Prodipe MYVOICE2 User manual

Installation of MyVoice :

The installation process should start automatically as soon as you insert the CD in your PC’s CD drive. If not, you can launch the installation program by clicking on the Windows Start button, then Run and typing in "d:\setup\setup.exe" (where d is the letter of your CD drive).

Online and context sensitive help :

MyVoice uses a very simple online help system when running: when you move the mouse on a function, message help is shown in the ‘Information’ window or beside the selected function. That is

why we strongly encourage you to move the mouse around and explore the MyVoice window.

MyVoice Main features :

Select the track that you want

to listen to with a simple mouse click.

When you move th e mouse cursor over an object in the MyVoice, the corresponding help text is shown here …

Database settings:

see song titles instead of Track #1, Track#2, etc. Manual or Internet update modes.

Playback controls

(Start, stop, etc.)

MyVoice effect: Hide, in real time,

the voice of the singer from an audio CD. Click the MyVoice button to refine your settings..

“RIPPER” function: Transform you audio

CDs into wav or mp3 files (effects are taken into account during the process).

User’s manual MyVoice

To load tracks from CD drive or hard disk

Sequencer function: Enhance your audio CDs and create your own remixes. Record and

mix your voice over the music. Them use them on your home audio system (audio CD

burning function included).

Personalize your software

and hardware settings here.

KARAOKE function: you can

enter a song’s

lyrics to be shown

in a small and independent window or in full screen mode.

Each button drives an effect. Click and follow instructions.

Left and right audio level meters.

Getting started with MyVoice : basic use (playback)

Launch MyVoice

Insert an audio CD in one of your CD drives. Select the track that you want to listen to simply by clicking on its title.

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Click on the Play button of the control bar

Click on the icon below to activate the MyVoice effect that masks the vocals on your CD

(MyVoice effect inactive) (MyVoice effect active)

Getting started with MyVoice : basic use (recording)

Launch MyVoice

Insert an audio CD in one of your CD drives. Select the track that you want to listen to simply by clicking on its title.

Start the integrated sequencer in

MyVoice

Click on the MyVoice icon to activate the MyVoice effect

masking the vocals as the track plays

(MyVoice effect inactive) (MyVoice effect active)

Click on the text “Record from the microphone”. The music from the CD starts and you can start recording your version.

Examples of MyVoice in use

A) MyVoice allows you to listen an audio CD and ‘hide’ the voice of the singer.

1) Start MyVoice

2) Insert an audio CD in one of your CD drives.

3) Click on the start button of the control bar as you would do on a regular home audio system.

4) Click on the MyVoice button to hide the original singer's voice. The MyVoice button changes from black and white to color when the MyVoice effect is active.

B) MyVoice can copy whole whole albums or your chosen tracks from audio CDs, with or without ‘hidden’ vocals

1) Start MyVoice

2) Insert an audio CD to copy

3) Click on the 'Ripper' icon.

4) In the 'Audio data extraction' window, check the tracks to extract

5) Select the folder where MyVoice will have to create the files corresponding to the tracks selected

6) If you want MyVoice to create files where the vocals will be removed :

a. activate the MyVoice effect b. click on the 'Options' button of the 'Audio data extraction' c. tick the first checkbox ( ... take into account all effects ... )

7) Click on the 'Extraction' button and wait until the extraction process has been completed

C) MyVoice can create a compilation CD using tracks from one or m ore audio CDs

1) Proceed as in example B) as many times as required - for each audio CD

2) Start the MyVoice's sequencer ( icon 'Sequencer' )

3) Click on the 'CD burning' button

4) In the 'CD burning' window, click on the 'Add files' button to add the files you have created in step 1 to the list

5) Click on the 'CD burning' button of this window and wait until the operation completes.

D) MyVoice can play audio files as well as CDs

1) Click on the 'Drives' icon

2) In the 'Media support changer' window, click on the icon at the bottom ( hard disk )

3) Click on the 'Browse' button to select the folders or media containing the files you want to listen

4) Click 'OK' and the list of titles now shows you the files ready to be listened.

