Help Manual - Ipad

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Help Manual - iPad Table of Contents 1. Quick Start – Controls Overlay 2. Social Media 3. Song Library 4. Selecting a Song to Play 5. Settings Window 6. iTunes® 7. Player Controls 8. Tempo Control 9. Loop Controls 10. Connecting a Fretlight Wireless Guitar 11. Fretlight Status Window 12. Virtual Fretboard 13. Left-hand Mode 14. SMART Fretboard Mode 15. Tuner 1 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1. Quick Start – Controls Overlay Note: Controls Overlay screen is also available by selecting “Settings” > “Controls Overlay” 2. Social Media Links to Guitar Tunes Facebook and Twitter accounts are located in the upper right-hand corner of the main screen. Share with your friends and family, and be sure to let us know how you like Guitar Tunes! 3. Song Library To see all songs in the Guitar Tunes Library, tap the Library icon corner of the Guitar Tunes main screen: located in the upper right 2 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved The song Library is sortable by categories listed on the left side of the pop-up window. Tap on a category name to display that sort. Search Alphabetical search, beginning with first letter of song title or artist. All Songs Default listing, all songs are shown in this view. My Favorites Songs you have selected as favorites. To select a favorite, tap the heart icon To deselect, tap the heart icon again. New Songs The 20 most recent songs added to the Guitar Tunes database. Artists All songs sorted by artist. Genres Songs by the following genre’s: Adult Alternative Alternative Blues Blues-Rock Country Jazz Metal Pop R&B/Soul Rock Singer/Songwriter Bass Songs that contain a Bass guitar part. Easy Chords Songs that display chords (primarily open chords) in the first 5 frets. Information next to the song. Displays song Writer and Publisher information. 4. Selecting a Song to Play To select a song, tap the song name. Press the play button to start the song. Note: You must be connected to the Internet to load songs. Songs are small files and will load quickly, download speeds can vary based on your Internet connection. 3 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved 5. Settings Window Tapping the Settings icon , located in the upper right-hand corner of the main screen, will open the Settings Window. The following options are available: - About this App Help Controls Overlay Countdown Timer - Global Left-Hand Mode Note Names - Last sync Email Guitar Tunes Support Log out Current version number. Displays this user guide. Displays Quick Start Overlay of the main screen with control descriptions. When turned on, Guitar Tunes will display a 2 second countdown timer before song play begins. This allows time for a player to get ready, especially helpful when that solo starts quickly! Changes default position for all Virtual Fretboards to Left-hand mode. Options for note display on Virtual Fretboard:  Flats – displays note played as a Flat  Sharps – displays note played as a Sharp  None – no note name will be displayed Time of last connection with the Guitar Tunes server Provides email link to Guitar Tunes Support Log out the current user and return to sign-in screen 6. iTunes® Guitar Tunes provides easy access to purchase your favorite songs in iTunes, just click on any iTunes icon! 7. Player Controls Player controls use industry standard icons with the following functions: Play Pause Fast-forward 30 seconds Rewind 5 seconds Rewind to previous marker Fast-forward to next marker Volume slider 4 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved - Tapping any Marker (Intro, Verse, Chorus, etc.) will move you to that position. You can drag the playhead along the timeline to your desired location. Note: Playhead indicator will display a red dot when a Fretlight Guitar is connected. 8. Tempo Control Tempo Control is located on the left side, above the Virtual Fretboard. Song speed will slow while keeping the same pitch, allowing you to learn at your own pace. 1. 2. Tap “Tempo: 100%” to open the selection window. Select your desired Tempo (increments of 10% from 100% to 40%). 9. Loop Controls You can create a custom “loop” or “selection” of a song for repetitive playback. This allows easy focus on more difficult parts of a song, or perhaps just the solo. Loop controls are located at the bottom center of the Player Control area, above the Virtual Fretboard: - “Loop ON” indicates Loop mode is turned on – Tap to toggle “Loop OFF”. - With Loop mode “ON”, tap the green “Start Flag” - Tap the red “End Flag” to set a loop starting position. to set the loop ending position. The selection will now “Loop” allowing easy focus on a specific song area. - Tap “Save Loop” to Save and Name the custom loop. Tap “My Loops” to see a listing of saved loops. Selecting a loop will load and activate. To Delete a loop: a. Tap the “Edit” button in the “My Loops” window. 5 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved b. c. Tap the “minus” icon next to the loop you want to delete. Tap the “Delete” button. Note: Custom loops can be created by “tap and hold” of any Marker name (Intro, Verse, Chorus, etc.). A loop will be created to the next Marker position. 10. Connecting Your Fretlight® Wireless Guitar Guitar Tunes is fully compatible with the Fretlight Wireless Guitar. Bluetooth® 4.0 (BLE) or later is required. To connect a Fretlight Wireless Guitar: 1. 