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*********************** New Undocumented Features **********************
1. Several features were added to this release but were not
finished in time for the online manual. When choosing patches
in the Composer, a Sample button is now available that allows
you to hear the patches you are choosing.
2. When printing, there is a feature in the print options box
called left and right scaling which allows you to decide how
many notes the Composer tries to fit on a line when printing.
If it can't fit a whole measure on a line, it won't use it.
This setting allows you to decide how much it tries to fit.
A lower number means it tries to fit more, a higher number
means less.
3. You can now drag grid marks by holding down the Shift Key on your
computer keyboard and pressing and holding the right mouse button.
This is useful if you wish to expand or compress an area of music so
that you can change its formatting when it prints. You should wait
until you have finished entering in all of the notes in a given measure
because a change in grid resolution could reformat the measure and
undo your work.
4. There is now a checkbox in the Print dialog box that allows
you to decide whether you want to print Tempo marks or not.
5. There is a file that is installed in your WinSong Directory
titled W3MANUAL.WRI. It allows you to print the manual all at
once instead of one screen at a time.
6. The TapeDeck Edit features now work differently. If you are viewing the
TapeDeck at the track level, most edit functions will pull up a dialog
box that allows you to enter in the beginning and ending times of an
edit and let you set the parameters of an edit. If you are viewing
the TapeDeck at the event list level, this dialog box will not appear,
the edit function will happen to all of the notes that have been
highlighted.
******************** MIDI DRIVER PROBLEMS ******************************
1. IF YOU ARE USING THE WINSONG MULTIMEDIA MIDI DRIVER,
be sure that you have installed the proper midi driver
for your card in Windows 3.1. You can tell what midi
drivers are installed in Windows by double clicking on
the Control Panel Icon. A window will open up with
more icons, including one called "Drivers" that has a
little keyboard and drums in it. Double Click on the
Drivers Icon and a list of the currently installed
drivers will pop up. Make sure the MIDI Mapper and
and the appropriate driver for your card is on that list.
If it is not, click the Add button and add the appropriate
driver. Some drivers will ask you the port and IRQ settings
for your card. Make sure these match the ones on
your card (see the instructions for your card for
details). You must also make sure that you have the
Midi Mapper Driver installed on your system.
Next, you must make sure that the Windows 3.1 Midi Mapper
is configured properly. Close the Driver window and
double click on the Midi Mapper Icon. The window will
have the name of the current Midi Mapper setup you are
using. Click the Edit button to see what midi device
each midi channel is mapped to. A list of Midi channels
will pop up. Make sure the port for each Midi channel
has the name of your card in it. Hit the OK button
when you are done, then hit the close button in the Midi
Mapper window.
NOTE: A section to the On-Line Manual has been added that
tries to explain the Windows MIDI Mapper. If you don't
understand it, try reading this.
Now try running any of the WinSong 3.0 programs and
see if they work properly. If they don't, it is likely
that the port or IRQ settings for your card don't match
the ones on the driver, or that you have a port or
IRQ conflict with another card on the system.
2. Many users have a SoundBlaster or compatible card and wish
to use its ability to play midi with its internal sounds
rather than through the midi port. To do this, make sure
that the Ad Lib driver is installed in the driver list found
when opening the Drivers Icon. Go to the Midi Mapper and
select the Ad Lib driver on the midi channels you wish to
play using the SoundBlaster's internal voices. If you wish
to play through the Midi port, use the Creative Labs driver.
3. There are problems with the Creative Labs SoundBlaster 1.0
driver that came with Windows 3.1. It erroneously tells
WinSong that the Midi Mapper is being used by another program.
Either use the Creative Labs SoundBlaster 1.5 Driver, the
Ad Lib Driver or get an updated driver from Creative Labs.
WinSong will attempt to bypass the Midi Mapper when it is in
use. It will use the first available midi device.
4. If you have more than one midi card on the system and wish
wish to use a different card for midi input, you will have to
add the line "INDEVICE=n" to your W3.INI file, located in the
WinSong Directory. (n is the number of the device you wish to
use). By default, WinSong uses the first one available
(usually number 0). Try different numbers until you find
the one that works. Some versions of the SoundBlaster come
with drivers that tell WinSong that there are two input devices
in the system event though there is only one card. If you can
play MIDI out of the SoundBlaster but can't play into it,
try adding the line "INDEVICE=1" to the W3.INI file.
5. IF YOU ARE USING THE WINSONG ROLAND MPU-401 MIDI DRIVER,
and it isn't working for you, there are several things
to check. First, make sure that the port and IRQ settings
that you gave in the WinSong install program match the
settings on your card. If the port setting is wrong,
you will get a message when starting a WinSong program
that the port could not be initialized and that no midi
functions will work. If the IRQ setting is wrong, you
get a message that says WinSong can't hook the IRQ you have
selected.
If the settings you gave match the settings on your card,
but you still get the message that the port could not be
initialized, the port gets jammed up from using another
program. If that is the case, exit Windows, then turn
off your computer ( don't just reboot it ), and then turn
it on again. That should alleviate the problem.
If your IRQ settings are correct, but you still get the
message that WinSong can't hook the IRQ you have selected,
the most likely problem is that the Windows 3.1 MPU-401 driver
has been loaded into memory. In that case, the WinSong driver
may not function. The cure is to remove the Windows driver and
restart Windows, or use the WinSong Multi-Media driver and
process midi through the Midi Mapper.
If that is not the case then you probably need to change
the IRQ setting on your card. IRQ numbers 2, 7, or 9
seem to work the best. Change your card, then reinstall
WinSong 3.0 and give the new IRQ settings when it asks you
to. This should cure the problem.
If you still can't get it to work properly, try switching
drivers and using the WinSong MultiMedia midi driver, and
set the Midi Mapper to route everything out the
Roland MPU-401 driver. Make sure to add the driver by
running the Drivers Program in the Control Panel.
6. If you want to use WinSong to dump sequences to an external
sequencer, and need to sync the two together, the WinSong
Roland MPU-401 driver is the only one that reliably sends
out MIDI start, stop and timing pulses.
7. Some cards do not have sounds built into them and must load
them from disk before they are available. Patch caching loads
the sounds onto the card. If you are using a sound card that
requires patch caching, or you want to u