READ ME 2

PASSPORT DESIGNS' 
MusicTime DEMO 

Welcome to MusicTime 1.2. This demo disk contains a version of MusicTime 
that's identical to the actual program, with two exceptions: it won't 
save(export) files or print any notation you create. If you have a PC 
running Windows, a  MIDI interface and at least one MIDI 
instrument, you can use this demo version of MusicTime to create and 
score a piece and play it back on your MIDI instruments. 
Please Note: This demo will automatically shut itself off after about a 
half hour. If you wish to continue to use the demo, you must re-start 
the program as outlined below.


INSTALLATION
PLEASE NOTE: READ ME 1 contains important installation information 
- Passport's TrueType fonts MUST  be installed onto your hard disk 
before running this demo. Please read the installation READ ME! file 
before running the demo - It contains the installation instructions 
and important MIDI setup information.


GUIDED TOUR
Here's a brief guide to using some of MusicTime's most essential features. 
When you're familiar with these, feel free to explore. MusicTime  is very 
intuitive and easy to learn. There are many features you can explore 
that do not require reading the manual that comes with the real 
program. 

Start-up
From the Windows' Program Manager, double click on the MusicTime 
icon to start the program.

You'll see MusicTime's Edit window, containing a blank score, and the 
notes palette to the left of that. 

Before You Begin
Pull down the Layout menu and choose Size to Fit. This fits the 
score horizontally in the window. 
If you are using a MIDI Keyboard make sure your MIDI settings (in 
the Goodies Menu) are correct for your equipment.  Read the 
Installation READ ME for more information on MIDI Setup.

Enter Notes
You can put notes on an MusicTime staff in four ways: inserting with the 
mouse, inserting with a MIDI keyboard, playing a MIDI keyboard in 
real time and importing a MIDI file or Master Tracks Pro sequence.

To insert notes with the mouse:
In the notes palette to the left of the edit window, click on the note 
duration you want.
Click on the staff where you want the note. 

To insert chords with the mouse:
Enter the first note of the chord (any note you like) by clicking as 
you did for single notes.
Click directly above or below the first note, on the appropriate line 
or space, to write the remaining notes of the chord.

To make a note sharp or flat:
In the note palette, click on the sharp, flat, double sharp, double 
flat or natural icon, or press "s", "f" or "n" on your computer's 
keyboard.
Click on the head of the note in the score 

To insert notes with a MIDI keyboard:
Press "a" or click on the arrow icon.
Click on the spot in the score where you want to insert the first 
note.
Click on any note duration in the notes palette.
Play either single notes or chords, one at a time, on your MIDI 
controller.
Click on different note values in the notes palette to change 
durations.
Use the "r" key to insert rests of the selected duration instead of 
notes.

To import a Master Tracks Pro sequence or a MIDI file:
Pull down  the File menu and choose Import File... 
Using the scroll box that appears, select BACH.MID  from the MusicTime 
directory.

MusicTime will automatically guess the note durations and beam the 
notes after you import or play a piece of music. 

To record in real time:
At the top of the edit window, click the Rec button (or press the 
Return key). 
After the 4-beat countoff, play a few bars of music on your MIDI 
instrument.
Click the Rec button again (or press the Space bar ) to stop 
recording. 

MusicTime can play back a score as soon as you enter music in any of the 
above four ways.
Press "a" on your computer to get the arrow cursor.
Click the arrow cursor on the first bar of the score.
Press the space bar or click the Play button at the top of MusicTime's 
Edit window.
Any music you've put in the score will play back over MIDI channel 
1.




EDITING
There are three primary ways to edit a score in MusicTime: with the Staff 
Sheet, by clicking and dragging, and by using menu items to edit 
notes you select.

Staff Sheet Editing
Use the Staff Sheet (Control+L) to set the MIDI channel, program 
change, play status and playback key (transposition) for each staff. 

Setting MIDI Channels
Each staff can be set to a separate MIDI channel and program 
number so different instruments or patches play for each staff. 
Pull down the Windows menu and choose Staff Sheet (or press 
Control+L).
In the top (Staff 1) line of the Staff Sheet window that appears, 
click on the box below "Chnl" ( A1 is the default).
You'll see the  Choose Channel/Port dialog box for staff 1.
In the selected text entry box for voice 1, enter a number from 1 to 
16. 
Click OK.
This causes staff 1 to play over the channel you designated. Follow 
the same procedure for each of the other staves in the score to set 
the MIDI channel for each staff. Remember, use the Voice 1 box for 
each staff.

