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- Short: Use your MIDI KB to run programs!
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- MidiWatcher v1.1 by Ed Mackey
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- Yes folx, another one of my silly trinkets appears on the net ;-).
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- MidiWatcher is for people with MIDI keyboards. It requires the midi.library
- v2 or higher by Bill Barton (not included). It should run under almost any
- version of the Amiga's OS.
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- Basically, this program sits in the background and watches your MIDI IN port
- for certain tunes. When it recognizes a tune, it runs a program.
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- For instance, if I need my directory utility up, I can do one of three
- things: (1) I can search through subdirectories for its icon (takes too
- much time and is boring), (2) I can press a ToolManager hotkey (takes much
- less time but is still boring), or (3) I can reach over and play a little
- jingle on my MIDI keyboard, and up pops MegaD. The third choice is clearly
- much more fun than either of the others ;-).
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- NEW! Version 1.1!! You can have it do silly things if you mess up a tune.
- If I play the first few notes from the MegaD tune, and then get a note
- wrong, my computer will let me know ("STUPID!! YOU SO STUPID!!"). This
- is much more fun than v1.0 which would silently ignore you. You can tell
- MidiWatcher which tunes have "failure" programs, what they do, and how much
- of a tune must be played before its "failure program" becomes armed.
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- **** Old v1.0 save files work fine with v1.1. ****
-
- Well, you get the idea. Have fun!
- --Ed.
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