Re: Master Tracks Pro

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <1qjai2$i0c@bingsunk.cc.binghamton.edu> ba06024@bingsunk.cc.binghamton.edu (Sun Death) writes:
>        I just picked this program up from a clearance sale. I was
>fooling around with it and I can't seem to get the program to work. I hooked
>up my speakers and my Casio keyboard to it and nothing works. The program
>didn't come with any docs or manuals. I was wondering if anyone can
>help me out. What am I doing wrong? Is there anymore support for this
>program (I thought I heard that this was a defunct program now. Is
>this true?) What format are the songs in?

Well, for starters, MTP is a MIDI sequencing program, and it does not support
the IIgs internal sound hardware.  It only plays via MIDI.  Assuming your
keyboard is connected to a MIDI interface, you probably need to at least
install the MIDI drivers from /SystemTools1 or -2 (sorry :).  Then you pull
down MTP's rightmost menu and select the appropriate interface (note that MTP
doesn't support the Audio Animator directly).  Once this is done, you should
be able to at least have songs play on your keyboard.

Recording is trickier because most Casio stuff assumes running status mode and
the MIDI Tools are kinda finicky about how they initialize their state machine.
In a nutshell, to get MTP or other MIDI tools based software (midiSynth is
more intelligently coded and immune to this gremlin) you must turn the Casio's
function selector to Normal, click Record in MTP, and then put the Casio on
"MIDI" and start playing.  Definitely a hassle.



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        Ian Schmidt - Two Meg Software: irsman@{iastate.edu | aol.com}
"I will choose a path that's     | Author of AudioZap, MODZap, and more.
 clear: I will choose free will" | Co-author of SoundConvert and DeskTracker.
 - N. Peart, 1980                | Coder and Musician for the GS<>IRC.