Cakewalk® Score Writer™ 1.0
for
Windows 95/98
README.RTF
Copyright © 1998 by Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cakewalk is a registered trademark, and Score Writer
is a trademark of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc.
Thank you for purchasing Score Writer!
Please read this entire document carefully–it contains information on Cakewalk® Score Writer™ not available in the User’s Guide or the online help.
Windows NT Compatibility 2
Overture 2 for Windows Compatibility 2
More Information on Score Writer’s Features 2
Using Templates 2
Instrument Definitions 3
Hardware Notes and Known Problems 3
Using 16 bit SoundBlaster Drivers 3
MIDI Playback of Clefs, 8va and Other Symbols 3
Printing 4
800x600 (or greater) Monitor 4
Frequently Asked Questions 4
Acknowledgments 4
Instrument Definitions 5
Score Writer 1.0 for Windows has been tested with Windows NT, including MIDI playback and recording and printing under NT. Score Writer 1.0 has not been confirmed as fully compatible with Windows NT, however. If you choose to run Score Writer under Windows NT, you may experience irregularities in display, MIDI playback and recording, and printing. While some users will choose to run Score Writer under Windows NT, we do not recommend it.
A future release of Score Writer for Windows will be fully compatible with Windows NT.
Overture 2 for Windows is Cakewalk’s professional music composition and publishing tool. Version 2.1.1 of Overture (available October 1998) will open your Score Writer files.
As you work with Score Writer, you may eventually find that you want to begin working on more complex scores. Overture allows you to work with more than four voices on up to 64 staves, creating more complex notation using additional musical symbols. Since it offers the same tools and windows as Score Writer, Overture provides a natural transition for you as your musical needs grow. To upgrade to Overture 2, please contact the Cakewalk Customer Service team at:
email: sales@cakewalk.com
phone: 888
CAKEWALK, 8 am to 8 PM Eastern (in North America)
617 441
7870, 8 AM to 8 PM Eastern (outside the U.S.)
fax: 617 441 7887
This section of the ReadMe file contains additional information on Score Writer for Window’s features, above and beyond the information in the User’s Guide.
We have included many types of music templates to make starting a score easier. Look in the Score Writer directory for the Template directory; you’ll find starter templates like Vocal Solo with Piano, Jazz Trio, and Concert Band.
Score Writer’s templates are read-only files; after you open them, choose File>Save As and rename them as you wish. Score Writer won't let you save over the original templates (unless you change their read-only status).
Feel free to create your own templates and place them in the Templates directory. To protect a template with read-only status, or change the read-only status of an Score Writer template, do the following:
Run the Windows Explorer (look in your Start menu for the shortcut)
Locate
Score Writer’s Templates directory (for example,
C:\Program
Files\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Score Writer\Templates)
Select the Template you wish to change
Choose File>Properties (alternately, click the template with your right-mouse button and choose Properties from the context menu)
Click the Read-only checkbox
Click
OK
When
the Read-only checkbox has a checkmark, your file will be protected
and you will not be able to save over it.
Instrument definitions help Score Writer understand the way a particular synthesizer works. We include many different sets of instrument definitions, stored as *.INS files on your hard drive.
If a definition doesn't exist for your particular synthesizer, or you have specialized patch names in banks of user presets on your synthesizer, that doesn't mean that your device is incompatible with Score Writer. Certain things, like choosing patches, won't be quite as easy or automatic as they are when you use one of Score Writer’s instrument definitions, but Score Writer can still play on that device.
You can create your own instrument definitions for use with your MIDI gear, allowing you to choose patches and banks easily.
For a full explanation of instrument definitions, please see Score Writer’s online help.
If you have a 16 bit SoundBlaster card, you should avoid using the "Suspend" function of Windows 95/98 while Score Writer is running. Your computer may not function correctly after you reactivate it; Score Writer will not be able to exit successfully. Since the crash occurs after you are asked to save your documents, there is no risk of data loss.
This is a limitation in the 16-bit SoundBlaster drivers, which enter an endless loop while Score Writer is attempting to exit, halting your computer.
This problem also affects portable computers, since the computer may enter suspend mode (sometimes called “sleep”) on its own when idle for several minutes.
If you have a setting to prevent your computer from entering sleep, you may wish to use it. Or, consult with Creative Labs technical support for an updated driver.
Score Writer offers intelligent playback of clefs, 8va, 8vb, dynamics and other symbols in your score. When you add one of the symbols to the score, you may find that the first note after the change isn’t affected. This is a known limitation in Score Writer and will be fixed in an upcoming maintenance version.
To correct the playback problem, move or nudge the affected note slightly (moving it back into position if you wish).
If you use Windows 95 B (OSR2) as your operating system and print to an HP 5P, your ties may print improperly. They may appear more thick and dark than you expect.
