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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TUNER 1.01
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Instruction Manual Version 1.1
Copyright (c) 1994 Jeff O'Dair
SoundByte Software (TM)
CREDITS
Programmer: Jeff O'Dair
Inspirational Consultant: Debra O'Dair
Musical Consultant: Amy O'Dair
Youth Coordinator: Katie O'Dair
Legal Consultant: James O'Dair, Jr. (206)742-4906
Hi to: Bill, Bruce, Amy, John, Doug, Mike, etc.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
Users of Musical Instrument Tuner (M.I.T.) must accept this
disclaimer of warranty: "M.I.T. is supplied as is. The author
disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without
limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any
purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
consequential, which may result from the use of M.I.T.."
Musical Instrument Tuner (M.I.T.) is a "shareware program" and is
provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share
it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as
part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is
to provide personal computer users with quality software without
high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to
continue to develop new products. If you find this program
useful and find that you are using M.I.T. and continue to use
M.I.T. after a reasonable trial period, you must make a reg-
istration payment of $10 to SoundByte Software. The $10
registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like
a book. An example is that this software may be used by any
number of people and may be freely moved from one computer
location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it
being used at one location while it's being used at another.
Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the
same time.
Commercial users of Musical Instrument Tuner (M.I.T.) must
register and pay for their copies of M.I.T. within 30 days of first
use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be
made by contacting SoundByte Software.
Anyone distributing Musical Instrument Tuner (M.I.T.) for any
kind of remuneration must first contact SoundByte Software at the
address below for authorization. This authorization will be automati-
cally granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to
its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may
begin offering M.I.T. immediately (However SoundByte Software must
still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with
the latest version of M.I.T.).
You are encouraged to pass a copy of Musical Instrument Tuner
(M.I.T.) along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them
to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All
registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY(Continued)
M.I.T., if a newer version exists at the time of registration.
SoundByte Software
5907 Mendenhall Road
Indianapolis, IN 46221
(317)856-3860
*IBM-PC is a trademark of International Business Machines*
*Microsoft & MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation*
*Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Labs*
*M.I.T. Plus is in no way connected to the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology*
Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................ 1
2. Getting Started......................................... 1
2.1 System Requirements................................ 1
2.2 File List.......................................... 1
2.3 Staring the Program................................ 2
2.4 Main Menu.......................................... 2
2.5 Sound Blaster Option............................... 2
2.6 Quitting the Program............................... 2
3. String Instruments...................................... 3
3.1 Selection.......................................... 3
3.2 Basic Operation.................................... 3
4. Scales.................................................. 4
4.1 Selection.......................................... 4
4.2 Basic Operation.................................... 4
5. Text Viewer/Printer..................................... 5
5.1 Selection.......................................... 5
5.2 Operation.......................................... 5
5.3 Order/Registration form............................ 5
6. Troubleshooting/Technical Support....................... 6
6.1 Troubleshooting..................................... 6
6.2 Technical Support................................... 7
6.3 Specifications...................................... 7
7. Shareware............................................... 7
7.1 Definition.......................................... 7
7.2 Ombudsman Statement................................. 8
Credits............................................. front
Disclaimer of Warranty.............................. front
1. INTRODUCTION
Musical Instrument Tuner is a powerful yet easy to
use program that is designed to make your musical life easier
and more fun by offering a variety of different tuners.
This program can also be used as an educational tool for
introducing someone to music and as a reference for the major
scales.
Most aspects of the program are readily explained on
screen. However, you may find this manual helpful in further
explaining various features of this program.
Hopefully, you will find this a useful and enjoyable
program to use. Your comments and ideas for future revisions
are always welcome.
2. GETTING STARTED
2.1 System Requirements
The hardware requirements to run Musical Instrument Tuner
include the following:
*IBM or IBM compatible computer with at least 512K of RAM*
*CGA or other color graphics board*
*MS-DOS 3.2 or higher*
*At least one floppy or hard drive*
Optional Equipment:
*Sound Blaster board*
*Printer*
2.2 File List
This is a list of files included with Musical Instrument
Tuner 1.0. All of these files should be included in the
same directory for the program to operate properly.
