I uploaded version 2.6 to iTunes today. You will get this update for free as soon
as it is approved by Apple. This version was explicitly written to take at advantage of Apples new IOS 4.0
operating system.
Try pressing the stop button. It should reset everything.
How does looping work?
If looping is turned on, the song or selected phrase will keep playing over and over again. Press the stop
button to stop playback.
How Does Count In work?
The 'Count In' functionality gives you some time to move your hands back to your
instrument before play back begins. When 'Count In' is turned on, Music Trainer will play 4 beats before play back begins. The tempo of these
beats is based on 2 factors.
The BPM (beats per min.) of the song when played normally
The current change in tempo you set using the slider on the main screen.
If Music Trainer does not know the BPM of the current song, you be will prompted to either use a default value of 80 BPM, or to "edit the BPM".
Pressing the "edit BPM" button takes you to the Song Detail Screen. This screen will let you enter the
BPM if you know it or use the
Tap Tempo functionaity to calculate it.
Important Notes
The count in may appear off the beat.
You may notice that for some songs the count in beat seems to be a little off. No the drumer
is not drunk :-) Many songs do not start on the first beat of a measure.
The count may not match the phrase tempo
Remember the count in calculated using the BPM of the song played normally. Usally this value
is set to match the tempo at the begining of the song. The tempo at the begining of the song
may not be the same as the tempo of your phrase. An easy way to work around this problem is to
turn count in off and use looping. Use the time it takes for the first loop to complete to get ready.
How does smoothing work?
Some audio file formats like MP3, and AAC (.m4a) use data compression to reduce amout of disk space needed to store
the audio file. The file types must be uncompressed before they are played back. The uncompress process takes a
lot of system resources. If you are slowing down the play back this is usally not a problem.
In fact you could probably turn off smoothing and not run into any trouble. You might notice turnning
smoothing off improves the audio quality slightly. Turning smoothing sets up the system so that you can speed
up play back of compressed audio files.
How do I slow down or speed up play back?
Use the "faster" and "slower" buttons, or grab the "knob" on the slider.
Move the knob to the left to slow down the tempo. Move the knob to the right to speed up the tempo
I can not change the tempo, the slider knob will not move?
Some times during play back you may find that you can not seem to move the tempo control knob. Changing the
play back speed of a song requires a lot of system resources. This does not leave a lot of
processing power for the touch screen graphical user interface. The easist thing to do is use the
"faster" and "slower" buttons. You can also press the stop button to free up the
slider.
How can I adjust the volume?
2nd generation iPhones and iPod touches
You should have a volume control button on the left side of your iPod Touch.
It's a physical button not a software User Interface element.
1st generations iPhones and iPod touches
These devices do not have a volume control button. A Music Trainer user reported that you can change the volume
by "double click on the Touch's home button ". I have not personally been able to test this.
I do not have access to a first generation device.
Trouble songs purchased from iTunes with DRM (digital rights management) and files ending in m4p
The big music labels where afraid people would steal music using online music sites like iTunes.
They forced Apple to sell songs protected by DRM (digital rights management). These audio files end with
"m4p" The music trainer can not play DRM protected files. see
http://www.macworld.com/article/138000/2009/01/drm_faq.html
for more information about how to remove the DRM restrictions
I can not seem to import songs with "&" or multiple "." in the file name
You are running an old version of music trainer. This bug is fixed in the latest update.
In older version of Music Trainer there was a bug in the import system. Here are example of files that will cause problems.
"Johnny B. Goode.mp3"
You will be able to import this file. How ever when you try to select it, it will
cause the application to crash
"Derek & The Dominoes - Layla.mp3"
You will be able to import the song and play it. How ever the import web page will have problems
This bug has been fixed. You will get this bug fix for free next time you update your applications
How come Music Trainer keeps crashing?
You maybe running in to one of the following problems