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Anvil Studio is a free
MIDI program for the PC. It is available from
To use it for practicing the choir MIDI files follow the
following instructions. If any instruction is unclear, please let me
know so I can improve it.
1) Download the MIDI file to your computer by
right-clicking the MIDI file name on the choir web
site, then select Save Target As.... You can keep the name or
change it. Be sure you remember where you put the file.
2) Open Anvil Studio. It has an unusual
structure. The top of the page, shown below, is where you work.
Below that is a help file. If you wish to return to
a previous page, press the last menu item along the top of the monitor
screen, Back.
3) Make sure you are looking at the Mixer. To
do that, go to the View menu (4th menu from the left ) and select Mixer, the first entry.
4) To play or stop the music, press the
appropriate button located just above where all the parts are listed.
5) You can change the volume
of individual
parts by moving the sliders directly below the word Vol. The overall
volume control is called Internal Synth Vol and is just below the
parts listing.
6) You can change the pan using the sliders to the
right of volume. Panning provides the stereo sound.
7) To change the instrument
used to play a
part, click on the current instrument name.
8) To slow down the piece,
change the tempo
number in the little box just above the Pan section. Be sure
to remember where you started so you can restore the piece to the original
tempo.
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