MIT.EXE ............. Main Program
V1.MIT ............. Sound File
ORDER.FRM ............ Order/Registration Form
MANUAL.DOC ........... Instruction Manual
STARTME.BAT .......... Startup File
FILE.LST ............. List of Program Files
VENDOR.DOC ........... Program description
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2. GETTING STARTED(Continued)
2.3 Starting the Program
This program can be started two ways. You can either type
"STARTME" or "MIT". The program will first show a title screen
and then the main menu. If your program will not properly start
up refer to section 6.1 on troubleshooting.
2.4 Main Menu
The main menu allows you to select various instruments,
scales, a metronome and other options. This is performed by
pressing the highlighted key listed on the menu. For example, to
select the six-string guitar, press "S" on your keyboard. To
select the scales menu, press "C". The letters do not have to be
capitalized as it will work either way.
If you wish to return to the main menu from another menu,
simply press the ESCAPE key. This key may have to be pressed
more than once to reach the main menu. This depends on where you
are in the program.
2.5 Sound Blaster Option
If you have a Sound Blaster board in your computer it will
greatly enhance the use of this program. The quality of sound
is vastly improved and the program becomes more versatile.
The Sound Blaster board is automatically detected by this
program. In the area of the main menu labeled "OTHER STUFF" there
will appear an option listed as "SOUNDBLASTER ON". If you don't
have a Sound Blaster it will not appear. To turn the Sound
Blaster off, press "O". This will turn the audio control over to
the PC speaker. Pressing this key a second time will turn it
back on.
2.6 Quitting the Program
In order to exit the program to DOS, you must be in the
main menu. Press the ESCAPE key if necessary to move back
to there if necessary. At this point, you simply have to
press "Q" to quit. The program then asks if you are sure.
If you answer no, you will simply return to the program and
if you answer yes it will exit to DOS.
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3. STRING INSTRUMENTS
3.1 Selection
The options for the string instrument tuners are six-
string guitar, twelve-string guitar, bass guitar, five-
string banjo, mandolin and violin. To select an instrument
simply press the highlighted letter. For example, the
letter "S" selects the six-string guitar. Once an
instrument has been selected, you may return to the main
menu by pressing the ESCAPE key.
3.2 Basic Operation
When you first view one of the string instruments you
will notice that one of the strings is highlighted a
different color from the other strings. This is the string
that is currently selected. When an instrument is first
viewed the string on the right is the one initially
selected. In order to select other strings, press the left
or right arrow keys. You will notice that other strings
become highlighted. If the left or right end is reached the
string selection will wrap around to the lowest or highest
pitch strings. The name of that note is displayed in a box
to the right.
To listen to a string press the ENTER key and the
highlighted string will become audible. If you then use the
arrow keys you will hear the pitch change from string to
string. In order to stop the sound you must press the SPACE
BAR. However, pressing the ESCAPE key will also stop the
audio and return you to the main menu at the same time.
The sounds that were designed for each instrument were
not selected to be totally realistic for that instrument.
Instead, they were designed to give you the feel of the
instrument and also hold the note so that you can tune an
instrument to it. Therefore, where a guitar would normally
decay quickly after picking the note, the sound here decays
initially then holds at a lower volume until the space bar
is pressed.
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4. SCALES
4.1 Selection
The scales feature is meant to be a catch all for those
instruments not covered in the rest of the program. It can
also be used as an educational tool to demonstrate the
construction of the major and chromatic scales.
The scales menu can be selected by pressing "C". You
can return back to the main menu by pressing the ESCAPE key.
Once you are in the scales menu you will notice the all
the major scales are listed along with the chromatic
scale(the chromatic scale contains all the notes with the
sharps and flats). The top left C scale will initially be
highlighted a different color. That is the selected scale.
To change the selected scale simply use the arrow keys. The
left/right keys change the column and the up/down keys
change the vertical selection. When the top or bottom is
reached the selection will wrap around.
Once you have highlighted the scale you wish to use,
press the ENTER key to activate the scale. The ESCAPE key
will return you at any time back to the scales menu.
4.2 Basic Operation
The basic scale operation is the same for the major
scales as it is for the chromatic scale. Both the major and
chromatic scales have a range of six octaves.
Once a scale has been selected you will see a screen
listing the note names for that scale. Below one of the
note names will be a small note icon. This indicates which
note has been selected. By using the left and right arrow
keys you can select other notes. When one end is reached
the note icon wraps around to the other end. In order to
turn on a note, simply press the ENTER key. To stop the
musical tone, press the SPACE BAR.
