MCS Stereo ReadMe File
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Version 1.02

The MIDI files included with MCS Stereo assume "Extended" MIDI Patch Maps.
Make sure you have chosen the Extended MIDI Patch Map in the Midi Mapper 
Applet of the Control Panel. The Control Panel may be accessed through the 
"Main" group in the Program Manager or by pressing the "Settings" button in
the MCS Stereo MIDI Player.


Normally, if a portion of a WAV file is highlighted, the "Edit Sample" dialog 
box will only play the selected area.  To play the entire file without 
deselecting the currently marked area,  hold the <Ctrl> key while pressing the
"Play" button in the "Edit Sample" dialog box.
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Version 1.01

Environment switching buttons were added in the Standard Environment and the 
Enhanced Remote control.  

The scan buttons for the Remote Control Digital Recorder were changed to skip 
buttons.  Used to skip forward or backward in the current playlist.  (Changed
to maintain functionality consistency between Digital Recorder, CD Player and
MIDI Player controls in the Remote Control)

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The manual incorrectly states that Animotion technical support is available on
Compuserve in the Multimedia Vendors forum.  The forum has instead been set up
in the MIDI Vendors forum.  To access Animotion technical support through
Compuserve, type GO ANIMOTION at any CIS prompt.  The BBS number and technical
support policies are still as stated in the manual.

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A new section has been added to the MCSINIT.INI file since the manual was 
printed.  You should find the following entries which were not described in 
the manual:

[EditSample]
FastGraph=0
InitialDisplayTime=10
AlwaysCollect=0

These entries were added to improve the capabilities of the Edit Sample 
dialog box, which is used for editing WAV files.

The first entry, "FastGraph", selects the algorithm used to display the 
waveform.  By default, FastGraph is set to 0.  Change the entry to 
"FastGraph=1" to enable the FastGraph option.

If you are using the product on a slower machine or editing large files, you 
may find the FastGraph option provides faster display performance.  
However, the FastGraph option is not as accurate in it's display of the 
waveform.

The "InitialDisplayTime" parameter specifies the largest amount of time (in
seconds) that are displayed when the file is initially loaded.  This may be
adjusted from 1 to 999 seconds.

The "AlwaysCollect" parameter is used to control the memory optimization 
functions of the Edit Sample dialog box.  The default value is 0, and should
only be changed if a file seems to "hang" after modifications which alter 
the file's size.

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Additional information for users who have attached the output of their
CD-ROM drive to the Auxiliary port of their sound card.

If your sound board has a CD audio line-in port, yet you have
found it necessary to attach the audio output of the CD-ROM drive to
the auxiliary line-in port, you will find it impossible to control
the CD Volume in the Enhanced CD player.  This section will detail
how to make MCS Stereo best utilize your sound board's auxliliary
line-in to control the volume of your CD player.

The "Volume" section on page 3-23 of the MCS Stereo User's Manual
describes a procedure which assigns the auxiliary port of the sound
card to MCS Stereo's logical CD volume control.  After this operation
the Enhanced CD Player's volume controls will adjust the volume of the
sound card's auxiliary port as will the buttons labeled "CD" on the Remote
Control Mixer.  Because both the Standard Environment Mixer and the
Enhanced Mixer rely, not on MCS Stereo's logical associations, but instead
on the patch names as reported by the sound card's mixer driver, the
user must still adjust the "Aux" sliders to change the CD's volume
when using either the Standard Environment Mixer or the Enhanced Mixer.
Alternatively, the user may also change the default patch names that 
the mixer driver will use to correspond to the changes made in 
the MCSINIT.INI file.  We think that this is a very reasonable
solution that most users would prefer.   

The following instructions are meant for those who have the problem
described above. These instructions are to supercede those given on 
page 3-23 of the manual.

   Step 1.  Install MCS Stereo if has not been previously installed.
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   Step 2.  Switch MCS Stereo's logical auxiliary and CD associations
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     a) Use Windows' notepad (or any other editor which will write
        straight ASCII files) and load "MCSINIT.INI" from the directory
        containing Windows.

     b) Locate the  [LINECONFIG] section and examine the entries 
        labled "CD_AUDIO" and "AUXILIARY", then swap the line
        numbers associated with both devices.

        Example: If your sound board is a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum,
        then you would make AUXILIARY=LINEIN03 and CD_AUDIO=LINEIN02 as
        demonstrated below.
  
             [LINECONFIG]
             PRODUCT=Media Vision Pro Audio/CDPC
             MASTER=LINEOUT00
             RECORDIN=LINEOUT01                    
             CD_AUDIO=LINEIN03            <----------  CD_AUDIO=LINEIN02
             DIGITAL_RECORDER=LINEIN05              |
             MIDI=LINEIN00                          |
             AUXILIARY=LINEIN02           <----------  AUXILIARY=LINEIN03
             MICROPHONE=LINEIN04
                                                
             


    Step 3.  Changing the default mixer driver patch names.
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     a) Search for the [drivers] section in the file  "SYSTEM.INI" located
        in the directory where Windows has been installed.  Locate the
        "mixer" entry in the [drivers] section and note the filename
        that has been assigned to the "mixer" entry.

     b)  Use an editor capable of writing straight ASCII to edit "WIN.INI"
         located in the directory where Windows was installed.  Find the
         section name corresponding to the filename found in step 3a.

     c)  After finding the appropriate section name, search the section's
         "LineIn" entries for the patch names of "AUX" and "CD". 
         (The patch names appear in the first field immediately after
         the '=' on each line.)  Next, swap the numbers associated with
         these patches.

        Example: If your sound board is a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum,
        then you would replace the '3' in the line that contains 
        "LineIn3=AUX" to  '4' and you would replace the '4' in the line
        that contains "LineIn4=CD" to '3' as show below.
                                          
                            ------------------ Change this '3' to '4'
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             [mvmixer.drv]  |
             LineIn1=SYNTH  |   MUS]  PLAY     L=  0% R=  0%  @=0000
             LineIn2=MIXER  |   MIX]  PLAY     L= 91% R= 91%  @=0000
             LineIn3=AUX <---   AUX|  PLAY     L= 77% R= 77%  @=0000 
             LineIn4=CD  <---   CDA|  PLAY     L= 46% R= 46%  @=0000   
             LineIn5=MIC    |   MIC|  PLAY     L= 60% R= 60%  @=0000
             LineIn6=WAVE   |   WAV]  PLAY     L=  0% R=  0%  @=0000  
             LineIn7=SPKR   |   SPK]  RECORD   L= 13% R= 23%  @=0000
             LineOut1=MASTER \  AMP|  PLAY     L= 56% R= 56%  @=0000
             StereoEnhance=ON \
             Loudness=OFF      \
             Bass= 66           \---------------- Change this '4' to '3'
             Treble= 75
             SaveSettingsOnWindowsExit=YES

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