The Main Interface

The ‘Selection titles’ list presents track titles from you audio CD or a folder of your hard disk (you can choose in the ‘Media support changer’ window).

• Click on a track title to put it in pre-selection (for the lyrics or the sequencer for example)

• Double-click on a title to start listening it. You can also hit the spacebar on your keyboard.

• You can use the up and down arrows of your keyboard to move into the list.

• You can modify title, artist and album names in the ‘Database update’ window (manually or using the Internet)

The playback controls: work just like a regular home stereo system. The upper bar (just below the main controls) shows you the current play position and also lets yo change the play position. The tempo tracker lets you change the speed of the music (without having to change its

itch). The speeding/slowing tempo factor can be fro

0.60 up to 1.90. You can change both tempo an transposition.

Effects: You can add studio-quality effects to your recordings. Each effect has is own settings window in which you will find explanations regarding the selected effect.

Effect settings window sample: the MyVoice effect.

Icons you’ll find in the main interface:

Note: Windows that appear when you click on one of these icons (or when you use a keyboard shortcut) have their own integrated help messages. Please carefully read these help messages.

Audio data extraction (‘Ripper’):

Click this icon to extract audio files from the current audio CD. You be able to save audio files (WAV or MP3) that can be loaded directly from your PC without needing the original CD.

Note: you can use the effects during the extraction process (included the MyVoice effect) an save ready-to-use audio files. Keyboard shortcut: Alt+E

Database updates (titles, albums, artists):

Click here to update the names of the tracks of the current audio CD. MyVoice uses a database to let you see titles names instead of just track numbers.

ot every CD is listed in the database, but if MyVoice doesn’t already know the track names

you can input them yourself. (MyVoice uses the FreeDB server). Keyboard shortcut: Alt+T

Media support changer:

Click this icon to select the CD drive that you want to use (in case your system have several ones). You can also decide to use audio files located on other kind of devices (hard disk, CDROM, floppies, etc.) Ke

board shortcut: Alt+D

Software and hardware settings:

Click this icon to setup some options for your software and your hardware (DirectX®, microphone, sound card) Keyboard shortcut: Alt+C

Sequencer, audio recording, CD burning:

Record and mix your voice over the original soundtrack. Create and save all of you arrangements and remixes, then burn to CD to use in any CD player. This integrated sequencer will let you:

• Record your voice over the current music

• A pply effects to the music and your voice

• Bu rn your creatio ns onto CD-R to create audio CD compatible with your home audio

system

Keyboard shortcut: Alt+S

Lyrics – Karaoke window:

Click this icon to show (or hide) the lyrics window. You will be able to view, enter or modify the lyrics of the current title, in time with the music. You can enter the lyrics manually or by importing them from a text file or a midi or karaoke file. You can position them in time manually or automatically while listening to the music. You can use your own fonts, colors and background images or even a video for the full-scree for the authentic karaoke experience! Ke

board shortcut: Alt+LKeyboard shortcut for full-screen mode: Alt+Enter

Extracting audio files using the ‘Ripper’

When you click on this icon the following view appears in the ‘Information’ window

The text in this window shows you extraction options.

Audio extraction digitally records the music from your audio CDs bit by bit. This means there’s no loss o quality and the recording you have on your PC is a carbon copy of the one from your CD. This feature can be very useful for you if your computer is too slow for MyVoice to run its effects in real-time. All the effects, including the MyVoice effect, the transposition and the change of tempo, can be applied during the extraction process, no matter how slow, or busy, your computer is (processing time will just take a while longer). The button "Options" lets you to set your preferences for the extraction of the audio data. Clic on this button to reveal the window below:

The text in this window shows extraction setup options.

Please note that the MP3 file compression reduces file size b a factor of about 12 with minimal perceptible loss o sound quality sound.

Database updates (titles, albums, artists) :

When you click on this icon the following options appears in the ‘Information’ window

The text in this window shows you database options.

MyVoice® has a database that lets you to view your tracks by name rather than just track number (Trac 1, Track 2, etc). Not every CD is listed in the database, but if MyVoice doesn’t already know the trac names you can input them yourself. (MyVoice uses the FreeDB server).

