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- version 2.0
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- Copyright (C) 1994-1995, Software Hallucinations
- All Rights Reserved
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- INSTALLATION NOTES
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- INDEX
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- Section Title
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 System Requirements
- 3 Upgrading From Previous Versions
- 4 Before You Install
- 5 Installation
- 6 Possible Errors
- 7 Notes For Propats 3 Users
- 8 UnInstalling
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- 1. Introduction
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- Thankyou for taking the time to evaluate PatchEZE. We hope that it
- will prove useful to you, and that it will solve any and all of your GUS
- patch swapping problems. We also hope that you register! A great deal of
- time and effort went into its design, construction, coding, and help
- system, so if you find that you wish to continue using it after the 14
- day evaluation period, please do not forget to register!!! (It's cheap!)
- Consult the help file for information on registering, and for the
- registration form.
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- 2. System Requirements
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- PatchEZE requires approximately 7 megabytes of hard disk space for
- installation, as it makes copies of all the Gravis patches, and also needs
- some extra space for directories and a disk pool. Microsoft Windows 3.1
- and (obviously) a Gravis UltraSound soundcard are also needed.
- Please note that for PatchEZE to run correctly, a version of the
- UltraSound drivers that supports multiple banks (in ULTRASND.INI) and
- bank switching is required. If you are unsure of this, check the comment
- at the beginning of ULTRASND.INI.
- It is highly recommended that you have more free space than this for
- when you start copying large patches. (The Propats 3 set takes up roughly
- 19 megabytes, so hopefully disk space isn't a large concern for GUS users!)
- It is also recommended that you have a fast computer and a fast hard
- disk. Remember that the faster your transfer rate, the quicker the install,
- and the faster you will be able to copy patches when using PatchEZE.
- PatchEZE runs nicely on a 486 machine with a fast hard drive, but will run
- on any machine with Windows 3.1 and a GUS.
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- 3. Upgrading From Previous Versions
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- If you have already installed PatchEZE, then you should still install
- this version in the same way as before (see section 5), except when prompted,
- select the Upgrade installation type. This copies the new files and performs
- any new initialization required, whilst ensuring that your old configuration
- is not accidentally overwritten.
- Please note that if you select the Full Install option by mistake, you
- may click the Cancel button when prompted for the installation directory.
- (If you are upgrading from any version after version 1.01, then you should
- not have to enter an installation directory unless PatchEZE can't find the
- old install files.) If you have selected a Full Install and don't cancel
- at the installation directory stage, don't just click the Cancel button
- when asked for which patch management system to install. Your old
- configuration has already been lost, and you WILL need to complete the
- full installation.
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- 4. Before You Install
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- Installation should be smooth and error-free if you have not changed
- anything after installation of the UltraSound software. The three important
- things to check are:
- - No custom patches or "propatches" are installed
- - All filenames in ULTRASND.INI refer to the normal
- Gravis patches
- - Patches are in the MIDI subdirectory of the directory
- specified in your ULTRADIR environment variable
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- 5. Installation
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- PatchEZE is self installing. This means that the first time you run
- the program, it will take you through its installation, step by step. All
- you need to do to install is make sure all the files from the PatchEZE
- archive exist in the same directory on your disk. Then just run PATCHEZE.EXE
- from that directory by choosing Run from the File menu in Program Manager.
- It is very important that you read the help section whenever a "Help"
- button is given during the installation process. In general, PatchEZE is
- not the sort of application you can figure out quickly - so it is a good
- idea to make frequent use of the excellent help facility.
- When you are asked if you wish to set up one of the suggested patch
- management systems, the recommended system is the "Combination System".
- Whilst this creates a large and complicated directory system, it is very
- useful, and the best one to use with PatchEZE. You have the option of not
- setting up any patch management system, but please note that setting one
- up manually can be quite a difficult chore.
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- 6. Possible Errors
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- You may encounter errors during the installation of PatchEZE. These
- should be fairly self explanatory, but a brief troubleshooting guide
- follows.
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- Startup errors:
- - UltraSound card not found
- If you don't have an UltraSound, why are you trying to install
- PatchEZE?!? If you DO have an UltraSound, this problem can
- occur if your ULTRADIR or ULTRASND environment variables are
- not set correctly. Consult your UltraSound documentation for
- further details on setting these.
- - UltraSound driver not installed
- PatchEZE was unable to detect the UltraSound MIDI synth driver.
- You will need to install the driver manually with Control Panel,
- or run the UltraSound installation program again. (Details on
- how to install drivers manually can be found in the WINDOWS
- subdirectory of your ULTRADIR directory.)
