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- EarTest 1.1 Notes File
- =======================================
-
- 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
- ----------------------
-
- 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"
- --------------------------
-
- 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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