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- README 1
- Master Tracks PRO 4 Demo
-
- PASSPORT DESIGNS
- 100 Stone Pine Rd.
- Half Moon Bay, CA
- 94019
- (415) 726-0280
-
- INSTALLING THE PRO 4 DEMO
- (To use the Notation Window you must install the Anastasia
- Font, See instructions below).
-
- Note: If you are using this Demo with a Miracle Keyboard
- please see the Miracle. TXT readme file for instructions
- on installation.
-
- 1. Run Windows.
- 2. Insert the Pro 4 Demo Program Disk into
- your computer's disk drive (A: or B:).
- 3. Choose "Run"
- from the File menu of the Windows Program Manager. The Run
- dialog appears.
- 4. In the "Command Line" text box, enter
- A: SETUP (or B: SETUP if the Program Disk is in drive B:).
- 5. Click OK or press Enter to run the Pro 4 Demo Setup
- program. The Setup dialog appears.
-
- The default drive and directory to which Pro 4 will be
- copied are displayed in a text box. If you want to install
- the Pro 4 Demo to a different directory or drive, simply
- make the appropriate changes in the text box.
-
- 6. Click OK and follow the on-screen prompts. A dialog
- appears that asks if you would like the Setup program to
- create a Pro 4 Demo Program Group in the Windows Program
- Manager.
- 7. Click Yes or press Enter to create a Pro 4
- Demo Program Group.
-
- IMPORTANT: Master Tracks Pro 4.9 now has a Notation Window
- for displaying and editing your MIDI tracks in notation
- format. Before the Notation window can be used you must
- first install the correct font and select a printer.
-
- Installing the Music Notation Font
-
- The Notation Font used with the Pro 4 Demo is called
- "Anastasia". This font was copied to your Pro 4 Demo
- directory when you installed the Pro 4 Demo. To add the
- Anastasia Font to Windows, run the Fonts applet in the
- Control Panel. Use the "Add" button and select the
- directory where you installed the Pro 4 Demo. The font
- name "Anastasia Regular (TrueType) " will appear. You can
- also install the font directly from the Pro 4 Demo
- diskette. Select the Anastasia font and OK the selection
- to add the Anastasia font to your Windows fonts. For the
- Pro 4 Demo to use the font, you must also be sure to
- enable the use of TrueType within the same fonts dialog
- and select a default Printer.
-
- Selecting a Default Printer
-
- You do NOT need to connect a printer to your computer to
- use the Notation Window in the Pro 4 Demo. A default
- printer must be selected in the Printer Applet, however,
- or the Notation window will not function. The Pro 4 Demo
- uses information from the printer driver selected when
- displaying the notation information. Almost any printer
- driver can be used. The only exceptions are GENERIC/TEXT
- ONLY and printers either configured to only print text
- (i.e. set to "draft" quality output) or incapable of printing
- graphics. The Printers dialog should display a default
- printer or you should install and select a printer before
- running the Pro 4 Demo.
-
- This demo version of Master Tracks Pro 4 is designed to
- run with the Windows 3.1 MIDI drivers or with Multimedia
- Extensions to Windows 3.0. If you are running Windows 3.0
- you will need to upgrade to Windows 3.1 before running the
- Master Tracks Pro 4 Demo.
-
- NOTE TO MIRACLE USERS - Pro 4 users who own a Miracle
- keyboard can communicate directly with the Miracle
- keyboard using a COM port. For direct communication with
- the Miracle the Windows program must be run with a special
- version of the MMSYSTEM.DLL. To install this software for
- the Miracle keyboard a "Miracle only" installation program
- is included on the Pro 4.9 Demo disk. This installation
- program is called "MIRACLE.EXE" and should be run instead
- of the Setup program. Miracle. exe will install the
- drivers needed to operate the Miracle Keyboard through a
- COM port and some example files voiced for the Miracle
- keyboard. See the MIRACLE.TXT for more information on
- using Master Tracks Pro 4 Demo with the Miracle Keyboard.
-
- The end of this document contains additional information
- about Windows, MIDI Drivers, Port and IRQ settings and
- troubleshooting tips.
-
- README2. TXT (DEMO SCRIPT) is a "How to use the program"
- text file that contains a description of the Pro 4 Demo's
- main features and a brief tour of the program.
-
- MIDI setup
-
- Although you can use Pro 4 without a MIDI instrument, in
- order to use the Pro 4 demo with a MIDI instrument, you
- must configure the software so that it can communicate
- properly with your hardware. See the instructions below.
-
- 1. Open the Pro 4 Demo Program Group in the Windows
- Program Manager (if it is not already open), and double-
- click the Pro 4 Demo icon to run the program. 2. Pull down
- the Goodies menu and choose "MIDI Setup". The MIDI Setup
- dialog appears.
-
- Ports
-
- Pro 4 can communicate with the MIDI world over one or two
- of your computer's output ports. Each port can address
- sixteen MIDI channels, effectively giving Pro 4 32 channel
- capability. To use both ports you will need either two
- MIDI interfaces or a dual port interface such as Music
- Quest's MQX-32M.
-
- There are four drop down list boxes that enable you to
- make port assignments. The two top list boxes let you
- designate the output port (s) of your interface as either
- Port A or Port B. This dialog determines which software
- port is connected to which of your computer's hardware
- ports. Pro 4's output can also be routed to sound cards
- like Creative Labs' Sound Blaster and Media Vision's Pro
- AudioSpectrum.
