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- Welcome to Guitar Master Demo, a demonstration of Spartan Software
- Systems Music Series product, Guitar Master. Guitar Master is an IBM
- PC, XT, AT and PS/2 compatible software program that combines the
- powerful features of a sequencer with the flexibility of MIDI to create
- a comprehensive guitar exploration and learning environment. Guitar
- Master is to the guitarist what the word processor has been to the
- writer.
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- Guitar Master teaches you how to play any standard MIDI file format
- song with simplicity using a computerized, graphical fretboard. Guitar
- Master visually shows you where to play every note in the song,
- stepping forward and backward through complex leads and chords. In
- addition, Guitar Master can calculate, display and print hundreds of
- different scale and chord charts. You can create custom scale and
- chord charts using the edit option, easily turning notes on and off and
- adding custom fingerings. Custom charts can be saved as image files
- and later recalled. Guitar Master handles any type of alternate tuning
- you might want to use as well as providing support for four fretboard
- notations ranging from simple dots to the actual note value.
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- With a Roland MPU-401 attachment, Guitar Master becomes a 64 track
- sequencer capable of recording, playing or overdubbing to any track.
- Since Guitar Master supports Standard MIDI Files, you can share songs
- with other music program that also support this standard.
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- Guitar Master's intuitive user interface coupled with mouse support and
- context sensitive help screens make it an incredibly easy program to
- use. Guitar Master also provides an extensive "profile" feature which
- allows you to customize many aspects of the program. From teaching to
- composing your own songs, Guitar Master has the power and flexibility
- you need to get the job done!
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- Guitar Master Demo is intended to provide you with an excellent idea of
- the full capabilities of the actual Guitar Master product before you
- buy. This demonstration program provides all the function found in
- Guitar Master with the following exceptions. Guitar Master Demo can
- only display scale and chord charts in the key of C Major. Guitar
- Master Demo can only play the MIDI File provided on the program
- diskette (GMDEMO.MFF). Recorded sequences and image files cannot be
- saved to disk. Other than these exceptions, Guitar Master Demo
- functions exactly like the actual product.
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- In order to realize the full integration of Spartan Software products,
- the installation program, INSTALL.BAT, should be used to install Guitar
- Master Demo. The installation program will create a "common area" on
- the disk (or diskette) of choice where Guitar Master Demo will be
- installed. Then as you purchase other Spartan Software products, they
- can be added to this common area via their installation programs to
- assure you of complete integration between products.
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- The installation program will create a master directory called \SPARTAN
- which contains a unique subdirectory for each Spartan Software product
- that you purchase. These subdirectories house the actual program files
- needed to run that particular application.
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- The following procedure will install Guitar Master Demo on your fixed
- disk. If you wish to install Guitar Master Demo to a disk other than
- your C drive, substitute its drive letter everywhere you find the
- letter "C" in the following steps. If you wish to install Guitar
- Master Demo from a drive other that your A drive, substitute its drive
- letter everywhere you find the letter "A" in the following steps.
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- Insert the Guitar Master Demo diskette into drive A:
- A:
- INSTALL C:
- Check for the message "Installation successful"
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- To execute Guitar Master Demo use the following procedure.
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- CD \SPARTAN
- GMDEMO
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