EarTest 1.1 Notes File
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Code and Documentation Copyright 1996
by Brent Hugh


This file, "notes.txt", has miscellaneous notes and hints for working
EarTest. For general information on what EarTest is, what it does,
and how to use it, see the file "cordtest.txt".  For instructions 
on installing EarTest, see the file "install.txt".


Note on MIDI operation
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You usually have to choose a certain mode on your synthesizer for the
computer to be in full control of it.  On my synthesizer, this mode is
called "Multi", but on yours it may be something different.

I prefer to turn the volume down on the channel I am responding on.  Thus,
I can hear what the computer is playing to me, but I can't hear what I am
playing back--I am simply using the synthesizer as a silent "answer
keyboard". This lets you answer in any octave without creating distracting
sounds on the synthesizer.  (You won't be able to do this unless your
synthesizer is in "multi" mode as described above, and you have selected
something other than MIDI channel 1 in the "Options Menu".)


Note on MIDI patches
--------------------

The "MIDI patch" number that you enter in the "Options Menu" and the
number that shows up on the display on your synthesizer may be one
number different, i.e., you may enter "0" in the "Options Menu" to get
patch "1" on your display.  This is because of a non-standardized MIDI
standard.  Some MIDI devices count patches 0-127, others count them
1-128.  If the first patch on your synthesizer is patch 1, you will
probably have to subtract one to get the number you should enter in
EarTest.  If the first patch on your synthesizer is zero, you're
probably OK.


Note on the "Options Menu"
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The options are saved in a file called "eartest.ini".  If the screen
colors or MIDI channels/patches/etc. get badly messed up somehow, you
may try deleting "eartest.ini", which will reset everything to the
factory presets.

Brent Hugh
5916 Arlington
Raytown, Missouri 64133
USA
Internet: bhugh@cstp.umkc.edu
 
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