Turtle Beach Deluxe manual

Teach Me Piano ™ Deluxe Intera ctive piano-tea ching system You will need the Pro d u ct I D n u mber from the sticker on yo u r C D sleeve when you install the software. Please keep this number in a safe place and copy it to the line below so you will have it for future referenc e . Please u s e this n u m ber to re g ister yo u r pro g ram on o[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe i Notices Tea c h Me P i ano De l u x e - U s e r s Gu i de; Ve r s i on 2.0 Februry 200 7 So f t w a r e and do c umen t a t i on Cop y r i ght © 1996 - 200 7 Vo y e t r a Tu r t l e Beach, I nc. Al l right s res erved. No part of this publ icat ion may be r eproduced or trans mitted by any means or in any fo[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 1 Introduction We l c o m e ! Thank you for purchasing Teach M e Piano Deluxe! This program is one of V oyetra’s “Teach Me” music software series designed to bring educational and entertaining music products to m ultimedia compu ter users. Voyetra has been in the business of music hard ware and software f[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 2 Progress Report shows you how you’ re doing … Several st udents c an maint ain their own progress report s as they learn to pl ay, so every mem ber of your fam ily c an start at a diff erent level and progres s at their own pace. Song Book lets you perform what you’ve learned… Easil y acces s the song[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 3 Music Ga mes test y our mus ic skills … Reinforce what you’ve l earned by playing thes e fun arcade-st yle games : 9 Music Qu iz ™ tests yo ur knowledge of general m usic topics . 9 Note Bla ster™ tests y our music reading skills. 9 Rhythm Master ™ tests you r ability to recognize rhythm patter ns. [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 4 Helpful Tips… Online help is always available… Just click the question mark (?) on the bottom of any lesson screen, or the Help key on the M aster Lesson screen.. Keyboard Lessons wil l keep track of many students.. . Your entire family can use Teach Me Piano Delu xe and the software will maintain individ[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 5 Getting Started Please registe r your software with us! A s a re g is t ered u s er, you m a y be en t i t led t o special d isco u n t s on o u r o t her pro d u c t s — b u t we can’t offer you t hese benefi t s if we d on’t know who you are! So please t a ke a m in u t e t o re g is t er yo u r softw[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 6 2. When the Piano Room screen appears, choose “Piano Lessons” , then “Lessons”. Setting-Up Y our MIDI Keyboard A MID I synthesizer or MIDI keyboard is required to fully-utilize the Keyboard Lessons, Song book and Recording Station. This keyboard mu st be at least four-oct aves long in order to play al[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 7 Piano Room Screen The Piano Room is the opening screen where you can access each section of the prog ram. Keyboard Shortcut Keys The following keyboard shortcu t keys can be used in the lessons: Spacebar Stops/ Plays media elements as an al ternative t o cli cki ng on the Clapboard ( slate). Home Returns to K[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 8 Keyboard Lessons To load Keyboard Lessons, click the “ Piano Lessons” menu it em on the Piano Room main menu screen, then “Lessons” on the following screen. In Keyboard Lessons, a professional mu sic teacher introdu ces you to basic music not ation, theory and playing technique throug h a series of vi[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 9 P reparing to Play One of the most im portant factors in playing piano is how you sit at the keyboard. You shou ld not have to strain t o read the music. Sit on a comfortable chair and place you r hands on the piano keyboard. Keep bot h feet on the floor — no dangling feet. For younger stud ents, place a st[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 10 Keyboard Lessons’ Conten ts Screen The contents of the Keyboard Lessons are displayed in the full view of the Keyboard Lessons Training Handbook, as shown belo w. Th e les sons are divide d into s ix main sections, each divided into chapters with individu al lessons. Althoug h you can open any of the Lesso[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 11 Keyboard Lessons Screens The screens in Keyboard Lessons are summarized in the table below. Pictures of the screens and a d etailed explanation of each one is presented in the following sections. Contents Scr een The main screen in t he lessons s ection of Teach Me Pi ano Deluxe. This s creen di splay s the [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 12 Video Screen The Video Screen contains vid eo examples and tut orials to help guid e you through t he lessons. So that you’ll have time to “digest” what you have learned, the Lessons do not ad vance automatically. After a presentation ends — when you are ready to continue on — click the Forward arr[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 13 discouraged . If you find you are having a problem, try slowing down the tempo. A s you improve, increase the tempo (see Lesson Tempo in the Performance Opt ions dialog box). Practicing Pi tch — Getting the Notes Right The more you practice playing pitches, the better your note-read ing skills will become.