Media support changer :

When you click on this icon, the following window appears in the ‘Information’ window

The text in this window shows you media type options.

This window is used when you want to use audio files (wav or mp3) rather an audio CD or if you have several CD drives. Using the ‘audio extraction module’ (see above) you can save you audio files to hard disk and have your very own music collection available on your PC.

Software and hardware settings :

When you click on this icon, the following window appears in the ‘Information’ window This window has three tabs : ‘General’, ‘Microphone’ and ‘Audio and DirectX®’.

• Under the ‘General’ Tab

Option list from the ‘General’ tab

Screen :

• Use a colored background.

• Change to screen resolution of 800x600 pixels for the MyVoice® window. (you will need to restart your

Effects :

Internet :

Audio CD :

Audio files :

software)

• Hid e the Windows system tray when MyVoice® is running (you will need to restart your software)

• Sho w a black frame around the windows of MyVoice® (you will need to restart your software)

• Restore your last effects settings at startup

• Always show effects values

• Ask MyVoice® to look automatically on Internet for CD information when you insert an unknown audio

CD that is not in the database.

• A utomatically disconnect your Internet connection after each (automatic or manual) connection..

• Play all selected tracks one after the other (MyVoice® stops playing at the end of one title if not checked).

• Mak e MyVoice® the default CD player (the previous player will be restored if you uninstall MyVoice®)

• Use ASPI layers for the access to your CD-ROM drives (Windows® 2000, XP and above only) - you will

need to restart your software.

Note : you will need to use this option only if you encounter problems accessing your CD drives under Windows 2000, XP or better.

• Sho w only CD quality files (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo)

• Sort files by name

• Sort files by length

• Sort ascending

Software and hardware settings : Microphone settings

• Under the ‘Microphone’ Tab

MyVoice attempts to automatically select your microphone as the recording source and you speakers as the playback device. This means you can hear yourself when you are singing. Yo might need to alter the settings yourself, which can be done through your soundcards’s mixe window.

Windows lets you select which audio source(s) will be active for recording and playback. There are several ways you can get to these mixer settings:

• You can double-click on the loudspeaker icon located on the Windows system tray to show the active mixer for the playback sources.

( note : this window may look slightly different on your PC)

If you click on this window’s 'Options' menu and then 'Properties', you can show the mixe

settings for your recording sources:

(Note: these windows may look slightly different on your PC)

• To show these windows, you can also open the Start menu of Windows, click Run an enter “sndvol32” to show the playback mixer window or “sndvol32 /rec” for the recording window - note the space between sndvol32 and /rec. Do not type the quote marks.

• You can also open the Windows Control Panel then click 'Multimedia Properties'. You ge the following window:

ote that Windows lets yo use more than one soundcar and that you may have several card names in the lists.

Click on this button to show the playback mixer window.

Click on this button to show the recording mixer window.

ote: you can also get to this window if you click on the button in MyVoice's Settings window.

If you don't hear yourself when you speak or sing in the microphone when you are using MyVoice:

• Click on the Microphone tab sheet, and check first that the 'Recording source' and 'Levels' controls are enabled. Some audio cards are not directly accessible through Windows. Here is an example of one such setup:

You will have in this case to choose your inputs / outputs in the mixer control panel shipped with your audio card.

Controls are disabled.

If the controls are enabled, it means that your audio card can be accessed through Windows - an therefore by MyVoice. All you have to do in this case is to:

• Select the recording source that corresponds to the input you have plugged the microphone into (either 'Microphone' input or 'Line In' input of your card)

• Adjust the listening and recording levels.

Controls are enabled

Software and hardware settings : microphone gain level

Staying on the ‘Microphone’ tab window, click on the microphone icon to check and change the gain level of your microphone. Every sound card’s amplification level is slightly different, so initially finding your microphone signal too loud or too quiet is not uncommon. Solve this problem by adjusting the gain that MyVoice applies to the signal received while recording in the sequencer.

ote that this gain will only be applied to the microphone signal recorded in the sequencer.

When you click on the icon, you get the following window:

You should set the gain so the level-meter does not go over three quarters of its height.