Program changes
Using the Staff Sheet window, you can enter a MIDI program change 
number for any staff you want. When MusicTime plays the score back 
from the first bar, it will automatically set your MIDI instruments to 
the program change numbers you've entered. You can view the 
program change as numbers or expand the column to a text field of 
program names.
In the Staff Sheet (Control+L), click on the heading of the "Prg" 
column.  The column expands to show program names rather than 
numbers.
To choose a program name for a staff, click in the column below the 
word "Program" in the appropriate staff line.
In the Choose Instrument dialog box, click on the "Device" button 
and choose your synthesizer if it is listed - if it is not then leave it set 
to "Generic".
Click on the desired sound to send the preset change to your 
instrument.
Click OK.

The music in Staff 1 will now play with the synth patch you 
designated. You can also use the staff sheet to change the overall 
volume and playback key of a staff, in much the same way.


Click and Drag Editing
To move a note:
With the arrow cursor, click on any note-head or rest and drag it 
anywhere.

To move a chord left or right:
Select the chord, then use the "nudge" command (hold down the 
Control key and an arrow key-up/down/right/left) to move the 
entire chord.

To edit beams:
Click the arrow cursor at the center of any beam.
Drag the beam up or down to whatever distance from the notes 
you want.
Click the cursor on either the left or right corner of any beam.
Drag the corner until the beam is at the angle you want.

To delete with the eraser:
In the upper left corner of the edit window, click on the eraser 
icon. (or press "e"). This turns the cursor into a crosshair.
Click on any note, rest or graphic; it will go away.

To insert chord symbols, guitar chord symbols, text, lyrics or graphics 
in a score:
Select the Graphics Palette from the Windows menu. (You can also 
Click on the right side of the word "Notes" in the palette until you see 
the word "Graphics.")

Clicking on one of  the top two icons, containing the letters L and T, 
lets you type either lyrics or text respectively, in a score.
Click on the L or T icon.
Click on the score. If you are adding lyrics, click on the note head of 
the first note where you wish to begin adding lyrics.
Type text or lyrics. The Tab key moves the Lyrics cursor to the 
next note.
Click and drag with the arrow cursor to resize the text box or move 
text or lyrics.
To adjust the vertical position for a lyric line select the lyric tool 
and click on the staff you wish to adjust. An arrow will appear to the 
left of the staff. Click and drag this arrow up or down to adjust your 
lyrics.
To add a second, third or fourth line of lyrics, use the voice 
indicator selection in the upper right corner of your score. This is a 
small box with the the numbers "1-4" in the top half and separate 
boxes below for each voice. In lyric mode voices 2,3 and 4 are used 
for extra lines of lyrics. Highlighting one of these choices will allow 
you to enter additional lyrics below the first lyric line.

Clicking on the C icon lets you add chord symbols to the score; 
clicking on the G icon lets you add guitar chord symbols to the score.
Click on the C or G icon.
Click on the score where you want the chord symbol to appear.
Select the root, bass note and quality of the chord.
Click OK.
Using the arrow cursor, you can adjust the horizontal position of  
chords after they have been input by clicking and dragging on the 
chord symbol.

The rest of the icons in this palette let you put other standard 
graphics in your score. 
Click on a graphic icon in the palette.
Click on the point in the score where you want to place either the 
left or right end of the symbol.
Drag the cursor in any direction to stretch the symbol onto the 
score.

Slurs
Click on the slur icon.
Click on the score three times: once where you want the left end of 
your slur, once in the center of the slur, and once at its right end.
You can edit the slur by clicking and dragging the "handles" on the 
slur with the arrow cursor.

Selection Editing
You can edit in MusicTime by selecting items, then using menu 
commands to alter them. MusicTime has many ways of selecting.

