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Midisoft Recording Session, Version 1.00
Information For New Users
Thank you for purchasing Midisoft Recording Session. We greatly look
forward to satisfying your sequencing needs now and for many years to come.
If you mail us the enclosed registration card, we will automatically
send you information on upgrades and new products when they are available.
We also will send information about our higher-level package,
Midisoft Studio for Windows.
We encourage you to contact us with any comments or questions that may
arise as you use our program. Midisoft Technical Support; PO Box 1000;
Bellevue WA 98009; USA; FAX 206-883-1368.
ISSUES YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER WITH THIS RELEASE:
1) If the installation complains about not having enough disk space to install,
it may simply be that you are running Windows in 386 (Enhanced) mode, in
which case your hard disk is "borrowed" for virtual RAM. Instead, just
run our INSTALL program from Standard-mode Windows. (Start Windows with
WIN/S, and RUN A:INSTALL from Windows).
2) If you find that occasionally you lose the mouse cursor, you might be
encountering a hardware conflict between Mouse and MIDI that occurs
rarely in Enhanced-mode Windows (on a few machines). If you use our
program in Standard-mode Windows (Start Windows with WIN/S), this
problem disappears.
3) When in Score View, if you have trouble selecting notes to edit, you might
try changing the clef to make sure the notes appear on the staff.
4) If you are running on a 286, your usage of memory will affect the operation
of our program. We recommend that for 1 Mb configurations, you use
HIMEM.SYS (to access the high 384K Extended Ram), but don't tie up much
RAM into SMARTDRV.SYS. If Recording Session claims not to have
enough memory, Windows might not be correctly detecting high memory.
On a 1 Mb configuration, we recommend you ascertain that Windows has
at least 600K available before running Recording Session. You can
check your available memory by selecting "About Program Manager" in
the Windows Program Manager's Help menu. We do not run in 640K
machines (and thus not Real Mode Windows), nor do we suggest
using Expanded RAM (Windows runs best using EXTENDED RAM, not
EXPANDED).
5) Because Midisoft Recording Session' MIDI drivers require instant access to
memory, problems can be avoided by not using memory managers (such as
QEMM) which intercept and map memory calls. We recommend that you
simply use the HIMEM.SYS driver that comes with Windows. Similarly,
TSR programs that are feeding off your computer's clock can also cause
problems. If you are getting machine crashes or lock ups, we
suggest clearing out your machine's startup files (AUTOEXEC.BAT,
CONFIG.SYS) to the bare minimum (even remove DOS shells) and try running
Recording Session again before contacting our technical support
department.
Specifically, remove non-essential entries in your CONFIG.SYS
and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, as well as bringing down the FILES= and
BUFFERS= values in your CONFIG.SYS. If you are using DOS 5 (or later),
also make sure that you have a DOS=HIGH entry in CONFIG.SYS.
6) Currently, our stand-alone drivers are more efficient and more
robust than those included in Windows 3.1. For this reason, we
recommend that if you have a Roland-compatible or Midisoft Midiface
card, use our drivers instead of those in the Win31/Multimedia
Extensions. To do so, select "Midisoft Drivers" from the
"MIDI Interface" dialog box.
ABOUT THE DEMO SONGS
In addition to publishing music sequencing and notation programs like
Studio for Windows and Recording Session for Windows, Midisoft also publishes
MIDI data and music education software from which the following demo songs
have been taken. Among these products are:
The Midisoft Multimedia Music Library--A collection of original MIDI music
for use in multimedia presentations.
A World of Music--15 volumes of MIDI sequences of all types ranging from
classical to jazz to pop.
Music Mentor--A music enterntainment and education program that combines text
and graphics with simple animation and MIDI-generated sound to make learning
about music fun.
How the Songs Are Set Up
These songs were created on Roland SC-55 Sound Canvas sound modules. They
conform to the new General MIDI standard for MIDI sequence publication. Each
song file includes setup information at the beginning of each track that
specifies patch, volume, pan, reverb, and chorus settings for each instrument.
These files will, of course, sound their best on a Sound Canvas or another
Roland GS MIDI device, but they should work just fine on any equipment that
uses the General MIDI patch assignments. That includes many new products by
Yamaha, Korg, and other companies, as well as most internal sound cards like
Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, and Pro AudioSpectrum.
A_BRIDGE.MID
This is an excerpt from a piece called "A Bridge to Cross" composed
by Tracy Hurst for the Midisoft Multimedia Music Library.
ANOTHER1.MID
This is an excerpt from a piece called "Dance Party" composed by Tracy Hurst
for the Midisoft Multimedia Music Library.
ARABESQ.MID
This is an excerpt from the 1st Arabesque by Claude Debussy performed here
by George Litterst. This piece was taken from A World of Music: The
Impressionist Collection, a collection of pieces by Impressionist composers.
BBBLUES.MID
This is a standard B-flat blues that you can use to practice blues soloing.
BOURLESQ.MID
This is a piece called "Bourlesq" written by Leopold Mozart
(Wolfgang's father). It was taken from Music Mentor.
CLAIRDLN.MID
This is an excerpt from the Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy performed here
by George Litterst. This piece was taken from A World of Music: Classical
Favorites, Piano, a collection of famous classical piano pieces.
CLEMENTI.MID
This is a keyboard sonata by Muzio Clementi performed by George Litterst.
It was taken from Music Mentor.
FUGUE.MID
This is a short fugue by Johann Pachelbel, sequenced by George Litterst.
This piece was taken from Music Mentor.
FURELISE.MID
This is an excerpt from Fur Elise by Beethoven performed here
by George Litterst. This piece was taken from A World of Music:
Classical Favorites, Piano, a collection of famous classical piano pieces.
GIGUE.MID
This is a gigue by J. S. Bach performed by Sheila Waxman.
JUSTDRUM.MID
This is a collection of drum patterns created by Tracy Hurst for
A World of Music:DrumBeats.
PEERGYNT.MID
This an excerpt from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite sequenced by Ben Hippen. This
piece was taken from A World of Music: Classical Favorites, Orchestral.
POLONAZE.MID
This is an excerpt from Chopin's Military Polonaise performed
by George Litterst.
PRELUDE.MID
This is a prelude by J. S. Bach performed by Sheila Waxman.
RAGTUNE.MID
This is a piano piece by Tracy Hurst that was taken from the
Midisoft Multimedia Library.
RAINSONG.MID
This is an excerpt from a piece composed by Tracy Hurst that was taken
from the Midisoft Multimedia Music Library.
ROCKNOUT.MID
This is an excerpt from a piece composed by Tracy Hurst that was taken
from the Midisoft Multimedia Music Library.
SWEETHRT.MID
This is an excerpt from a piece composed by Tracy Hurst that was taken
from A World of Music: Pop Building Blocks.
Credits
Music Mentor, A World of Music, and the Midisoft Multimedia Music Library
as well as all the sequences included here were created for Midisoft Corporation
by Music Technology Associates . Music Technology Associates is a
Boston, Massachusetts-based group of music and computer professionals who
provide product development and consulting services to companies in the
music technology industry.
Midisoft Studio for Windows and Midisoft Recording Session were created
at the Midisoft Corporation world headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
For information about additional products
Midisoft Corporation
PO Box 1000
Bellevue, WA 98009
VOICE: (206) 881-7176
FAX: (206) 883-1368