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              |        MIDI Spy Demo Documentation         |
              |              by John Eidsvoog              |
              |      Copyright 1991 CodeHead Software      |
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              Release Date: Friday, December 6, 1991

              This is a free demo of MIDI Spy.  It may be
              distributed freely as long as all included
              files remain intact and unaltered.  It may
              not be sold or included with any commercial
              product without written permission from
              CodeHead Software. 


*-------------------------- Included Files ---------------------------*


The following files are included in the MIDI Spy Demo package:

  MSPYDEMO.ACC  The Demo accessory/program
  MSPYDEMO.TXT  This Documentation File
  MSPYPRES.TXT  The MIDI Spy Press Release
  SONGS.TXT     Information about the included songs
  SECURE.MSQ    Secure Your Meat ½ 1983 Eids-Kid Music
  WALTSMBA.MSQ  Walt's Samba     ½ 1983 Eids-Kid Music
  XMASONGS.MST  Christmas Songs  ½ 1978-1991 Eids-Kid Music


*---------------------------- What it is -----------------------------*


MIDI Spy is a MIDI recording tool that allows you to record and play
back MIDI in a multi-tasking environment.  It runs as either a program
or an accessory.  When installed as an accessory, it works completely in
the background.  This means that it is always in record mode (unless you
disable it).  As long as you haven't exhausted the memory area assigned
to MIDI Spy, everything you play will be recorded regardless of your
current computer activity.  You can be at the desktop, within any
program, or even connected to an on-line service through your terminal
program. 

MIDI Spy will load and save standard MIDI sequence files, allowing you to 
load its songs into other MIDI sequencers, or load songs into MIDI Spy that 
have been recorded on other sequencers and play them in the background from 
MIDI Spy while you work on other things, even chained together, creating a 
juke box effect.


*------------------- Installing the MIDI Spy Demo --------------------*


The MIDI Spy demo runs as a program or a desk accessory.  You can run it
as a program by renaming it to MSPYDEMO.PRG.  But if you want to try out
MIDI Spy's background capabilities, you'll need to install it as an
accessory.  If you've got CodeHead's MultiDesk, you can load MIDI Spy as
a _resident_ accessory.  Otherwise, copy MSPYDEMO.ACC into the root of
your boot drive and reboot your computer.


*--------------------- Using the MIDI Spy Demo -----------------------*


Using the MIDI Spy Demo is extremely easy.  Let's start by recording
something.  After installing the MIDI Spy Demo as an accessory, select
it from the accessory menu.  The Main MIDI Spy Dialog box will appear on
the screen. 

If you've connected your MIDI cords correctly, you can just start
playing and everything you play will be recorded.  If you wait for five
seconds and start playing again, a new song will be started.  To listen
to what you've played, just click on Play or hit the space bar. 
Playback will begin immediately. 

Most of the buttons in the main dialog box are self-explanatory.  There
are also keypress equivalents for all of the buttons.  The following
hot-key combinations are active even when the dialog box is not on the
screen:

Start/Pause/Continue  Alternate-Space Bar
Stop                  Alternate-Numeric Pad Zero

There are other hot key combinations which are documented in the
full-working version of MIDI Spy, but we'll let you know about them once
you buy MIDI Spy.

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For a complete list of features of MIDI Spy, read the enclosed press
release file.  For more information, contact your local dealer, or:

  CodeHead Software
  PO Box 74090
  Los Angeles, CA 90004
  Tel (213) 386-5735
  Fax (213) 386-5789
  BBS (213) 461-2095