
            MIDI AND SOUND CARDS

 Play It By Ear supports the following MIDI and
 sound-enhancing hardware:

    *  100% MPU-401 compatible MIDI cards
    *  AdLib Music Synthesizer Card
    *  Creative Lab's Sound Blaster card


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 Play It By Ear does not require any special
 installation procedures for your MIDI or sound-
 enhancing hardware. As long as you have
 installed and tested your card according to the
 manufacturer's specifications, Play It By Ear
 automatically detects the card.

 You can turn this auto-detect off with the Use
 Internal Speaker option. This is helpful if you
 have a MIDI card installed, but do not have your
 controller, synthesizer, or amplifier available.
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 In the case of the Sound Blaster card, you must
 simply run the program from the DOS prompt and
 specify the "S" command line option: EAR S.


 For the Adlib card you need to make sure that
 you have installed the SOUND.COM driver that
 is provided with the card.


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 Some MIDI keyboards send abbreviated note
 commands immediately after power up or after
 a program change is issued. If Play It By Ear
 is failing to recognize your instrument then
 start an exercise and cycle power on your
 instrument or issue a program change while the
 program is waiting for your response.



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                 CGA MONITORS

 Due to the low resolution of CGA display
 adapters, the current exercise window and the
 current options window do not appear on the
 screen. To open the current exercise window,
 click the exercise name at the top of the
 screen. For more information, see Appendix B
 in the manual.

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                   LEGALITIES

 Adlib Music Synthesizer Card is a trademark of
    Adlib Inc.

 SoundBlaster is a trademark of Creative Labs Inc.

 Turbo C is a trademark of Borland International.


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