Sound Bar Release Notes
Build Date:  7/22/96
Version: 1.00

These release notes contain late-breaking information on 
Sound Bar. For continuing access to Sound Bar changes and 
updates, visit our Web site at http://www.midisoft.com. Be sure 
to register so that we can keep you up to date on Sound Bar.

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Please note the following:
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- You can use the Internet Shortcuts located in the Midisoft
  Sound Bar program group to access the Midisoft web pages,
  or to register Sound Bar through the web. 
- Sound Bar requires that your mail system support
  simple MAPI (such as in MS Exchange) to send and 
  receive audio mail.
- NetScape 2.0 supports MS Exchange as a 
  mail client.
- You must have Windows Media Player installed on
  your computer for Sound Bar to work correctly. See
  the section below for instructions on installing
  Media Player.
- To take full advantage of different audio compression
  settings on your computer, make sure the Audio
  Compression codecs have been installed. See below for 
  instructions on installing the codecs.
- Sound Bar doesn't correctly manipulate certain controls
  on some Pro Audio Spectrum(TM) 16 sound cards. These controls 
  are the mute/select for CD Audio, wave output, and MIDI
  output. To use these controls on your sound card, use the 
  MS Volume control (double click the speaker icon on the
  task bar).
- Sound Bar supports the following audio compression codecs:
	* PCM
	* GSM 6.10
	* Microsoft ADPCM
	* DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM)
  If you have sound files encoded using a different compression
  codec, load the file in Sound Recorder (SndRec32.exe), 
  convert it to one of the above codecs, and save.


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To install Media Player 
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1. Open the Add/Remove programs applet from the 
   Control Panel.
2. Click on the Windows Setup tab.
3. Click the Multimedia Component, and then click properties
4. Click the Media Player checkbox (if it is already
   checked, Media Player is already installed).
5. Click OK.
6. Click OK.

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To install Audio Compression 
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1. Open the Add/Remove programs applet from the 
   Control Panel.
2. Click on the Windows Setup tab.
3. Click the Multimedia Component, and then click properties
4. Click the Audio Compression checkbox (if it is already
   checked, Audio Compression is already installed).
5. Click OK.
6. Click OK.

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Uninstalling Sound Bar
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To uninstall Sound Bar, exit Sound Bar, open the 
Add/Remove Programs applet from the Control Panel, 
select 'Midisoft Sound Bar' from the listbox, and 
click the Add/Remove button. Follow the prompts to 
uninstall Sound Bar.

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Technical Support
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Technical support is available only to registered users.

Web Page: 	http://www.midisoft.com
Email:		Techsup@midisoft.com
BBS:		(206) 391-7966 (9600 bps,8,1,N)
Fax:		(206) 313-3491
Phone:		1-800-PRO-MIDI (Press 2 at the main menu)
Snail Mail:	Midisoft Corporation
		1605 NW Sammamish Rd., Suite 205
		Issaquah, WA. 98027 USA


Enjoy!