Software and hardware settings :

• Under the ‘Audio and DirectX®’ Tab

This is the more technical part of the configuration window. Generally, you can use the default options selected when MyVoice has been installed. However, you may have to modify some

arameters depending on your hardware configuration and the audio results.

• Use your system’s DirectX settings:

When MyVoice needs to use your audio hardware for playing or recording audio files, i selects the 'default audio hardware' selected through the Windows Control Panel (see previous chapter).

DirectX® filters and codecs installed by other software are active when this option is selected and MyVoice is running, and that can occasionally be source of problems (see later).

That is why this configuration mode, even if it is more 'natural' for audio software, is not the selected default configuration during the installation of MyVoice.

• Use the built-in MyVoice DirectX settings:

It is the selected configuration mode during the installation of MyVoice. You have to use this mode if you encounter the following problems:

o The MyVoice effect seems to be completely inactive on all of your audio CD's o

files

o When you start listening to a title, the reading position slider does not move or goes

immediately at the end of the title's length when no sound heard.

o The sound is chopped despite a sufficient hardware configuration o The speed of the track you are hearing is modified without any reason o An error message appears as soon as you start listening to a track o Other miscellaneous errors

Software and hardware settings :

• Under the ‘Audio and DirectX®’ Tab: audio drivers selection

When you are using the MyVoice 'built-in DirectX settings', you can choose the audio drivers tha MyVoice will use to play back and record audio. Simply select the driver needed in the lists. Whenever possible try to select a DirectX® driver that exactly matches your audio card.

When you are using a driver that is not compatible with DirectX®, MyVoice signals it with an aler message.

Audio buffers size: audio buffers are areas of your PC’s memory that MyVoice will use to play an record audio. The default size is 'small'. ONLY select the ‘big’ size if you encounter unusual audio

roblems.

Sequencer, audio recording, CD burning :

Click on this button and effects will be applied to the music (not the vocals).

These buttons let you mute or unmute the music or vocals.

• Note : the main window of MyVoice remains active while you are using the sequencer. So you still have access to the play bar control zone and to all of the effects settings.

• To record your voice from the microphone : Please first be sure to have correctly configurated your hardware settings (using “Microphone

setup”). Click on the button “Record from the microphone”. The music starts playing and

you can then sing in the microphone. You can stop whenever you want or simply wait the end of the music. Note: voice effects are not taken into account while recording. You will hear them when you play back your recorded track.

At the end of the recording session, MyVoice will ask you under what name you want to save your wave file. If you cancel this step, your sound recording will be lost.

• To open a previously recorded audio file, click on the button “Open a pre-recorded vocals

from a file”.

• To use effects over the music and the vocals : click on one of the buttons “Music Effects” or “Vocal Effects” depending on what you want. Please note that volume levels are also independent and can be applied to the music or the vocals.

Click on this button and effects will be applied to the vocals (not the music).

Clickable text buttons that allow you to access to the main functions of the sequencer.

Track time for music and vocals

• To record the mix of the music and your vocals, click on the button “Create the mix

music+vocals”.Current effects settings will be taken into account during the mix. So do not

forget to check these effects settings before starting the mixing process.

MyVoice will prompt you for a file name for the mix.

Tip: Select a file in the folder named Sessions\cd inside the folder where you have installed MyVoice to easily access to this file later on when you will use the CD Burning window (see later).

When you click on the button “Create the mix music+vocals”, the following window appears :

When the window appears, please wait while MyVoice creates your finished audio file.

DirectX® effects for vocals :

You may have noticed that when you click on the button “Vocal Effects” from the sequencer, the Transposition effect from the main interface is replaced with a button named “DirectX® FX”

This button lets you use DirectX® effects already installed in your system.

Note: these effects will be applied only to the vocals, not to the music. Important: IPE Music is not responsible for any problem caused by third party DirectX effects.

When you click on the DirectX® icon ( or the button “DirectX® FX”), the following window appear:

Simply click on the button “Add” to insert an effect. Then add it into the list and click on the button “Settings” to configure it.

