Miracle piano windows software

Browse games Game Portals. Miracle Piano Teaching System. Install Game. Click the "Install Game" button to initiate the file download and get compact download launcher. Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game.

Game review Downloads Screenshots 19 Discussion 1. Getting to Know You During my get-acquainted session with the Miracle, I discovered the system is easy to set up! Practice Makes Perfect If you get bored with the normal lessons, you've got a couple of other practice alternatives in the "Practice Room". Miracles Can Happen What's a better deal? Overall rating: 5. Download Miracle Piano Teaching System.

Other Games by The Software Toolworks. GameFabrique The Software Toolworks , and Mindscape. Check the documentation that came with your sound card for more information about whether or not this step is needed for your sound card.

See below for more information on this. Q: Can I get a replacement power supply for the Miracle keyboard? Since the current used is AC, there is no "polarity" to concern one's self with. Any power supply that can supply AC at this voltage and amperage and has a compatible connector for the keyboard will work.

Just about any adjustable voltage AC-to-AC adapter rated for around 1 amp will work, so long as you set the adjustable voltage to 12 V, on any AC transformer you might use with the Miracle.

Q: My keyboard turns on, but doesn't operate properly with the computer. Does the keyboard need repair? A: Usually, if the keyboard turns on, the various switches work e. Indeed, the keyboard is rugged and reliable for most people, so, if you're having problems, it's most likely that they are due to software configuration or installation, not malfunctioning hardware.

You should not attempt to open or repair the keyboard until you have exhausted software remedies. One good way of diagnosing whether your keyboard is functioning properly is to see if it will work with any other MIDI-compatible music software, when connected to the computer with a MIDI cable not the included serial cable.

If it works with other software, then the problem is the Miracle software configuration, not the keyboard. Q: I'm convinced that the Miracle keyboard needs repair. Can I get my Miracle keyboard repaired anyplace? A: We know of no company that does repair of the Miracle keyboard at this time. However, thanks to the generosity of one the original designers of the Miracle keyboard, we now have schematics of both the Main Board and the Sound Engine for the keyboard. You can download those in PDF format just below.

If you can read the schematic and handle a solder gun, you may be able to make your own repairs. The designer also indicates that he has limited supplies of parts for the keyboard, mostly the IC's. If you're looking for repair parts, use our Miracle problem report form to make a request. We will forward it to the designer to see if he possesses those parts. Do not attempt your own repairs unless you are thoroughly familiar with electronic schematics and have experience soldering on multi-level printed circuit boards!

If you can't do repairs yourself, you may be able to take these schematics to an electronics repair shop and have the repair done for you. These schematics are free to download for personal, non-commercial use only.

Caution : it is good advice and practice to save to your hard disk and test any downloaded file with your up-to-date antivirus program. All the files offered on PEP have been tested multiple times and found to be virus and spyware-free, but you should test the files yourself before opening them, if you have any questions about possible virus contamination.

Q: Will the Miracle system run on my computer? If you have a mouse, The Miracle will use it; otherwise the keyboard will work fine. Just about any computer less than fifteen years old will meet these requirements. Q: I have the Miracle keyboard plugged in to the power supply, but the keyboard doesn't turn on.

Can you help? A: We don't have any special expertise with respect to Miracle hardware issues. The Owner's Manual and User's Guide , which you can download from our site, may have some generally useful information. We have searched the Web for schematics for the Miracle keyboard without success. However, in our experience the Miracle keyboard itself rarely fails completely. Usually, the first place to check is the power supply for the keyboard. See above for specifications on the AC adapter power supply.

You should be able to find a replacement power supply that will work with the keyboard at any decent electronics store. Q: I've got the Miracle keyboard properly connected to the computer, but I don't get sound from the speakers. What should I do? It's just a matter of selecting a driver and testing until you get sound. Q: The computer doesn't recognize input from the Miracle keyboard. What now? A: Same song, different verse.

What can I do? A: Perhaps, nothing but buy some additional hardware! Is it a problem with a bad disk or the way the software interacts with the Windows version I'm running? A: It could be either, but there is an easy way to diagnose problems with installing and running the Miracle DOS version under Windows.

In Windows 3. In later versions of Windows 9x including ME , you can press F8 on your keyboard as your system boots up. This will bring up the boot menu, one of whose options is "Boot to command prompt". Choose this option to cause the system to boot to the DOS prompt. In these cases, you can find directions for doing this in Windows Help or below.

