User's Guide for Mandelbrot Music Program (for 16 bit version)


Installation

Uninstallation

How to play Mandelbrot Music

How to draw Mandelbrot map

How to save parameters and MIDI data

Parameters reference

This document is for the 16 bit versin. English help is added for the 32 bit version.


Installation

  1. Decompress the archives. You can get below.

    mandbrot.exe : program
    mandbrot.hlp : help(in Japanese)
    mandbrot.txt : ReadMe(in Japanese)
    wmiyap16.dll : DLL to play Midi file

  2. Place mandbrot.exe, mandbrot.hlp and wmiyap16.dll in a same directory. You can place wmiyap16.dll in Windows system directory if you use it in other program.

Uninstallation

  1. Delete all the files in Mandelbort directory. Mandbrot.exe make a ini_file in the same directory. Hence you can delete all resources of Mandelbrot program to delete the directory.

How to play
  1. Run Mandbrot.exe. Main dialogbox appear with default settings.
  2. Select a MIDI output driver by "sel" button.
    If you check S-MPU SEQ MODE, S-MPU sequential mode is selected unconditionally.
  3. Set parameters on main dialogbox and "go". Mandelbrot music on given parameters will be played automatically if you select "auto" mode.
    "auto"/"man"(manual) and "play"/"pause" button is a toggle switch. Push it to reverse.
  4. "stop" is for stop to play. After stop, you can play from the begining of music.
  5. You can change parameters while playing. If "go" with new parameters during a play, new music will be began automatically after Mandelbrot musicalization.
  6. Quit by "End".


How to draw Mandelbrot map

You can monitor Mandelbrot map of on right top of dialogbox. The image will change according to your set-up parameters.
  1. Draw by "draw".
  2. "Up" can enlarge the map (and parameters) to ten times from the middle point.
  3. "Down" reduce the map (and parameters) with a scale of one to ten from the middle point.
  4. "off" is a toggle switch. It changes, off - S(Small) - M(medium) - L(Large) - off.....
    You can change the size of images by the switch. Use it according to your PC's calculation power.
  5. You can use a mouse to move another point and redraw by clicking on the image.
    left click : move a click point to center and redraw
    right click : move a stop point to a click point and redraw
How to save parameters and MIDI data

You can save your favorite parameters set-up as an ini-file and read it again on your necessity. Also you can save generated music as a MIDI file.
  1. Save by "save" button. Enter a file name *without* extensions. Extentions are automatically attached and both ini and MIDI file are saved.
  2. Read an ini-file by "ini" button. Select a file from a listbox.
Parameters reference

Refer to "How to compose Mandelbrot music" on the meaning of each parameter.
  1. A decimal input
    1. x,y : staring point (effective to point 12)
    2. xi,yi : an interval per "step" (effective to point 8)
    3. xpi,ypi : an interval between "part" (effective to point 8)

  2. An integer input
    1. w : total number of "step"
    2. iteration : iteration value (1-32767)
    3. vol : initial volume (0-127)
    4. vel : medium velocity (0-127)
    5. step : tick value per step (0-32767)
    6. maxstep : maximum "step" number per note (zero means no limitation)
    7. part : part number (1-16)
    8. ch : lowest channel's number (0-15)
    9. tempo : tempo (metronome value)
    10. patch : GM patch value (0-127)
    11. note : lowest note value (0-127)
    12. scale : register width value (1-127)
    13. micro : specify micro tone (1:half tone 2:quarter tone 3:sextant....
      effective only in chromatic scale)
    14. shift : transposition value

  3. Switches
    1. LOF/HOF : Low order first/High order first. Refer to "How to compose"
    2. NOR/CND : Normal/Condensed. Refer to "How to compose"

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