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- MIDI Studio V4.1
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-
- Thanks for trying MIDI Studio. This file covers some information
- about the package and how to install it.
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- The Contents of this file
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- 1. What's New in 4.1
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- 2. Features of MIDI Studio
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- 3. Installing MIDI Studio
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- 4. Information about the Windows Interface Drivers
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- 5. Contacting Sounds Great Software
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- What's New in 4.1
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- Upgraded the number of tracks from 8 to 16.
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- Use of the MIDI Mapper is now supported. The MIDI Mapper provides
- a standard mapping of channels a voices, so most .mid files sound
- similar on different systems.
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- Wave files can be used in place of voices.
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- Voice names can be changed by double clicking on them in the voice dialog.
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- Saves the last directory you were working with.
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- Cut/Copy a whole track.
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- Transpose a track or song by an optional number of semi-tones.
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- Associate you .mid files with MIDI Studio and bring them up from
- the file manager.
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- Other Features
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- Standard music notation
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- Uses standard .MID ( MIDI ) files.
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- Music can be put into the application with the mouse, through
- a keyboard, or from existing standard MIDI files.
- MIDI Studio can display whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth,
- and thirty-second notes and rests. Each note or
- rest has a default duration. The actual duration
- of a note or rest can be adjusted.
- Flat, sharp, or natural symbols for each note.
- Key Signature on the staff.
- Time Signature on the staff.
- View two, three, or four bars of a song in the staff area.
- Three options for mouse input:
- Align to Beat - The note is automatically aligned to the
- nearest thirty-second beat.
- Sequential - The note is appended to the end of the
- current track.
- Free form - The note is placed on the nearest beat to
- where the mouse was clicked.
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- Control Panel
- The Control Panel provides buttons and Faders that let
- you access some of the features of MIDI Studio.
- Buttons to see the next and previous bars.
- Buttons to play the current bars, the whole song, and
- to stop play.
- Buttons to turn tracks on or off, and check boxes that
- display track status at all times.
- Note Bar - To easily change the current note.
- Buttons to clear and refresh the screen.
- Faders to control tempo and velocity.
- Buttons to start and stop recording for a synthesizer.
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- Voice Information
- Voice information about any synthesizer can be set up in
- ordinary files. MIDI Studio uses these files to
- let you set the voices for each song.
- Voice information can be set up and saved for each song.
- Voice information is sent to the synthesizer when a song
- is played.
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- ' Cut and paste ' ability for groups of notes.
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- Printing - Print entire scores, or selected pages.
- - Print preview - Preview how scores will look online.
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- Events - Support for all MIDI events through the Event Bar
- and an intuitive Event Dialog.
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- Dotted Notes - Support for dotted notes has been added. Use the
- symbol / dot menu item to toggle the dot option.
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- Registration - A code will be sent to registered users that will
- show the users name in the About box and make the
- start-up wait period disappear.
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- Extensive on-line help.
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- Installation
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- Unzip the files into their own directory.
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- MStudio.ini is the initialization file for the system. Copy it to
- your windows directory ( EG. C:\WINDOWS ).
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- To use print or print preview the Musical Symbols font must be
- installed on your system. The two files musical.fot and musical.ttf
- make up the font. Use the Control Panel / Fonts icon to load the
- font.
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- Run MSTUDIO.EXE
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- ** NOTES **
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- BWCC.DLL
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- MIDI STUDIO requires the file BWCC.DLL to run properly. In most
- cases the file is included in the .zip file. If it is not, it is
- available on most BBS systems, on CompuServe (GO BORLAND), and on
- many internet sites.
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- Print Preview
-
- Some video drivers distort the size of the
- preview page, and some can not interpret the font. If there
- are problems with the Print Preview window try the standard windows VGA video driver
- from the setup program. The printed page will not be affected by
- these problems.
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- Windows Interface Drivers
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- Unless you have used othe MIDI tools in the past, the MIDI drivers
- for your sound board may noy be installed. The Windows control panel
- is used to install drivers. It can usually be found in the Main
- Windows control group, or use the File/Run menu items to run the
- control.exe program.
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- Double click on the Drivers icon in the control panel. The Drivers
- currently installed on your computer will be listed. If there is no
- listing for a driver for your sound board choose the Add button.
-
- A list of some of the most popular drivers will be presented. If a
- driver for your sound board is shown, double click on it. You will be
- asked to insert one of the Windows diskettes so that the driver can
- be copied on to your computer. If there is no driver for your sound
- board listed, the best place to look for it is the disks that came
- with your sound board. Choose the "Unlisted or updated driver" line
- and insert each disk that came with your board. If a driver is found,
- the name will be shown toyou and you will be asked if you want to
- install the driver.
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- Windows needs to be restarted after the driver has been installed.
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- The driver that you installed should now show as an option on the
- Config... dialog inside MIDI Studio. If the device is capable of
- play and record, it will show on both the play and record lists.
- If it is a play only device, such as SB PRO FM or Adlib, it
- will show on the play list only.
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- 4. Contacting Sounds Great Software
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- If you have any feedback or questions contact us at:
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- Sounds Great Software
- 2723 Morley Tr N.W.
- Calgary, Alberta
- Canada T2M 4G8
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- Compuserve ID: 74021,31
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