MIDI Music Collection/MUSIC.iso/mtpro4b/quikread.txt

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What are QuikTunes?

Congratulations!  You have just received a demo of a new form of
music, QuikTunes. QuikTunes consists of songs on disk in the form of
MIDI sequences.  These songs can be played with a synthesizer and a
personal computer or sequencer using  MIDI.

QuikTunes are "MIDI Records", recorded like audio tracks for an
album, yet can play on your home computer or sequencer via MIDI.
With QuikTunes, you become the conductor, arranger and producer.
You can customize the songs for your home system, interact with the
music and even learn to play.

The songs are supplied in a Standard MIDI-File format.  Using MIDI
software, QuikTunes can be played back, examined, modified and
rearranged completely to your liking.  You can make a custom mix of
the song, specifically suited to your equipment for your personal use.

The songs contain all the parts for a performance, including drums,
bass, keyboards, guitars, solos, strings, horns, woodwinds, and
percussion.

Our data has been "voiced" for "General MIDI" (see below), but it can
easily be changed to adapt to your particular synthesizer set-up.
Drum parts are also provided in General MIDI format.

Using QuikTunes

If you have a Roland Sound Canvas, Yamaha TG-100, Korg 03R/W or
any other General MIDI instrument, you can play our songs "right out
of the box".  The essence of each song, the main instruments
including drums, bass, keyboard, guitar and other parts are voiced
and channelized for General MIDI.

If you don't have a General MIDI instrument, you can still play our
songs with a minimum amount of effort in your own custom MIDI
studio.  Instructions are provided below for adapting the songs to
your own studio. In either case, you load the data files into your
sequencer or software program.

PLEASE NOTE: Because of extensive use of live performance data
(MIDI guitar for guitar parts, drum pads for drum parts etc.), using
these songs with a notation program (such as MusicTime or
Encore) may produce files you may have to edit in order to look
right.


What is General MIDI ?

Our General MIDI is a standardized set of instruments, channels,
voices and MIDI messages that our songs are mapped to.  For
example,program # 1 always selects a Grand Piano sound while # 36
allways calls up Fretless Bass. These parts are played by the Main
Tracks (Channels 1 through 8) and Drum Track (Channel 10).  An
additional seven MIDI channels are also supported by the Standard
for Extra Tracks.  These seven channels can control other
synthesizers.

Using the Data in your own MIDI studio

Getting QuikTunes to  play consistently on a virtually unlimited
number of different MIDI systems without General MIDI is a difficult
task.  It really has to be customized to each particular setup.  That is
the purpose of this section.

The first issue to address is "What MIDI instruments do I have, how
many voices can they play and what channels are assigned to
them?".  You may have to change the channel assignments, program
changes, volume changes, velocity levels and other aspects of the
data in order to get it to sound really great on your gear.

Changing Channels/Synthesizers

You will want to coordinate General MIDI with your own system.  It
will probably be easiest for you to set your studio up to look like
ours.  Set your drum machine to channel 10. We normally put all the
other instrument parts on channels 1-8.

Put your best sounding synths on the low channels and save the less
capable units for last.  Save channel one for your master keyboard
and live stuff.  Put your multi-timbral synths on the keyboard and
guitar parts or other polyphonic instruments.  Take a look at our
method of orchestrating data and think of which instruments you
have that best suit the different parts to be played.

On most songs, start with the drums and the bass parts and add in
the  keyboards, guitars, horns and other parts one at a time.  Make
sure you listen along the way and work one step at a time.  On
orchestral pieces, start with the lead instruments and work from
there.  If you were using Master Tracks Pro, you would perform this
work in the "Track Editor".

Changing Instruments/Programs

Each Track has a Name which describes the instrument it is intended
for. The tracks include a program change at the start of the sequence
for each track.

The program change defines the instrument to be played by each
Main Track.  Program changes are included for the main tracks so
that the song can be played back correctly on the Sound Canvas.
You can remove or change these program changes to your liking.

