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- EarSteady - Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Nick Baciu @ Fast&Soft.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
-
- This program is about TIMING ACCURACY. Ear Steady has a graphical
- representation of how close to the beat you are and gives a more
- precise reading than using a metronome.
- To load the program just go to the Ear Power folder and click on
- the Ear Steady icon. Select a tempo in beats per minute from the
- slider control and then click on the metronome button which will
- give you a quarter note click at the tempo you specified. By tapping
- the computer keyboard or your MIDI instrument in time, once the
- metronome click starts, you can see whether you are on the beat,
- ahead of the beat or behind the beat.. The green light flashes in
- the center of the screen if you are precisely on the beat, the red
- or yellow lights to the left of the green light will flash on if you
- are ahead of the beat and the red or yellow lights to the right of the
- green light will flash on if you are behind the beat.
- The metronome can also be turned off in which case you have to create
- your own rhythmic pulse at the tempo set on the screen.
- When the metronome is turned off, just start tapping the computer
- keyboard or MIDI keyboard as close to the tempo specified
- (you will have to take an educated guess) and you will see whether
- you are on the beat, early or late and then you can adjust the rhythm
- of your tapping accordingly. If you are early then you should slow
- down the taps and if you are late then you should speed up the taps.
- The basic count or beat is considered the quarter note, so each
- division (each flashing light) from the screen will be a 1/32 beat.
- One quarter note beat is made up of eight 32nd beats. For each note
- played you can see how far it is from the original pulse, so you can
- adjust your speed accordingly.
- The object is to keep a steady rhythmic feel by being perfectly on the
- beat which, by using this approach you will develop over time with
- practice.
- Every musician needs to have an excellent sense of time whether they
- are playing with other musicians or by themselves and this program
- offers a fantastic way of developing this technique.
-
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- DISCLAIMER
- THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT
- REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
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- OR ENDORSEMENTS REGARDING THE USE OF, THE RESULTS OF, OR
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- 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.
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- YOU MUST CEASE AND DESIST USING THIS PRODUCT.