System Requirements...

To run Gold you require the following:

• A 486 IBM PC or compatible running at a minimum speed of 33 MHz, preferably faster.
• Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.
• Minimum Requirement= 4Mb of RAM with Windows 3.1, 8Mb of RAM with Windows 95 ( Increasing RAM size will improve overall performance of the program).
• 5Mb of hard disk space for the program plus additional hard disk space to store digital audio files. CD-quality stereo sound uses 10Mb of hard disk space per minute although you don't have to use such high quality if you don't need it. See the section on Digital Audio basics for more information
• A VGA resolution monitor or better. A Super VGA display will let you see more of the contents of each window and it's easier to work with more than one window at the same time.
• A MIDI interface or PC sound card with a MIDI interface. If you want to use Gold's digital audio playback facilities, you will also need a sound card which supports digital audio. See the sound card section for more information.
• A MIDI input device to record MIDI data. A keyboard is the most popular device but you could use a MIDI guitar or MIDI wind controller. Evolution produces a small keyboard specifically designed for use with computers. Ask Evolution for more information (contact details are in the Technical Support section). Even without an input device, you can still enter music into Gold through step-time note entry and with the program's Keyboard.
• A MIDI output device in order to hear the music. If you are using a standard MIDI interface this will be a synthesizer, sound module or sampler. If you have a sound card, you can use its built-in sounds.

Sound Cards

There are dozens of PC sound cards on the market. Gold will work with any Windows-compatible card, that is one which has drivers for Windows. You will see these in the Drivers section of the Control Panel and be able to select them in the MIDI Mapper in the Control Panel. All modern sound cards are compatible.

Gold works with MIDI and audio data so there are two aspects of the sound card to consider. Most modern sound cards have a set of on-board sounds which can be used to play the MIDI parts. Most cards, too, also support digital audio. In order to work with Gold, the card must have separate drivers for MIDI and audio. Again, all modern ones do.

Some older cards do not support digital audio. They will still work with Gold providing they have Windows drivers but you will not be able to use Gold's digital audio playback facilities. Also, some older cards use the same device driver for both audio and MIDI which will not allow you to play MIDI and audio simultaneously in Gold.