Using a sequencer, you can remove these program changes from the
data and use your own.  In Master Tracks Pro you  would "Strip Data"
to remove the program changes and insert the program changes in
the "Track Editor" that best suit your situation, or no program
changes at all.

Pitch Bend Range

General MIDI defaults to a pitch bend range of +/- 2 semitones  In
cases where a portamento effect is desired we use pitch bend.   Pitch
bend is not used on channel 10 (Drums).  You can change the data to
another pitch bend range if you desire.

Octave Registration

General MIDI octave registration says that  Middle C (261 hz) equals
MIDI note number 60.  Note number 60 is also known as "C3".  This
registration is also used by Yamaha and is standard in most MIDI
sequencers.  If you are not using a General MIDI instrument, you
may have to adjust the octave registration (using the "Transpose"
function in Master Tracks Pro) so that the parts play in the right
octave.

Mixing Volumes

MIDI Volume changes (controller #7) are included in the first bar of
each of the Main Tracks and Drum Track.  These volume changes
define the mix to be played.   You can change or remove these
volume messages for your own mix.

In Master Tracks Pro you use "Strip Data" to remove unwanted MIDI
data.   In PRO-4 you can enter volume changes directly into the
"Track sheet" and mix the song in real time.  Because of the
differences in how different synthesizers respond to MIDI volume,
we have not included any intros or fade outs in the data.  Feel free to
add these as part of your custom mix using MIDI controller #7.  Draw
these in graphically with Master Tracks Pro.

Pan Settings

Pan settings (Controller #10) often appear in the first bar of each of
the Main Tracks.  These settings control the stereo placement of each
instrument in the mix.  As with Volume changes, you can remove or
change these settings to your own liking.

Other Data

Only the following MIDI data is contained in the files: Modulation,
Main Volume, Pan, Sustain, Pitch Bend and Aftertouch.  Feel free to
add your own MIDI data, add parts, or rearrange things for your
personal use.

Drum Note Assignments

The drum track provided is mapped to General MIDI drum notes.  A
drum note assignment table is included in these technical notes.  You
can change the drum note mapping to your liking.

If you have a programmable drum machine such as Alesis, Yamaha
R-8 or Yamaha RX-5, setup a pattern to play an empty bar and
setup the MIDI note mapping of the drum machine to conform to our
drum note mapping.  Turn MIDI note triggers "on" in the drum
machine.

Standard General MIDI Drum Note Mapping

       #     Note     Drum
    35 - B0    Acoustic Bass
    36 - C1    Bass Drum 1
    37 - C#1 Rim Shot
    38 - D1    Acou Snare
    39 - D#1 Hand Clap
    40 - E1    Elec Snare
    41 - F1    Lo Tom
    42 - F#1 Closed Hi Hat
    43 - G1    Hi Tom
    44 - G#1 Pedal Hi Hat
    45 - A1    Lo Tom
    46 - A#1 Open Hi Hat 1
    47 - B1    Lo-Mid Tom
    48 - C2    Hi-Mid Tom
    49 - C#2 Crash Cymbal 1
    50 - D2    Acoustic Hi Tom
    51 - D#2 Ride Cymbal
    52 - E2    Chinese Cymbal
    53 - F2    Ride Bell
    54 - F#2 Tambourine
    55 - G2    Splash Cymbal
    56 - G#2 Cow Bell
    57 - A2    Crash Cymbal 2
    58 - A#2 Vibra-slap
    59 - B2    Ride Cymbal 2
    60 - C3    Hi Bongo
    61 - C#3 Lo Bongo
    62 - D3    Mute Hi Conga
    63 - D#3 Open Hi Conga
    64 - E3    Lo Conga
    65 - F3    Hi Timbale
    66 - F#3 Lo Timbale
    67 - G3    Hi Agogo
    68 - G#3 Lo Agogo
    69 - A3    Cabasa
    70 - A#3 Maracas
    71 - B3    Whistle Short
    72 - C4 WhistleLong
    73 - C#4 Short Guiro
    74 - D4    Long Guiro
    75 - D#4 Claves
    76 - E4    Hi Wood Block
    77 - F4    Low Wood Block
    78 - F#4 Mute Cuica
    79 - G4    Open Cuica
    80 - G#4 Mute Triangle
    81 - A4    Open Triangle






