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User Manual
Kunta Venkataramana
Hardware instructions:
Connect the MIDI device keyboard to the computer (As per the instructions given in the MIDI device manual.
Make sure the Keyboard is working correctly with good sound quality.
Software instructions:
Download the Soundwave_bin.zip from the website.
Unzip and double click Soundwave.jar. A menu Dialog box will appear as shown in the screen shot.

Figure 1
Select the device that corresponds to the MIDI device. (For example select USB port device in this application).that appears in the drop down list of the dialog box to activate the driver as shown in the screen shot.

Figure 2
Click Start device.
Open any application that takes the MIDI input (For example Notepad or Microsoft Word) and start typing from the Midi device Keyboard (piano keyboard in this project) or any available Midi device.
Now the MIDI device emulates a QWERTY keyboard but the position of the keys are placed differently compared to QWERTY keyboard.
If there is a sustain pedal for the MIDI device, it acts like a shift key in the QWERTY keyboard.
User can abort the application any time he wants by selecting the stop device and it gets back to MIDI device mode.
If the User wants to run the application again, repeat steps 3 to 6.
Example usage
When the key is pushed down (and holds down) a key on a keyboard (as shown in the figure 3). This sounds some musical note (which continues to sound while the musician continues holding down the key). This single gesture of the musician is known as a Note-On to MIDI.

Figure 3
The musician releases the key (that he was holding down) on a keyboard (as shown in figure 4). This stops the musical note from sounding. This single gesture of the musician is known as a Note-Off to MIDI

Figure 4
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