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 WHAT IS SONGBIRD STUDIO?
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  Songbird Studio is a program to help you learn and experiment with
  music.  Just some of the things you can do with Songbird Studio are
  naming of chords, finding a particular chord or scale, finding the key
  of a piece of music, transposing music, translating between
  instruments, finding the scale that fits a solo. Create a studio by
  connecting keyboard, guitar, analyzer, processor or MIDI components
  together as you desire.


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 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SONGBIRD STUDIO
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  Installation from WinZip
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  If you have opened the Songbird ZIP file using WinZip, just
  click on the "Install" button in the toolbar.  This will unzip
  the archive into a temporary directory and run the INSTALL program
  for you.


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  Installation from a directory
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  If you have unzipped the Songbird ZIP into a directory on your hard
  disk, run INSTALL to begin installing Songbird Studio (double-click
  on the INSTALL icon).


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  Installation from floppy disks
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  If the computer you want to install to is a different machine than the
  one that you used to download the file, or you are giving the program
  to a friend, you will probably need to run the install from floppy
  disks. To do this, start a MS-DOS prompt, change to the directory you
  unzipped the files into, and type:

    TODISKS

  You will need two empty floppies for this operation.  The program will
  prompt you to insert floppies as needed, and will copy the Songbird
  Studio installation program onto them.

  After being copied to disks, Songbird Studio can be installed by
  placing Disk #1 in the A: drive, clicking on "Start", selecting
  "Run...", and typing

    A:INSTALL


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 DISTRIBUTION
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  Songbird Studio is being distributed as shareware.  If you register,
  you will receive the Songbird Suite, which contains:

    1) The full version of Songbird Studio, which includes:
         * Processor component for modifying notes in many powerful ways.
         * Midi component to let you use your midi devices for input/output.
         * Layout view for easy viewing and connection of components.
         * Circle of fifths chart.
         * Many more studios for doing common tasks.

    2) Songbird Chords, a combination chord chart and song editing
       program, which includes:
         * A chord chart with almost 1,000 chords.
         * Chord chart includes barring notation and fingerings.
         * Printing and viewing options for charts include fingerings,
             notes, and spellings.
         * Song editor reads/writes ChordPro files, the internet standard
             for machine readable songs (e.g. This[Am] is a song[C].)
         * Includes auto-correction feature for fixing manually entered
             ChordPro files from the internet.
         * View ChordPro files in WYSIWYG; understands all ChordPro 3.5
             commands, and includes some needed extensions.
         * Print out your WYSIWYG ChordPro files with chord grids or chord
             names above the lyrics.
         * Includes inline tablature editor with "tablature-smart" mode

    3) Songbird Tuner, a instrument tuner that uses your soundcard and a
       microphone or input jack to tune your guitar, etc.  Very easy to
       use.

  Registration for the Songbird Suite is only $25.00 (US).
  The Songbird Suite is constantly evolving and adding new features;
  there may be new additions by the time you register!


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  Shareware Distributors and Disk Vendors who wish to distribute Songbird
  Studio must comply with the following restrictions:
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  * You may not list Songbird Studio in CD-ROM collections,
    advertisements, catalogs, or other literature which describes it as
    "FREE SOFTWARE". Shareware is not free.

  * Songbird Studio may not be modified in any way from the original
    distribution ZIP file without the author's permission.

  And although not a restriction on distribution, I would greatly
  appreciate notification (via email) of inclusion in any particular
  archive or CD-ROM collection.	Thank you.


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  A note for reviewers, columnists, and catalog publishers:
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  If you write anything about Songbird Studio, or mention it in your
  advertising, I would appreciate being notified (via email), or better
  yet, a copy of the publication mentioning Songbird Studio.  This helps
  me improve the product and track its progress.


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 CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
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  You can contact me with questions or problems at:

     Andy Gryc
     Songbird Studio
     2965 Baylor Drive
     Boulder, CO USA  80303

  Phone: (303) 554-1435


Thanks very much for trying Songbird Studio!

+-------------------------------+
|        Andrew J. Gryc         |
| Author of the Songbird Suite. |
|    Providing quality music    |
|     software since 1992.      |
|  WWW  = www.iex.net/~gryc     |
| email = gryc@iex.net          |
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