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===============================( README.DOC )=============================== README.DOC for Supplemental Drivers Diskette $Date: 27 Jan 1993 14:20:50 $ Cakewalk is copyright (c) Greg Hendershott, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990. All rights reserved. Cakewalk is a trademark of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. ============================================================================ ------- ================================( DRIVERS )================================= ------- Following is a list of the Installable Port Drivers supplied with this release: Driver file Device ----------- ----------------------------------------------------------- MPU401.DRV MPU-401 compatible (including Music Quest PC MIDI Card) MQBASIC.DRV Music Quest Basic MIDI Card MQX16.DRV Music Quest MQX-16 MQX16S.DRV Music Quest MQX-16S MQX32.DRV Music Quest MQX-32 or MQX-32M MTP.DRV Mark of the Unicorn MIDI Time Piece with IBM PC card MTP2.DRV 2 Mark of the Unicorn MIDI Time Pieces w/ 1 IBM PC card IBMPS1.DRV IBM PS/1 Audio Card and Joystick Option YAMAHAC1.DRV Yamaha C1 KEY101.DRV Key (KEE) MIDIator MS-101 KEY103.DRV Key (KEE) MIDIator MS-103 KEY124.DRV Key (KEE) MIDIator MS-124 CMS101.DRV Computer Music Supply CMS-101 CMS102.DRV Computer Music Supply CMS-102 CMS104.DRV Computer Music Supply CMS-104 CMS401II.DRV Computer Music Supply CMS-401-II CMS444.DRV Computer Music Supply CMS-444 CMS444II.DRV Computer Music Supply CMS-444-II CMS444Z.DRV Computer Music Supply CMS-444Z TG100.DRV Yamaha TG100 and Optronics Basic MIDI I/O card ADLIB.DRV FM sounds (1OPL2,2OPL2,1OPL3) for AdLib, Sound Blaster, etc. SBFMMI.DRV Sound Blaster FM sounds and MIDI SBMI.DRV Sound Blaster MIDI only (no FM sounds) SFX.DRV ATI STEREO■F/X FM sounds and MIDI CVXMM.DRV Covox MIDI Maestro CVXSM2.DRV Covox Sound Master II FM sounds and MIDI PCM68EX.DRV PAiA PCM68 with Second Port Expansion (if no Second Port Expansion, use CMS101.DRV) BEEP.DRV Plays one tone at a time on the PC speaker NULL.DRV No MIDI interface installed 2MPU401.DRV 2 MPU-401 compatible cards 2MQ32.DRV 2 Music Quest MQX-32(M)'s MQ16S_M.DRV Music Quest MQX-16S + MPU-401 compatible MQ32_MPU.DRV Music Quest MQX-32(M) + MPU-401 compatible MBADL.DRV Music Quest Basic + FM sounds for AdLib, Sound Blaster, etc. M_ADL.DRV MPU-401 compatible + FM sounds for AdLib, Sound Blaster, etc. M_SBFMMI.DRV MPU-401 compatible + Sound Blaster FM sounds and MIDI M_2C104.DRV MPU-401 compatible + 2 Computer Music Supply CMS-104's M_C401II.DRV MPU-401 compatible + Computer Music Supply CMS-401-II M_CMS101.DRV MPU-401 compatible + Computer Music Supply CMS-101 M_CMS104.DRV MPU-401 compatible + Computer Music Supply CMS-104 M_K101.DRV MPU-401 compatible + Key MS-101 M_K103.DRV MPU-401 compatible + Key MS-103 | The above product names may be trademarks or registered | trademarks of their respective manufacturers. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ NOTE: These drivers are copyrighted material just like Cakewalk itself. Your license does NOT include the right to copy them (except for personal back-up purposes) or the right to modify them. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Our Supplemental Drivers Diskette contains all single and multiple board drivers developed so far by Twelve Tone Systems. New releases of the Supplemental Drivers Diskette are made as new drivers are created. Contact Twelve Tone Systems for the latest information on this diskette. If you desire support for an unsupported interface (or combination of interfaces), send your request in writing to us ("ATTN: Driver Requests") for consideration. =====( Installing the right driver for your MIDI interface )=============== (1) IMPORTANT: Each Twelve Tone Systems product has been initially set up with the most likely MIDI interface driver for that product. But that may not match the MIDI interface you have. Copy the appropriate driver file to a file named MIDIPORT.DRV. Cakewalk needs to find MIDIPORT.DRV when it starts; otherwise you will get an error message. For example, if you are using an MPU-401 compatible, you need to enter the following at the DOS Prompt: CD \CAKEWALK COPY MPU401.DRV MIDIPORT.DRV (2) Then, if you are using a MIDI interface with other than its factory-default settings -- for example, an MPU-401 compatible on other than IRQ 2 and base port 330 -- you must run Setup. Start Cakewalk by