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m4_include(texidefinitions.m4)

@section  Preferences window

@subsection Midi stuff
Set the midi instrument and the tempo to use on exercises that does
not override this.

@subsection User
Solfege use this info in some exercises where the user is supposed to
sing.

@subsubsection Lowest/highest tone the user can sing
These spin buttons tell Solfege the highest and lowest tone the user
can sing.

These values will is only considered advisory by the program.  If for
example the values are set to @emph{c} to @emph{c'} and you have
configured the program to ask you to sing small and large decims, you
will have to sing tones outside this range.


@subsection Gui

@subsection Practise

@subsection Sound setup

There are three ways to play sound:

@itemize @bullet
@item @emph{No sound}

Use this for debugging or when you are porting Solfege. No sounds are
played, the midi events are printed to stdout.

@item @emph{Use device}

If you have the choice between @file{/dev/sequencer} and
@file{/dev/music} (aka @file{/dev/sequencer2}, you should use
@file{/dev/music} because this has more compelte support for
percussion instruments.

If your system don't have @file{/dev/music}, you can create
it with this command as root (linux 2.2 or later):
@example
cd /dev
mknod music u 14 8
@end example

@item @emph{Use external midiplayer}

This can be useful when porting to systems that don't use OSS, or if
you have a bad midi synth on your soundcard and want to use timidity.

@end itemize

Check the @emph{My sound card is Sound Blaster AWE32, AWE64 or pnp32}
check button if you have this kind of sound card. This will give you
real percussion in the rhythm exercise. Code still has to be added for
other sound cards. (It option is only necessary if you use 
@file{/dev/sequencer} to play midi sounds.)