You will also notice a box labeled "OCTAVE". This
indicates what octave is currently selected. The initial
selection is set for octave four. By using the up and down
arrow keys the octave can be changed.
You can exit to the main menu by pressing the ESCAPE
key. This will also turn off any notes that are currently
active.
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5. TEXT VIEWER/PRINTER
5.1 Selection
The text viewer and printer are used to view and print
the instruction manual and the order and registration form.
The registration/order form can be selected from the main
menu by pressing "R". The instruction manual can be
selected from the main menu by pressing "I". You can later
return to the main menu by pressing the ESCAPE key.
5.2 Operation
The basic operation of the text viewer is the same for
both the order form and instruction manual sections. When
you first view either screen there are a set of instructions
and some options. These options allow you view the document
on screen, send the document to a printer or return to the
main menu.
By pressing "S" you can go to the text viewer. If you
would rather print the information, press "P". After it is
finished printing you will automatically return to the main
menu. If you decide to leave this area press the ESCAPE key
to return to the main menu.
Once you have the text viewer on screen you will see
another set of options with a text area above it. The text
area may appear blank depending on where the document
printing has started. In this case, simply page down to the
beginning of the document. You can move the page up or down
by pressing the PAGEUP or PAGEDOWN keys.
When you are finished, simply press the ESCAPE key to
return to the main menu.
5.3 Order/Registration Form
The order form is included for two reasons. You may
wish to register your shareware copy of Musical Instrument
Tuner or you may want to order a copy of Musical Instrument
Tuner Plus.
It costs $10 to register your program. You can refer
to section 7.1 for the definition of shareware. The
advantages of registering your shareware are explained on
the order/registration form. Information about Musical
Instrument Tuner plus is also provided on this form.
Please remember that registration helps both you and
SoundByte Software.
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6. TROUBLESHOOTING/TECHNICAL SUPPORT
6.1 Troubleshooting
This section is set up in a question and answer format
to try and anticipate problems you might encounter while
using this program. I hope you will find it useful.
Q: I can't get the program to start up. What's wrong?
A: Be sure that you are typing either "STARTME" or "MIT" to
load the program. If you still have problems, make sure
that you are trying to load from the proper disk drive. If
all else fails, you may have a bad diskette and will require
a replacement.
Q: When I try to start the scales section, I get an error
that states "V1.MIT WON'T OPEN". What's going on?!
A: This type of message indicate that you have some files
missing. The message indicates a particular file name, in
this case "V1.MIT". First, check to make sure all your
files are in the same directory. If this appears to be
true, then check the file list to make sure you have all the
files. The file list can be found either in a file named
FILE.LST or in section 2.2 of this manual.
Q: I have a sound card in my computer, yet the program does
not come up with the Sound Blaster option. My sound card
checks out as being OK, why won't the darn thing work?!
A: The program has only been tested with a Sound Blaster
card at this point in time and we can't warrant its usage
with any other brand. However, we would be interested to
hear of problems with other sound cards as we would like to
make this program compatible with as many of these sound
cards as possible in future versions.
Q: The string instruments don't decay like a normal
instrument would do. Are you nuts or what?
A: Yes we are, but that has nothing to do with the decay
characteristics of the string instruments. We found that
sustaining the tone of the note made it easier to tune the
instrument.
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6. TROUBLESHOOTING/TECHNICAL SUPPORT(Continued)
6.2 Technical Support
SoundByte Software will be happy to help you with any
problems that you may encounter using this program. You can
contact us at the following address:
SoundByte Software
5907 Mendenhall Road
Indianapolis, IN 46221
(317)856-3860
6.3 Specifications
String Instruments:
Six-string guitar
Twelve-string guitar
Bass guitar
Mandolin
Five-string banjo
Violin
Scales:
Major scales....... 6 octaves
Chromatic scale.... 6 octaves
7. SHAREWARE
7.1 Definition
Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue
using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs
differ on details, some request registration while others
require it, and some specify a maximum trial period. With
registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue
using the software to an updated program with printed manual.
Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial
software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few
specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are
accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the
programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are
good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method
of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy
and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a
specific group. For example, some authors require written
permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their
Shareware.
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7. SHAREWARE(Continued)
7.1 Definition(Continued)
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software.
You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes
fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
product, you don't pay for it.
7.2 Ombudsman Statement
SoundByte Software is a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442
or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman
70007,3536.
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