entering at the DOS Prompt: CAKEWALK -S Select choice (3), "MIDI Interface Settings", and enter the appropriate information. If you ever recopy the original .DRV file to MIDIPORT.DRV, you will need to run Setup again. Tip: If you want to determine which driver is currently installed, just run Setup as described above. The interface type is displayed on the same screen as its current settings. =====( If you are upgrading from 3.0 )====================================== If you are using an interface with other than its out-of-the-box, factory-default settings, you must run Setup again. The settings you previously made used to be stored in CAKEWALK.INI, but Cakewalk no longer looks in CAKEWALK.INI for these values. It looks in MIDIPORT.DRV. And when you run Setup, the values you set are now stored in MIDIPORT.DRV. If you ever recopy the original .DRV file to MIDIPORT.DRV, you will need to run Setup again. =====( Mark of the Unicorn MIDI Time Piece Notes )========================== The Twelve Tone Systems MIDI Time Piece driver has been changed to no longer modify the configuration of the MTP. It will work with whatever configuration you left the MTP in using the MTP configuration software. This gives you more flexibility, but also gives you the power to set up the MTP in ways that won't work. For this reason, we now supply a sample configuration in CAKEWALK.MTP which you can load with the MTP configuration program. Use this as a starting point and guide to help you understand the basic requirements. For example, you want to be sure that the computer can receive from the MIDI Ins and that the MIDI Outs can receive from the computer. Users with two MTP's should set the first MTP (the one that's connected to the computer) to be ports 1-8 and the second to be ports 9-16 and read input sync audio on the first MTP, based on CAKEWALK.MTP, though you can enable the necessary routings to/from the second MTP to get past these limitations if you wish. =====( IBM PS/1 Owners Only: Using the IBM PS/1's Thru/Out Port )========== The IBM PS/1 Audio/Joystick Card has a MIDI Thru/Out port which can be set to either Thru or Out. When it's set to Thru, it outputs a copy of what comes into the MIDI In port. This is true even when Cakewalk is not running. When it's set to Out, it outputs a copy of what the MIDI Out port is sending. Cakewalk must be running to generate this output. When the IBM PS/1 starts up, the MIDI Thru/Out port is set to Out. We have supplied two programs you can run to set this the way you prefer. At the DOS prompt, type PS1THRU to set it to Thru and PS1OUT to set it to Out. You may want to put one of these commands in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, so it gets set right automatically every time your PS/1 starts up. Note that Cakewalk sets it to Out while running, and restores the original state when done. Hint: You may want to put PS1THRU in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and then use the MIDI Thru/Out Port instead of the MIDI Out Port. This way, when Cakewalk is running you get what the program sends, and when the program is not running you get an echo of MIDI In. =====( Key MIDIator MS-101/103/124 Notes )================================== If Cakewalk can't find your Key MIDIator, first make sure you've selected the right IRQ number and address for your serial port. Run Setup as described above and select "MIDI Interface Settings". For COM1, use IRQ 4 and address 3F8. For COM2, use IRQ 3 and address 2F8. If that's okay, try a different serial cable. It's critical to get a properly wired serial cable that connects all the required pins. The MIDIator uses some pins that most applications don't need. If you notice occasional or constant garbling of MIDI output, try adjusting the CPU speed compensation in the driver. Run Setup as described above and select "MIDI Interface Settings". By default, this parameter is set up to auto-set itself, but this automatic method does not work for some computers. Start at 1 and try higher and higher values till it works, then add 1 or 2 to make sure you'll avoid even a rare glitch. If it's set too low, MIDI output will be garbled. If it's set too high, it will unnecessarily rob performance from your computer. The faster the machine, the higher the value required. One 20Mhz 386 that we know of uses a value of 21. If you change your CPU speed, serial port, or MIDIator, this value might be affected. If after this