[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 14 Click Do It when you ar e re ady to perform the son g Click See It to hear the piece peformed for you Click T rainer to return to Keyboard Lessons Click the Metronom e icon to display the Performance O ptions dialog box Click t he Print er icon to print the sco re P erformance Options Clicking on the m etron[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 15 Evaluatio n Screen The Evaluation screen is only displayed after training with Rhyt hm & Pitch. This screen shows how well you d id when practicing. It breaks d own the evaluation into specific areas to help you improve your playing . The “Trouble Areas” which you need to practice are listed from the[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 16 Selecting a Range Sometimes, a section of a piece may be difficult to m aster. The Range button lets you practice that section as many times as you’d like. When you are practicing a section from the Evaluation Screen, you cannot chang e the Range. If you wish to practice only one measure, enter the measu r[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 17 Chapter Review Screen At the end of each chapter, the Chapter Review screen d isplays a Progress Report on how you’ve done so far. A of what you’ve learned is displayed her e Click the ch art to view the Click t he book to ret urn to the lesson’s summary Progres s Report Contents Menu T o to the next l[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 18 Changin g the Set up in t he Keyboard Lesson s During prog ram installation, you were prompt ed to set up you r MIDI configurations. Therefore, it is unlikely that you will need to open the Setup dialog box while going throug h the Lessons. However, if your MIDI keyboard is not responding when using Keyboard[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 19 Songbook To load the Songbook, click the Songbook menu it em on the Piano Room main screen music, or from the Keyboard Lessons’ Contents Screen. The Songbook includes m ore than 75 songs — classics, folk tunes, holiday and patriotic songs, and more. You also can import your own M IDI song files and print[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 20 Importin g a MIDI Song in to th e Song Book The songs you can perform are not lim ited to those which cam e with Teach Me Piano Deluxe. I f you have songs in MIDI format, you can ad d them to the Song book and then print them out, complete with not e names. To import a song: 1. Click the Import MIDI button a[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 21 T rack-split Option Many times, a M IDI file is record ed onto a single t rack. This makes it difficult to display as piano notation. I f you wish to see a single track notated in the gr and staff, use the Split a Track option. To use the Track Split option: Be sure the Im port MIDI file box is already open [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 22 P rinting a Song Any song in the Songbook can be print ed—even MI DI files you have imported into the Songbook. To print a song: 1. Double-click on the song’s name to d isplay the Performance Screen. 2. Click the printer icon at the bot tom of the screen to display a st andard Windows Print dialog box. I[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 23 Musician’s Reference To load the Musician’s Reference, click the m enu item in the Piano Room screen. The main sections are: • The Staff • Pitches and Clefs • Rhythms • Barlines, Measures and Tim e Signatures • Key Signatures • Dynamics • Tempo • Lyrics When you wish to learn more about a[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 24 Keyboard Tour To load the Keyboard Tour , click “Music Reference” on the m enu item in the Piano Room screen, then click “History of Keyboards”. From t he History of Keyboards Master Screen, click on any instru ment type to beg in the tour. This section takes you on a gu ided tour of the origins and [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 25 Understanding MIDI and Synthesis To load the Underst anding MI DI and Synthesis R eference, click the “Music R eference” menu item in the Piano Room screen, then “Underst anding MI DI and Synthesis”. From the Und erstanding MI DI and Synt hesis master Screen, click on any of the topics and your tour [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 26 Recording Station To run Recording Station, click the Recording Station menu item in the Piano Room screen. MIDI Control MIDI Control Tempo Pitc h Transport Controls for recordi ng and p layback Informatio n Display Pan Con trols With Recording Station you can create song s by recording multiple tracks of M [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 27 Using Jammin’ Keys to create background tracks With Jammin Keys (explained in the next section) you can q uickly build backg round tracks for composing your own songs in different st yles. By importing these backg round tracks int o Recording Stat ion, you can then add m ore instrument tracks to crea te a [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 28 4. Click on the Record bu tton in the transport cont rol area. Before the recording begi ns, a metronome sound will give you a four beat cou nt-in in the meter and tempo you’ve chosen. The red ind icator on the Record button lights up to show you that you are record ing. 5. On the fifth beat, begi n record[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 29 Saving and Loading Recording Sessions To start a new recording session click on the New button. To save a song Click on the Save button and choose a file format. The choices are: • .ORC – Orchestrator format: This is the best choice. It saves all of the information in the file and you can open this file [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 30 MIDI T rack Controls Volume Adjust s the volume of t he instrument on t he trac k. Pan Posit ions t he inst rument s ound to the lef t or right i n the st ereo image. To turn t he knob, plac e your mouse point er on the k nob and hold the left but ton down as you drag i n a cir cular mot ion. Mute Silenc es [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 31 T ransport Controls and Displays File Na me Display The firs t line of the di splay shows you the f ile name of t he current recor ding ses sion. If y ou have not yet s aved the sess ion on your hard driv e, the indi cator reads [ UNTITLED]. Once you r ecord and save a song, its name will appear in the displ[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 32 T empo and Key Signature Controls Tempo Indicat or The Tempo Indicator tells how fast the MIDI file is play ing, in beats- per-s econd. To dec rease or incr ease the tempo, c lick the left- faci ng and right- facing tri angular buttons. Note that tempo will not alter the speed of digital audio tr a cks. Key [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 33 Recording Station Exercis es Exercise 1: Load, play, and modify a Blues song 1. On the middle rig ht side of Recording Station, click on the fold er icon. In the Open window, find the folder window on the right and double-click on “d emos”. You’ll see four folders appear below it, containing d ozens of[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 34 11. Click the Record bu tton in the transport cont rols and sing along with t he song into your pre-config ured microphone . Once it’s over, press the St op button. 