.. to Main Menu AOL users who take their free upgrade should see a dramatic improvement
in rendering pictures and in playing midi files and Java Scripts. Welcome aboard!
Users of the latest browsers from Netscape or Microsoft or AOL can scroll down
by tapping their space bar or by using the middle wheel of an intelli-Mouse.
We have a lot to show you, so maximize your viewing area to its full screen size.
Give breathing room on your screen for content by hiding tool bars that you aren't using.
You probably can reduce the size of some or just call them up when you need them.
You can quickly change and restore these settings. To avoid unnecessary text wrapping,
Adjust your font size so that it is just large enough to be easy to read.
Explorer 4 users should close or minimize channel and search windows.
It is not essential, but this site will look its best if your video resolution is set at 600x800 pixels.
This is sometimes called a Super VGA setting. You may continue to view this site with your
current settings. Give Super VGA a try if you haven't; it works for most all programs. If you ever
need to buy a computer monitor, go for a big screen with good contrast (e.g. black is black).
Insist on a video card with at least 2 Megabytes of memory and use its 16 bit 65,536 color setting.
Later we will add more video to this site. For a true video experience, ask for one of our
free video tapes! High quality videos on VHS or SVHS tape are available at no charge to
people who are interested in buying mountain property in the Grand Lake area. We have
tapes of choice properties, our mountain lake setting, and hidden back country areas. For video
tapes and property flyers call Mountain Lake Properties at 970-627-3103
(direct from Denver/Boulder call 296-1949) or Send e-mail to relax@MountainLake.com.
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The photographs in this site are full color, 24-bit jpeg photos. They might have a
slightly finer appearance if your video is set for more than the usual 256 colors.
We have carefully chosen our picture sizes so that they are small enough to load
in a few seconds and large enough to do justice to the property being shown.
When photographs and music are loaded, they are temporarily saved in your computer's
"cache". If you return to a page, it should reload very quickly, (even days later, if the page
hasn't been updated and your "cache" is large).
The tips below are for playing midi music.
For playing the large mp3 music files, see mp3 tricks & tips.
The midi music selections will load quickly. If you have a wave table sound
card (with authentic instrument sounds) you'll be very impressed with the quality of
the music. With the addition of a $100 piano keyboard, these $90-$180 cards can turn your
computer into a synthesizer which a few years ago would have cost thousands of dollars.
While the music is playing or downloading, you can continue browsing. You may switch
to any page after you make your selection. To change your tune, just click on another choice.
Music choices that take the longest time to load have their file size indicated. These are densely
orchestrated or long playing selections.
Having a wave table card is more important than those heavily marketed PC speakers. Perhaps your
traditional stereo system or an extra one is available for you to connect directly to your PC. Buy the
proper and extended cables at a Radio Shack store (if needed) and enjoy! More advanced users
can load the selections into a sequencer program and read the sheet music score for each tune.
This can be done with any midi music file. Doing so will often disclose copyright information.
Some versions of Explorer 3 (which is also the new standard for AOL) fail to handle our
Java Script for automatically picking a music file. Explorer 4 does work, but on any midi file
selection it first asks some annoying security questions that do not pertain to our site. Tell it to
"Open this File from the Internet" and UNcheck the always ask box. You will still get the
security warning for anything that is not midi music.
Each time you click on a music selection, Netscape and other new browsers create a small
window which you should use for replaying the music. If you instead click again on the
request for the music file, you'll create a lot of media player windows which you'll have to
manually close. (We could have used embed commands in our pages with music, but
that would force people without multimedia computers to load files they can't hear, and
some browsers don't recognize embed commands). AOL users who have not upgraded
their software need to use their Back Button to clear the blank screen with the speaker symbol.
If a music selection does not play, your old software might ask for a "helper" application.
Windows users can select mplayer.exe in their main Windows directory.
If you can't hear the music, try to play any midi (*.mid) file which is already on your hard drive.
Windows95 comes with samples in its Windows/Media directory. Check your sound player's
mixer/volume settings and see if Midi sources and Wave sources are enabled and have their volume
set properly. You might have a tiny speaker icon on the Windows95 taskbar (near the clock) which
you can double click to bring up your sound card's mixer window. If you don't, go to Settings / Control
Panel / Multimedia / Audio and put a check mark in the "Show volume control on the taskbar" option.
If you have a wave table card, you can also check to see if all 16 music channels are set to play
with true instrument sounds. The advanced settings for Midi Devices should show more than just
internal FM synthesis ... There should be Midi for an "external" port with a subcategory showing
that an external midi instrument (your wave table device) is installed, enabled & active.
Good luck. You'll know when you have it right and hear the dramatic improvement in the music.
We are always working to making this site as enjoyable as possible. New photographs are
added every week. For a full treat for your senses, come up and see us! From the Main Menu
you can call up a travel map and get the latest weather reports for outdoor recreation. Before the
World Wide Web, before computers and before photography there have always been effective
means of creating powerful word pictures. This site salutes these traditional means of bonding.
Permission CAN NOT be granted to copy the music from this site.
Please do not save photographs without explicit permission from Mountain Lake Properties.
We try to ensure that every link works! Areas which are still being developed or
are awaiting photographs have no links. Revisit this site and watch us grow!
Any problems reported to the wizard behind the scenes will be promptly fixed.
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© Text & Structure of this site is Copyrighted 5/1/96.