you still notice garbling of MIDI output, there may be a problem with the serial port in your computer. Even if your serial port works fine for other software, the speed or hardware timing may be off enough that it won't work with the Key MIDIator, which requires exact conformance. Call Key technical support at 817-560-9751. They will provide you with a way to test your serial port with the Key interface and get it working if possible. Please note that Key is much better equipped to help you with this kind of hardware problem than we are, since this is not a problem with Cakewalk. =====( Yamaha TG100 and Optronics Notes )=================================== TG100.DRV supports the Yamaha TG100 via your computer's serial port using the connector cable supplied with the TG100. The TG100 also offers you a a MIDI In and a MIDI Out that Cakewalk can directly use. But note that the TG100 requires that your PC's serial port be able to run at the high rate of 38400 bps. The newer, better PC's can do this, but some of the older ones may not be able to run this fast. If you have an 8088 or 80286 PC, we suggest you try before you buy. TG100.DRV also supports the Optronics Basic MIDI I/O card on all PC's, and replaces the older OPTRON.DRV. You should run Setup and check the base port address and IRQ parameters, since they don't match the default configuration of the card out of the box. =====( Cards with FM Sounds )=============================================== Twelve Tone Systems supplies several drivers that work with the Yamaha FM chips used on many popular sound cards. Three different FM chip configurations are supported: 1 OPL2 chip, 2 OPL2 chips, and 1 OPL3 chip. Cards with 1 OPL2 chip include the AdLib, non-Pro Sound Blaster, ATI STEREO■F/X, and Covox Sound Master II. Cards with 2 OPL2 chips include the first version of the Sound Blaster Pro and the Media Vision Pro AudioSpectrum. Cards with 1 OPL3 chip include the second version of the Sound Blaster Pro and the Media Vision Pro AudioSpectrum 16. VOICE MODES: The OPL2 chip has two modes of operation. In the default mode, you can play up to 9 instrumental notes simultaneously. The special percussion mode sacrifices some of these instrument notes to create percussion sounds: in this mode, you get 5 percussion sounds on MIDI channel 10, and only 6 instrument sounds on the other MIDI channels. To put the chip into percussion mode, use a patch change of 126 on MIDI channel 10; to take it out of percussion mode, use patch change 127. Probably you will want certain song files to use one mode or the other, depending on whether the song needs percussion. You can use Cakewalk's Track View "Pat" parameter to set up the patch change of 126 or 127 on MIDI channel 10. This patch change will get saved in your Cakewalk work file. See the manual for more information. Cards with 2 OPL2 chips can be used in one of two ways: Stereo Mode gives you the same number of voices as a 1 OPL2 chip card, but allows you to pan the voices left and right using controller 10 messages in your song. We do this by playing the voices on both FM chips at the same time but at different volumes. Mono Mode gives up stereo but allows you up to 18 voices or 15 plus 5 percussion voices in the percussion mode. We do this by allocating first the voices of one FM chip and then the other when the first one's voices are used up. Of course, you should mix the two channels together for sensible output in Mono Mode. Stereo Mode is the default. To switch between Mono and Stereo Mode, you must run Setup as described above. Cards with 1 OPL3 chip are capable of playing 4-operator FM voices, but only with 6 voices polyphony plus drums. Instead, we emulate the behavior of 2 OPL2 chips described above. The OPL3 chip is capable of nearly identical emulation, with the same polyphony and Mono/Stereo modes. It also has the advantage in Mono Mode of being able to pan voices to left, right, or center (very grainy pan) using controller 10. PATCHES (SOUNDS): Built into the driver are 128 patches (sounds) following the "General MIDI" standard. A list of General MIDI patch numbers and names follows. The driver can also load ".IBK" files. The Sound Blaster .IBK file format is a standard already used by other programs to save patches for the AdLib and Sound Blaster FM sounds. To use one of these .IBK files, put it in the Cakewalk startup directory and name it ADLIB.IBK. The driver will find this file