here are the shortcuts again, and then some more info. f1 and f2, volume control. f3 and f4, change octave. f6 and f7 change instrument moving through the list 1 2 3 4 5 etcetera. f7 and f8 change instruments moving through the list 8 16 24 32 40 48 etcetera. f9 and f10, pan. Pan means cause the sound to go from left to right, or right to left, like the balance control on your stereo or in volume control. f11 and f12, switch chanels. The chanels seem to be sort of like presets you can put a particular instrument in, except for 10 being reserved for drums. If you have 15 favorite instruments I guess you could put 1 in each chanel, but I don't think the program would save your settings when you reboot. Haven't tried that. Chords, well I use window eyes, and I hit 7 on the numpadd to go up to top right, then I go down,this is what I find. first silenciar, or to silence. There's an item in the piano pull-down called silencia bara de espaço, or silence the spacebar, think it refers to that. That item doesn't do anything for me by the way, it's the back space that needs to be silenced, not the spacebar. OK, so below silenciar you have transpor, meaning to transpose, not sure what that does. Below that is ajuda, meaning help, then sobre, meaning about, sair, meaning exit, notas musicais, music notes, then where you can read the settings, oitava followed by a number tells you your octive, canal your chanel, then pan, then vozes1, and I don't know how to make the voices more than 1 yet. Now we have a bunch of blank space as we go down, then there's a number, the instrument you have set then the name of the instrument, below that the volume. Then the word acordas, meaning cords. Now below that you have a check box labeled tocar acordas, meaning play chords. If you want to play chords on the bottom 2 rows of keys, check that. Anything below that, well there's the edit box, then the keyboard screen. That's it. Hth. Shawn Klein --- Amrit Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I downloaded the software and it worked beautifully. > I couldn't understand a > few things- > Suppose, I want to play a particular instrument. > How will I reach directly > to this instrument? I couldn't find chords, How I > should find the chords? I > was unable to find beats. Will someone tell me in > detail how I should access > all keystrokes? I couldn't understand what pan means > and what can be > accessed through it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "shawn klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 5:39 PM > Subject: Re: Fwd: I developed a free software to > play music that blind > people can use > > > > Oopse, I just clicked the link and it says file > not > > available for download. hmm, was this a very old > post? > > Shawn > > > > --- Steve Pattison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Maurício Oliveira > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Newsgroups: alt.comp.blind-users > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I am a MCP, and long time ago I developed a > simple > > > program with the > > > objective of allow the user to play music using > the > > > computer keyboard. > > > It is > > > not apropriated for professional uses, of > course, > > > but is very simple to > > > use, > > > it is free and doesn't require any kind of > > > configuration. > > > > > > The software was not created especifically for > > > handicapped people (by > > > the > > > way, I'm not blind), but several blind users > were > > > able to use it > > > without any > > > problem. Once the program is started, it is > ready to > > > play. Some > > > settings > > > like Volume, Instrument and Chords can be > defined > > > using the keys from > > > F1 to > > > F12 (the keys are already programmed to perform > > > theese actions). If you > > > are > > > able to see a little, or have some friend that > can > > > describe an image > > > for > > > you, ask him to access this : > > > > > > http://pianoeletronico.tripod.com/images/piano_tela.gif > > > . It is a > > > screenshot > > > of the main screen of the program, it shows how > > > simple and easy to use > > > the > > > program is. > > > > > > One of the most interesting things in the > program is > > > the fact that you > > > can > > > play using any one of the 128 Instrument Set > (from > > > Gerenal MIDI > > > Standard), > > > and even press more than one key at the same > time to > > > play > > > poliphonically. > > > > > > Play music using the computer keyboard may seen > > > pointless if you have a > > > real > > > piano or eletronic keyboard, but consider the > > > possibility to play > > > anytime, > > > anywere (perhaps in your lunch break, and I > presume > > > that you don't have > > > a > > > piano in you office!). > > > > > > You can download the program using this link : > > > > > > http://pianoeletronico.tripod.com/files/Setup_Piano_Eletronico.zip > > > > > > The program is absolutelly free, and it never > > > expires. > > > > > > I created a Home-Page with all the information > about > > > the program, but > > > unfortunelly the site is in Portuguese only by > now. > > > The link is > > > http://pianoeletronico.tripod.com . If you have > > > experience with Visual > > > Basic, you can download an Open-Source (but > simpler) > > > version of the > > > program > > > at > http://pianoeletronico.tripod.com/minipiano.html > > > > > > You can see an English version of the site > > > (performed by Google > > > translation > > > engine) here : > > > > > > http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpianoeletronico.t > > > > > > ripod.com%2F&langpair=pt%7Cen&hl=pt-BR&ie=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&oe=UT > > > F-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools > > > > > > However, the translated version has some > "flaws", so > > > I decided to > > > perform my > > > own translation of the most important > information > > > about the program. > > > Here it > > > comes : > > > > > > "Electronic Piano 2.0 is a Freeware program > > > (gratuitous) with the > > > objective > > > to allow the user to play musical notes and > chords > > > through the computer > > > keyboard. Even making use of the MIDI resources > of > > > the sound card (like > > > the > > > avaibility of 128 musical instruments), the > program > > > doesn't require > > > knowledge or configuration of Drivers or any > device > > > connected to the > > > system. > > > Basically, Electronic Piano 2.0 is a program > > > indicated for people who > > > simply > > > wants to play music in the computer at any time, > > > without have to > > > purchase > > > and install a professional music edition > software > > > (usually expensive). > > > > > > Characteristics of the Program : > > > - 128 musical instruments available > > > - 47 different sounds of drums and percussion > > > - Poliphony (possibility to play more than one > note > > > at the same time) > > > - Control of Main Volume and "Pan" > > > - Combine up to 3 different musical instruments > (any > > > one of the 128) > > > - Graphical panel with the keys > > > - Note lenght is determined by the amount of > time > > > that the key is > > > pressed > > > - Execution of Major, Minor and "7" Chords by > > > pressing only one key > > > - 7 octaves can be selected > > > > > > Information about the programmer : > > > Mauricio Antunes Oliveira is a > Programmer/Analyst > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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