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README.TXT

Musicware Piano DEMO

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

A 386/486/Pentium PC running Windows 3.1 or higher equipped with a 
soundcard with the soundcard's Windows MIDI and Synth drivers installed. 
If you are unsure about this portion, consult your soundcard's user's
manual or contact their technical support line. A MIDI adapter
cable is not needed to run the demo, but is required (along with a
MIDI keyboard) to demonstrate MIDI input for the exercises. 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION:

If you acquired this demo by means of a DEMO DISK:
        Place the demo disk in drive a:. From Program Manager in 
        Windows, select "File", "Run" and type a:\setup then press
        enter.

If you acquired this demo by downloading if from a BBS or INTERNET:
        Unzip the contents of the file to a high density floppy and
        follow the steps described above for floppy disk installation.

TO "UN-INSTALL" THE DEMO:

Simply delete all files in the directory to which you installed the DEMO 
(usually C:\MWARE\DEMOS). SETUP does not install files in the \WINDOWS 
or the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. You will have to manually delete 
the "Musicware DEMOs" Program Group from your Program Manager.



OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THIS DEMO:

Telephone technical support can be obtained by calling 1-206-881-1419. 
Technical support is also offered through CompuServe.  Musicware's 
CompuServe ID# is 73122,3137. In the subject line, please put 
"DEMO tech support." Please DO NOT CALL THE 800 number for technical 
support. This number is for sales only and is answered by sales people 
who will be unable to help you with technical problems.

OPERATION OF THE DEMO:

The demo is self running, but will allow you the user to interact with it.
Should the program be left unattended for a period of time, it will 
automatically advance to the next screen. This period of time defaults
to 12.5 seconds. It can be adjusted by changing the "demoInterval" setting
in the MPIANO.INI file located in the installation directory [normally, 
c:\mware\demos] on your hard disk. The setting is in units of 
milliseconds and can be set as high as 60 seconds (setting of 60000) but 
not lower than 5 seconds (setting of 5000). If the setting is made less than
5000, it is ignored and defaults to 5000, except if it is zero, then the 
self-running feature is disabled.


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README.TXT

Musicware Piano 1.0.4

The information contained in this file is current as of May 16th, 1994. 
It contains the latest information on this version of Musicware Piano. 
Consequently, the information in this document may supersede 
information presented in the printed User's Guide. 

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FEATURE INFORMATION

Sustain Pedal can be used as "GO ON"

If your MIDI keyboard supports a sustain pedal, you can now use it to 
issue the "GO ON" command in Musicware Piano.  

Extra INI settings

"offerKeyboardTranspose" INI setting (0 = disabled, -1 = enabled)-
By setting this to "-1" the Keyboard Transpose setting will be added 
to your Advanced Midi Setup options.  This option will increase or 
decrease the notes you enter by one full octave.  This allows you to 
play at different positions on the keyboard, or, in case you have a 
keyboard with a different octave layout.

"offerDeviceVolume" INI setting (0 = disabled, -1 = enabled)-
By setting this to "-1" the Device Volume setting will be added to 
your Advanced Midi Setup options.  This will adjust the overall volume
of your sound device.  In the same fashion as turning the volume knob 
on your keyboard.  NOTE:  Some MIDI devices do not support this feature.


HARDWARE INFORMATION

Aztech Boards

Aztech Boards with a DSP 31 chip have a problem with midi-in.  Their 
Tech support is aware of this and will give an RMA number so people 
can return their cards to get a DSP 38 chip on the card.  The Windows 
drivers below 2.41 also have some problems with Midi-in.
Aztech's tech line: (510) 623-8988 

Reveal Sound Cards

This sound card does not set up the DMA address and IRQ in Windows.  
You need to run their test program at DOS in the Utility sub-directory 
which is a under their main directory.  The name of this test is 
usually SG2, SG3, SG4, or SG5.  It will test midi-in and midi-out at 
the DOS level and also tell you the IRQ and Address.   Then set Windows
to the same IRQ and DMA address for the sound card in the Control 
Panel-Drivers.

