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README.TXT Driver File Contents (motu.zip)

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           Mark of the Unicorn MIDI Express PC Release Notes
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Hello and thanks for choosing Mark of the Unicorn!  Please take time to 
read the following information before proceeding.


System Requirements
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To use the MIDI Express PC MIDI interface, your system must meet the 
following requirements.

Computer		

	Intel 486 (or equivalent) processor or better is highly 
	recommended
	One available 8- or 16-bit ISA expansion card slot (depending on 
	your MIDI interface hardware)

Operating system	

	Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups or Windows 3.1

The MIDI applications you intend to use with your interface may have 
additional hardware and software requirements.  For more information, 
consult the documentation that came with the application software.


Determining Which Driver To Use For Your Hardware
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There have been two different types of ISA expansion cards from Mark of 
the Unicorn for use with its MIDI Express PC MIDI interface.  To 
determine which card you have, compare your card to the information in 
the following table.  

Card Type		Coloring	Distinguishing Markings
----------------------  -------------	------------------------------

Original 8-bit MIDI 	yellow/green 	No "MPU401" near DIP switch
Express and MIDI	or
Time Piece combination	orange/black	
card

16-bit MIDI Express PC	orange/black	"MPU401" near DIP switch
and MIDI Time Piece 			
combination card		

If you have the original 8-bit card, you should use the driver named 
"MIDI Express PC (8-bit card)".  If you have the 16-bit card, you should 
use the driver named "MIDI Express PC (16-bit card)".  For more 
information on driver installation, proceed to the following sections.


Preparing for Installation
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Before proceeding, make sure the interface expansion card is properly 
installed in your computer and that it is connected to the MIDI 
interface via the included cable.  The cable should be connected between 
the port on the card and the port on the interface labeled COMPUTER.  
Make sure each end of the cable is securely attached.  For more 
information on installing and connecting the interface hardware, refer 
to your MIDI Express PC documentation.

With everything properly connected, you are ready to install the driver 
software.  Be aware that the driver installation procedure is slightly 
different depending on your version of Windows.  Please follow the 
directions in the appropriate section below.  For additional help with 
driver installation in general, consult your Windows documentation.


Driver Installation for Windows 95 Users
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1) If you currently have a previous version of the driver installed, 
close any MIDI applications that might be using it.

2) Open Control Panel (by choosing Settings|Control Panel from the Start 
menu), double-click the "Add New Hardware" icon and click Next.

3) When the Add New Hardware Wizard asks if you want it to scan for new 
hardware, click No (clicking Yes won't work---the Wizard does not know 
how to automatically recognize your Mark of the Unicorn MIDI interface 
hardware).

4) Select "Sound, video and game controllers" and click Next.

5) When the Wizard asks for the manufacturer and model of your new 
hardware, click the special Have Disk... button.  Make sure your MIDI
Express PC setup disk 1 has been inserted into your computer, enter 
the appropriate drive to scan and click OK.

NOTE: If you are installing from a location on your hard disk (because 
you downloaded the setup files to your hard disk or uncompressed them 
from a .ZIP file, etc.), you must enter the appropriate drive and folder 
to scan when using the Have Disk... button.  In this case, you won't 
need a diskette, just the files on your hard disk.

6) After the Wizard has scanned, it should present you with two hardware 
choices for the 8- and 16-bit MIDI Express PC cards (see the 
"Determining Which Driver To Use For Your Hardware" section above to 
determine which driver you should choose).  Click the appropriate choice 
for your hardware and then click OK.

7) Click Finish to have the Wizard install the driver software onto your 
computer after which the newly installed driver setup dialog should 
appear.  

NOTE: If an older version of the driver was already installed, the setup 
dialog will still reflect that version.  The setup dialog will display 
the new version after Windows has been restarted.

Use the dialog to configure your MIDI interface (see the section "Driver 
Setup Dialog Overview" below for more information).  When you are 
finished, click OK.

