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1 About
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4 This program was written by James Bunton <james@delx.cjb.net>
5 It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2
6 (see COPYING.txt for more details)
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8 This program was written for Julieanne.. :-)
9 Hope you like your Christmas present!
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11 If you have any feature requests, bug reports, etc, send them to me.
12 Thanks and enjoy..
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17 Instructions
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20 If you are using Windows 95 or later, you need a MIDI device set up.
21 If running VTone.exe does not work, go to
22 Start->Control Panel->Multimedia and select a synthesiser.
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25 If you are using Linux, make sure you have a sequencer set up.
26 Timidity++ is a good one. Kill any sound servers you have running,
27 and then start Timidity in ALSA client mode (for this you need
28 ALSA sound drivers obviously)
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30 killall artsd
31 timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os -EFreverb=0
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33 That usually does the trick.
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37 TODO
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40 'Clean' the MIDI files so that notes are saved as with the exact lengths
41 of crotchets, quavers, etc. This means opening the file in a notation
42 editor, such as Finale or Rosegarden would give better results.
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46 BUGS
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49 * It is impossible to push certain combinations of keys.
50 (A problem with the OS, or keyboard hardware?)
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52 * Contrabass interface is a bit weird, but works mostly ok
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