Media Vision Pro-Audio Line

These sound cards appear to require the midi cable made by Media 
Vision which is called the Midi-Mate.   You can purchase the 
Midi-Mate at your local computer store or contact Media Vision at 
1-800-684-6699.    We have found in our testing that boards which 
were released prior to mid 1992 and earlier seem to run ok with most 
any midi cable and do not require the Midi-Mate.  We have no exact 
cut-off date for this as we are still unsure of what exactly changed 
on the board to require a special midi cable.  We do see the occasional
dropped  or hung note with this card even with a Midi-Mate.  
Information obtained from Media Vision's forum on Compuserv stated that
they have a problem with the MVD101 chip on the Pro Audio family and 
will be fixing this in the ProSonic, Memphis, and XL line.

CREATIVE LABS

Older 8-bit Sound Blaster boards with a DSP chip of less than 2.0 will 
not support MIDI.  These cards must be upgraded to DSP 2.0 or better.
They utilize the Sound Blaster 1.0 drivers in Windows, these drivers 
will not support MIDI.  To check the DSP version run the test for the 
board in the sub directory where sound card information is installed.  
This test will show the version number for the DSP chip.  If less than 
version 2.0 call Creative Labs at 1-800-998-1000 and ask for the new 
DSP 2.0 version chip and updated Windows drivers for the board.

LOGITECH SOUNDMAN

This card will need a special midi cable which is called the Midi-Mate. 
Contact Logitech at (510)795-8100 for more information.

GRAVIS ULTRASOUND

This card will need a special midi cable, the Gravis Midi adapter cable,
which is made by Advanced Gravis.

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README NOTES FOR PIANO 1.0 - OCTOBER 12, 1993
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DIRECTING SOUND THROUGH SOUNDCARD SPEAKERS (SOUND BLASTER AND 
COMPATIBLE SOUND BOARD USERS)

All Sound Blasters and nearly all Sound Blaster compatible boards come 
with Voyetra Technologies' Super SAPI FM Synth driver. This essentially 
turns your sound board into a MIDI synthesizer complete with 128 voices.  
These sounds may be used in place of your keyboard's sounds, and will 
direct sound through speakers attached to your sound card. Here are 
the steps to configure Musicware Piano to use those voices:

1. Run Musicware Piano
2. From the Student List Screen, pull down the MIDI Options menu and 
select 'Setup...'.
3. On the right hand side of the Midi Setup screen is the section for 
output devices. Select the "Voyetra Super SAPI FM Synth".
4. On the left hand side of the Midi Setup Screen is the section for 
input devices. At the bottom of this section select the "MIDI Thru" 
check box. 
5. Click the OK Button.

You should now hear sound from your sound board's speakers as you play 
the MIDI keyboard. If you do not, check to following:

1. The speakers are plugged into the proper jack on the back of the 
sound card (usually called 'line out').
2. The "Line Out" levels of your sound board are up (some cards actually 
have a volume control on the back or control their volume by a "mixer" 
program supplied with the sound board).
3. The MIDI connections are as described in the Users Guide of Musicware 
Piano.

For questions about 1 and 2 refer to your sound card's users guide.

NOTE: Musicware Piano will not select Voyetra Super SAPI FM Synth for 
MIDI out by default, unless it is the only MIDI out device installed in 
Windows.

Sound Blaster 16 W/WAVE BLASTER USERS

If you wish to use the on-board sound capabilities of the Wave Blaster, 
the Wave Blaster control panel (supplied with the Wave Blaster from 
Creative Labs) must be running and Voices uploaded to the Wave Blaster 
board prior to running Musicware Piano.


REGULAR Sound Blaster AND COMPATIBLE BOARDS

In order to use the on-board sound capabilities of the sound card, you 
will have to purchase a "Patch Manager" for your sound card. This patch 
manager generally needs to be run and have sounds loaded before 
Musicware Piano is run. These patch managers may be supplied by your 
sound card manufacturer. There are also third-party makers of patch 
managers such as those from Voyetra Technologies.

If you want the sound to play through speakers attached to your sound 
card, see the instructions above titled "DIRECTING SOUND THROUGH 
SOUNDCARD SPEAKERS".


SHOULD MUSICWARE PIANO STOP RESPONDING TO PIANO KEYBOARD INPUT

Try pressing the escape key. Some Sound Cards have been known to 
occasionally drop MIDI information coming in from the MIDI keyboard. 
This will sometimes cause Musicware Piano to "wait" and look for 
particular MIDI information. Pressing the escape key will reset 
Musicware Piano back to the Student Activity Screen.