Note : when MyVoice is playing music, only the “Settings” button is active. You cannot modify the list of DirectX® effects while MyVoice is playing audio.

The order of the inserted effects is important (a distortion effect will have a different impact when inserted before a flanger or of after it for example). So you can use the “Move up” and “Move down” buttons to reorder your effects.

The same applies to the MyVoice effects. You can choose to insert the DirectX® effects before or

after MyVoice effects.

Note: When you click on the “Add” button, MyVoice shows you the list of all the DirectX® effects

installed onto your system. It may be that no effects are displayed, as you don’t have any installed. There are hundreds of free and commercial DirectX® effects available from music dealers or on the Internet.

CD Burning functions :

• Click on the button “CD Burning” to get the following window :

• You can modify the list of the files to burn with the buttons located to the right of the

window (Add files, Move up, Move down, Delete and Sort by name). Please note that when you add files, you can select several files at once in the Windows dialog box (see your Windows help file for more information on how dto do this). Note : when you delete a file from the list, it is also physically deleted from your hard disk.

• You can listen to a file before burning : select the file in the list and click on the button

Listen.

• To burn an audio CD, simply click on the “CD Burning” button.

Important notes :

o Under Windows 2000 or XP, the burning process is integrated into the system and

there is no need to install extra components.

o You can of course use your prefered CD burning software instead of this

integrated functionality of MyVoice. In this case, please quit MyVoice before launching your burning software.

Lyrics – Karaoke window :

When you click on this icon the Lyrics - Karaoke window appears

You can move this window anywhere on your screen:

Standard position

( when first used for example )

Moved window

ote : the screen resolution has to be more than 1024 by 768 pixels to see both windows ( the MyVoice one and the Lyrics one) withou overlapping.

Although the lyrics window is independent from the MyVoice window, the lyrics are fully synchronized with the music. Words follow the music of course. The lyrics file is also synchronized: when you change the current listening title (by clicking on the list of titles for example, or when MyVoice automatically changes for the next title in the list), the corresponding lyrics file is automatically selected (under some conditions as you will see later on).

MyVoice gives you two ways to display lyrics: in window mode - as seen above- and in full screen mode for more realistic karaoke sessions.

Full screen mode

Buttons from the lyrics – Karaoke window:

• New: click on this button to create an empty lyrics file. You will be prompted for a file name when

you will save your work.

• Open: Click this button to open a MyVoice lyrics file (if you want to import a different kind o

file (text, midi, karaoke or MyVoice version less than 1.3), use the button 'Import' from the Words-Texts window - see later in this chapter). Note regarding the file names of your lyrics files: if you want the lyrics window to automatically select the lyrics file corresponding to the current listening audio track, you have to give a file name corresponding to this title (when you save a lyrics file, MyVoice suggests this by default). You can of course save the file under a file name of your choice, but MyVoice will no select it automatically if this name is different from the audio title name. This condition is more critical when you use the lyrics in full screen mode. While in this mode you don't have access to the main interface and therefore you cannot change the lyrics file name to be opened with the current audio track. To avoid exiting the full screen mode each time MyVoice changes the listening audio track, make sure your lyrics files and audio files match, ensuring a pleasan karaoke session.

Save, Save as: Click on this button to save all modifications in the current lyrics file. When a file

has been modified, this button becomes active and red. Important note regarding lyrics files that have been modified in the MyVoice interface), i

you close the Lyrics window (by clicking on the 'Close' button or through the icon of the MyVoice's main interface), MyVoice propose to you to save the modifications of the current lyrics file. If you change the current audio track (by clicking on the list of titles of when MyVoice automatically changes the current title when listening), MyVoice automatically saves all modifications done to the current lyrics file.

• Words: Click on this button to enter or modify the lyrics text of the current track. This mode will

be described later on in this chapter.

Positions: Click on this button to define the timing of your lyrics in manual or automatic mode.

This mode will be described later on in this chapter. Note: this button is disabled if no text has been entered.

• Settings: Click on this button to change the screen settings or your lyrics (fonts, colors, videos,

etc). This mode will be described later on in this chapter.