8) Finally, the Wizard should inform you that Windows must be restarted 
before you can use your new hardware.  Make sure your MIDI interface is 
properly connected.  Then, restart Windows and test that it is working 
correctly with all your MIDI applications.

NOTE: Should you ever need to reconfigure the driver settings for your 
MIDI interface, open Control Panel, double-click the "Multimedia" icon 
and click the Advanced tab.  In the list of multimedia devices, click 
the + sign next to the "MIDI Devices and Instruments" entry.  This will 
expand the entry to show sub-entries for all your installed MIDI 
devices.  Double-click any sub-entry that appears to be for your Mark of 
the Unicorn MIDI interface (more than one may appear) and then click 
Settings....  Windows will display the driver setup dialog again.


Driver Installation for Windows for Workgroups and Windows 3.1 Users
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1) If you currently have a previous version of the driver installed, 
close any MIDI applications that might be using it.

2) Open Control Panel (by double-clicking its icon in Program Manager's 
Main group) and then double-click the "Drivers" icon.

NOTE: Windows will not let you add a new driver version until you remove 
the old one.  If a previous version of the driver is currently 
installed, select it and click Remove.  After it has been removed, 
restart Windows, repeat this step and continue on to step 3.  

3) Click Add and select "Unlisted or Updated Driver" and click OK.

4) Make sure your MIDI Express PC setup disk 1 has been inserted into 
your computer, enter the appropriate drive to scan and click OK.

NOTE: If you are installing from a location on your hard disk (because 
you downloaded the setup files to your hard disk or uncompressed them 
from a .ZIP file, etc.), you must enter the appropriate drive and folder 
to scan.  In this case, you won't need a diskette, just the files on 
your hard disk.

5) After the files have been scanned, you should be presented with two 
driver choices for the 8- and 16-bit MIDI Express PC cards (see the 
"Determining Which Driver To Use For Your Hardware" section above to 
determine which driver you should choose).  Click the appropriate driver 
for your hardware and then click OK to install the driver onto your 
computer.

6) At this point, the newly installed MIDI interface driver setup dialog 
should appear.  

NOTE: If the setup dialog does not appear and Windows instead asks if 
you want the "new" or "current" version of the driver, click New.  The 
setup dialog should then appear.

Use the dialog to configure your MIDI interface (see the section "Driver 
Setup Dialog Overview" below for more information).  When you are 
finished, click OK.

7) Finally, Control Panel should inform you that Windows must be 
restarted before you can use the new driver.  Make sure your MIDI 
interface is properly connected.  Then, restart Windows and test that it
is working correctly with all your MIDI applications.

NOTE: Should you ever need to reconfigure the driver settings for your 
MIDI interface, open Control Panel, double-click the "Drivers" icon, 
click the entry for your Mark of the Unicorn MIDI interface and then 
click Setup....


Using The MIDI Express PC from DOS (16-bit card only)
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You can use your MIDI Express PC 16-bit card as an MPU-401-compatible 
interface for use with DOS programs that work with the MPU-401.  This 
mode works under DOS only and will not work in an MS-DOS prompt running 
under Windows.  Again, this mode is possible only with the 16-bit card
(see the chart above to determine if you have the 16-bit card).

NOTE: You must first exit Windows before using the MIDI Express PC in 
MPU-401 mode!  If you are using Windows 95, you must choose "Restart 
the computer in MS-DOS mode" from the Start|Shutdown menu.

To put the Express PC into MPU-401 mode, run the MPUSETUP.EXE program 
found in the C:\WINMXP\DOS directory created during the Windows 
installation procedure. 

To do this:

1) Exit Windows.

2) Change the current directory to C:\WINMXP\DOS (WINMXP is the default 
root directory of your MIDI Express PC installation) by entering the 
command line...

	CD C:\WINMXP\DOS

3) Run the MPUSETUP.EXE program by entering the command line...

