Quick start

1 - Set the parameters

At startup Canta displays a pop-up window for the parameters settings, if this is not the case then click on the "Param." button

Select the microphone, the sampling frequency and the MIDI device corresponding to your sound card and your Windows configuration.

For more details, see page: Parameters

2 - Adjust the microphone level

Take your microphone and sing a few moments. Adjust the microphone level so that the indicator is the largest possible while still green.

For more details, see page: The microphone and the analysis of notes

3 - Load a MIDI file

Click the "Load" button

Select a MIDI file containing the song you want to sing.

Start play the song by clicking the play button .

For more details, see page MIDI Player

4 - Sing

The melody is played in your speakers or headphones at the same time that the notes are displayed on the screen. If you can not hear what is played, it is necessary to change MIDI device settings and change the parameters settings.

What you sing appears as a red line, the notes of the melody in the form of green rectangles. Singing in tune means that the red line is almost always in the green squares.

If there are, the song lyrics also appear to help you.

The notes of the melody are displayed in grey before being played. They are played and their rectangles become green when they arrive on the vertical line.

You can change the pitch of what is played by using transposition buttons. To change the display position of the melody by full octaves, use the offset buttons.

For more details, see page: Displays

5 - Look how you sing well !

When the song is finished, click on the button

Use the horizontal scrollbar, the zoom buttons and the vertical scrollbar to watch if you sang in tune and see what you need to fix to improve your performance.

To start again, press again the button

For more details, see page: Displays

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