This sequence of commands will change the default drive to your hard disk, change directories to the Miracle directory assuming you installed it in the default directory and start the Miracle. If the Miracle system runs properly under DOS, then your disks are OK and you will have to try some of the strategies below to get it to run under Windows. If it doesn't run or produces the same errors you're getting under Windows, it is likely that you have a corrupted Miracle diskette. BAT file on the boot diskette.

Can this be solved? A: Several visitors have reported that the installation program for DOS Miracle stops at the point of testing the keyboard connection when the serial cable provided with the Miracle DOS is used on a computer with Windows or XP as the operating system.

The reason the Miracle install program is stalling is that Windows and Windows XP do not permit direct writes to the hardware i. However, you can work around this. During the Miracle install, when it asks to test the serial port connection, either tell it no or keep telling it to test repeatedly. In the latter eventuality, the program will get "frustrated" after a while and ask if you want to proceed without testing.

Tell it to proceed. The program will then install to completion, assuming there are no other problems. It still may not run properly at this point, but you can probably resolve that as indicated in answers to the immediate two previous questions. Another approach, suggested by a visitor to the site, is to install the Miracle software on an older system running Windows 3.

You will have to create program shortcuts manually if you use this approach, just as you will with most other old DOS programs. This can also occur if you run the Miracle install from a DOS boot disk. We have not personally tested this program with the Miracle, since we haven't seen this problem, but it provides a workaround for those who experience this issue. Follow the program directions for installation and configuration in DOS. A: Windows XP and ,as well as newer versions of Windows, use autoexec.

If your autoexec. Fortunately, this is easy to correct. Save this as autoexec. In most cases, this will solve the installation problem. If it doesn't, add these lines exactly as shown to the autoexec. To create a config. For more information, see the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article on this subject. Note that, if you are using the FIX8X14 - 8x14 font fixer , you may have to add a line to config. Follow the directions in the fix8x Is there a solution?

Generally speaking, for older Windows 3. This will bring up a tabbed display. Go to the Compatibility tab and check the Compatibility mode box. Choose Windows 95 compatibility mode. Then click on OK to exit this. Now try to run the Miracle. With luck, you may now have the computer talking to the keyboard.

If not go back to the Miracle shortcut, right click again to bring up the context menu. Click on the Advanced Check the Run in separate memory space box, then OK out of all these windows and try again.

Since no significant changes are made to your machine when using Compatibility Mode, you can try the various Windows versions available in Compatibility Mode in turn, if the version you choose doesn't help. If you are among the 10 people in the world who really like editing the Windows Registry directly, you can use regedit as described in this Microsoft article to add or modify Registry keys governing compatibility. Don't do it this way unless you are thoroughly familiar with reading and editing the Registry.

Many Miracle users, especially those with the DOS version, will find it simpler and faster to use the DOSBox environment to run the Miracle software , rather than trying to work through all the problems running the Miracle in the newer versions of Windows. A: Numerous users have reported that they are having problems with DOS Miracle in recent versions of Windows, mostly with "scrambled" characters in certain parts of the program display.

This is not due to "defective" diskettes or a problem with the operating system. We have learned, thanks to a note from a visitor to PEP, that the problem with "scrambled characters" is due to the fact that support for the 8x14 pixel font, used by the Miracle software, has been eliminated from many modern graphics cards. Thus, this is a hardware, rather than software issue. Fortunately there is a free fix available for this in the form of an installable DOS device driver that restores 8x14 font support.

You can find out more about this, as well as download a fix, at FIX8X14 - 8x14 font fixer. COM, rather than a device driver, can be found here , along with some discussion of the nature of the problem. Several visitors to PEP have reported that this fix worked well on their systems and its manufacturer reports that it has tested this fix on the Miracle software and shown it to work.

We have tested it successfully personally, but visitors should use due care and follow the provided installation instructions for applying it. If you use the DOSBox emulator , this font fix isn't required on most systems, since the emulator provides support for the missing font. Is there a solution to this? A: The performance of this animation and others in the Miracle may be adversely affected because DOS applications inherently assume that they will get the processor's undivided attention all the time.