Other Passport Products

Passport Designs, Inc. makes a complete line of music software
for use with MIDI gear and personal computers including
MIDI sequencers - Master Tracks Pro & Trax and music notation software
Encore & MusicTime. For a complete catalog of our products
please write to:

Passport Designs, Inc.
100 Stone Pine Rd.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
[phone]



QuikTunes License

Grant of License - In consideration of payment of the License Fee
which is part of the price you paid for this product, Passport
("Licensor") grants to you ("Licensee") a non-exclusive right to use
the QuikTunes on a single computer at a single location.  Passport
reserves all rights not expressly granted Licensee.  This Agreement is
governed by the laws of the State of California, USA.

Ownership of Software - As Licensee, you own the media on which
the QuikTunes files are recorded but Passport retains title and
ownership of the QuikTunes itself and all subsequent copies or
modifications.  This License is not a sale of the QuikTunes or any
copy.

Copy Restrictions - The QuikTunes and accompanying materials are
copyrighted.  Unauthorized copying of the QuikTunes, including
QuikTunes that has been modified, merged or included with other
data is expressly forbidden.  You may be held legally responsible for
any copyright infringement that is caused by your failure to abide by
the terms of this License.  You may make one copy of the QuikTunes
solely for backup purposes.

Use Restrictions - As Licensee, you may physically transfer the
QuikTunes from one computer to another, provided that the
QuikTunes is used on only one computer at a time.  You may not
electronically transfer the QuikTunes from one computer to another
over a network.  You may not distribute copies of the QuikTunes or
accompanying materials, or modified version of the QuikTunes to any
party.  You may be responsible for payment of royalties for any
public performance or other use of the QuikTunes.

Transfer Restrictions - The QuikTunes is licensed only to you, the
Licensee and may not be transferred to any other party without the
express written consent of Passport Designs, Inc.  In no event may
you transfer, assign, rent, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of the
QuikTunes on a temporary or permanent basis except as expressly
provided herein.

Termination - This License is effective until terminated and will
automatically terminate without notice if you fail to comply with any
of the provisions of this Agreement.

All Songs c Copyright 1990 Passport Designs, Inc.

International Rights Secured.  All Rights Reserved.  Not for broadcast
of transmission of any kind.  DO NOT DUPLICATE.  NOT FOR RENTAL.

Warning: It is a violation of Federal Copyright Law to synchronize
these MIDI sequences with video tape or film, or to print these MIDI
sequences in the form of standard music notation without the
express written permission of the copyright owner.  Contact the
original copyright owner for information.

These works are protected by US and International Copyright laws.
They are licensed to you for your personal use on a single computer
system.

Warning: Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

These disks are not copy protected for your convenience.  We
recommend that you make a backup copy for your personal use and
put the master disks in a safe place.

DO NOT DUPLICATE. Copying computer software or data files for your
friends is illegal and a felony.  It is also one of the major ways that
computer viruses get spread.  Do not copy these data files for your
friends or any third parties.  It only hurts your fellow musicians who
will be denied royalties on pirated versions.  Put an end to copy
protection once and for all.  Don't steal software!

c Copyright 1992 Passport Designs, Inc.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  Not
for Rental.  No part of this product may be copied, reproduced ,
translated, broadcast, transmitted or reduced to any electronic
medium or machine readable form.  The QuikTunes and
accompanying manual are provided "AS IS".  Passport Designs, Inc.
make no warranties of any kind either express or implied with
respect to this manual or with respect to the QuikTunes.  All
specifications are subject to change without notice.