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MIDI Machine V0.89 Beta (c) Excel Progs/TOW Development 1994
I. Info about Excel Progs/TOW Development
II. Introduction
III. What You Need
IV. Running MIDI Machine
V. Support Info.
VI. Registering
VII. Revisions
I. Info about Excel Progs/Tow Development
MIDI Machine V0.89 Beta by Excel Progs/TOW Development
MIDI Machine was written by Andrew Malek of Excel Progs, and is
distributed by Joe Passmore of TOW Development.
For more information, contact Excel Progs at:
Excel Progs
c/o Andrew Malek
434 Gallaher View Road Apt 60
Knoxville, TN 37919
Or, contact either Excel Progs or TOW Development via The Other World
BBS of Knoxville, TN.
TOW BBS: (615)-577-9342, 7 14.4k lines, Games, No Ratio, More
II. Introduction
Congratulations for choosing MIDI Machine as your MS-Windows(c) MIDI
player! Midi Machine is the latest of Excel Progs line of excellent
products for the IBM(c)/clone computers, and like all EP products, it
is backed by full support.
Midi Machine allows you to play the .MID (MIDI) files that are seen
all throughout the world. Midi Machine also allows you to play the
standard .WAV (WAVEAUDIO) files. MIDIs cover all genres of music,
including:
o Jazz/Blues
o Rock/Pop
o Soft Rock/Easy Listening
o Classical
and many more styles of music are represented by this music file
format.
WAVs cover all types of sounds, including:
o Instruments
o Music Clips
o Voice-Mail
o System Events
and many more types of sound files are represented by this audio
file format.
III. What you Need
In order to play music with Midi Machine, you must have:
o MS-Windows 3.1 or higher
o A Midi-compatible sound card (SB, SBPro, GUS,..etc)
o Installed MIDI drivers for Windows
o VBRUN300.DLL (found at many fine BBS's and distribution networks)
If you wish to only play WAV files, the midi drivers and midi-
compliant sound card are not needed. You will, however, need WAV
support and drivers.
IV. Running MIDI Machine
In order to run Midi Machine, you need to copy, unpack,..etc the files
you received. Next, copy the MCI.VBX and ANIBUTON.VBX files to your main
Windows directory. Get VBRUN300.DLL from your distribution site (or The
Other World BBS), and place it to your Windows directory. Add the Midi
Machine icon to your program manager or equivalent (or just run it
straight using your pm's run command).
Midi Machine will execute and bring you up to the main status window.
This window is divided into several parts:
o Drive selection window
This will allow you to choose which drive Midi Machine will
pull the Sound files from.
o Directory selction window
This will allow you to choose which directory Midi Machine
will pull the Sound files from.
o File selection window
This will allow you to choose the individual Sounds that you
wish to add to your playing queue (see below).
o Sound Playing queue
This will be a list of Sounds that you have selected to play,
in order of selection (note that the order the Sound files are
selected are NOT exactly the order in which that they will be
played! See below for more options).
o Buttons
Buttons are the method by which you can tell MIDI machine
what to do. These buttons are as follows:
(R)ename
Allows you to rename or move a sound.
(D)elete
Allows you to delete a sound.
(I)nfo
Allows you to get information on a sound. Note that this can
be done ONLY when you are not playing any music.
(A)dd
Allows you to add a sound file from the file selection window
to your Sound playing queue.
Add A(l)l
Allows you to add ALL sound files from the file selection
window to your Sound playing queue.
R(e)move
Removes a sound from your playing queue.
(C)lear
Clears ALL sounds from the queue.
A(b)out
Information about Midi Machine
(H)elp
Displays help about Midi Machine
Setup
Goes to setup screen, where you can choose the animated icon which
will be displayed when you play MIDIs and WAVs (the two
groups allow separate icons.)
E(x)it
Exits Midi Machine
(S)tart
Start playing sounds!
(N)ext
Skip to the next sound.
S(T)OP!
Abort all sounds. Keeps any songs in the queue available for
playing.
(P)ause/(P)lay
This button changes depending upon the state of the sound.
You can temporarily pause the sound output and then resume
later.
o Check boxes
These check boxes allow you to change the order in which
Sounds are being played. Simply click on the boxes to
change the playing direction.
Ran(d)om
Plays the sound files randomly.
(B)kwrds
Plays the sound files backwards.
C(o)ntin.
Plays the sounds continuously. This button is only visible
when you are in selecting, not playback, mode.
V. Support Info.
This is a beta version of the upcoming full release of MIDI Machine.
All possible time has been spent removing errors from this program.
I hate receiving Windows programs that constantly crash, and I'm sure
you do also.
Under normal usage, the program has been known to work very well. Very
infrequently (and under non-normal usage, as the main beta-tester can
attest) the program has hung on a WAV. If this does occur, pressing
the "Next" button should continue the program on its way.
If you notice any other errors, please let me know. I can be contacted
by the following ways:
1) SASE at the Excel Progs address.
2) E-Mail on The Other World BBS as Jman.
3) [Temporarily] by Internet E-Mail: admalek@sacam.oren.ortn.edu
VI. Registration
Registration is $15.00, which will give you the first full release of
Midi Machine with your name on the title bar (nothing profane, please!)
Company/government registrations are as follows:
1-10 licenses / $17 @
11-50 " " / $14 @
51-100 " " / $12 @
100 & up / Your company must not be doing much work (hehe), but
the cost will be $10 @.
Mail the check or money order (NO CASH), your preferred disk format
(3.5 or 5.25 double density), and your name or company name to:
Excel Progs
re: Midi Machine registration
c/o Andrew Malek
434 Gallaher View Rd Apt. 60
Knoxville, TN 37919
VII. Revisions
V0.7 First Beta Version (For TOW Development beta-testing)
V0.75 Misc. Features
Added a minimum button.
The text colors were changed from blue to yellow, letting
the text stand out more.
Altered the text in the "About" box slightly.
You can now rename one file at a time (fixed), and it
displays the name/size of the file in the box.
Traps any errors in rename procedure.
Ability to delete multiple files.
Allows canceling of delete procedure.
Traps any error in delete procedure.
Able to play MIDIs in continous mode.
In the title bar, as well as when the icon is minimized,
the text is changed to the midi name when playing, or
"Paused..." when paused.
V0.78 Graphics/More
Minor Bug Fixes
Added Setup Screen
Added moving picture ability when midis are being played
Created "Conducter," "Music Notes," "Feel the Music"
animation sequences
V0.83 WAV Support, Graphics/More
Minor Bug Fixes
Stopped "flicker" when changing icons in setup mode when
playing midis.
Added WAV support
Added WAV icon support.
Created "Ear," "Wave," "Oscil" animations.
Added new feature of "Smart-Renaming"... wav files
will add .wav extension if left off, mid files will
add .mid extension if left off.
V0.86 New About Box/More
Bug Fixes
Renaming a file to itself will not display error
New "About" box
New "About" and "Setup" box formats...windows stay on screen until
you want them to be removed. You can have all three windows
on at one time.
V0.88 Bug Fixes/Speed Improvements
Bug Fixes
Increased speed with animated icons.
When Midi Machine is minimized, the graphics will not
move...speed increase.
V0.89 First Official Beta Release
Bug Fixes
VIII. Warranty/Disclaimer
NEITHER EXCEL PROGS, TOW DEVELOPMENT, ITS EMPLOYEES, SUPERVISORS,..ETC,
TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OUTPUT OF THIS PROGRAM. YOU, THE USER,
TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USAGE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
Microsoft, Windows, are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
All trademarks are the property of their respective companies.
Midi Machine (c) 1994 Excel Progs, All Right Reserved