• Full screen: Click on this button to show your lyrics texts in full screen mode. Note: this button is disabled if no text has been entered. In full screen mode, only two keys of your keyboard remain active: the 'Spacebar' (to start or stop the music) and 'Escape' to exit the full screen mode.

Lyrics – Karaoke window :

Entering and modifying texts

By clicking on the ‘Words’ button from the Lyrics window, the following dialog box opens :

How modifications to lyrics affects time positions:

1) If you’re entering lyrics from scratch: new texts

entered will get time positions (markers that tell no voice where lyrics are sung in relation to the music) automatically calculated from the total length of the current title. Unlike MIDI karaoke files that contain helpful dat used to correctly position the lyrics, no suc information is present in this case. You will have then to correct these positions created automatically while entering new texts. More on this later in this chapter.

2) If your lyrics file already has text entered and you don't add or delete whole lines of text: time positions are not modified in this case.

3) If your lyrics file already has existing text and you add or delete whole lines: time positions are modified and you will have to correct these positions.

Each line of text represents one line shown in the lyrics window (either in window or full screen mode). That is why we suggest you to enter phrases instead of syllables.

• The Paste button lets you paste text that has been copied using the Windows Clipboard (from a

web page for example).

• The Import button lets you import different kinds of files: text (*.txt), MIDI (*.mid), Karaoke

(*.kar) or MyVoice lyrics files version 1.0 to 1.2 (*.dat)

• Note: when you import MIDI (*.mid), Karaoke (*.kar) or MyVoice lyrics files version 1.0 to 1.2

(*.dat), time positions are accurately imported. Importing text files (*.txt) will need an extra work: you will have in this case to define the temporal positions automatically created.

Lyrics – Karaoke window :

Defining time positions in your text

By clicking on the ‘Positions’ button from the Lyrics window, the following dialog box opens :

Follow the instructions of this window to modify the time positions of your texts. MyVoice offers you two ways to do this:

• The manual mode: simply move the text with the mouse

• The automatic mode: the faster and easier mode to position your texts.

First define the time zone inside which modifications will be allowed and then click on the ‘Start’ button. The music starts and the following windows appears:

The window shows you the next text to

osition. As soon as you hear it, hit the spacebar of your keyboard. Hit the Escape key to stop at any time you want.

When you are done (that is to say when there is no more text to position or if you have canceled with escape), MyVoice asks you to confir your changes.

Lyrics – Karaoke window :

Screen settings

By clicking on the ‘Settings’ button from the Lyrics window, the following dialog box opens:

Options from above frames (‘Simple lyrics window settings’ and ‘Full screen window generic settings’) are saved independently from the current lyrics file. Options from the lower frame (‘Current lyrics files settings’) are enabled only if a lyrics fil e is opened. They are relevant only to the full screen mode and will be saved with the curren lyrics file. This functionality allows you to personalize the full screen mode for each title.

Generic notes and recommendations :

MyVoice effect inactive :

You can use MyVoice as a regular CD player.

MyVoice effect active :

Click on the MyVoice effect button and hide the vocals on CD tracks in real time. The vocals can be muted and, with tweaking, totally cancelled.

Recommendations for your audio hardware :

The hardware on which you mix is very important. Each loud-speaker or audio sound card has its own "sound color". The result given by MyVoice is dependant of your hardware configuration. To get the best result, click on the effects button of MyVoice and try to change your settings according to the current audio track. Also try MyVoice’s equalizer to change the musical 'color' if it is neccessary.

Recommendations regarding your audio CD’s :

This new technology is accurate enough on a very large number of audio CD titles, excepting live records and/or some old records. If the results on a track on a particular CD aren’t suitable, don't spend too much time on other tracks on the same album – there’s every chance that they will yield poor results too. MyVoice lets your generate a huge number of karaoke backing tracks. It will usually leave only a small part of original vocals that will be impossible to hear as soon as you will sing over it. Plus, after having burned your work on a audio cd , the result when heard through a home audio system will be even better.

The equalizer

To give a new color to your recordings and refine your sound settings use the 10 band graphic equalizer in MyVoice.

