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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Preferences window</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="GNU Solfege 3.14.5 Руководство пользователя"><link rel="up" href="solfege-intro.html" title="Глава 1. Введение"><link rel="prev" href="online-resources.html" title="Онлайн-ресурсы"><link rel="next" href="trainingset-editor.html" title="Training set editor"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Preferences window</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="online-resources.html">Пред.</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Глава 1. Введение</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="trainingset-editor.html">След.</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="preferences-window"></a>Preferences window</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-midi-stuff"></a>Instruments</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-midi"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-midi.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Midi' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-tempo"></a>Tempo</h4></div></div></div><p>Set the tempo (beats per minute) for music and arpeggios.</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-preferred-instr"></a>Preferred instrument</h4></div></div></div><p>Set the midi instrument and volume used for most exercises.</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-chord-instr"></a>Chord instruments</h4></div></div></div><p>Solfege can use three different instruments when playing chords. One for
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Preferences window</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="GNU Solfege 3.15.9 Руководство пользователя"><link rel="up" href="solfege-intro.html" title="Глава 1. Введение"><link rel="prev" href="online-resources.html" title="Онлайн-ресурсы"><link rel="next" href="trainingset-editor.html" title="Training set editor"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Preferences window</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="online-resources.html">Пред.</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Глава 1. Введение</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="trainingset-editor.html">След.</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" title="Preferences window"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="preferences-window"></a>Preferences window</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Instruments"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-midi-stuff"></a>Instruments</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-midi"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-midi.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Midi' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Tempo"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-tempo"></a>Tempo</h4></div></div></div><p>Set the tempo (beats per minute) for music and arpeggios. These values
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are used by exercises written with these exercise modules:
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<code class="literal">compareintervals</code>,
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<code class="literal">harmonicintervals</code>,
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<code class="literal">idtone</code>,
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<code class="literal">melodicinterval</code>,
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<code class="literal">singchord</code>,
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<code class="literal">singinterval</code>,
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<code class="literal">twelvetone</code>,
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<code class="literal">rhythm</code>,
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<code class="literal">identifybpm</code>,
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<code class="literal">nameinterval</code>.
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Other exercises will either have the tempo set in the lesson file or
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on the config page of the exercise.
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</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Preferred instrument"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-preferred-instr"></a>Preferred instrument</h4></div></div></div><p>Set the midi instrument and volume used for most exercises.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Chord instruments"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-chord-instr"></a>Chord instruments</h4></div></div></div><p>Solfege can use three different instruments when playing chords. One for
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the highest tone, one for the tones in the middle and one for the bass tone.
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chords.</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-perc-instr"></a>Preferred percussion instruments</h4></div></div></div><p>
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chords.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Preferred percussion instruments"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-perc-instr"></a>Preferred percussion instruments</h4></div></div></div><p>
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Set the percussion instrument used for count-in before rhythm questions, and
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the instrument used to play the question.
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</p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-user"></a>User</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-user"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-user.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'User' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><p>Solfege uses this info in some exercises where the user is supposed to sing.</p><div class="sect3" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-low-high"></a>Lowest/highest tone the user can sing</h4></div></div></div><p>These spin buttons tell Solfege the highest and lowest tone the user can
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</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="User"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-user"></a>User</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-user"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-user.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'User' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><p>Solfege uses this info in some exercises where the user is supposed to sing.</p><div class="sect3" title="Lowest/highest tone the user can sing"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-low-high"></a>Lowest/highest tone the user can sing</h4></div></div></div><p>These spin buttons tell Solfege the highest and lowest tone the user can
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sing. These values are only considered advisory by the program. If for example
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the values are set to <code class="literal">c</code> to <code class="literal">c'</code> and you
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have configured the program to ask you to sing small and large decims, you will
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have to sing tones outside this range.</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-sex"></a>Sex</h4></div></div></div><p>Solfege need to know if the user is male or female when creating
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have configured the program to ask you to sing minor and major tenths, you will
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have to sing tones outside this range.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Sex"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-sex"></a>Sex</h4></div></div></div><p>Solfege need to know if the user is male or female when creating
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some of the questions where the user will sing the answer. This because
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the male voice sound one octave lower than the female voice.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-external-programs"></a>External programs</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-external-programs-screenshot"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-external-programs.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'External programs' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><p>Solfege will search the PATH for the programs you enter on this page.
