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- Welcome to Keyboard Master Demo, a demonstration of Spartan Software
- Systems Music Series product, Keyboard Master. Keyboard Master is an
- IBM PC, XT, AT and PS/2 compatible software program that combines the
- powerful features of a sequencer with the flexibility of MIDI to create
- a comprehensive keyboard exploration and learning environment.
- Keyboard Master is to the keyboardist what the word processor has been
- to the writer.
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- Keyboard Master teaches you how to play any standard MIDI file format
- song with simplicity using a computerized, graphical keyboard.
- Keyboard Master visually shows you where to play every note in the
- song, stepping forward and backward through complex leads and chords.
- In addition, Keyboard Master can calculate, display and print hundreds
- of different scale and chord charts. You can create custom scale and
- chord charts using the edit option, easily turning notes on and off and
- adding custom fingerings. Custom charts can be saved as image files
- and later recalled. Keyboard Master provides support for four keyboard
- notations ranging from simple dots to the actual note value.
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- With a Roland MPU-401 attachment, Keyboard Master becomes a 64 track
- sequencer capable of recording, playing or overdubbing to any track.
- Since Keyboard Master supports Standard MIDI Files, you can share songs
- with other music program that also support this standard.
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- Keyboard Master's intuitive user interface coupled with mouse support
- and context sensitive help screens make it an incredibly easy program
- to use. Keyboard Master also provides an extensive "profile" feature
- which allows you to customize many aspects of the program. From
- teaching to composing your own songs, Keyboard Master has the power and
- flexibility you need to get the job done!
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- Keyboard Master Demo is intended to provide you with an excellent idea
- of the full capabilities of the actual Keyboard Master product before
- you buy. This demonstration program provides all the function found in
- Keyboard Master with the following exceptions. Keyboard Master Demo
- can only display scale and chord charts in the key of C Major.
- Keyboard Master Demo can only play the MIDI File provided on the
- program diskette (KMDEMO.MFF). Recorded sequences and image files
- cannot be saved to disk. Other than these exceptions, Keyboard Master
- Demo functions like the actual product.
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- In order to realize the full integration of Spartan Software products,
- the installation program, INSTALL.BAT, should be used to install
- Keyboard Master Demo. The installation program will create a "common
- area" on the disk (or diskette) of choice where Keyboard Master Demo
- will be installed. Then as you purchase other Spartan Software
- products, they can be added to this common area via their installation
- programs to assure you of complete integration between products.
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- The installation program will create a master directory called \SPARTAN
- which contains a unique subdirectory for each Spartan Software product
- that you purchase. These subdirectories house the actual program files
- needed to run that particular application.
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- The following procedure will install Keyboard Master Demo on your fixed
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- disk. If you wish to install Keyboard Master Demo to a disk other than
- your C drive, substitute its drive letter everywhere you find the
- letter "C" in the following steps. If you wish to install Keyboard
- Master Demo from a drive other that your A drive, substitute its drive
- letter everywhere you find the letter "A" in the following steps.
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- Insert the Keyboard Master Demo diskette into drive A:
- A:
- INSTALL C:
- Check for the message "Installation successful"
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- To execute Keyboard Master Demo use the following procedure.
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- CD \SPARTAN
- KMDEMO
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