Tip

: Try to identify which bands you want to modify before making big changes. To do this, set all bands to their minimum values, and raise the value of each one by one. You will notice which bands are strongest and weakest Reset the controls proceed with your fine tuning.

Reverb

Reverberation is critical to a professional sounding mix. It provides a way to give more depth to the music, and also to hide any small impefections. Good reverb must sound natural. Don't over-do it !

Moving windows

In MyVoice, you can move a window by simply clicking on a non-reactive area and by dragging the mouse without releasing the button.

Shortcuts created during MyVoice installation

Installing MyVoice creates the following shortcuts:

• A shortcut on your desktop ( icon )

• Several shortcuts inside the folder MyVoice created in your ‘Start/Programs’ folder:

To run MyVoice Software configuration This manual .wav to mp3 and mp3 to .wav conversion utility Manual for .wav to mp3 Internet updates and deinstallation of MyVoice, re-

installation of external modules (DirectX, DAO, ASPI)

Shortcut MyVoice Configuration: this shortcut allows you to open the configuration window o

MyVoice separately.

This can be useful in case of initial problems while first using MyVoice.

• Shortcut Deinstallation and updates of MyVoice: lets you

o Uninstall MyVoice o Re-install several modules needed by MyVoice to operate correctly:

 DirectX® for sounds and drawings  DAO for Database Access Objects needed for CD’s and songs titles  ASPI for the CD drive access module  Acrobat Reader® needed to read this manual

Another interesting feature of this update module is the Internet update module: with this module, your version of MyVoice and its components can always be brought up-to-date with a simple mouse-click:

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The concession of this licence does not involve the transfer of any other right but the reproduction rights and representation necessary to the setting in working memory of the computer of the SOFTWARE PACKAGE for its use, and for its safeguard

2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

IPE MUSIC guarantees to the User, that it is holder of rights of intellectual property enabling him to concede this licence. Are included/understood in NO VOICE, in addition to (i) the object codes and associated documentation; (ii) the whole of technical and/or methodological know-how; (iii) functionalities in what they, when they are expressed, would allow the writing of a technically different program data-processing but counterfeiting protected methodology, (iv) elements of interface, in particular screens, editions or menus, (v) description, headings and the structure of the data, whatever the tool in which these elements are stockés/utilisés, in particular the whole of the elements stored in the data base (VI) parameter settings that it is in the form of tables of, binary file to structure or file data bases of the text type. The whole of these elements is protected whatever the form and the support under which they are represented. Any use, access, reproduction, translation, modification à/de some element that it is described above would automatically be a violation of present which could involve, and without delay, the cancellation of the licence, notwithstanding the damages. IPE MUSIC preserves, as a holder of the rights, the intellectual property on NO VOICE, like all the prerogatives being attached to it.

Consequently,

 the User prohibits any reproduction of NO VOICE in some form that it is at other ends

that of safeguard and use and commits itself taking all the precautions which are essential to avoid a use or an illicit diffusion of it;

 the User avoids modifying, deteriorating, décompiler or reproducing NO VOICE in

whole or part, and allowing any action of a third which would have the same effect;

 the User avoids bringing, or making bring, any modification with NO VOICE, including

correcting possible errors;

 the User is committed not modifying, nor to withdraw the mentions of property indicated

on NO VOICE;

 the User is committed not withdrawing nor to modify the warning of IPE MUSIC being

reproduced on the packaging of NO VOICE, relating to the obligation to preserve a private use at the copies obtained, thanks to the software, but starting from original works;

 the User prohibits any transfer with some title that it is, of the magnetic media, programs,

data, documents or other elements relating to NO VOICE;

In the event of non-observance of this clause, the User, exposes himself to the offence of counterfeit, liable to sanctions as well penal as civil, which sanction as regards software the violation of the unspecified one of the rights of exploitation of the holder (L.122-6 article of the Code of the intellectual property),

3. LIMITED GARANTEE

IPE MUSIC guarantees the conformity of NO VOICE to the specifications described in its

documentation published in the date of purchase, subject being correctly used under the conditions of operatings envisaged in documentation. The User assumes all the responsibilities other than those for conformity of NO VOICE to the specifications described in his documentation, and in particular those which concern:

 adequacy of NO VOICE to its needs. To in no case IPE MUSIC does not guarantee the

aptitude of NO VOICE to carry out particular tasks anticipated by the User which

justified are choice of software, if they are not expressly included in documentation;  the use of NO VOICE. The present guarantee confers specific rights and does not make obstacle with the application of the legal guarantee envisaged to articles 1641 and following of the Civil code.

