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- INSTALLING THE MUSIC QUEST WINDOWS 3.1 DRIVER
-
- This is a Multimedia driver for Microsoft Windows 3.1 that supports
- all of the Music Quest interfaces. New features for Version 1.02
- include support for 8 Midi-In and 8 Midi-Out application programs to
- run simultaneously, and the ability to run multiple interfaces.
- Previous driver versions supported multiple Midi-Out applications,
- but only a single Midi-In application. Note that this driver will
- only work with Windows 3.1 or Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions
- 1.0. This driver will work with any Windows applications that are
- written to support the Multimedia features of Windows 3.1. To install
- the driver, follow these steps:
-
- 1) Un-zip the MQ2DRV.ZIP file onto a floppy in drive A:.
-
- 1) From inside of Windows, open the Control Panel and select
- the DRIVERS icon.
-
- 2) Choose 'Add' from the Drivers dialog box.
-
- 3) Select 'Unlisted or Updated Driver'.
-
- 4) Insert the diskette that you made in step 1 above in
- drive A: and select 'OK'.
-
- 5) Select the desired driver from the list shown and choose
- 'OK'. Normally, you should install the 'Music Quest
- MIDI Interface' driver.
-
- 6) Once the driver has been installed, a configuration dialog
- box will appear. This is the dialog box that you will use
- to change settings in the driver and to stripe SMPTE (for
- MQX-16S and MQX-32M only). Set the 'Model', 'Address', and
- 'IRQ' to agree with the MIDI interface that you have installed.
- Select the desired sync type from the choices that are available
- for your interface.
-
- 7) Select 'OK' to save these changes. You may have to restart
- Windows for the changes to become effective.
-
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- USING TWO MUSIC QUEST INTERFACES WITH WINDOWS 3.1
-
- To use two Music Quest MIDI interfaces, install both the 'Music Quest
- MIDI Interface' driver and the 'Music Quest MIDI Interface (Second Card)'
- driver using the procedure above. Make sure that the two interfaces are
- set to different IRQs and Port addresses. Make the corresponding
- settings in the two drivers. After restarting Windows all of the
- MIDI in and MIDI out ports from each interface will be available to
- your programs. Also, you can Stripe and read SMPTE using either
- interface, but avoid reading sync from both interfaces at the same
- time. In other words, both drivers can be set to the same Sync Type,
- but send the sync tone to only one of the cards at a time.
-
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- STRIPING SMPTE USING THE MUSIC QUEST MIDI DRIVER
-
- Owners of MQX-16S or MQX-32M interfaces can stripe SMPTE from inside
- Windows using the Music Quest MIDI Driver. From the Control Panel
- Drivers dialog box, choose the desired Music Quest driver and select
- 'Setup'. The driver configuration dialog box will open. Select
- 'Stripe SMPTE...'. You may then enter the starting Origin, Format,
- and Duration. Set your tape machine to record and select 'GO'. The
- current time will be displayed as the tape is striped.
-
- During the striping process, no MIDI data is sent to applications and
- any data sent to the driver is ignored. Therefore, when striping it
- is best to stop playback or record operations in any Windows
- application that uses the MIDI interface, to prevent loss of MIDI
- data.
-
-
- NON-WINDOWS APPLICATION CONSIDERATIONS
-
- In Windows Enhanced mode, when the Music Quest MIDI Driver is
- installed non-Windows MIDI programs will not be able to access the
- MIDI interface. This limitation is a necessary part of the operation
- of Windows; it makes it possible for multiple Windows applications to
- access a single MIDI interface. In order to run non-Windows MIDI
- applications you will have to exit Windows, Remove the driver (using
- the Control Panel Drivers applet), or run Windows in Standard Mode.
- Consult the Microsoft documentation for information on Standard Mode
- operation.
-
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- REMOVING THE MUSIC QUEST MIDI DRIVER
-
- To remove the MIDI driver from Windows, enter the drivers applet in
- the control panel, highlight the driver name, and click on remove.
- Windows will then ask for confirmation. Once the driver is removed
- you may wish to edit the system.ini file using notepad and delete the
- following line(s) from the [386Enh] section, if present:
-
- device=vmqxd.386
- device=vmqx2d.386
-
- The MIDI driver(s) will be removed after restarting Windows.
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