In multitasking operating systems like Windows, this is usually not the case, since applications divide CPU cycles. Here are some things to do to work around the problem:. A:We don't have any special expertise with respect to Miracle hardware issues.

The Owner's Manual and User's Guide, which you can download from our site, may have some generally useful information. We have searched the Web for schematics for the Miracle keyboard without success. However, in our experience the Miracle keyboard itself rarely fails completely. Usually, the first place to check is the power supply for the keyboard.

See above for specifications on the AC adapter power supply. You should be able to find a replacement power supply that will work with the keyboard at any decent electronics store. Q: I've got the Miracle keyboard properly connected to the computer, but I don't get sound from the speakers. What should I do?

It's just a matter of selecting a driver and testing until you get sound. Q: The computer doesn't recognize input from the Miracle keyboard. What now? A: Same song, different verse. What can I do? A: Perhaps, nothing but buy some additional hardware!

Is it a problem with a bad disk or the way the software interacts with the Windows version I'm running? A: It could be either, but there is an easy way to diagnose problems with installing and running the Miracle DOS version under Windows.

In Windows 3. In later versions of Windows 9x including ME , you can press F8 on your keyboard as your system boots up. This will bring up the boot menu, one of whose options is 'Boot to command prompt'.

Choose this option to cause the system to boot to the DOS prompt. In these cases, you can find directions for doing this in Windows Help or below. This sequence of commands will change the default drive to your hard disk, change directories to the Miracle directory assuming you installed it in the default directory and start the Miracle. If the Miracle system runs properly under DOS, then your disks are OK and you will have to try some of the strategies below to get it to run under Windows.

If it doesn't run or produces the same errors you're getting under Windows, it is likely that you have a corrupted Miracle diskette.

BAT file on the boot diskette. Can this be solved? A: Several visitors have reported that the installation program for DOS Miracle stops at the point of testing the keyboard connection when the serial cable provided with the Miracle DOS is used on a computer with Windows or XP as the operating system.

The reason the Miracle install program is stalling is that Windows and Windows XP do not permit direct writes to the hardware i. However, you can work around this.

During the Miracle install, when it asks to test the serial port connection, either tell it no or keep telling it to test repeatedly. In the latter eventuality, the program will get 'frustrated' after a while and ask if you want to proceed without testing.

Tell it to proceed. The program will then install to completion, assuming there are no other problems. It still may not run properly at this point, but you can probably resolve that as indicated in answers to the immediate two previous questions. Another approach, suggested by a visitor to the site, is to install the Miracle software on an older system running Windows 3.

You will have to create program shortcuts manually if you use this approach, just as you will with most other old DOS programs. This can also occur if you run the Miracle install from a DOS boot disk. We have not personally tested this program with the Miracle, since we haven't seen this problem, but it provides a workaround for those who experience this issue.

Follow the program directions for installation and configuration in DOS. A: Windows XP and ,as well as newer versions of Windows, use autoexec. If your autoexec. Fortunately, this is easy to correct. Save this as autoexec. In most cases, this will solve the installation problem. If it doesn't, add these lines exactly as shown to the autoexec. To create a config. For more information, see the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article on this subject. Note that, if you are using the FIX8X14 - 8x14 font fixer, you may have to add a line to config.

Follow the directions in the fix8x Is there a solution? Generally speaking, for older Windows 3. This will bring up a tabbed display. Go to the Compatibility tab and check the Compatibility mode box.

Choose Windows 95 compatibility mode. Then click on OK to exit this. Now try to run the Miracle. With luck, you may now have the computer talking to the keyboard. If not go back to the Miracle shortcut, right click again to bring up the context menu. Click on the Advanced Check the Run in separate memory space box, then OK out of all these windows and try again.

Since no significant changes are made to your machine when using Compatibility Mode, you can try the various Windows versions available in Compatibility Mode in turn, if the version you choose doesn't help.

If you are among the 10 people in the world who really like editing the Windows Registry directly, you can use regedit as described in this Microsoft article to add or modify Registry keys governing compatibility.

Don't do it this way unless you are thoroughly familiar with reading and editing the Registry. Many Miracle users, especially those with the DOS version, will find it simpler and faster to use the DOSBox environment to run the Miracle software , rather than trying to work through all the problems running the Miracle in the newer versions of Windows. A: Numerous users have reported that they are having problems with DOS Miracle in recent versions of Windows, mostly with 'scrambled' characters in certain parts of the program display.

