Conference napalm::commusic_v1

1715.0. "Listen 2.0, Macintosh/MIDI Ear Training Software" by HPSRAD::NORCROSS () Tue Oct 11 1988 14:26

Listen 2.0  - Ear training software for the Macintosh

I bought a copy of this program from Sam Ash in White Plains, NY for $75.
I sat down with it twice so far.  My  impression  is that this is a great
program.  It is copy protected such that you need to  insert  the  master
disk each time you use it.

Basically, this thing drills you.   It  plays melodies or chords, and you
play them back (timing is not exercised, it only matters that you hit the
right  keys).    I'm  still  on the one and two note exercises, though  I
played briefly with the 7th chord exercises too. 

You  can use the on-screen keyboard and mouse, on-screen guitar neck  and
mouse, or a MIDI controller and sound  module.   I use MIDI.  It can also
display the exercises in music  notation.   The MIDI "thru" is un-useably
slow for fast keyboard work, but usable for exercise.

From looking at all the menus, I  can tell that this is a really flexible
program.  It let's you customize the whole  exercise  environment.    You
specify everything,  including  keyboard  range, tonic key or keys, which
scales to use, which chord inversions to include, whether  to play chords
melodically  or harmonically, how fast the notes are played, whether  you
want to be timed or timed-out, and others.  Lot's of different scales are
included.

I'll be using this program whenever I have free time.

/Mitch