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Kawai K1 Editor/Librarian, Version 2.0
A Quality SpethWARE Product
OVERVIEW:
This program is a patch editor intended for the Kawai K1
Digital Synthesizer. It uses an MPU-401 or compatible MIDI
interface card and runs on IBM PC/AT computers or compatibles
and a mouse is required. This simple yet powerful tool by
which sounds can be edited and organized on the K1 displays
all edit parameters on a single screen.
The editor defaults to interrupt IRQ7 and I/O port address
330 hex, and MIDI channel 1. You may override these settings
using the following command line syntax:
K1 -Ii -Pp -Cc
where: i is the IRQ level 0 through 7 (def. 7)
p is the port address in hex (def. 330h)
c is the MIDI channel (def. 1)
For example, to run the editor on IRQ2 and port 330 hex type:
K1 -I2 -P330
Any and all of the command line arguments are optional. It
will 'come up' if your MPU-401 is not configured properly but
will not talk to your K1. Both MIDI in and out cables must
be connected. The program will work on any MIDI channel.
This distribution should contain the following files:
K1.EXE - the executable
READ.ME - this file
K1.ICO - Windows icon file
ZIP.LST - list of files in PKZIP'ped file
MOUSE USAGE:
To edit a parameter:
- move the cursor with the mouse to the display position of
the parameter that is to be edited
- press a mouse button while moving the mouse up and down to
change the value of the parameter
To select a function:
- select one of the function groups at the top line by
moving the cursor to one of the words and holding down a
mouse button
- select one of the functions from the boxed list by
highlighting a function and releasing the mouse button
KEY SHORTCUTS:
At any time while editing, one of the function keys may be
pressed to access any of the functions listed:
F1 - Shortcut keys
F2 - Patch list from the K1
F3 - Single mode select
F4 - Multi mode select
F5 - Get a patch from the K1
F6 - Send the current patch to the K1
F7 - Save the current patch to disk
F8 - Load a patch from disk
F9 - Patch directory from disk
F10 - Quit the editor
There is a range of keyboard notes that can be played from
the editor which can be found on right hand side of the top
line of the screen. Use the mouse to click on and off the
notes. The space bar can also be used to turn on and off the
C1 note.
FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS:
When the editor starts up, all patches are read from the K1,
all single patches are read from disk, and single patch SIA1
is displayed for editing. An environment variable called
K1_PATCHES can be used to tell the editor in which directory
to find the patch files. The absence of the variable will
cause the editor to look for the files in the current working
directory. For example, to access the patch files from the
PATCHES directory on the C drive, put the following line in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT:
SET K1_PATCHES=C:\PATCHES
The current mode (multi or single), the MIDI channel, and the
current edit patch number is displayed on the bottom line.
Whenever the mode is changed, the current patch is read from
the K1 and displayed. Patches are stored on disk in a
library file called PACTHES with a file extension of K1S for
single patches and K1M for multi patches. An internal
directory of patches stored on disk is maintained in the
editor so that if any files are manipulated on disk during a
DOS shell session, the internal directory should be freshened.
File group:
Save - saves the currently displayed patch to disk
All save - saves all single patches if in single mode or
all multi patches if in multi mode stored in the K1
to disk
Load - loads a patch from disk to the K1 and displays it as
the current patch
Freshen dir - freshens the internal patch disk directory
Patch dir - displays all single patches if in single mode or
all multi patches if in multi mode stored on disk
Delete patch - deletes a patch from disk
Shell - starts a DOS shell session
Quit - quits the editor
Patch group:
Get patch - gets a patch from the K1 and loads it as the
current patch
Send patch - sends the current patch to the K1
Patch list - displays all single patches if in single mode
or multi patches if in multi mode stored in the K1
MIDI channel - changes the MIDI channel
Mode group:
Single - changes to single mode
Multi - changes to multi mode
Help group:
General - displays general information about the editor
Shortcut keys - displays a list of the shortcut keys
Mouse usage - displays information about the mouse
INFORMATION:
A Microsoft Windows icon file is supplied for users who would
like to install the editor to run from Windows. The editor
can only run from Windows in standard mode.
If you find this program useful, please let me know:
John Speth, SpethWARE Phone: 609-871-9092
222 South Hill Drive We also do custom programming.
Westampton, NJ, 08046 Call us !
Compuserve: 71214,3606