This is not due to 'defective' diskettes or a problem with the operating system. We have learned, thanks to a note from a visitor to PEP, that the problem with 'scrambled characters' is due to the fact that support for the 8x14 pixel font, used by the Miracle software, has been eliminated from many modern graphics cards.

Thus, this is a hardware, rather than software issue. Fortunately there is a free fix available for this in the form of an installable DOS device driver that restores 8x14 font support.

You can find out more about this, as well as download a fix, at FIX8X14 - 8x14 font fixer. COM, rather than a device driver, can be found here, along with some discussion of the nature of the problem. Several visitors to PEP have reported that this fix worked well on their systems and its manufacturer reports that it has tested this fix on the Miracle software and shown it to work.

We have tested it successfully personally, but visitors should use due care and follow the provided installation instructions for applying it. If you use the DOSBox emulator, this font fix isn't required on most systems, since the emulator provides support for the missing font. Is there a solution to this? A: The performance of this animation and others in the Miracle may be adversely affected because DOS applications inherently assume that they will get the processor's undivided attention all the time.

In multitasking operating systems like Windows, this is usually not the case, since applications divide CPU cycles. Here are some things to do to work around the problem:.

Go to the Miracle program shortcut which you will have to create yourself, since DOS programs don't do this automatically , right click on it and select Properties from the popup menu. This will bring up the Miracle Piano Properties window. Click the Misc tab and set the Idle Sensitivity to Low. OK out of all the windows. This will cause the operating system to devote more CPU cycles to the Miracle, allowing the screen and metronome to be updated more frequently.

It will also reduce the resources to other Windows programs running in the background while you're running the Miracle. Another thing you can try is to click on the Compatibility tab and select Run in colors the native screen color depth of the Miracle. This will cause the screen to be updated slightly more rapidly, simply because the color depth is lower. If these don't work try them one at a time in that order , click on the Program tab in the Properties window, then on the Advanced button.

Make sure Compatible timer hardware emulation is selected, then OK out of all the windows and test the Miracle again. Q: Will the Miracle software run under Vista? Miracle for Windows seems to work fine under Vista. MIDI output and screen display are fine. Initially there were problems getting the program to install, producing Error not able to find a necessary file.

I solved this by changing 'ownership' of the install files to myself not just the Administrators group. The program then installed just fine. Ownership is a part of both Windows XP and Vista security; it's just harder to find the right dialog under Vista.

Changing ownership is described in Vista Help and often allows programs that are balky to run under Vista.

I didn't need the Program Compatibility Wizard to get the program to install or run, once I changed ownership of the files. I have not tested keyboard communication with the Windows version, but suspect that it will work. The Miracle DOS program is so old that it is hard-coded to install from diskettes. My Vista computer doesn't have a diskette drive, but I solved this problem by installing the Miracle to a computer that does have a diskette drive, then transferring the installed files over my network to my Vista computer.

This works for getting the program installed successfully, because the Miracle DOS doesn't make any entries in the Windows Registry that have to be transferred. It gives an error 'this program does not support fullscreen mode'. As described in the relevant Microsoft Knowledgebase article , this problem is not directly solvable in bit versions of Vista, because Vista bit doesn't support bit DOS applications like the Miracle at all.

For the bit Vista versions most people have bit Vista , the Windows Vista video drivers don't support all DOS video modes, thus producing the error. Microsoft suggests a workaround of installing the Windows XP drivers for your video adapter. I haven't tried this, but if you're really desperate to get the Miracle DOS to run under Vista, this is a workable approach.

Another one would be to boot from a diskette if your Vista machine has one! Note that this 'fullscreen mode' problem is not the same as the one fixed under XP by the FIX8X14 driver mentioned below. Installing this driver does not solve the 'fullscreen mode' problem under Vista. See below for another good option in getting the Miracle to run under Vista.

Q: Will the Miracle software run under Windows 7? A: We have not tested the either PC version of the Miracle under native Windows 7, although we have recently learned that at least one visitor has successfully run the Miracle software in the XP Compatibility Mode of Windows 7 Home and Professional.

However, since Windows 7 shares many functions and a similar kernel with Vista, we suspect it will run with the same limitations and restrictions that the Miracle has under Vista.