12. When you press the Play button, you should now hear your vocal ( if not, your microphone is not set up properly. See the section called Ch[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 35 Jammin’ Keys To run Jammin’ Keys, click on the Jam min’ Keys menu item in t he Piano Room main screen. Sele ct Select style Use the to arran ge chords and ri ffs Lead Instru ment Accom pani men t Jam Gri d Sele ct and Key S ignatu re Tempo Informatio n Display Transport Controls Mixer Pads and Use t he[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 36 To start a jam sessio n: 1. Click on the Start/St op button (it looks like a t raffic light). 2. Use your mouse to play any of the keys on the keyboard. There! Now you’re jammin’ . To stop the jam session, click on the Start /Stop butt on again. Everything else you learn in this chapter simply ad ds vari[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 37 To turn on Auto Jam: 1. Click on the button t hat has a little red au tomobile on it. The blue lig ht turns on to tell you that Aut o Jam is active. 2. Click again to turn Auto Jam off. The Improvising Zone The keys on the right play when you click on them with the mou se, just like a normal piano keyboard. [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 38 Changing Instr ument Sounds Selecting a Lead Instrument The lead instrument is the one you play with the keyboard . Click on one of the 10 buttons in t he Instruments sect ion — near the upper left of the screen. You can change your lead instrument at any time. The 10th button is you rs to customize. You c[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 39 Styles and V ariation s Jammin’ Keys has many di fferent musical backgrou nd styles to choose from. Each st yle has four arrangement s, and a set of fills, breaks, and intro/end passages. Ch oose f rom a w id e range of ac companiment styles an d variations to make each jam session unique With 12 accompani[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 40 To start or end a jam session with the Intro/End button: 1. Turn off any music that’s cu rrently playing. Click on the bu ttons to choose an Accompanim ent style and variation, and a lead instrume nt. 2. Click on the Intro/ End butt on (it looks like a few notes) to st art a new jam session. 3. Jam away. Y[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 41 T ransport Display The transport display lets you see at a glance which record ed jam session you are playing and indicates with moving lights when the music is playing. Use the recorder to save your jam sessions and retrieve them for playback. Transport Controls The five buttons in the Jammin’ Keys record[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 42 To save a recorded jam session: 1. Press the Save button in the Transport controls. The Save As dialog box opens. 2. Type the desired name in t he File Name box and choose the appropriate d irectory for the file. 3. Click OK to save the file. Your file will be saved with the .JA M extension. If you want to u[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 43 Jammin ’ Keys Exercises Exercise 1: Play a rock jam 1. Select Rock from the twelve Accompaniment buttons on the mid dle left portion of Jammin’ Keys. 2. To start the jam, click on the stoplig ht button above the keyboard along the bottom . 3. Experiment with the keyboard by clicking on the keys with your[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 44 9. Minimize Jammin’ Keys by clicking on the minus sig n at the very top right. 10. From the Piano Room menu , launch Recording St ation. In Recording Station, click on the folder icon on the right. In the fold er window on the right of the O pen window, double-click “ demos”, then “ w_audio” . 11. [...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 45 Music Games Music Games is an arcade-style program that offers a fun way to test your musical knowled ge and musical skills. Three games let you test notation skills, rhythm skills and musical knowled ge. To run each game, click on the gam e box in the arcade screen. Over view of Mu sic Games Musi c Quiz Tes[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 46 Sound Check To run Sound C heck, click on the Sound Check menu item in the Piano Room main screen. Sound Check provid es an easy way to test and troubleshoot the d igital aud io and MI DI features of you r computer. A series of displays takes you throug h the testing process step-by-step. If, for some reason[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 47 T roubleshooting MIDI problems Sound check provides the following tests for checking your PC’s M IDI functions: MIDI Input Test This test lets you see if the MID I data from your keyboard is being properly routed to you r PC. A series of 16 lights corresponding to 16 M IDI channels are d isplayed on the sc[...]

www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 48 T roubleshooting Digital Audio Problems Some of the basic problems that occu r with PC sound fu nctions can easily be remedied by checking the Windows mixer, which lets you control the volu me of the different com ponents on your PC’s sou nd system. To open the mixer, click on the Mixer butt on at the top [...]