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- | MIDI Spy Demo Documentation |
- | by John Eidsvoog |
- | Copyright 1991 CodeHead Software |
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- Release Date: Friday, December 6, 1991
-
- This is a free demo of MIDI Spy. It may be
- distributed freely as long as all included
- files remain intact and unaltered. It may
- not be sold or included with any commercial
- product without written permission from
- CodeHead Software.
-
-
- *-------------------------- Included Files ---------------------------*
-
-
- The following files are included in the MIDI Spy Demo package:
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- MSPYDEMO.ACC The Demo accessory/program
- MSPYDEMO.TXT This Documentation File
- MSPYPRES.TXT The MIDI Spy Press Release
- SONGS.TXT Information about the included songs
- SECURE.MSQ Secure Your Meat © 1983 Eids-Kid Music
- WALTSMBA.MSQ Walt's Samba © 1983 Eids-Kid Music
- XMASONGS.MST Christmas Songs © 1978-1991 Eids-Kid Music
-
-
- *---------------------------- What it is -----------------------------*
-
-
- MIDI Spy is a MIDI recording tool that allows you to record and play
- back MIDI in a multi-tasking environment. It runs as either a program
- or an accessory. When installed as an accessory, it works completely in
- the background. This means that it is always in record mode (unless you
- disable it). As long as you haven't exhausted the memory area assigned
- to MIDI Spy, everything you play will be recorded regardless of your
- current computer activity. You can be at the desktop, within any
- program, or even connected to an on-line service through your terminal
- program.
-
- MIDI Spy will load and save standard MIDI sequence files, allowing you to
- load its songs into other MIDI sequencers, or load songs into MIDI Spy that
- have been recorded on other sequencers and play them in the background from
- MIDI Spy while you work on other things, even chained together, creating a
- juke box effect.
-
-
- *------------------- Installing the MIDI Spy Demo --------------------*
-
-
- The MIDI Spy demo runs as a program or a desk accessory. You can run it
- as a program by renaming it to MSPYDEMO.PRG. But if you want to try out
- MIDI Spy's background capabilities, you'll need to install it as an
- accessory. If you've got CodeHead's MultiDesk, you can load MIDI Spy as
- a _resident_ accessory. Otherwise, copy MSPYDEMO.ACC into the root of
- your boot drive and reboot your computer.
-
-
- *--------------------- Using the MIDI Spy Demo -----------------------*
-
-
- Using the MIDI Spy Demo is extremely easy. Let's start by recording
- something. After installing the MIDI Spy Demo as an accessory, select
- it from the accessory menu. The Main MIDI Spy Dialog box will appear on
- the screen.
-
- If you've connected your MIDI cords correctly, you can just start
- playing and everything you play will be recorded. If you wait for five
- seconds and start playing again, a new song will be started. To listen
- to what you've played, just click on Play or hit the space bar.
- Playback will begin immediately.
-
- Most of the buttons in the main dialog box are self-explanatory. There
- are also keypress equivalents for all of the buttons. The following
- hot-key combinations are active even when the dialog box is not on the
- screen:
-
- Start/Pause/Continue Alternate-Space Bar
- Stop Alternate-Numeric Pad Zero
-
- There are other hot key combinations which are documented in the
- full-working version of MIDI Spy, but we'll let you know about them once
- you buy MIDI Spy.
-
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------*
-
- For a complete list of features of MIDI Spy, read the enclosed press
- release file. For more information, contact your local dealer, or:
-
- CodeHead Software
- PO Box 74090
- Los Angeles, CA 90004
- Tel (213) 386-5735
- Fax (213) 386-5789
- BBS (213) 461-2095
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