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Raysoft MCISBK.DRV VERSION 1.2 (04/21/95)

MCISBK is an MCI driver that loads & unloads  SoundFonts into
user banks of the Creative Labs SoundBlaster AWE32.  Using
simple MCI commands in CakeWalk the banks can be preloaded for
each sequence.  This solves the problem of having to go to the
AWE Control panel each time to load new banks.

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To install:

C:>COPY MCISBK.DRV C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
C:>EDIT C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI

** add these lines, be sure to search for the [mci] section **

[mci]
SBK=mcisbk.drv

C:>EDIT C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.INI

** add these lines, be sure to search for the [drivers.desc] section **

[drivers.desc]
mcisbk.drv=[MCI] Raysoft SBK Loader

Note: No need to restart Windows

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To use:

Start CakeWalk

Create the following events of the track that is going to use the SoundFont


Trk	Hr:Mn:Sc:Fr	Meas:Beat:Tick	Chn	Kind	Values
1	00:00:00:01	1:1:007		n/a	MCICmd	OPEN SBK
1	00:00:00:02	1:1:013		n/a	MCICmd	PLAY SBK FROM 1
1	00:00:00:03	1:1:020		n/a	MCICmd	LOAD SBK C:\SBK\SFBANK\SAMPLE.SBK
1	00:00:00:04	1:1:027		n/a	MCICmd	CLOSE SBK
1	00:00:00:05	1:1:033		1	Contrl	0 1
1	00:00:00:06	1:1:040		1	Patch	1
1	00:00:05:00	3:1:040		1	Note	C 5 127 5:089

By sending MCI commands to the SBK driver, the SAMPLE.SBK is
loaded into user bank 1.  Next a bank select command is issued 
selecting channel 1 use bank 1, finally a Patch select is sent.
"Bubbles should be heard"

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Syntax:

OPEN SBK		Open the driver for use
PLAY SBK FROM n		n specifies the user bank for the next LOAD or STOP
LOAD SBK SoundFont	SoundFont is the file to load
STOP SBK		Clears bank specified in PLAY
CLOSE SBK		Closes the driver

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Notes:
This is a limited MCI driver.  Only the above commands work,  The WAIT and
NOTIFY flags are ignored.


SoundBlaster & AWE are Trademarks of Creative Labs
SoundFont         is a Trademark  of Emu

(C) 1995 Raysoft, This is freeware.