Perfect Intonation Manual
Reference Guide
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Buttons
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Button Name
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Description
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Mode
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Erase
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Resets the display to the beginning of the
exercise or song file, and erases the last
pitch detection recording.
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Freeform Singing, Exercises
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Rewind
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Moves the pointer (the green line) back to the
beginning without erasing the pitch history.
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Freeform Singing, Exercises
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Record
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Starts (and stops) pitch detection; pitch is
displayed in real time as a blue trace.
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Freeform Singing, Exercises
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Stop
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Stops current activity (recording, playback, demo).
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Freeform Singing, Exercises
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Play
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Plays back (and stops) your pitch detection recording.
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Freeform Singing, Exercises
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Demo
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Plays the currently-loaded exercise or song without
recording.
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Exercises
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Zoom
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When clicked, clicking and dragging on the
display selects a portion for zooming.
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Freeform Singing, Exercises
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Select
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When clicked, clicking and dragging on the
display selects a portion for demo or playback.
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Freeform Singing, Exercises
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Note Playback Tool
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When clicked, clicking and holding on a note on
the score display plays that note's pitch.
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Exercises
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Toggles
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Toggle Name
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Description
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Mode
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Smooth
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Evens out the blue pitch-detection line. Default
is OFF.
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Freeform Singing, Exercises
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Click Track
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Adds and removes a metronome click track to the
exercise or song. Default is ON.
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Exercises
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Count Off
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Adds and removes a single measure of rests before
the exercise or song. Default is ON.
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Exercises
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Menus
Shortcuts
Pressing Alt + [the underlined letter] will select
that menu option. For example, Alt + F brings up the File
menu. Available keyboard shortcuts are also listed
next to their menu items; for example, Ctrl + Q quits the
program.
Freeform Singing Mode
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Menu Name
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Submenu Name or Selection
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Function
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File
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Open File...
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Brings up a file-selection dialog and opens the
selected MusicXML or MIDI file. When a file is
loaded, Perfect Intonation switches to Exercises
mode.
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File
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Open Recent
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Brings up a drop-down menu of recently-opened songs
(if applicable). If a song is chosen, it is loaded
and Perfect Intonation switches to Exercises mode.
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File
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Open Recording...
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Brings up a file-selection dialog and opens the
selected .pir file (a previously-saved recording).
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File
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Save Recording
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Saves the current pitch history as a .pir file.
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File
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Export Pitch Data
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Saves the raw pitches from the current recording as a comma-separated values (.csv) file.
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File
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Quit
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Closes the program
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Edit
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Select all
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Selects all of the display
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Edit
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Deselect
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Removes the selection
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Edit
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Preferences
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Brings up the Preferences window (see below)
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Options
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Freeform Singing
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Changes the mode to Freeform Singing
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Options
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Exercises
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Brings up a drop-down menu from which a built-in
exercise can be selected. When an exercise is
loaded, Perfect Intonation switches to Exercises
mode.
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Options
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Select Range
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Brings up a drop-down menu from which a new
display range can be selected
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Options
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Select Temperament
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Brings up a drop-down menu from which a new
display temperament can be selected
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View
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Zoom In
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Zooms the display in
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View
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Zoom Out
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Zooms the display out
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View
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Default Zoom
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Resets the display to the default zoom
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View
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Refresh Display
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Re-draws the current display
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Help
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About Perfect Intonation
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Brings up an About box
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Help
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Support
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Launches the Perfect Intonation support Web page
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Exercises Mode
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Menu Name
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Submenu Name or Selection
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Function
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File
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Open File...
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Brings up a file-selection dialog and opens the
selected MusicXML or MIDI file.
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File
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Open Recent
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Brings up a drop-down menu of recently-opened songs
(if applicable).
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File
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Open Recording...
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Brings up a file-selection dialog and opens the
selected .pir file (a previously-saved recording).
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File
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Save Recording
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Saves the current pitch history as a .pir file.
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File
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Export Pitch Data
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Saves the raw pitches from the current recording as a comma-separated values (.csv) file.
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File
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Quit
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Closes the program
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Edit
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Select All
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Selects all of the display
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Edit
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Deselect
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Removes the selection
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Edit
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Preferences
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Brings up the Preferences window (see below)
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Options
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Freeform Singing
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Changes the mode to Freeform Singing
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Options
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Exercises
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Brings up a drop-down menu from which a
built-in exercise can be selected.
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Options
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Select Range
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Brings up a drop-down menu from which a new
display range can be selected
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Options
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Select Temperament
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Brings up a drop-down menu from which a new
display temperament can be selected
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Options
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Transpose/Change Key
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Brings up a window that allows the user to
transpose the exercise or song
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Options
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Add Repeats
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Brings up a window that allows the user to
add one or more repeats to the exercise or song
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Tracks
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Brings up a drop-down menu with a list of all
available tracks in the exercise or song. Checking
the checkboxes selects that track for display in
the score display.
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Evaluation
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Simple Display
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Changes the note evaluation display to the Simple Display
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Evaluation
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Detailed Display
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Changes the note evaluation display to the Detailed Display:
mean, range and standard deviation of the note in cents
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Evaluation
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Statistics Display
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Changes the note evaluation display to the Statistics Display:
mean, range and standard deviation of the frequency in Hz
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Evaluation
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Show Song Evaluation
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Shows all note evaluations at once
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Evaluation
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Song Statistics
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Brings up a summary window of your performance on the whole song
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View
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Zoom In
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Zooms the display in
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View
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Zoom Out
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Zooms the display out
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View
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Default Zoom
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Resets the display to the default zoom
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View
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Refresh Display
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Re-draws the current display
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Help
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About Perfect Intonation
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Brings up an About box
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Help
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Support
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Launches the Perfect Intonation support Web page
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Track Options
Panels to the left of each track allow customization of the
playback of the track.
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Option
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Function
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Target
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Select the radio button of the track you wish to
practice singing (only applicable for songs with
more than one track).
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"X" in right corner
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Removes the track from the score display when clicked
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Rec. -- Play while recording
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All tracks whose "Rec." boxes are checked are
played over the speakers during pitch recording
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Demo -- Play while demonstrating
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All tracks whose Demo boxes are checked are
played over the speakers during Demo play
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Play -- Play while playing back recording
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All tracks whose Play boxes are checked are
played over the speakers during playback of
your pitch detection recording
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Instrument selection
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Brings up a window listing all the instruments
available for MIDI synthesis. Instruments can
be selected individually for each track or applied
to all tracks.
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Volume slider
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Allows adjustment of each track's volume individually
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Preferences (Edit menu)
Allows you to change default settings for Perfect Intonation
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Tab
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Option Name
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Function
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Ranges
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Select Range
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Changes your default range setting
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Microphone
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Audio Source
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Allows selection of preferred microphone
from all available mics (PC only)
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Microphone
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Auto-Identify button
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Prompts you to sing into your preferred microphone
and automatically identifies which audio source
it represents (PC only)
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Microphone
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Volume calibration
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Allows manual adjustment of volume range for
pitch detection
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Microphone
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Auto-Calibrate button
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Prompts you to sing into your selected microphone
and automatically calibrates the volume range for
pitch detection.l
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Latencies
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Synthesizer
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Allows you to adjust Perfect Intonation's time to
compensate for any delay in the MIDI synthesis in
your system
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Latencies
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Microphone
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Allows you to adjust Perfect Intonation's time to
compensate for any delay in the microphone recording
in your system
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Skill Level
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Skill level buttons
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Allows you to select your skill level, which is
taken into account in the evaluation of your pitch
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