This program is shareware. The shareware fee is $15.
This program may be copied freely, provided it remains unchanged and comes along with this documantation, but it may not be sold, distributed or used commercially without permission of the author.
If you brake any of these rules I'm really gonna hate you!
Please send your comments, suggestions, bug reports and your shareware payment to:
Lars Peters
Goethestrasse 39
25421 Pinneberg
Germany
Using This Program:
I think this program should be pretty easy to use. It contains four different tests which are:
Intervals
Chords
Scales
Pitch
(I don't know if the pitch training is really usefull for obtaining perfect pitch, but you can use it as a different kind of interval test anyways.)
Every test (except pitch) starts up with a dialog to select which intervals, etc. you want to be tested on. You can test yourself using ascending, descending or harmonic intervals or chords. For some obvious reasons the program won't test you on scales using harmonics.
When the program plays something for you just click the button which you think contains the right answer. The right-answer button will flash in any case, so you can see what you were supposed to hear. If you're not sure, just click "Play" to hear it again.
The "Statistics" window shows you how you did on each interval, etc. (black means right answer, gray means wrong answer). Changing the direction (ascending, descending, harmonics) might ╨ depening on the preferences ╨ reset your statistics.
You can change the volume and the speed using the appropriate faders.
Using the "Sound" menu you can change the sound that is used for the tests. You probably will not want to use the wavetable sounds, but I've build them in anyways so: DON'T COMPLAIN!
If you want to install sounds using ResEdit I recommand that you ensure your sound will play a C when played by this program while no windows are open ╨ otherwise you're gonna screw up the pitch test. You should also try to adjust the volume.
Compatibility:
This program requires System 7. If you are using a version lower than 7.5 you'll probably have to install the "Sound Manager" extension (3.0) contained in Apple's System Update #3 for System 7.1. If you still have problems, try using wavetable sounds.
Thanks to╔
Musicians Institute, Hollywood for a) giving me the theoretical knowledge and b) their AMIGA eartraining program which showed me a pretty good concept to rip off ╨ actually I think there are not many different ways to design a program like this, so it's not really a rip-off, is it?
And also a very special thanks to Darrel E. Knutson for helping me to correct some language errors.
One Last Thing:
If you really like this program and want to show your appreciation of it ╨ I know, I keep on dreamin' ╨ you could send me a good CD instead of the money ╨ I allways like to be surprised! On the other hand, I'd be really grateful to you for sending me money instead of NOTHING!
Please send cash or Eurochecks. Thanks!
Paying your shareware fee will ╨ morally* ╨ entitle you to upgrade to any future versions for free.
*Which basically means that ╨ for your and my convenience and for some other reasons ╨ I didn't want to build in any of this registration stuff.