QRS Player Piano Software Demo
By Bill Jelen
QRS has a page on the Web, and they offer a free demo piece of software. I downloaded it a month ago and just got around to unzipping it and installing it. It is pretty cool. They show a player piano on the screen. You can select one of 8 MIDI files, and as the MIDI file plays, the _correct_ keys on the keyboard move, and the _correct_ perforations scroll through the spoolbox (although the durations are not correct). Simultaneously, pictures of the QRS factory appear in a slide show above the piano, along with some advertising verbage. In my opinion, the software was very well done, and more than worth the price!
I tried to substitute one of George Bogatko's MIDI files for the MIDI files that came with the program. However, the program somehow detected that this new MIDI file was not a valid QRS MIDI.
The software can be downloaded from:
http://www.shop1st.com/Entrtain/Qrs/PianRols.htm
Bill Jelen Bam-Bam Piano Rolls
[ Editor's Note:
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[ I've test-driven this software on a 486-25-SX and found it to
[ hopelessly slow and inefficient on a slower machine. I was
[ frustrated by this and didn't try it on a faster machine. Glad
[ to know it works correctly on a fast enough machine. Those with
[ machines as slow as my 486 probably shouldn't waste their time
[ downloading it.
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[ Jody (proofreading Robbie's great job tonight) |
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