With the arrow cursor selected:
Select a measure by double-clicking on any blank spot in that 
measure.
Select an entire staff line by clicking once in the margin to the left 
of the staff.
Select an entire staff to the end of the score by double-clicking in 
the margin to the left of the staff.
Select a range of notes by clicking and holding on a blank spot in 
the score, and then dragging a rectangle around the group of notes.
Select several, discontinuous areas by holding the Shift key and 
selecting regions as in the previous examples.
Select one or more individual notes by holding the Shift key and 
clicking on the note heads.

After you make a selection, MusicTime's many menu commands can alter 
the selection in many ways.

Beam notes
To add beams to any group of notes:
Select the notes to be beamed. 
From the Notes menu, choose Beam Group.
MusicTime will beam the all appropriate notes together (i.e., it will not 
try to beam whole, half or quarter notes). Note : if any of the selected 
notes have been beamed the beam command will unbeam the notes 
with the first command. Select Beam Group again and all the selected 
notes will then be beamed.

Change Menu
The Change Menu provides a number of powerful editing commands. 
The Change Duration command is a good example.
Select any note, group or groups of notes.
From the change menu, choose Duration.
Click in the box labeled: "Set Face Values To=>"
Click the radio button next to any note value.
Click OK.

The selected notes will change to the value you designated.

Voicing
When importing and guessing prerecorded sequences or recording 
new music into MusicTime, all notes on each staff are assigned to a single 
voice. In many cases this will be correct but there are two occasions 
where multiple voices might be needed to display the music. The 
first will occur if you wish to display two instruments on the same 
staff. The second may occur when trying to notate for instruments 
capable of playing two or more voices, such as a pianos or guitars.

Entering and Viewing Different Voices in MusicTime
In the upper left corner of each score window is a box with "1-4" in 
the upper half and four numbered boxes in the lower half. This is the 
Voice Selection box. When 1-4 is selected (in reverse video) all voices 
can be selected and edited. Information entered with the mouse or 
MIDI keyboard is always assigned to voice 1 in this mode. 
Highlighting one of the lower four choices will limit editing, viewing 
and new note entry to the voice number selected.

To Enter Two Instruments On a Single Staff
Select either all voices ("1-4") or simply "1" to enter the first 
instrument. 
Use either the note palette or MIDI keyboard to enter or record the 
music for your first instrument.
Select "2" in the voice selection box. The notes entered for voice 
one will become "grayed out".
Enter the second instrument's note information.
While still viewing only voice 2 note information, make any 
changes to stem direction or beaming that you would like. Voice one 
(your first instrument) will be unaffected. If you need to edit the 
first voice only, you can select and edit only voice 1 information in 
the same fashion.
To assign different MIDI channels and program assignments for 
each voice use the Staff Sheet, making the appropriate changes in the 
fields for each voice indicated.

To Notate Two Voices Used by a Single Instrument.
Normally, MusicTime assigns all information to a single voice. An 
instrument such as a piano will frequently play more than one voice, 
however, as in the case where a chords is held for an entire measure 
while additional notes are then played. Under these circumstances, 
you will need to use more than one voice or MusicTime will not indicate 
the correct durations.

Entering  Multiple Voices in MusicTime
As an example of multiple voices we will use a chord held for one 
measure with three quarter notes played after the first beat.
Select voice one (or all voices "1-4") and enter a rest followed by 
three quarter notes.
Select voice two and enter a whole note chord in the same 
measure.
As in the example above, stem direction and other editing 
operations will only affect the notes assigned to the same voice as 
the voice selected.
Normally when notating a single instrument requiring multiple 
voicings, the Staff Sheet should have all voices assigned to the same 
MIDI channel and program assignments.
Rests in voices 2, 3, and 4 are hidden by default. If you wish these 
rests to be visible select "Show/Hide... " from the Goodies menu and 
uncheck those rests you do not wish to have hidden.
If the music you are editing has been imported or recorded in real 
time you should determine and select notes which should be 
assigned to additional voices and, with those notes selected, use the 
control key plus a number key to assign those notes to a new voice. 
If the above example was recorded in real time, for instance, MusicTime's 
guessing routine would turn the chord into quarter notes instead of 
whole notes. To correct this you would select those notes and use 
control + 2 to change the chord to voice 2. A quarter note rest could 
then be added to voice one (turn Auto Space in the Goodies menu off 
before doing this). Finally, you would switch to voice 2 and change 
the duration of the chord from a quarter note to a whole note.



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