- Note that the input driver is not needed to run PatchEZE, but
- if it isn't installed, the ability to audition patches with an
- external MIDI keyboard will not be available.
- - MIDI directory not found
- PatchEZE requires that all Gravis patches are in the MIDI
- subdirectory of the directory specified with the ULTRADIR
- environment variable. This is the default directory when you
- install the UltraSound software, and if you have renamed it
- or moved your patches, then you have probably encountered
- problems with other software. You may like to undo these
- changes you have made to your system, or try reinstalling
- the UltraSound software.
- - ULTRASND.INI not found
- This problem is most likely caused by the ULTRADIR environment
- variable being incorrectly set. Your ULTRASND.INI file should
- reside in the ULTRADIR directory.
- - PATCHEZE.INI not found
- You either do not have all of the PatchEZE files together in
- the one directory, or you have run PatchEZE with a working
- directory other than the one in which PatchEZE itself resides.
- Refer to section 2 on installation.
- - Not enough disk space available
- There isn't enough disk space on the drive where your Gravis
- patches reside. You need enough space on this drive to make
- a copy of all these patches, as the patch working directory
- MUST also be off the ULTRADIR directory. Clear some space
- off this drive.
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- Installation errors:
- - Not enough free space on drive
- You do not have enough available space on the chosen drive
- to install PatchEZE. Select a different destination directory,
- or clear some space off that drive.
- - Illegal directory name
- The directory name you entered for the base directory is not
- valid. Some valid directories are C:\ULTRASND\PATCHEZE and
- \ULTRASND\UTILS\PATCHEZE. C:PATCHEZE would be invalid.
- Any directory name using a non-existant drive letter, or an
- invalid character (such as wildcards * and ?, redirection
- characters < and >, the pipe character |, etc) will give this
- error.
- - Cannot install program files
- Make sure you all the PatchEZE files are together in the one
- directory, that PatchEZE is run from that directory, and that
- directory is the working directory. Refer to section 2 on
- installation.
- - Unable to set up directories
- If you try to install one of the suggested patch management
- systems and receive this error, it could be for one of many
- reasons. It is most likely that a disk error has occured or
- that a file exists with the same name as the directory.
- - Unable to create PEMIDI directory.
- For some reason, the PEMIDI directory could not be created.
- Possibly for a similar reason as the above error.
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- 7. Notes For Propats 3 Users
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- When you install the Propats 3 patches, the installation program
- makes a directory structure, PROPATS, off your MIDI directory. This does
- not affect PatchEZE, but you should NOT map patches from the MIDI or
- PEMIDI directories, or any subdirectories of them. This obviously
- includes the PROPATS directories. Therefore, after you have installed
- PatchEZE, you may like to manually go through each subdirectory of
- MIDI\PROPATS and "Install" each patch to the correct instrument directory.
- (This is done with the "Install" button - for more information, go to the
- help file section "The PatchEZE display", and click the mouse button over
- the "Install" button on the picture shown there.)
- After you have copied all the patches in this way, you can use File
- Manager to completely remove the PROPATS directory structure. Note that
- it is probably easiest if you use the "Install Button Moves File" option
- when copying the patches, as this will erase the original afterwards.
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- As an alternative to copying all the patches with the "Install"
- button, you may like to simply move the entire PROPATS directory structure
- out of the MIDI directory to the PatchEZE base installation directory.
- This can be done in File Manager by clicking the PROPATS directory, and
- dragging it onto the PatchEZE directory.
- Doing this is better than the previously suggested method if you want
- to be able to map the patches from Propats 3 using PatchEZE, yet still
- use the Propats 3 control utility to set up certain combinations of
- patches. (It is also much easier to move the directory structure than to
- manually go through all the patches and decide which instrument directory
- each belongs in. However, you miss out on the benefits using instrument
- directories can provide.)
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- 8. UnInstalling
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- If you don't like PatchEZE and wish to remove it from your system,
- the simplest way to do so is to make sure the MIDI directory contains
- Gravis patches (using DIRSET or PatchEZE), and to then delete the PEMIDI
- directory, and the PatchEZE base directory. Of course, if you have been
- moving patches into instrument directories, you will probably want to
- check that you have other copies of any custom patches you want to keep.
- If you have mapped any patches onto undefined instruments (typically
- percussive instruments 0-26 and 88-127), then ULTRASND.INI will have been
- modified. This won't cause problems for your system or the operation of
- your UltraSound, but if you want it completely back to normal, you may
- want to edit ULTRASND.INI or use the "Restore File(s)" selection from the
- GUS software's installation program to get back the original file.
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