2. Turn on Bluetooth in the mobile device. Launch Guitar Tunes 3. Tap the Library icon and load a song. Note: A song must be loaded prior to connecting the Fretlight Wireless Guitar. 4. To begin the paring process, tap the “Fretlight Status” icon located on the right side, above the Virtual Fretboard. Turn on the Fretlight Wireless Guitar. Paring is automatic and the Fretlight Guitar ID will appear on the list. To name the guitar, tap “Name your Fretlight” and enter a name. Click “Done” to continue 5. 6. 7. Pairing is complete and the Fretlight Guitar is now connected. 11. Fretlight Status Window The Fretlight Status icon is located on the right side, above the Virtual Fretboard and will display how many Fretlight Guitars are connected to Guitar Tunes. Guitar Tunes can pair with up to 7 Fretlight guitars at one time. Tap the Fretlight Status icon - to open the Fretlight Status Window: Fretlight Guitars are listed in the order paired. Identify Fretlight Guitars connected to Guitar Tunes: o Tap “Identify All Guitars” button at the bottom of the Fretlight Status window. 6 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved o - The corresponding number of each guitar (1,2,3…) will be displayed on the bottom 5 frets of each Fretlight Guitar. o Tap “Identify All Guitars” again to turn off identification. Assign specific guitar parts (Rhythm, Lead, Bass) to individual Fretlight Guitars: o Inside the Fretlight Status Window, tap “Assigned Part”, located under the desired Guitar ID. o - Select the desired part (Rhythm, Lead, Bass, None). o Tap “Done” Left-handed orientation: o To change a Fretlight orientation to left-handed, tap “Lefty”, located on the right side of the Fretlight Status Window. - Bass orientation (for use with a Fretlight Wireless Bass): o To assign a Fretlight Wireless Bass, tap “Bass”, located on the right side of the Fretlight Status Window. - Assign all connected guitars the same part: o Tap “Assign Part to All”, located at the bottom right of the Fretlight Status window Note: “Guitar Name”, “Lefty” and “Bass” preferences are remembered each time the guitar is paired. 7 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved 12. Virtual Fretboard Display The Guitar Tunes Virtual Fretboard is located below the song timeline at the bottom of the main screen. The Virtual Fretboard displays fingering positions and note names for the guitar part selected. - Each song will display available guitar parts below the Virtual Fretboard (“Lead Guitar”, “Rhythm Guitar”, “Bass”, “Easy Chords”). - Tap the desired guitar part to display an additional Virtual Fretboard (up to 4 Virtual Fretboards can be displayed simultaneously) 8 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved 13. Left-hand Mode Left-handed players can “flip” any Virtual Fretboard to Left-Hand Mode. - To toggle Left-hand Mode: o Tap the “Nut” on the Virtual Fretboard. o Tap again to toggle back to Right-hand Mode. Right-hand Mode Left-hand Mode Note: Default Left-hand mode for all Virtual Fretboards: “Settings” > “Global Left-Hand Mode”. 14. SMART Fretboard Mode SMART Fretboard Mode will automatically “zoom in” to the active area of the Virtual Fretboard during playback. For example, if a particular part only uses 5 frets, SMART Fretboard Mode will zoom in to show only the active frets. This is especially helpful when using Guitar Tunes on a small screen or mobile phone. Note: SMART Fretboard Mode is not available when a guitar part uses all 22 frets. Note: Left-hand users should switch to Lefty Mode prior to using SMART Fretboard. - To turn on SMART Fretboard Mode o Tap “SMART Fretboard” located in the top right-hand corner of the Virtual Fretboard. o Fretboard will “zoom in” to show currently active frets. 9 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved - To turn off SMART Fretboard Mode o Tap “Done” located in the upper left-hand corner of the SMART Fretboard window. 15. Tuner If you’ve been playing awhile you know not all songs are tuned to A440 pitch. In fact, many songs have individual guitar parts tuned differently in the same song! Guitar Tunes includes tuning information for EVERY Guitar part in EVERY song, and we’ve included 2 types of Tuners (Digital and Audio) so players can easily tune to the original recording. Note: Grant Guitar Tunes permission to use the internal microphone on your device to enable tuner function. - To see tuning for a specific guitar part and activate the on-board Tuner: o Tap the Tuner icon o The Digital Tuner will appear and specific tuning information will appear on top of the tuner. For example, “Standard Tuning”, “Drop D”, “1/2 Step”, “Open E”, etc. located in the upper right-hand corner of the Virtual Fretboard. 10 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved - To Tune using the Digital Tuner: o Tap on the desired string/note to tune o Strum the associated string on your guitar while watching the Digital Tuner indicator o To close the Tuner, tap anywhere outside the Tuner window - To Tune using the Audile Tuner o Tap “Go to Audible” located in the upper right-hand corner of the Tuner window. o o o Tap the desired string/note located along the bottom of the Tuner window. The pitch for the desired note will sound as an audible reference. To close the Tuner, tap anywhere outside the Tuner window Guitar Tunes is a Trademark of Optek Music Systems, Inc. Fretlight is a Registered Trademark of Optek Music Systems, Inc. iTunes, iPad and iPhone are Trademarks or Registered Trademarks of Apple, Inc. 11 GT Help Version 1.0. Copyright ® 2016 Optek Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved