============================================================================= README for SSEYO Koan Web V1.0 and SSEYO Koan Pro V1.2 Demo 11th July 1996 ============================================================================= Thank you for trying out the Koan Web V1.0 and Koan Pro V1.2 Demo. We hope you enjoy the software ! Sections in this README file: * How do I install SSEYO Koan Web and SSEYO Koan Pro Demo ? * SSEYO Koan Web and the World Wide Web (WWW) * Setting up Koan Web as a World-Wide-Web helper application * REMEMBER! * SSEYO Koan Pro V1.2 Demo - notes and additions * 16 bit/32 bit versions of SSEYO Koan Web/ SSEYO Koan Pro Demo * Brian Eno's "Generative Music 1", a SSEYO Koan music title * Other SSEYO Koan music titles * SUPPORT * PURCHASING DIRECT FROM SSEYO ============================================================================= How do I install SSEYO Koan Web and SSEYO Koan Pro Demo ? ============================================================================= 1.Change to the appropriate installation directory, depending on whether or not you wish to install the 16-bit Koan software for Windows 3.1 or later, or the 32-bit software for Windows 95 or later. Run SETUP.EXE. This will install the SSEYO Koan software to a directory on your hard disk drive, and will automatically start SSEYO Koan Web. 2.Read and agree to the terms of the Software Licenses. 3.If you get no output when Playing Koan files through either SSEYO Koan Web or SSEYO Koan Pro Demo, then your soundcard is probably not setup correctly, in which case we recommend you to set the default Windows MIDI output device to point to your soundcard. Note that if you are using Windows 3.1, then you should check that your Windows MIDI Mapper is setup correctly. If you are unfamiliar with the MIDI Mapper, then please refer to the Windows online help or also the Koan online help. 4.When you first run SSEYO Koan Pro Demo there will not see any templates when you create a new piece. You will need to select the templates you wish to see by selecting File, Create Template List from the menu. ============================================================================= SSEYO Koan Web and the World Wide Web (WWW) ============================================================================= Don't forget that you can use SSEYO Koan Web V1.0 to play back Koan pieces over the Internet ! Koan Web is ideally suited for use as a helper application for WWW browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Mosaic. If you visit the SSEYO Web Site (http://www.sseyo.com) with a Web Browser, and "click" on a Koan Piece hotlink (e.g. to Mythous) on one of our Web pages, then that file is automatically downloaded to your machine by your Web browser, and played for you by Koan Web! We encourage you to try this at your first opportunity ! You can create your own pieces for use on the web with the full version of SSEYO Koan Pro. See our web page for more details (http://www.sseyo.com). ============================================================================= Setting up Koan Web as a World-Wide-Web helper application ============================================================================= If the association of Koan Web files is not already setup for you in your Web Browser package, then do not worry - it is *very* easy to manually set-up Koan Web as a World-Wide-Web browser helper application. All you have to do is either : A) Download a Koan file and set up SSEYO Koan Web as a helper application on the fly ... 1.Click on a Koan file hotlink to download it. 2.You will get a message saying that it is an Unknown file type and asking you if you want to set up a helper application/pick an application. 3.Select SSEYO Koan Web as your helper application (it will be where you installed it, most likely in one of the C:\KOAN16 or C:\KOAN32 directories) as your external viewer. B) Setup SSEYO Koan Web as a helper application in advance ... For Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can use the Explore | Options dialog to associate SSEYO Koan file extensions (SKP, SKD, SKT, MID) with the SSEYO Koan Web program. For Netscape Navigator: 1.Select Options|Preferences|Helpers (pre V2.0) or Options|General Preferences |Helpers (V2.0). 2.Add a new Helper application with MIME type application, and MIME Subtype x-koan and File extensions skp, skd, skt, skm. 3.Under Action, select Launch Application and add SSEYO Koan Web which you will have installed earlier. For other Web Browsers : Refer to the on-line help that came with your Web Browser. ============================================================================= REMEMBER REMEMBER REMEMBER REMEMBER REMEMBER REMEMBER REMEMBER ============================================================================= Remember to check out our Website for new demos!!! The Koan GiftBox page (http://www.sseyo.com/koangbox.html) includes a number of Koan files you can freely use on your own website to 'Koan enable' it. Why not give it a go? It is really easy to do - see the Adding Koan page (http://www.sseyo.com/addkoan.html) ============================================================================= SSEYO Koan Pro V1.2 Demo ============================================================================= Additions to Koan Pro V1.2 Demo over V1.1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * New Koan ADSR controller parameters - See online help ! Allows you to mimic ADSR (Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release) on soundcards that do not have these facilities (great for ambient type music) and that have support for continuous volume controllers (i.e. not OPL2/OPL3 chipset based