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======================================================================
Cakewalk Professional for Windows Demo
Installation Guide
======================================================================
$Date: 12 May 1992 14:45:22 $
Information in this document is subject to change without notice and
does not represent a commitment on the part of Twelve Tone Systems,
Inc.
Copyright (c) 1992 by Greg Hendershott. All rights reserved.
Program Copyright (c) 1991 by Greg Hendershott. All rights reserved.
Cakewalk, Cakewalk Professional, and Cakewalk Professional for
Windows, Twelve Tone Systems, and the Twelve Tone Systems logo are
trademarks of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc.
Microsoft, the Microsoft Logo, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft
Corporation.
Other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
Mailing address:
Twelve Tone Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 760
Watertown, MA 02272-0760
United States of America
Technical support: (617) 273-4668, 1 PM to 6 PM (EST)
General information: (617) 273-4437, 10 AM to 6 PM (EST)
======================================================================
****************************** IMPORTANT *****************************
This file is for users downloading the Cakewalk Professional for
Windows Demo from a BBS.
To use the demo, you must have an MPU-401 or compatible, Music Quest,
or other MIDI interface or sound card with a Windows Multimedia
Extensions driver.
The demo requires Windows 3.1.
The demo lets you load and play files, but is limited in that you
may not save files.
The demo may be copied and distributed for free, but not resold.
This demo software is provided for promotional purposes only, and
under no warranty of any kind.
======================================================================
PREPARING AN INSTALLATION DISKETTE FROM THE .ZIP FILE
To make downloading easier and faster, all of the installation files
are packed in a single .ZIP file. Use PKUNZIP to unpack the files to
a diskette. The diskette must be a 720K, 1.44 MB, or greater
capacity floppy; a 360K diskette will NOT work.
When the instructions below refer to the Cakewalk Professional
diskette, use the diskette you created.
IMPORTANT: The diskette will contain the SETUP program and a variety
of compressed installation files. These files are useless by
themselves. You must run SETUP so that it can uncompress the files,
copy them to the correct locations on your hard drive, and perform
other important installation tasks. Please do not try to uncompress
or copy files yourself; let SETUP do this.
== Using a directory of your hard drive instead of a diskette
We recommend that you make an installation diskette as just
described. If you want to create a directory on your hard drive for
the SETUP files, you may do that, but please read these instructions.
You will want to delete the directory after you are done, because you
won't want the installation files and SETUP lying around. So we
recommend that you (1) make a new directory, (2) unzip there, and (3)
be sure to tell SETUP to install to a DIFFERENT directory than the
one where you unzipped. That way, after a successful SETUP you can
delete the temporary directory containing the unzipped installation
files. Step (3) is important because you don't want to end up with
the uncompressed files and the compressed installation files all
mixed up together. SETUP proposes that the demo be installed in
C:\WINCAKE, so if that's fine with you, create your temporary
installation directory with some other name and you'll be all set.
======================================================================
INSTALLATION
Installing and setting up the Cakewalk Professional Demo is easy, but
it is important that you follow these instructions completely or the
program may not operate correctly.
Please print these instructions so that you may more easily perform
the installation.
=== 1. INSTALL WINDOWS 3.1 CORRECTLY
Before installing Cakewalk Professional, you should make sure that
you've correctly installed Windows 3.1.
Try some of the sample programs that come with Windows. If you
experience any problems, try to resolve them through Microsoft
Technical Support before proceeding to install Cakewalk Professional.
Generally, it is easier for you to solve one problem at a time, and
it will be much easier for us to help you if you have a reliable
Windows installation.
Avoid Windows 3.0 video drivers: You should use the latest Windows
3.1 version of the driver for your video adapter. Most 3.1 drivers
are faster, which makes all Windows programs faster. More
importantly, some 3.0 video drivers may cause problems when used with
Windows 3.1. For example, if you click on a button in Cakewalk
Professional or some other application, and the application crashes,
the problem might be a Windows 3.0 video driver.
=== 2. RUN CAKEWALK PROFESSIONAL DEMO SETUP
1. Start Windows.
2. Insert the Cakewalk Professional disk 1 in the drive, and close
the drive door.
3. From Windows Program Manager, open the File menu and select the
Run command.
4. In the dialog box, type A:SETUP, and press ENTER.
Note: If you put the installation disk in drive B:, then of course
you need to enter "B:SETUP". Or, if you made a directory on your
hard drive for the installation files, enter the pathname to SETUP.
For example, if you made a C:\INSTALL directory for SETUP and the
other installation files, enter "C:\INSTALL\SETUP".
Note: The SETUP program may take up to two or three minutes to load
from the floppy disk.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
=== 3. READ README.WRI
Cakewalk Professional SETUP installs an icon for the README.WRI file.
Double-click on this icon to run Windows Write and load the Cakewalk
Professional README.WRI file. This file contains important
information about changes or additions after the documentation went
to press. Please read it!
=== 4. INSTALL A DRIVER
If you've already installed Windows 3.1 multimedia MIDI or sound card
drivers, you may skip this section.
Cakewalk Professional uses the Multimedia Extensions in Windows 3.1
to talk to MIDI interfaces and sound cards. The Multimedia
Extensions provide a way for applications to talk to different kinds
of MIDI interfaces and sound cards through drivers. For Cakewalk
Professional to work with your device, you must install a driver.
Use one of the drivers that is included with Windows 3.1 (for
example, MPU-401 or Sound Blaster), or, install a driver that is
provided by the manufacturer.
1. Run the Windows Control Panel program.
2. Double-click on the "Drivers" icon.
3. Press the Add button.
4. Select a driver from the list. If your MIDI or sound card device
came with a diskette containing a Multimedia Extensions driver,
select "Unlisted or Updated Driver" and insert the driver diskette
when prompted.
Note: The Cakewalk Professional diskette may include one or more
drivers. Please see README.WRI for up-to-date information.
(README.WRI was just discussed in the previous section.)
5. The driver will probably present you with a dialog box in which
you need to give it information about how you've installed the
device. (This is the same dialog box that you can access in
"Drivers" by selecting the driver and pressing the Setup button.)
Please consult the manufacturer's manual for the correct device
settings. If you haven't changed the factory-default settings on the
device, then you probably don't need to change the default values
proposed in the dialog box.
6. Press OK to finish configuring the driver. At this point, you
should restart Windows for your changes to take effect.
=== 5. CONNECT YOUR MIDI EQUIPMENT
If you are using a MIDI interface (like an MPU-401, Music Quest card,
or Sound Blaster MIDI option) with an external MIDI keyboard, then
you ne