and use its patches instead of the built-in defaults. (Note that we provide GENMIDI.IBK, which is identical to the General MIDI patches built into the driver.) Pat Name Pat Name Pat Name Pat Name --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- 0 ACGPIANO 32 ACOUBASS 64 SOPRANO 96 FX1 1 ACPIANO 33 ELECBASS 65 ALTOSAX 97 FX2 2 ELGPIANO 34 PICKBASS 66 TENORSAX 98 FX3 3 HONKTONK 35 FRETLESS 67 BARISAX 99 FX4 4 ELPIANO1 36 SLAPBASS 68 OBOE 100 FX5 5 ELPIANO2 37 WRDBASS 69 ENGLHORN 101 FX6 6 HARPSCHD 38 SYNBASS1 70 BASSOON 102 FX7 7 CLAVICHD 39 SYNBASS2 71 CLARINET 103 FX8 8 CELESTA 40 VIOLIN 72 PICCOLO 104 SITAR 9 GLOCK 41 VIOLA 73 FLUTE 105 BANJO 10 MUSICBOX 42 CELLO 74 RECORDER 106 SHAMISEN 11 VIBES 43 CONTRA 75 PIPES 107 KOTO 12 MARIMBA 44 STRINGS1 76 BOTTLE 108 KALIMBA 13 XYLOPHON 45 PIZZ 77 SHAKA 109 BAGPIPE 14 TUBEBELL 46 HARP 78 WHISTLE 110 FIDDLE 15 PIANOBEL 47 TIMPANI 79 WOOD 111 ETHNIC 16 BARORGAN 48 EXCELSTR 80 LEAD1 112 HANDBELL 17 PRCORGAN 49 STRSECT 81 LEAD2 113 AGOGO 18 ROCKORGN 50 SYNSTR1 82 LEAD3 114 STEELDRM 19 PIPEORGN 51 SYNSTR2 83 LEAD4 115 WOODBLOC 20 REEDORGN 52 CHORUS 84 LEAD5 116 TAIDRUM 21 ACCORDN 53 WUZZLE1E 85 LEAD6 117 MELDRUM 22 HARMNICA 54 VOXSYNTH 86 LEAD7 118 SYNSNAR 23 TANGO 55 ORCHHIT 87 LEAD8 119 REVCYMB 24 NYLON 56 TRUMPET1 88 PAD1 120 CHICKEN 25 ACOUST 57 TROMB1 89 PAD2 121 BREATH 26 JAZZGTR 58 TUBA3 90 PAD3 122 SEASHORE 27 ELGUITAR 59 SOFTRUMP 91 PAD4 123 INSECTS 28 ELGMUTE 60 FRHORN1 92 PAD5 124 OINKEY 29 OVERDRIV 61 BRASSECT 93 PAD6 125 HELICPTR 30 HVYMETAL 62 SYNBRASS 94 PAD7 126 CROWD 31 DTGUITAR 63 BRASSOFT 95 PAD8 127 SHOT The following table describes the percussion MIDI key assignments. These have been chosen to correspond as closely as possible with the General MIDI percussion map. Key Perc Snd Key Perc Snd Key Perc Snd Key Perc Snd --- --------- --- --------- --- --------- --- --------- 35 kick drum 47 tom 59 cymbal 71 high hat 36 kick drum 48 tom 60 tom 72 high hat 37 high hat 49 cymbal 61 tom 73 tom 38 snare 50 tom 62 tom 74 high hat 39 high hat 51 cymbal 63 tom 75 tom 40 snare 52 cymbal 64 tom 76 tom 41 kick drum 53 high hat 65 tom 77 tom 42 high hat 54 high hat 66 tom 78 high hat 43 kick drum 55 cymbal 67 tom 79 high hat 44 high hat 56 high hat 68 tom 80 high hat 45 tom 57 cymbal 69 high hat 81 cymbal 46 high hat 58 snare 70 high hat Port and Base Channel info: Drivers supporting FM sounds plus MIDI (like SBFMMI.DRV, SFX.DRV, and CVXSM2.DRV) are implemented as a combination of two separate drivers. For Cakewalk Professional and LIVE! users, this means that the FM sounds are available on output port 1 and MIDI on output port 2. For Cakewalk Standard users, output ports are not separately addressable; port numbers are ignored and all output goes to all ports. So, you may wish to restrict FM sounds to certain channels. To do this, run Setup as described above and select "MIDI Interface Settings". Set the FM Base Channel and Number of Channels parameters to the desired range. Non-Pro Sound Blaster owners: The Twelve Tone Systems drivers supporting Sound Blaster MIDI will work with the non-Pro Sound Blaster MIDI interface option. But note that your Sound Blaster must have DSP ROM revision 2.0 or later, otherwise Cakewalk will not find the MIDI interface. Contact Creative Labs, Inc. to get this ROM update. If you have a Sound Blaster Pro, there's no problem here because rev 2.0 came out before the Sound Blaster Pro did. Sound Blaster Pro owners: The Sound Blaster Pro has an on-board mixer, and the default levels make FM sounds rather soft. Our current Sound Blaster driver no longer sets those levels high itself. We now leave it up to you to set them, rather than undoing the existing mixer setting (which you may have set and preferred). Refer to the Sound Blaster manual and issue the mixer level command from the DOS prompt (perhaps in your AUTOEXEC.BAT), similar to this: C:\SBPRO\SBP-SET /FM:15,15 /M:15,15 ===( Using Music Quest MQX Chase Lock Sync (CLS) )========================= When using MQX Chase Lock Sync (CLS) you must run the Cakewalk Setup each time you want to switch between two modes. One mode is for striping a tape (which you do infrequently). The other mode is for playing in sync to a striped tape (which is what you'll do most of the time). So, you'll normally leave Cakewalk configured to SYNC to CLS. Whenever you need to stripe a new tape, you need to run Setup to select STRIPING mode, stripe the tape, then run