	MPUSETUP

4) A "usage" listing will appear with information on the two arguments 
you can use for this program.  You must specify the current port address 
of the MIDI Express PC card and the IRQ you want the card to use with 
your DOS MIDI software.  It is best to set this to the same IRQ as you 
used for the Windows driver. For example, if the card has been set to 
port address 340 and you want it to use IRQ 5, the command line would 
be...

	MPUSETUP 340 5

5) Run MPUSETUP with the correct arguments to make your MIDI Express PC 
function as an MPU-401-compatible interface.  This should make it work 
with other DOS MIDI software.  If needed, be sure to tell the DOS 
program what IRQ and port address your MIDI Express PC (in MPU-401 mode) 
is using.  If your DOS program does not allow such a setting, it may 
simply expect the port address to be 330 (the standard MPU-401 address).  
See your DOS MIDI application's manual for more information.

6) If you will often be using your MIDI Express PC in MPU-401 mode 
before starting Windows, you may want to edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to 
include the command line needed to run the MPUSETUP.EXE program (see 
steps 3 and 4 above).  It will most likely be best to include this 
command line at the end of the file.

NOTE: Before running Windows again, you should disable MPU-401 mode.

Run the MPUSETUP program with only the port address argument to disable 
MPU-401 mode before starting Windows again:
 
	MPUSETUP 340

NOTE: Along the lines of the above AUTOEXEC.BAT suggestion, if you often 
use MPU-401 in DOS mode and also use Windows 3.1, you might create a 
batch  file that executes the above command line before starting Windows 
and then reenables MPU-401 mode after Windows has exited.  This way, you 
won't forget to do it in either case.  The .BAT file might look like 
this:

	MPUSETUP 340
	WIN
	MPUSETUP 340 5


Setting Up The MIDI Time Piece Console for DOS Only
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NOTE: This section is intended for DOS-only users.  The MIDI Express
PC Windows setup process will install these files for you.  Follow 
these instructions ONLY if you DO NOT run the Windows setup.

To install the MIDI Time Piece Console for DOS, place the installation
diskette #2 into drive A (substitute drive "B" for "A" if it is the 
installation "source" drive on your computer) and change the current 
drive at the DOS prompt to drive A by entering the following command 
line...

	A:                      

To start the installation, enter...

	DOSSETUP <path>

...where <path> is the location on your hard disk to place the DOS 
software.

For example, to place the DOS software in the directory C:\MTPDOS, you 
would enter the command

	DOSSETUP C:\MTPDOS

This installs the files MTP104M.EXE, MPUSETUP.EXE, EXAMPLE.MTP and 
WINDOWS.MTP.  MTP104M.EXE is the MIDI Time Piece Console for DOS Console 
application.  MPUSETUP.EXE is the setup program for the MPU-401 mode of 
the MIDI Express PC  (see the section below for information on using 
this program).  EXAMPLE.MTP is an example setup for the MTP which can be 
loaded into your MIDI Express PC via the DOS console application.  
WINDOWS.MTP is a suggested default setup for operating the MIDI Express 
PC with Twelve Tone Systems Cakewalk software.  The MIDI Time Piece 
Console for DOS software allows limited access to the functionality of 
the MIDI Express PC.  The MIDI Express PC destroys any previous 
configuration information at system startup.  DOS users will need to 
download configuration information to the MIDI Express PC after every 
reboot.  Windows users have their last configuration information 
automatically loaded when Windows starts.


Additional Tips for Windows Users
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1) Configuration information is contained in an initialization file.  
This file is initially called MOTU.INI, and is located in the Windows     
directory.  This initialization file contains information about the type     
of device, and MIDI bytes needed to restore the configuration of the 
MIDI Express PC.

2) There is a mini-DIN-8 connector located on the MIDI Express PC/MPU 
adapter card.  This can be used as a serial port connection (RS-422) to 
a Macintosh computer, which will appear as port "B".

2) Some video card screen resolutions cause problems with the MIDI 
Express PC Console software.  If windows appear strange looking or cut 
off at the bottom, try a different screen resolution.