--------------------------------------------------------------- MIDI Studio V4.1 --------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for trying MIDI Studio. This file covers some information about the package and how to install it. ========================== The Contents of this file ========================== 1. What's New in 4.1 2. Features of MIDI Studio 3. Installing MIDI Studio 4. Information about the Windows Interface Drivers 5. Contacting Sounds Great Software ========================== What's New in 4.1 ========================== Upgraded the number of tracks from 8 to 16. 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. Wave files can be used in place of voices. Voice names can be changed by double clicking on them in the voice dialog. Saves the last directory you were working with. Cut/Copy a whole track. Transpose a track or song by an optional number of semi-tones. Associate you .mid files with MIDI Studio and bring them up from the file manager. ========================== Other Features ========================== Standard music notation Uses standard .MID ( MIDI ) files. 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. 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. 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. ' Cut and paste ' ability for groups of notes. Printing - Print entire scores, or selected pages. - Print preview - Preview how scores will look online. Events - Support for all MIDI events through the Event Bar and an intuitive Event Dialog. Dotted Notes - Support for dotted notes has been added. Use the symbol / dot menu item to toggle the dot option. 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. Extensive on-line help. ========================== Installation ========================== Unzip the files into their own directory. MStudio.ini is the initialization file for the system. Copy it to your windows directory ( EG. C:\WINDOWS ). 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. Run MSTUDIO.EXE ** NOTES ** BWCC.DLL 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. 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. ========================== Windows Interface Drivers ========================== 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. 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. Windows needs to be restarted after the driver has been installed. 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. =================================== 4. Contacting Sounds Great Software =================================== If you have any feedback or questions contact us at: Sounds Great Software 2723 Morley Tr N.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T2M 4G8 Compuserve ID: 74021,31