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- THE MIDI KEY VIEWER
- for Microsoft(tm) Windows 3.1
- Copyright 1995
-
- J.D. Koftinoff Software, Ltd.
- jeffk@awinc.com
- http://awinc.com/~jeffk/
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- OVERVIEW
- ========
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- The MIDI KEY VIEWER is a windows 3.1 program that monitors that MIDI
- output from all applications in the system and displays the MIDI notes
- in real time on a graphical piano keyboard. You can immediately see
- everything that is going on in a variety of ways.
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- COPYRIGHT
- =========
-
- The MIDI KEY VIEWER program is Copyright 1994 by J.D. Koftinoff
- Software, Ltd. It is free software. You may not modify it or sell this
- program for any purpose or reason. It comes without any warrenty of any
- kind, express or implied.
-
-
- If you find this program useful, all I ask is to please send a postcard
- from your city to Jeff at:
-
- J.D. Koftinoff Software, Ltd.
- Box 2433
- Grand Forks, B.C.
- V0H-1H0
- CANADA
- FAX: (604) 442-3233
- Internet: jeffk@awinc.com
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- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
- To install this software, just unzip the zip file into a directory (you
- probably already did that since you are reading this), and copy the
- 'WNKEYVW.INI' file to your windows directory (usually 'C:\WINDOWS') like
- this from the DOS prompt:
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- copy wnkeyvw.ini c:\windows
-
- Or use file manager to copy the file.
-
-
- Then you should add the program's icon to the program manager by
- selecting the 'NEW' menu item in the program manager's 'FILE' menu. Use
- 'Browse...' to find the program 'KEYS.EXE' where it was unzipped.
-
- You may also simply run the 'KEYS.EXE' program from the file manager or
- the 'Run' menu item.
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- OPTIONS
- =======
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- There are quite a number of options for displaying the MIDI notes:
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- ZOOM level (50%,100%,150%,200%,300%)
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- Sets the the size of the graphical keyboard.
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- Single OMNI Keyboard/Multiple Keyboards
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- With 'Single OMNI Keyboard' selected, all MIDI channels are displayed on
- one graphical keyboard. With Multiple Keyboards selected, each
- displayed MIDI channel is on its own graphical keyboard.
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- Always on top
-
- When selected, the window will always be in front of any other normal
- windows in the system. This is useful if you want to interact with a
- full screen window but still want to watch the key viewer window.
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- No Title
-
- When selected, the title bar, menu, and scroll bars of the window
- disapear, leaving more room for graphics. To bring back the menu you
- can double-click on the window. This will toggle the menu display, but
- will not change the 'No Title' setting so you can save the settings for
- later retrieval.
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- Colors
-
- When selected, notes from different MIDI channels will be displayed in
- different colors. This is useful in Single OMNI Keyboard mode.
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- Channels
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- With this pop up menu you can enable and disable the display of specific
- MIDI channels. This is useful so you can display only the relevant MIDI
- channels in Multiple Keyboards mode, and is also useful in Single OMNI
- Keyboard mode to filter out the drum channel.
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- All Notes Off
-
- When you select this menu item any notes that are currently displayed as 'on'
- will be shut off. This is useful if a misbehaved MIDI application
- leaves some notes on when it shouldn't.
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- LOADING/SAVING OPTIONS
- ======================
-
- Once you come up with settings that you like, you may save the settings
- into one of 4 option 'slots', A,B,C, or D with the file menu. Option
- slot 'A' is always loaded on start up. At any time you may load options
- from any slot.
-
- The options are stored in the 'WNKEYVW.INI' file, which should be in
- your windows directory.
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- HISTORY
- =======
-
- I originally wrote this program in 1992 for myself in plain DOS so I
- could view the MIDI output that came from my other computer that I use
- for MIDI sequencing. I ended up using it all the time, because it was
- useful and fun to watch, So I re-wrote it from scratch for MS-Windows 3.1.
-
- This application is quite efficient, and is usable even on a 16 Mhz 386-SX.
-
- Now you can enjoy it without having to have two computers running MIDI
- at the same time!
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- Remember to send that postcard!!!!
-
-
- Good Luck!
-
- Jeff Koftinoff
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