonstrated below.
-
- [LINECONFIG]
- PRODUCT=Media Vision Pro Audio/CDPC
- MASTER=LINEOUT00
- RECORDIN=LINEOUT01
- CD_AUDIO=LINEIN03 <---------- CD_AUDIO=LINEIN02
- DIGITAL_RECORDER=LINEIN05 |
- MIDI=LINEIN00 |
- AUXILIARY=LINEIN02 <---------- AUXILIARY=LINEIN03
- MICROPHONE=LINEIN04
-
-
-
-
- Step 3. Changing the default mixer driver patch names.
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- a) Search for the [drivers] section in the file "SYSTEM.INI" located
- in the directory where Windows has been installed. Locate the
- "mixer" entry in the [drivers] section and note the filename
- that has been assigned to the "mixer" entry.
-
- b) Use an editor capable of writing straight ASCII to edit "WIN.INI"
- located in the directory where Windows was installed. Find the
- section name corresponding to the filename found in step 3a.
-
- c) After finding the appropriate section name, search the section's
- "LineIn" entries for the patch names of "AUX" and "CD".
- (The patch names appear in the first field immediately after
- the '=' on each line.) Next, swap the numbers associated with
- these patches.
-
- Example: If your sound board is a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum,
- then you would replace the '3' in the line that contains
- "LineIn3=AUX" to '4' and you would replace the '4' in the line
- that contains "LineIn4=CD" to '3' as show below.
-
- ------------------ Change this '3' to '4'
- |
- [mvmixer.drv] |
- LineIn1=SYNTH | MUS] PLAY L= 0% R= 0% @=0000
- LineIn2=MIXER | MIX] PLAY L= 91% R= 91% @=0000
- LineIn3=AUX <--- AUX| PLAY L= 77% R= 77% @=0000
- LineIn4=CD <--- CDA| PLAY L= 46% R= 46% @=0000
- LineIn5=MIC | MIC| PLAY L= 60% R= 60% @=0000
- LineIn6=WAVE | WAV] PLAY L= 0% R= 0% @=0000
- LineIn7=SPKR | SPK] RECORD L= 13% R= 23% @=0000
- LineOut1=MASTER \ AMP| PLAY L= 56% R= 56% @=0000
- StereoEnhance=ON \
- Loudness=OFF \
- Bass= 66 \---------------- Change this '4' to '3'
- Treble= 75
- SaveSettingsOnWindowsExit=YES
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