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- MVP-KEYS
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- Copyright (C) 1989 by Donald F. Stegall
- Copyright (C) 1989 by Playroom Software
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- MVP-KEYS is an on-screen keyboard that allows you to play with your
- MIDI toys from the screen. It's main purpose is for auditioning edited
- sounds. You must have Microsoft Windows 2.0 or higher installed on your
- PC to run this program.
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- We (Playroom Software) are placing it into the public domain so that
- IBM PC and compatible users can see a small example of what can be done
- with Microsoft Windows.
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- This software contains proprietary trade secrets of Playroom Software.
- It may not be reverse engineered, decompiled, or disassembled.
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- We have an ever expanding line of Microsoft Windows based
- Editor/Librarians including products supporting:
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- Ensoniq ESQ-1, ESQ-M, SQ-80
- Lexicon LXP-1
- Yamaha SPX90, SPX90II
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- Many others are in the works with several nearly ready for shipment.
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- Any questions about MVP-KEYS or other PlayWare should be directed to:
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- Playroom Software
- 7308-C East Independence Blvd.
- Suite 310
- Charlotte, NC 28227
- (704) 536-3093
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- MIDIDRV1.EXE
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- This is an MPU-401 driver that is used by all PlayWare. It should be
- placed in your WINDOWS directory or the same directory as MVP-KEYS.EXE.
- If you don't have it in the right place, you will get a message asking
- you to place a disk in drive A: containing the program. Just choose
- Cancel, then move it to the WINDOWS directory. Drivers are currently
- available for MPU-401 compatibles and the Yamaha C1. Give us a call if
- you need the C1 driver and cannot locate it.
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- MVP-KEYS.EXE
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- This is a separate program that our MVP Editor/Librarian programs can
- start up and make available to you when you need it. It is an
- on-screen keyboard that gives a more visual reference than the right
- mouse button note playing feature. We will refer the program simply as
- KEYS.
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- The top line of KEYS is a status and control area. It displays the
- currently selected Out port, Channel, Program, Note, Velocity, Pitch
- Bend, and Chord. The sides of the keyboard have arrows that let you
- change the playable range of the keyboard. Click on the white or black
- keys to play notes on the currently selected out port and channel.
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- The settings for OutPort and Channel are completely independent of any
- settings in the MVP editor/librarians. To change the output port,
- click in the Out box and a dialog will appear. Any available Out port
- can be selected. You can change the MIDI channel in the same manner by
- clicking on Ch. If you wish to send a program change to the current
- out port on the current channel, click on the Pgm box. A dialog will
- appear that lets you enter the Program using the keyboard or using the
- slider. Clicking on Ok will send the program change, clicking on
- Cancel will abort the program change.
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- The Note box shows the currently selected note. Unlike the right mouse
- button feature, this keyboard is not velocity sensitive. Clicking on
- the Vel box will let you set the velocity using a dialog similar to the
- Pgm dialog. The PtBend box shows the current pitch bend value in
- percentages of the allowable MIDI pitch bend range. To bend a note,
- first click on the note and drag the mouse to the right for bending up
- and drag it to the left for bending down.
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- The Chord box allows you to play chords by selecting the root note of
- the chord. Clicking on the box will cycle you through the chords that
- can be played, until you get back to 'None'.
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- All MVP programs use the same copy of MVP-KEYS. For this reason, you
- probably should put MVP-KEYS.EXE in your WINDOWS directory. If KEYS is
- active and you close MVP-ESQ, it will still be active. You can close
- it using its system menu Close option, or you can continue to use it.
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