EarPower - Copyright (c) 1996 by Nick Baciu @ Fast&Soft. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This program has been designed to be used as a daily routine in improving the natural ear for music. Music students should know how important ear training is for their development. Also experienced professionals still need to stay in shape, especially with the rhythm. Even those not interested in music should realize that a "tone-deaf" ear will somehow affect their personality as a whole. Easy to use, you don't need to waste time "navigating" around. Quickly access the four sections: Melody, Rhythm , Intervals and Harmony, and perform some drills. On the Melody section you can select from the menu an instrument or the microphone for voice training. It works as a daily "pill", a 10 minutes warm -up session is quite enough. ___________________________ System requirements : 386SX, 2meg RAM, Windows 3.1 or Win95, VGA video 16 colors, audible PC Speaker. (Without a soundcard the following features: microphone, chords section and harmonic intervals, will be disabled. You can still use the program for melody, rhythm and melodic intervals.) Recommended : 486DX 33mhz, 8meg RAM, SVGA video 256 colors, Soundcard, Microphone (condenser or dynamic unidirectional). Also, if possible, a wavetable has much nicer sounds. ___________________________________ WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES: The computer will play random sounds, (melody, rhythm or harmony), and you are supposed to play back what you hear. Use the piano on the screen or select from the menu (Instrument) either guitar or microphone. (This selection has effect only when you are in the melody or harmony section.) Also a MIDI instrument can be used as input at any time, except when the microphone is selected. Then your response will be evaluated as correct or wrong. If correct - the computer will continue with a next shot, otherwise will wait until you get it right or press the NEW button. Select the dificculty level yourself - from Beginner up to Excellent - or let the computer measure your skills. For this you should click on the TEST button. This program will help you determine your musical abilities and improve them. ___________________________________ Any questions: send e-mail to any of the following: 75561.216@compuserve.com sheep13@aol.com *One known little bug: on systems with 256 colours, in some special situations, this program may become unable to realize its palette, and all its colours get distorted. Try to minimize and maximize it and if this does not help, close and restart the program. This thing may be fixed in a future release. ___________________________________ DISCLAIMER THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS REGARDING THE USE OF, THE RESULTS OF, OR PERFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION, ITS APPROPRIATENESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR CURRENTNESS. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM IS ASSUMED BY THE USER. IN NO EVENT WILL NICK BACIU BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE INFORMATION, EVEN IF NICK BACIU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS DISCLAIMER SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS YOU MUST CEASE AND DESIST USING THIS PRODUCT. LICENSE AGREEMENT Your use of this package indicates your acceptance of the following terms and conditions: 1. Copyright: These programs and the related documentation are copyright. The sole owner is Nick Baciu. You may not use, copy, modify, or transfer the programs, documentation, or any copy except as expressly provided in this agreement. 2. License: You have the non-exclusive right to use any enclosed program only on a single computer at a time. You may load the program into your computers temporary memory(RAM). You may physically transfer the program from one computer to another, provided that the program is used on only one computer at a time. You may not distribute copies of the registered package or the accompanying documentation to others. You may not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, modify, or translate the program or the documentation. You may not attempt to unlock or bypass any copy protection utilized with the program. All other rights and uses not specifically granted in this license are reserved by Nick Baciu. 3. Back-up and Transfer: You may make one (1) copy of the registered program solely for back-up purposes. You must reproduce and include the copyright notice on the back-up copy. You may transfer the registered product to another party only if the other party agrees to the terms and conditions of this agreement and completes and returns a registration form to Nick Baciu. If you transfer the program you must at the same time transfer the documentation and back-up copy or transfer the documentation and destroy the back-up copy. 4. Terms: This license is effective until terminated. You may terminate it by destroying the program, the documentation and copies thereof. This license will also terminate if you fail to comply with any terms or conditions of this agreement. You agree upon such termination to destroy all copies of the program and of the documentation. Nick Baciu, Fast&Soft 402 Onderdonk Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385