4. RESORT OF The USER

The extent of the responsibility for IPE MUSIC, as well as the rights to repair of the User will be limited, with the choice of IPE MUSIC, either (i) with the refunding of the paid price, or (ii) with the replacement of the software nonin conformity with the guarantee, provided, in both cases, that the software or turned over to IPE MUSIC, accompanied by a copy of its document in proof of purchase. The Guarantee will be inapplicable in the case or the failure of NO VOICE would result from an accident or a misuse.

5. EXCLUSION OF ANY OTHER GUARANTEE

Except provision of law and order contrary, IPE MUSIC excludes any other explicit or implicit guarantee relating to NO VOICE or the documentation which accompanies it, concerning, in particular, their adequacy with a particular use.

6. LIMITATION OF RESPONSIBILITY

The responsibility for IPE MUSIC could not be required nor committed:

 in the event of use nonin conformity with the provisions of the present licence;  in the event of modification or deterioration of the Software "NO VOICE" by the User;  in the event of diffusion by the User in some manner that it is, on a purely free or

expensive basis, of the creations carried out with NO VOICE which would contravene

the rights of a third;  in the event of use of NO VOICE in violation of the Code of the Intellectual Property,

in particular by transforming NO VOICE into software KARAOKE, integrating or

modifying original works.

Except wouldn't provision of law and order contrary, IPE MUSIC know, in addition, being held for person in charge for some direct or indirect damage, of some nature that it is? in particular and without the list not being restrictive, of the physical injuries, of the deprivation of pleasure of NO VOICE, of the interruptions of activity, the losses of data, or any other loss of pecuniary nature? resulting from the use or impossibility of using NO VOICE, while at the same time it would have been advised possibility of the supervening of such damage. In any assumption, the extent of the responsibility for IPE MUSIC will be limited to the sum actually paid by the User for NO VOICE.

7. RESPONSIBILITY FOR The USER

The User will be only responsible for a use of NO VOICE contravening the rights of a third, in particular because of the creation of new works.

8. RÉSILIATION

In the event of failure by the User with the one of the provisions of this Licence, this one will be automatically cancelled by IPE MUSIC, with the exclusive wrongs of the User. The User will have to at once cease using NO VOICE.

9. SPECIAL PROVISIONS

The present Licence is governed by the French law. Its execution as its interpretation come under the responsibility of the French courts.

IF ONE OR MORE STIPULATIONS OF T

HE PRESENTES ARE HELD FOR

NONCVALID OR DECLAREES S UCH PURSUANT TO A LAW, OF A PAYMENT OR FOLLOWING A DECISION DEFINITIVE OF A COURT OF JURISDICTION, THE OTHER STIPULATIONS WILL KEEP ALL THEIR FORCE AND THEIR PORTEE. IN THE EVENT OF DIFFICULTIES OF INTERPRETATION BETWEEN ANY OF THE TITLES APPEARING IN TETE OF THE CLAUSES AND ANY OF THE CLAUSES, THE TITLES WILL BE NON-EXISTENT DECLARES.

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Pentium IV 1GHz or better – 256 Mo RAM CD-Rom drive – Sound card with WDM and DirectX© drivers Screen resolution 800 by 600 minimum and thousands of colors Hadr disk with 400 Mo free space. Windows 2000, XP, Vista or better.

Prodipe MYVOICE2 User manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Getting started with MyVoice : basic use (playback)

Getting started with MyVoice : basic use (recording)

Examples of MyVoice in use

The Main Interface

Icons you’ll find in the main interface:

Extracting audio files using the ‘Ripper’

Database updates (titles, albums, artists) :

Shortcuts created during MyVoice installation