If you experience problems with your ties or other curves when printing on an HP 5P, use the standard LaserJet 4 print driver supplied with Windows 95. It does not display this problem.
If you use Window 98, you will not need to switch print drivers, since this problem doesn’t occur when printing to a HP 5P in Windows 98.
The HP 5SiNX print driver has an apparent bug that causes a crash for users printing to that printer on a NetWare Print Server. This affects applications that use the Microsoft Foundation Classes, like Score Writer and Microsoft’s WordPad. The crash causes a “blue screen” to appear.
To determine if this bug affects you, set your default printer on the NetWare network to the HP 5SiNX and run WordPad. Then, print any WordPad document (even a blank one). If WordPad crashes and displays a blue screen, then Score Writer will also crash if you try to print; you will not be able to print to this printer across a NetWare network.
Score Writer runs best when your monitor is set to a desktop area of 800x600 or larger. Every standard PC meeting Score Writer’s minimum requirements should be capable of displaying at 800x600 resolution.
If you choose to run Score Writer at resolutions smaller than 800x600, such as 640x480, the Score window’s status bar and certain windows and dialogs will not display properly.
To change your monitor resolution, do the following:
Choose Control Panel from the Start menu’s Settings menu
Double-click the Display control panel
Click the Settings tab
Choose your desired Desktop Area setting
Click Apply
The Score Writer online help contains answers to many frequently asked questions. To view the help in Score Writer, choose Help>Contents.
We would like to thank the following Cakewalk users who have contributed instrument definitions to Cakewalk products:
ADA MP-2 - Morten Saether
Alesis QuadraSynth Plus - Les Vargha
Alesis S4 QuadraSynth - Bo Bickley
Digitech DSP-128 - Morten Saether
Digitech DSP-256XL - Richard S. Huntrods
Digitech DSP-2101 - Christopher Orth
Digitech GSP-21 Legend - Russell C. Cole
E-MU Classic Keys - Morten Saether
E-MU ProFormance - Morten Saether
E-MU ProFormance+ - Morten Saether
E-MU Proteus FX - Andrew Fiddian-Green
E-MU Proteus FX GM - Andrew Fiddian-Green
Ensoniq ESQ-1 - Joe Slater
Ensoniq SQ-1 - Dave Weatherall & Gabi Heigl
General Music S Series - Dave Williams
General Music WS Series - Dave Williams
General Music WX/SX Series - Dave Williams
JL Cooper MSB+ REV2 - Morten Saether
JL Cooper Fadermaster 2.0 - Morten Saether
Korg 01/W Drum Kits - Greg Belfor
Korg 03R/W - Chinh Nguyen Do
Korg 05R/W - Art Slater
Korg i3 - Brian P. McCarty
Korg T3 - Paul Spencer
Korg Wavestation SR - CIS 76075,1726
Korg X3 - Daniel Joseph Oak
Korg X5DR - Michael Oski
Kurzweil PC-88mx - Morten Saether
Kurweil MASS - Deb Rogowski
Oberheim 1000 - Richard S. Huntrods
Peavey PRO-FEX - Christopher Orth
Peavey Spectrum Bass - Jim Davis
Peavey UltraVerb II - Russell C. Cole
Roland D-50 - G. W. Greene
Roland D-70 - G. W. Greene
Roland GP-8 - Morten Saether
Roland GR-1 - Morten Saether
Roland GSmkII - Jim Kometani
Roland JD-990 - G. W. Greene
Roland JV-1080: Patch - Mark Bridges
Roland JV-1080: Rhythm - Mark Bridges
Roland JV-880 - Warren Bedell
Roland JV-880 Drums - Warren Bedell
Roland JV-90 - Jamie Macgregor
Roland JX8P - CIS 70242,505
Roland R-8M - G. W. Greene
Roland SC-88 - Chris Smith & Jim Kometani
Roland SRV-330 - G. W. Greene
Roland U-220 - G. W. Greene
Roland XP50 - CIS 73040,146
Technics PR307 - James Spooner
Yamaha Clavinova PFP-100 - Jean-Philippe Poibeau
Yamaha PSR-500 - Bill Sweeney
Yamaha SY-22 - Rob Kooijman
Yamaha SY-85 - Daniel K Jorenby
Yamaha SY-99 - Jean-Philippe Poibeau
Yamaha TG100 - James Spooner
Yamaha TG300 - Jac Hedberg
Yamaha W5/7 - Jeff Barnett
Yamaha SY-35 - Russell C. Cole
Yamaha SY-77 - Jeffrey Greenberg
Yamaha SY-99 - Jean-Philippe Poibeau
Yamaha TG-33 - Deb Rogowski
Yamaha TG-500 - Paul Fuller & William H. McCloskey
Yamaha XG - Morten Saether