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the male voice sound one octave lower than the female voice.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="External programs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-external-programs"></a>External programs</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-external-programs-screenshot"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-external-programs.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'External programs' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><p>Solfege will search the PATH for the programs you enter on this page.
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</p><div class="sect3" title="Convertors"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-convertors"></a>Convertors</h4></div></div></div><p>Give command lines that can convert between different audio formats.
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automatically saved to a new file with the correct file extention.</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-audio-players"></a>Audio players</h4></div></div></div><p>Command lines that can play different audio formats.
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automatically saved to a new file with the correct file extention.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Audio players"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-audio-players"></a>Audio players</h4></div></div></div><p>Command lines that can play different audio formats.
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</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-misc"></a>Miscellaneous</h4></div></div></div><p>A few exercises make use of the programs CSound and MMA.
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Lilypond-book is required to make ear training test printouts,
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Solfege itself.</p><p>"Mail program" defines the command that starts the mail program when
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you click on email addresses in the user manual.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="preferences-gui"></a>Interface</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-gui-screenshot"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-gui.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Interface' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><p>Display user manual in web browser: Use this as an alternative
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you click on email addresses in the user manual.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Interface"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="preferences-gui"></a>Interface</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-gui-screenshot"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-gui.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Interface' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><p>Display user manual in web browser: Use this as an alternative
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to the help browser included with the program.</p><p>Resizeable main window: Allow the user to resize the main
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solfege window.</p><p>Select language: You can manually select the language you want if
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Solfege does not detect this correctly, or if you want to run Solfege
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with a different language that your operating system.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-practise"></a>Practise</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-practise"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-practise.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Practise' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><p>Not allow new question before the old is solved: Disable the 'new' button until the question is answered correctly or the user clicks "give up".</p><p>Repeat question if the answer was wrong: Play the sound again when the user gives an incorrect answer.</p><p>Expert mode: On many exercises, you will be able to select to practise
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only a subset of the questions in the lesson file.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-sound-setup"></a>Sound setup</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-sound-setup"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-sound-setup.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Sound setup' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-sound-setup-wib32"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-sound-setup-win32.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Sound setup' page of the preferences window, running on MS Windows XP."></div></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="ru"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-midi-setup"></a>Midi setup</h4></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><p class="title"><b>There are three ways to play sound:</b></p><dl><dt><span class="term">No sound:</span></dt><dd><p>Use this for debugging or when you are porting Solfege. No sounds are played, the midi events are printed to stdout.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Use device:</span></dt><dd><p>The best choice here is usually <code class="filename">/dev/music</code>
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with a different language that your operating system.</p></div><div class="sect2" title="Practise"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-practise"></a>Practise</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-practise"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-practise.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Practise' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><p>Not allow new question before the old is solved: Disable the 'new' button until the question is answered correctly or the user clicks "give up".</p><p>Repeat question if the answer was wrong: Play the sound again when the user gives an incorrect answer.</p><p>Expert mode: Enabling this option in exercises using the
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<a class="link" href="idbyname-module.html" title="The idbyname module">idbyname</a> and
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any statistics.</p></div><div class="sect2" title="Sound setup"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pw-sound-setup"></a>Sound setup</h3></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-sound-setup"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-sound-setup.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Sound setup' page of the preferences window."></div></div></div><div class="informalfigure"><a name="preferences-sound-setup-wib32"></a><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/preferences-sound-setup-win32.png" alt="Screenshot of the 'Sound setup' page of the preferences window, running on MS Windows XP."></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Midi setup"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="pw-midi-setup"></a>Midi setup</h4></div></div></div><div class="variablelist" title="There are three ways to play sound:"><p class="title"><b>There are three ways to play sound:</b></p><dl><dt><span class="term">No sound:</span></dt><dd><p>Use this for debugging or when you are porting Solfege. No sounds are played, the midi events are printed to stdout.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Use device:</span></dt><dd><p>The best choice here is usually <code class="filename">/dev/music</code>
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