Miracle Keyboard teaching software

Karizma · Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 1

Could some1 plse help me..i just bought a miracle keyboard but i am failing to get it to work on my pc with xp...it might be that the diskettes are so old that they dnt work or that it is not compatible .Is there anywhere i can get a copy of this software again with a fix to use it on my new pc.Any help would be greatly appreciated

Karizma

Andy Uk · Guest

Check out this site... http://www.nesplayer.com/database/accessories/miraclepiano.htm

I'm no expert (I just wanted to find out about The Miracle keyboard cos I saw a dusty 1 in a secondhand shop very cheap) but I think the keyboard links to Nintendo NES games system and not a PC.

Good luck!

Guest · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject:

And another...
http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/piano.html

Sad

Looks like u need a NES!

Andy UK · Guest

There's an ebay seller in the US named "MYSTUFF COM" who seems to be selling what you're after. Laughing

Me, I was just looking for the pedal accessory! No luck.

sairez · Guest

The Miracle Keyboard was not only for NES. My brothers and I used it to learn piano when we were growing up and we connected it to our PC. That was in the win 95 days. Don't know that you'll get it to work with XP, but good luck!

Turin2000 · Guest

Does anyone know where I can get the PC windows version of the software?

Thanks Turin

Brien · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject:

Rather then fix this ole' relic wouldn't monies be better spent on a newer keyboard?

mc · Guest

If you can get your hands on the modified version of the software that Jump Music produced after they took over the marketing of the keyboard (check E-Bay)... then here is a fix for that version (Windows vs DOS) to work with XP.

http://olsen.org/jesse/pdsonxp.html

Karizma wrote:

Could some1 plse help me..i just bought a miracle keyboard but i am failing to get it to work on my pc with xp...it might be that the diskettes are so old that they dnt work or that it is not compatible .Is there anywhere i can get a copy of this software again with a fix to use it on my new pc.Any help would be greatly appreciated

Karizma

danwms · Guest

If you're still looking for the Miracle PC software, let me know and I'll email it to you. It's not very big.

I'm trying to track down the "special" Mirace serial cable. Anyone know where I can get one?

debbiea · Guest

I have a Miracle keyboard and the software, but I've lost the Miracle cable to connect the Miracle port on the keyboard to the serial port of the computer. Can I get one somewhere?
A: You may be able to find one from a cable supplier, but you can't get a "Miracle cable" per se from any source of which we are aware. The Miracle serial cable is an Antex AWM E101344 Style 2464 VW-1 serial port cable. Even though you don't need an adapter if your computer has a 9-pin serial port connector, the officially sanctioned adapter to connect from the 9-pin end of the Miracle cable to a 25-pin serial port on the computer is the Radio Shack Catalog # 26-287, Serial port Adapter, Female DB25 to Male DB9. Radio Shack says this adapter is a standard serial port adapter with standard pin-outs.

One of our visitors has contacted Antex Customer Support for cable information and received the following reply: "The Miracle has been out of production for many years. Spare parts, software, etc. are no longer available. If you are looking for power adapters or cables the specifications are as follows:

AC Adapter

Output: 12VAC (no polarity), 1 Amp

IBM PC Cable Pin outs

DB-25 Male DB-25 Female

1, 7, 14 -------------- 7

2 -------------------- 2

3 -------------------- 3

IBM PC AT Cable Pin outs

DB-25 Male DB-9 Female

1, 14, 15 ------------------ 7

2 -------------------------- 3

3 -------------------------- 2

7 -------------------------- 5

Apple Macintosh Cable

DB-25 Male Mini DIN 8 Male

2 -------------------- 3

3 -------------------- 5

7, 14, 15 ----------- 4

[End quote]

A couple of months ago, I received an e-mail from a visitor to PEP, regarding his attempts at making a cable. Quoting (in part) his e-mail: "Found an error in your FAQ re/ IBM-AT Miracle cable pin-outs. I just made a cable and the pin-outs should be as follows:

IBM PC-AT
DB25M to Miracle DB-9F to Computer serial port
RTS 7,14,15 ................ 7 RTS
Rcv 2 ...................... 3 Tx
Tx 3 ...................... 2 Rcv

Also it would appear that the RTS line in the IBM-PC cable is also incorrect. It appears that it should be:

IBM-PC
DB25M to Miracle DB25F to Computer serial port
RTS 7,14,15 ................ 4 RTS (correct pin)
Rcv 2 ...................... 2 Tx
Tx 3 ...................... 3 Rcv

Pin 7 on the IBM PC serial port is ground, not Request to Send (RTS). Connecting to ground effectively "turns off" the Request to send from the keyboard. I did not check the Mac cable as I'm not a "Mac" guy. It appears that the correct connection on the Miracle Piano end would always be 7,14,15 regardless of the make of computer being connected to. I tried the other combinations and they did not work on an AT compatible. The connections on the piano-end should never change since all we are dealing with is three connections: Receive, Transmit and Request to Send which would be the same for any interface.

Finally, I am running the Windows software. I initially had no keyboard recognition from the software. I followed the FAQ about this and it worked as follows: Under Win98, Start, Settings, Control Panel, Multimedia, Midi: Select Single instrument, SB16 music synthesizer Out (or whatever brand is installed), VAP Midi In.

Also make sure that the same is set up within the Miracle software under Admin, Midi Setup.

After all that - Voila!! it works! (the cable was the real challenge) Please post this on your website - the Miracle is a great teaching tool. I just dug mine out of storage and set it up with help from your site and an individual who had a copy of the Windows software available."

danwms wrote:

If you're still looking for the Miracle PC software, let me know and I'll email it to you. It's not very big.

I'm trying to track down the "special" Mirace serial cable. Anyone know where I can get one?

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