-
- Next to each of the output port list boxes is a check box
- labeled "Send Sync". Click this box to transmit MIDI sync
- messages on that port. Pro 4 sends MIDI song position
- pointer and MIDI clocks.
-
- The next list box, labeled "Record port" tells Pro 4 which
- port is connected to the MIDI controller with which you'll
- enter notes into your score.
-
- Pro 4 can play or record based on your computer's own
- internal clock or on a MIDI song position pointer and MIDI
- clocks received from an outside source. If you'll be
- synchronizing your computer to an external signal, you may
- want to keep the incoming sync signal separate from MIDI
- data you're recording. The "Receive sync port" item lets
- you do this.
-
- Note: If you are using an MQX-32M and selected the MPU-401
- drivers during installation, Pro 4 will sense the presence
- of the MQX and offer a choice of MQX-32 Port 1 and Port 2
- in the Port list boxes.
-
- Sync Source
-
- The "Sync Source" radio buttons determine whether you'll
- use your computer's clock or an external MIDI device as
- Pro 4's master clock.
-
- If you won't be using an external MIDI sync source to
- control the playback of Pro 4: Check Internal.
-
- Your PC's internal clock will control Pro 4's playback
- speed.
-
- If you do want to "slave" Pro 4's playback functions to an
- external source: Check External.
-
- You are now ready to use Pro 4. Please read the README2.
- TXT file to learn how to use the program.
-
- ********************************************************
- Pro 4 and Windows
-
- This version of Master Tracks Pro 4 is designed to run
- with the Multimedia Extensions to Windows 3.0 or with the
- Windows 3.1 MIDI drivers.
-
- Note: If you have a MusicQuest MQX style MIDI interface,
- and you want to use its extended 32 MIDI channel or SMPTE
- syncing capabilities with Windows 3.1 or the Multimedia
- Extensions then you should get the driver that is
- available from MusicQuest.
-
- The Setup program creates a Program Manager group called
- "Pro 4 Demo" and several Program Manager items (icons) for
- the Pro 4 Demo program and sample files.
-
- Several sample music files are included with the Pro 4
- Demo. Some of the files are authored and voiced according
- to authoring guidelines for Multimedia PCs, where channels
- 1 through 10 are for Hi-End General MIDI style sound
- modules, while channels 13 through 16 are for base-level
- Adlib, SoundBlaster or MediaVision style FM synth cards.
- These files will sound best if the output is sent through
- a correctly configured MIDI Mapper. You can do this by
- selecting the MIDI Mapper as the output port in Master
- Tracks Pro's MIDI Setup dialog. Alternatively, you can
- play back the base-level channels directly to an Adlib
- style FM synth, by selecting the corresponding output port
- in the MIDI Setup dialog and soloing the tracks that are
- assigned to channels 13 through 16. If you have a General
- MIDI synth, such as the RolandSound Canvas, you can solo
- all tracks that are assigned to channels 1 through 10 and
- play them back directly to the General MIDI synth.
-
- The other sample music files that are included are generic
- enough to sound good on just about any synth or sound
- module. These files are not intended for multimedia
- purposes and will not sound right when played back through
- the MIDI Mapper.
-
- ************************************
-
- NEW FEATURES FOR MT PRO 4.9
-
- Master Tracks Pro 4 now has a Notation Window. This allows
- you to see any track in Standard Music Notation. Notes
- within the Notation window can be selected and edited with
- the standard Change Menu items or cut, copy and paste
- commands. The Notation window also has specialized menu
- items for adding a Key Signature and changing the notation
- displayed using Sharps, Flats, and Natural symbols. Use
- the Notation Print Setup and Print Notation dialogs in the
- File Menu to configure and print any tracks Notation
- Window display.
-
- PRO 4 - Sound Card and MIDI Interface Address and
- Interrupt settings
-
- You can edit the SYSTEM.INI file directly using Windows
- SYSEDIT application. Go to the [drivers] section of the
- SYSTEM.INI file and manually add or edit the drivers as in
- the examples below:
-
- ; default settings for an MPU-401
- [mpu401. drv] port=330
- int=2
-
- ; for Soundblaster MIDI
- [sndblst. drv] port=220 int=3
-
- If you use a MusicQuest MIDI card, Passport's drivers
- allow you to access all of the cards 32 channels. Install
- the MPU- 401 driver for this card. Pro 4 will sense the
- presence of the MQX-32 and offer two port choices in the
- MIDI Setup dialog.
-
- Windows provides a program which makes editing your
- SYSTEM.INI file, and other system files, easy to do. It is
- called SYSEDIT.EXE and can be found in your Windows system
- directory. Add it to your Main group if you haven't done
- so already. It is great to have around. Take care when you
- edit these files, however. They must be just right for
- your system to work. Keep backups around just in case.
-
- ***********************************
- TROUBLE SHOOTING
-
- -> If you get the message 'Out of environment space' when
- booting after installing Pro 4, increase the environment
- size in your CONFIG.SYS file. The statement:
-
- shell=command. com /e: 512 /p
-
- will most likely provide you with ample space. If not,
- increase the number after '/e: '.
-
- -> If you get no MIDI I/O whatsoever, make sure that the
- SYSTEM.INI settings are correct. Check the card and its
- documentation to make sure of what the values are.
-
- -> We have noticed that with Windows Multimedia Extensions
- MPU-401 driver in 386 enhanced mode, occasional incoming
- data is lost. This has been reported and (we hope) will be
- addressed in future Multimedia Windows versions. In the
- meantime try running in Standard mode (run 'win /s'),
- which we have had better luck with.
-