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Midi Companion V3.0
(c) 1998 The Software Factory
Overview
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Midi Companion is the first OctaMED plugin designed mainly for use
with the Roland MC-303 but a lot of it's features can be used on
other MIDI equipment. Due to OctaMEDs current lack of multitasking
support, Midi Companion at this stage is an instrument setup utility.
This means that you can initially setup all midi instrument
settings, ie. Bank Select, Preset, Pan, Volume, Portamento, Reverb
Type & Level, Chorus Type & Level, Cutoff, Resonance and much more.
Some features of Midi Companion are specific to the Roland MC-303 and
they are as follows......
> Filter Cutoff
> Filter Resonance
> Reverb Type
> Chorus Type
> RX Nozte
> Effect Parameters - Not available in this version.
Besides the specifics, all other functions are using standard midi
controllers and therefore can be used with any midi device.
Requirements
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Midi Companion should run on any Amiga running OS2.04 or greater.
At least 2Mb of memory is reccomended.
OctaMED Sound Studio.
Midi Interface.
Midi Instrument(s).
Reccomended
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A hard drive.
Arexx installed and running on your system.
A fast amiga. (The faster the better)
Executing Midi Conmpanion
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1) You must have OctaMED Sound Studio running in order to use Midi
Companion.
2) Before executing the Midi Companion program you MUST ensure Midi is
inactive within the OSS Midi menu. Again, this is due to the lack
of multi tasking support within OSS.
3) Return to workbench and execute the file Midi_Companion_V3.0 using
the CLI.
4) Midi Companion will now open the Instrument Properties window
within the OSS screen.
How to use Midi Companion
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To use any feature within Midi Companion you MUST ensure Midi is
inactive within the OSS Midi menu and Midi is selected within Midi
Companions instrument properties window. This has to be reversed
when returning to OSS. Midi Companions midi status is displayed in
the title bar of the instrument properties window.
This process is automatic if Midi Companion is Arexx enabled.
Screen Layout and Instructions
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Instrument Properties
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Midi Companions midi status is displayed in the title bar or the
window.
If midi is switched on, Midi On, will be displayed.
If Arexx is active, the OSS Arexx command op_set midiactive off will
be sent to OSS in order to ensure OSS Midi Active is off and midi
control returns to Midi Companion.
If midi is switched off, Midi Off, will be displayed.
If Arexx is active, the OSS Arexx command op_set midiactive on will
be sent to OSS in order to ensure OSS Midi Active is on and midi
control returns to OSS.
Name : Relative to the currently selected Bank & Preset, the
appropiate tone name will be displayed. You can also
enter or load your own tone names.
Instr : This displays the currently selected instrument and also
allows you to change between the 16 different instruments
available.
If Arexx is active, the OSS Arexx command in_select, will be
transmitted to OSS to reflect the change in Instrument.
Midi Ch : This displays the currently selected midi channel and also
allows you to change between the 16 different midi chanels
available.
If Arexx is active, the OSS Arexx command in_setmidichannel,
will be transmitted to OSS to reflect the change in Midi
Channel.
>>Note<<
As a default Midi Companion matches instrument 1 to midi channel 1, up
to instrument 16 matching midi channel 16.
Bank : This displays the currently selected bank and also allows you
to change between the 128 different banks available.
Preset : This displays the currently selected preset and also allows
you to change between the 128 different presets available.
If Arexx is active, the OSS Arexx command
in_setmidipreset, will be transmitted to OSS to reflect the change
in Preset.
Volume : This displays the volume level of the currently selected
instrument and also allows you to select a desired level.
If Arexx is active, the OSS Arexx command
in_setvolume, will be transmitted to OSS to reflect the change
in Volume.
Pan : This displays the current pan position of the currently selected
instrument and also allows you to select a desired position.
>>See Settings.doc for more info<<
P Time : This displays the current Portamento time of the currently
selected instrument and also allows you to select a desired
level. This is not relevant if Portamento is switched off.
Reverb : This displays the current Reverb type and allows you to
select 1 of the 8 available.
>>This feature is MC-303 specific<<
Level : This displays the current reverb level and allows you to
select a desired level.
Chorus : This displays the current Chorus type and allows you to
select 1 of the 8 available.
>>This feature is MC-303 specific<<
Level : This displays the current reverb level and allows you to
select a desired level.
Cutoff : This displays the current filter cutoff level and allows you
to select a desired level.
>>This feature is MC-303 specific<<
Reso : This displays the current filter resonance level and allows you
to select a desired level.
>>This feature is MC-303 specific<<
Test : This button is used to test your current instrument settings.
By pressing the keys listed in the file Test_Key.doc you can
play scales on your amiga keyboard.
Key : This number is relevant to the key you wish to test. The
default is 60, which represents middle C. Please refer to the
Test_Key.doc file for the other key numbers. As with OSS you can
press any of the keys on the lower part of the Amiga keyboard which
act like a musial keyboard spanning one octave, from Z to M.
To change the octave you can press the following function keys.
F1 - Octave 0
F2 - Octave 1
F3 - Octave 2
F4 - Octave 3
F5 - Octave 4
F6 - Octave 5
F7 - Octave 6
F8 - Octave 7
F9 - Octave 8
Midi : This is used to switch midi on/off.
RX Note : This is used to turn on/off an MC-303 midi channel. The
Roland MC-303, by default, responds to all channels so if
you are using an MC-303 with other midi gear you would use
this to turn off the midi channel not being used by the
MC-303. For compatibility, if you do not have a Roland MC-303
you should turn RX Note off for all your midi channels.
>>This feature is MC-303 specific<<
Portamento : This is used to turn on/off Portamento. Use the P Time
slider to set the desired portamento time.
Menu Items
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>Project
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Load Song Data :
This is used to load your instrument settings file from disk.
If Arexx is active, all relative settings will be transmitted
to OSS via Arexx.
Load Tone Banks :
Thisis used to load your tone bank names.
Save : This is used to save your instrument settin