MVP-KEYS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (C) 1989 by Donald F. Stegall Copyright (C) 1989 by Playroom Software MVP-KEYS is an on-screen keyboard that allows you to play with your MIDI toys from the screen. It's main purpose is for auditioning edited sounds. You must have Microsoft Windows 2.0 or higher installed on your PC to run this program. We (Playroom Software) are placing it into the public domain so that IBM PC and compatible users can see a small example of what can be done with Microsoft Windows. This software contains proprietary trade secrets of Playroom Software. It may not be reverse engineered, decompiled, or disassembled. We have an ever expanding line of Microsoft Windows based Editor/Librarians including products supporting: Ensoniq ESQ-1, ESQ-M, SQ-80 Lexicon LXP-1 Yamaha SPX90, SPX90II Many others are in the works with several nearly ready for shipment. Any questions about MVP-KEYS or other PlayWare should be directed to: Playroom Software 7308-C East Independence Blvd. Suite 310 Charlotte, NC 28227 (704) 536-3093 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIDIDRV1.EXE This is an MPU-401 driver that is used by all PlayWare. It should be placed in your WINDOWS directory or the same directory as MVP-KEYS.EXE. If you don't have it in the right place, you will get a message asking you to place a disk in drive A: containing the program. Just choose Cancel, then move it to the WINDOWS directory. Drivers are currently available for MPU-401 compatibles and the Yamaha C1. Give us a call if you need the C1 driver and cannot locate it. MVP-KEYS.EXE This is a separate program that our MVP Editor/Librarian programs can start up and make available to you when you need it. It is an on-screen keyboard that gives a more visual reference than the right mouse button note playing feature. We will refer the program simply as KEYS. The top line of KEYS is a status and control area. It displays the currently selected Out port, Channel, Program, Note, Velocity, Pitch Bend, and Chord. The sides of the keyboard have arrows that let you change the playable range of the keyboard. Click on the white or black keys to play notes on the currently selected out port and channel. The settings for OutPort and Channel are completely independent of any settings in the MVP editor/librarians. To change the output port, click in the Out box and a dialog will appear. Any available Out port can be selected. You can change the MIDI channel in the same manner by clicking on Ch. If you wish to send a program change to the current out port on the current channel, click on the Pgm box. A dialog will appear that lets you enter the Program using the keyboard or using the slider. Clicking on Ok will send the program change, clicking on Cancel will abort the program change. The Note box shows the currently selected note. Unlike the right mouse button feature, this keyboard is not velocity sensitive. Clicking on the Vel box will let you set the velocity using a dialog similar to the Pgm dialog. The PtBend box shows the current pitch bend value in percentages of the allowable MIDI pitch bend range. To bend a note, first click on the note and drag the mouse to the right for bending up and drag it to the left for bending down. The Chord box allows you to play chords by selecting the root note of the chord. Clicking on the box will cycle you through the chords that can be played, until you get back to 'None'. All MVP programs use the same copy of MVP-KEYS. For this reason, you probably should put MVP-KEYS.EXE in your WINDOWS directory. If KEYS is active and you close MVP-ESQ, it will still be active. You can close it using its system menu Close option, or you can continue to use it.