cards). * Now available in 16 bit and 32 bit versions ! * New compressed Koan file sizes: This version of SSEYO Koan Pro V1.2 Demo has a new SSEYO Koan Music Engine (SKME) which plays the new compressed Koan files (typically reduced down to one tenth the size of previous files). It also plays earlier file versions. * AWE32 and Gravis Dialogs in Piece View 3. * New menu item File Connect to the SSEYO Web Page and new addition to the Options Setup Options dialog, Define Web Browser. These allow you to connect directly to the SSEYO Web page if you have a modem and dialup service provider and you have a WWW Browser set up and configured on your PC. Note that once you are connected, and if you have set up SSEYO Koan Pro Demo to be you helper application for skd files then you might need to close SSEYO Koan Pro Demo before you download (via hot-links) any SKD files that may be on the WWW. Whether or not you need to do this depends on your browser application. * 32 bit version has a true multithreaded composer. * Fixes and continuous refinement. Notes +++++ * Importing of patterns: This version only allows the importing of one pattern to a pattern group. * Modulation controller has no effect on MIDI line 10. We have had to disable this controller to avoid problems inherent in Gravis Ultrasound drivers. * Should your demo version not include the DYNAMO SoundFont bank (DYNAMO.SBK) you can download this and other demo files from our Website or our CompuServe forum section. * AWE32 Pitch Intial (View 12) is active when between -8192 an +8191 The Off value is -8193. If you set it to a very high or low value (e.g. -8192) it is possible you will not be able to hear the voice play at all as it will be out of audible range. * Reverb and Chorus are not supported by some soundcards, including the Gravis UltraSound. ============================================================================= 16 bit/32 bit versions of SSEYO Koan Web/ SSEYO Koan Pro Demo ============================================================================= The 32 bit versions of SSEYO Koan Web and SSEYO Koan Pro Demo now support a multi-threaded composer, which can be enabled through the Setup Dialog (View Setup off the menu). This option enables the SSEYO Koan Music Engine (SKME) to keep on composing, even when the graphical user interface is fully engaged by the user. Previously, if the user interface were stopped while waiting for user input, the music could stop being played after the Composer Reaction time (View Setup) had elapsed. If you enable the multi-threading option, and later experience problems with multi-threaded operation, you may of course disable (and later re-enable) this option through the Setup Dialog. The most likely problem with multithreading is that you might experience some lack of smoothness in the played music, when you have a small amount of physical memory available (e.g. less than 16 Megabytes of base physical memory, and / or many applications loaded). If this is the case, simply disable the multithreading option. The 32 bit versions are designed for use only with Windows 95 or later. ============================================================================= Brian Eno's "Generative Music 1", a SSEYO Koan music title ============================================================================= SSEYO has just released this major SSEYO Koan music title, created by Brian Eno with SSEYO Koan Pro. "The works I have made with Koan symbolise the beginning of a new era of music. There are now three musical alternatives: live music, recorded music and generative music. Generative music enjoys some of the benefits of both its ancestors. Like live music it is always different. Like recorded music it is free of time-and-place limitations - you can hear it when and where you want. I really think it is possible that our grandchildren will look at us in wonder and say: 'you mean you used to listen to exactly the same thing over and over again?' ". (Brian Eno 1996) Brian Eno is the 1996 BRITs Producer of the Year for Outside by David Bowie, and pioneer of ambient music. Brian Eno's Generative Music 1 was produced with SSEYO Koan Pro. It includes 12 Brian Eno Koan files with SSEYO Koan Plus V1.2 (Win 95/ 3.1 versions) on floppy disk. Requires Creative Labs SB32/AWE32 soundcard. See our website for more details! ============================================================================= Other SSEYO Koan music titles ============================================================================= SSEYO will be launching its next SSEYO Koan music title in July 1996, so watch out. Check our website for final details on both CD ROM and audio CD versions (one studio ‘cut’ of a number of the pieces). It will come with a large number of pieces specially written for the following soundcards: Creative Labs AWE32/ SB32 Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16 Yamaha DB50XG Yamaha SoftSynth Gravis Ultrasound and Ultrasound MAX Roland SCC1 Orchid NuSound PnP IBM MWave ============================================================================= SUPPORT ============================================================================= Sorry, but no support is given for either the Koan Web product or the Koan Pro Demo product. ***************************************************************************** PURCHASING SSEYO KOAN PRO V1.2 FULL VERSION ***************************************************************************** Please note that SSEYO Koan Pro V1.2 now ships with a full version of SSEYO Koan Plus V1.2, the SSEYO Koan Album player (which plays MIDI files as well as Koan Files). 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