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Midi Music Maker is shareware. This means that I am sharing it with you
and if you use it you are expected to pay nominal fee. If you have not
done so in the past, please send $20 to:
Dave Henry
1720 Wickersham Drive
Anchorage, AK 99507
tel. 907-563-7414
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Midi Music Maker 2.26 (Atari Version)
February 1994
Contents Page
I. Introduction..................... 3
1.0 Description of files......... 3
1.1 Music played................. 3
1.2 Music created................ 3
1.3 Requirements................. 3
1.4 Setup........................ 4
1.5 Connections.................. 4
II. Playing a Song................... 4
2.0 Starting the Program......... 4
2.1 Displaying Names............. 4
2.2 Selecting Songs.............. 5
2.3 Starting Music............... 6
2.4 Continuous Play.............. 6
2.5 Use of Keyboard.............. 6
2.6 Selecting With Music Playing. 7
III. Controlling the Play............. 7
3.0 How It Sounds................ 7
3.1 Tempo........................ 7
3.2 Velocity and level control... 8
3.3 Presets...................... 9
3.4 Channel Mapping..............10
3.5 Note Control.................10
3.6 Alternate Format.............11
3.7 Map Channel/Track............12
3.8 Time Signature...............12
IV. Other Features...................12
4.0 Analyze Song.................12
4.1 Display Words................12
4.2 Atari Speaker................12
4.3 Save and Load Select File....13
4.4 EZ-Track playing.............13
4.5 Create Standard Midi Files...13
4.6 Save and Load MT-32 Data.....14
4.7 Save and Load configuration..14
4.8 Make and Load Preset List....15
4.9 Export Sysex File............15
4.10 Suppress Control Messages...16
4.11 Modify Intro Music..........16
4.12 Delay Between Songs.........16
4.13 Play from Memory............16
4.14 Define Keys.................16
4.15 Specify Drum Tracks.........16
4.16 Quit........................16
4.17 Help........................17
V. Additional Information...........17
5.0 Music voice table............17
5.1 Dr. Ts ......................17
5.2 Errors.......................17
5.3 Problems.....................17
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VI. Sources of Music.................18
6.0 General......................18
6.1 Availability.................18
6.2 Midi Music System............18
6.3 Transfering other computers..19
6.4 Major On-Line services.......19
6.5 Disk Ordering................19
VII. 7.0 Screen Identification........19
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Midi Music Maker
I. Introduction
1.0 Do you have some old music files gathering dust that you have
always wanted to play through your synthesizer? Here is the answer!
Midi Music Maker is the world's most comprehensive music player program
capable of playing many of the thousands of music files available
through public domain for several types of computers. It will control
the songs and regulate the instrument presets and channels and on which
the music is sent to synthesizer.
1.1 The program is distributed in either arc file format or as several
separate files. These files may include:
1. MMM24.PRG ... The Midi Music Maker program.
2. MMM.MID ... The music played with the title.
3. MMM.P2 ... The title screen for medium resolution.
4. MMM.P3 ... The title screen for high resolution.
4. MMM.TXT ... The instructions for the program.
5. MMM.HLP ... Interactive help file
6. MMM.CFG ... Configuration file
7. MT32.DAT .. MT-32 configuration data
8. MMM.SET ... Select File for specific disk.
9. MMM.PRE ... Instrument names corresponding to presets
10. MMM.RSC ... Resource file for MMM
11. MMMREAD.ME History of changes to the program.
Files that may be created by the MMM program include MMM.CFG, MMM.SET,
and MT32.DAT.
1.2 The following fourteen basic file types can be played by Midi Music
Maker:
1. Music Studio, Music Studio 88 Atari ST
2. Music Construction Set Atari ST
3. EZ-Track (single track) Atari ST
4. Standard Midi Files (format 0, format 1) all computers
5. Sid Player Music including stereo Commodore 64/128
6. Master Composer Commodore 64/128
7. Advanced Music System (I and II) 8 bit Atari
8. Antic Music Processor 8 bit Atari
9. Midi Music System 8 bit Atari
10. Orchestra-85/90 Color Computer
11. Lyra 1 and 2 Color Computer
12. Adlib IBM PC compatible
13. Cakewalk 2 and 3 IBM PC compatible
14. Deluxe Music Construction Set Amiga, Macintosh
15. Dr. Ts and Dr. Ts CUB Atari ST, Amiga
16. Sound Blaster CMF IBM PC compatible
1.3 Midi Music Maker can also create Standard Midi File format 0 and
format 1 files from any of file types listed in 1.2, even from the SMF
files themselves. The files created will include the settings that you
have control over with this program.
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1.4 The basic requirements include an Atari ST or STe with 1 meg of
memory, a midi synthesizer, and some music files. Midi Music Maker runs
only in medium and high resolution. The music will play through the ST
speaker but a synthesizer with full midi capability is needed for best
results. Some songs may use up to 16 channels simultaneously or may put
up to 8 notes on a single channel. A synthesizer capable of handling
the larger number of notes and channels is required for these songs.
1.5 Before the program is started make certain that all drives, midi
equipment, monitors, computer are turned on. Midi equipment should be
set to use channels 1 through the highest number available. The midi
out from the computer must be connected to the midi in on the
synthesizer and for FB-01s or MT-32s the midi out on the synthesizer
should be connected to the midi in on the computer
II. Playing a song
2.0 The files MMM.P2, and MMM.P3 should be in the folder with MMM.PRG.
From the desktop double click your mouse on MMM18.PRG. The program will
load and the title screen will be displayed. If a file called MMM.MID
is present, music will play after the title screen appears. If a
configuration file called MMM.CFG is present in the folder that
configuration will be automatically loaded.
2.0.1 After the music finishes a menu bar will appear across the top of
the screen. You can stop the music and display the menu bar faster by
pressing the Q key (default) while the music is playing.
2.0.2 If you don't want, or want to change the title screen, the intro
music or the configuration