Midi Software for IBM PC & compatibles - 3 disk set #1 IMPORTANT! BACKING UP YOUR DISKS Please ensure that the first thing you do with your original disks is to make backup copies. This is essential, as many files have to be manipulated (un-archived) as described later in order to run. If you don't follow this warning, you may lose your original material as supplied. IMPORTANT - ARCHIVED FILES Most of the files on these three disks come to you in archived form. This means that they have been compressed using special software, and have to be decompressed before they may be used. All such files have the extension .ARC at the end of the filename. There are many ways to un-arc files. We recommend the following course of action to users unfamiliar with archiving:- 1. Copy each file, one at a time, to an empty formatted disk. 2. Copy the file supplied on disk #3, ARC-E.COM also to that disk. 3. Type ARC-E [filename] where [filename] is the name of the file with the .ARC extension. Example: You will find the file MIDISTUF.ARC on disk #1. Format a blank disk and copy MIDISTUF.ARC to the fresh disk, together with ARC-E.COM from disk #3. Now insert the disk with these 2 files into drive A: and type ARC-E MIDISTUF . The programs will be extracted from the archive MIDISTUF.ARC and are now in a usable state. They are contained, along with the original archive, on the disk in drive A: which should be labelled according to content and stored ready for use. The archive remains intact, but may be deleted if desired. ARC-E.COM is again copyrighted software. ARC-E 3.1b (C) 1986, 1987 Wayne Chin and Vernon D. Buerg. You may obtain a version of ARC-E that may be used to archive your own software and save significant disk space and cataloging of your OWN files. Details from System Enhancement Associates, 21 New Street, Wayne, NJ 07470. Please read important information concerning ARC-E.COM in the documentation file on disk #3, ARC-E.DOC. CONTENTS Disk #1 DW8000.EXE This is a full editor/librarian for the Korg DW8000 and MPU-401. To run the program, type DW8000 . (C) Copyright 1988 KRC Midi Products. FB01.EXE A voice and configuration editor/librarian for the Yamaha FB01 and MPU-401. To run the program, type FB01 . (C) Copyright 1988 KRC Midi Products. POPFB0.COM This is a pop-up FB01 configuration editor/librarian. It is designed to run 'behind' another program, e.g. a sequencer, etc. The foreground program must enable the midi bus correctly. Don't try to run this program stand-alone. Also, don't activate this program while the foreground program is using the midi bus, or an interrupt clash will occur. (C) Copyright 1988 KRC Midi Products. ESQBAN.ARC (Un-arc as described above). ESQBANK is a patch transfer program for the IBM PC and compatibles and an MPU-401 and compatibles for use with the ESQ- 1 synthesizer. (C) 1987 C&M Research Group. MIDIGR.ARC (Un-arc as described above). MIDIGRPH is a graphic MIDI display which shows a 5 octave keyboard, attack velocity, pedal depression, pitch bend and mod wheel data. (C) 1988 Mike Glass. MIDIMU.ARC (Un-arc as described above). "Demoware" of "The MIDISytem" sequencing package that turns an IBM PC or compatible into a 64 track digital recorder. MidiMusic, 500 East Arapaho Suite 609, Richardson, TX 75081. (214) 238 5269. DUMPST.ARC (Un-arc as described above). DUMPSTER is a Yamaha 6-op DX/TX voice dump package with Pascal source code included. By Randy Grohs. EARTRA.ARC (Un-arc as described above). SIMON is an ear training program by Josh Mitteldorf for use with MIDI keyboard. MIDISTUF.ARC (Un-arc as described above). A collection of useful files for the MIDI buff, including MIDIEX, a patch exchange utility for the PC with MPU-401. Works with DX, RX and other synths. Disk #2 MSA10.ARC (Un-arc as described above). Midi Stream Analyzer is an MPU-401 utility that will display incoming MIDI data in readable MIDI commands, NOT raw hex dumps! (C) 1988 Lewis A. Etheridge. MBDOC.ARC MBEXE.ARC (Un-arc as described above). MusicBox is a VERY extensive and powerful composition tool - especially for a large number of instruments. The un- arced documentation runs to 186,730 bytes, and when studied will give some idea of the scope of this very remarkable software. (C) 1986 John Dunn. AKAI.ARC (Un-arc as described above). Super librarian for the AKAI S612 sampler, with on-screen wave plotting. LIBS.ARC LIBPFM.ARC LIBVCE.ARC (Un-arc on SEPARATE disks as described above). DX100/TX81Z voice and performance editor/librarian by Jim Ross. BYTEMI.ARC (Un-arc as described above). 16 track sequencer for IBM/MPU, with 'C' and 'ASM' source code included. (C) 1985, 1986 Jay Kubicky. OBIEX2.ARC Oberheim Matrix-6 librarian for IBM/MPU. Turbo Pascal source included. Disk #3 QUADPC.COM Editor/librarian for Casio CZ101/1000/3000/5000 plus MPU/compatible. QUADPY.COM Editor/librarian for Yamaha FB01 plus MPU/compatible. DXCOPY.ARC (Un-arc as described above). A utility for changing/editing patches in DX7/TX7 banks created by MIDIEX. Graphing of operators is possible (with color monitor). Random patch generation also. (C) 1986 Richard Brown. MT2-R.ARC (Un-arc as described above). MIDITOON PLUS is an extensive PRN (Piano Roll Notation) composition system for PC/MPU/compatibles and CZ101,FB01 and others. (C) 1986, 1987 Gary R. Brent. VCEVIE.ARC VoiceView is a voice librarian for Casio CZ's and PC/compatibles. By Chuck Leamon. ___________________________________________________________________________ Authors: If you have developed software on a shareware/freeware/demoware/public domain basis, please supply as with your material to distribute.