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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- MPU Piano can load and play a standard MIDI format file. The File Menu
- provides the selections to manipulate these files.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Open ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Open a Standard MIDI format file.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. Play ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Start Playing the song currently in memory.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3. Stop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Stop playing the current song.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.4. Continue ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you stopped a song before it was finished, this option will let you restart.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Options Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- These selections allow you to change the way MPUPiano works.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Change Velocity ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This screen will let you change the velocity of the notes sent from the video
- "keyboard."
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Filters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This screen will let you disable certain messages from being sent to your tone
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. MPUPiano Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Help options: Welcome, Help for Help, and Help Index provide information on
- using MPUPiano and the Help System.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Welcome ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Welcome to MPU Piano!
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- MPU Piano is an MPU Player Piano for OS/2 - MMPM/2 not necessary. All you need
- is an MPU compatible interface card and our driver, and a synthesizer, tone
- generator, or sampler. The MPU Piano will play Standard MIDI Format (.SMF)
- files, or, like any piano, you can just bang on the keys.
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- MPU Piano is a complete PM program, and has been released as Shareware by Delta
- Music Systems. Please take a moment to register your copy. It's only $15(US),
- and we'll keep you up to date with what's going on with our OS/2 music
- software. Registered users will also get a version of MPU Piano that can
- handle both type 0 and type 1 MIDI files.
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- To play your own improvisations, just click on the keyboard with mouse button
- 1. Mouse Button 2 will act as a sustain "pedal" - as long as it is held down,
- the notes will not be turned off, and the Sustain indicator above the keyboard
- will remain on.
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- You can also change the current MIDI channel, or send a Program Change message
- with the two spin buttons above the keyboard.
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- Take a minute to browse the on-line help. From the Options Menu above, select
- 'Contents' (or hit Ctrl-C) to view the Table of Contents for RingScope and the
- Help Manager.
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- Context-Sensitive help is available at any time in MPU Piano by hitting the F1
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- If you're having trouble getting message sent out to your synthesizer, first
- make sure the device driver is properly installed, by playing with some of the
- utilities that should have come with the driver.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o F1 = Help
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- o ^O = Open - Open a Standard MIDI Format file
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- o ^P = Play - Play the current song
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- o ^C = Continue - Continue playing the song
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- o ^S = Stop - Stop playing the current MIDI file
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- o ^V = Velocity - Change the velocity used for the key strikes
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- o ^F = Filters - Disable certain message types
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Set Velocity ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The speed at which you hit the keys on your keyboard is the velocity, and it is
- used by your synthesizer to control different aspects of the sound. Most sounds
- use velocity to control volume, but many also use velocity to control
- brightness, vibrato, some even change the instrument. Because of the many
- different uses for velocity, we couldn't just call it "volume".
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Filters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you do not want certain types of messages sent to your synth, you can let
- MPU Piano filter them from the data stream. A checked box means that filtering
- is turned on, which means that those types of messages will not be sent.
- Different filters include:
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- Program Change Filtering program change will help if you want a certain set of
- instruments to play on certain channels. If your instrument's voice map
- doesn't exactly match that of the song being played, you can do your own
- configuration, then turn off program change.
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- You can also disable program changes from the video "keyboard" spin button.
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- System Exclusive This is unsupported in the current version.
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- Pressure Filters Pressure (aftertouch) messages.
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- Controller Filters Continuous Controller messages.
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- Pitch Bend Filters Pitch Bend messages.
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- Channel Pressure Filters Channel-specific aftertouch messages.