Setup again to leave the mode set back to SYNC to CLS. Following are step-by-step instructions for each of these two procedures. Note:| If you use SMPTE sync with Cakewalk Professional, none of this | applies to you. -----( Striping Chase Lock Sync )----- When you wish to stripe a tape with CLS, you'll need to run the Setup option to configure the driver and MQX card for striping mode: -1- Start Cakewalk with the " -S" flag to run Setup. -2- Pick the "MIDI Interface" choice. -3- Set the sync choice "Stripe CLS", and press ENTER to go back to the main setup menu. -4- If you'll finish all your striping during this one Cakewalk session, it will be easiest NOT to save this configuration. Don't press "S" to save, just press "C" to run Cakewalk with these new settings. -5- Follow the normal procedure for striping a tape. Here's a quick summary of the information you should already be familiar with from the Cakewalk and MQX Card manuals: Connect an audio cable from the card's Tape Out jack to your tape recorder's input. Don't use noise reduction on the track with CLS. Load your work file, and set Settings/Clock to "Internal". Start the tape recording, wait a few seconds, and then play your work from start to finish. -----( Syncing to Chase Lock Sync )----- Note:| Normally you'll need to do steps (1)-(5) only when you've just | been striping a tape, and now want to switch the mode to | syncing. If you've already switched the mode to syncing to CLS | and saved it, you won't need to run Setup each time. -1- Start Cakewalk with the " -S" flag to run Setup. -2- Pick the "MIDI Interface" choice. -3- Set the sync choice "Sync to CLS", and press ENTER to go back to the main Setup menu. -4- Press "S" to save these settings. in the driver file. You'll probably want to do this because most of the time you'll be syncing to CLS, not striping a tape with CLS. -5- Press "C" to run Cakewalk now with these new settings. -6- Follow the normal procedure for syncing to CLS. Here's a quick summary of the information you should already be familiar with from the Cakewalk and MQX Card manuals: Connect an audio cable from your tape recorder's sync output to the card's Tape In jack. Don't use noise reduction on the track with CLS. Load your work file. Set Settings/Clock to "MIDI Sync", if you haven't already done so for this file. Set Cakewalk to record or play (use Chase Mode if you like), and start your tape playing wherever you like. Cakewalk will chase to the right location and begin record/playback. =====( MQX-32 Notes )======================================================= If you have an MQX-32 or MQX-32M interface, and find that Cakewalk Professional is sending all MIDI output to both ports, rather than the ports you select in the Track View, then first verify that you're using the MQX-32 driver, MQX32.DRV. If so, then the problem is that you may have an older MQX-32 that cannot separately address its MIDI ports when in UART mode. Contact Music Quest at (214) 881-7408 for information on how to obtain a ROM upgrade for your interface card. =====( Using Cake Pro with multi-board drivers )============================ (1) Install and configure the cards. Set each card to a different base port port address and a different IRQ. Example: Card A on the factory-default settings of port 330h and IRQ 2; Card B on port 300h and IRQ 5 (or IRQ 7). Jot down these numbers for each card while you set the jumpers. (2) Copy the .DRV file to MIDIPORT.DRV. (3) Start Cakewalk Professional with the -S flag: "CAKEPRO -S". (4) Pick "MIDI Interface Setup". Enter the values you jotted down for each card's IRQ and base port address. (5) Go back to the main setup menu, and Save your settings. Now Cakewalk Professional has available all the separately-addressable output ports. All of the input ports will be intelligently merged. =====( Warning About SCSI Drives )========================================== Some SCSI hard drive controller cards use IRQ 2. Do not attempt to use a MIDI interface set to IRQ 2 with such a hard drive: loss of data may result. If you are not sure what kind of hard drive controller you have, then you *probably* don't have a SCSI controller. They generally cost more than ST-506 or ESDI controllers and usually don't come as standard equipment. **************************************************************************** End of README.DOC ****************************************************************************