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| Frequently Asked
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| Why is there both a drone and
a tanpura? |
The continuous drone is there to add "body" to the tanpura
sound - to root you even more firmly in the tonality into which you place
your notes. If you sometimes find the strokes of the tanpura distracting,
you might even use the drone on its own.
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| Do I have to tune the drone,
tanpura and tabla separately? |
No - the single tuning control controls them all. We
have left open the option for fine tuning the tabla but you're unlikely to
want to use this.
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| There are so many "tabla
sample groups". Which should I choose? |
Try them all. You'll soon find the one that sounds best
at your pitch on your sound system - and RiyazStudio will remember it between
sessions. Whatever pitch you play or sing at, make sure you try the E tabla
samples, which come over very well on many sound systems - even when played
significantly below their recorded pitch.
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| I've downloaded the
installation program but when I run it it says
it's "not a valid win32 application" or "checksum mismatch" |
Download and install the free download manager
DownloadExpress
that's linked to on the download page - or use any other download manager.
This will ensure that your RiyazStudio download is complete and uncorrupted.
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| The volume on the tabla in
comparision to the tanpura is very low, and I can't make the tabla loud enough.
What should I do? |
Raise the overall volume level by selecting: Start button:
All programs: Accessories: Entertainment: Volume Control (this opens the
Windows volume control panel) and increase the level of both the "Master
Volume" and "Wave" (both these affect the loudness of RiyazStudio).
The amplitude of the tabla and tanpura waveforms is similar - but because
the tanpura is fairly continuous it is louder than the occasionally struck
tabla. To keep a good balance between them the tanpura volume should be set
lower.
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| If I need to re-install
RiyazStudio on a new computer do I have to buy another registration key? |
The standard registration key lets you run RiyazStudio
on two computers, and if you buy a new computer you can unregister an old
one, freeing up the licence to use again.
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| Will RiyazStudio work on Mac?
Does it need a powerful computer? |
RiyazStudio works only on Windows PCs - but they don't
have to be new. It will be perfectly happy on a fairly old and slow PC (a
400MHz Celeron / Pentium II for instance) just as long as you can spare 756MB
on the hard disk for the tabla sound samples.
What does matter is the quality of your sound system - a cheap pair
of small PC speakers won't do you or RiyazStudio justice. If a good quality
sound system isn't available then a pair of headphones (although inconvienient
for practicing) could give a better idea of what RiyazStudio should sound
like.
If you've got an IntelMac you'll be able to run RiyazStudio via "VMware Fusion"
or "BootCamp" Windows environments (we've had a bad report of "Parallels").
But the most cost effective alternative (it doesn't need Windows or a Windows
licence) is
CrossOver
Mac. A recent customer reports: "Hi! I have tried riyaz studio on a MacBook
OS x v 10.5.4 using Crossover Mac v7.0.2 which I just downloaded. It works
fine. Thanks very much.".
Anyone wishing to try out CrossOver Mac can download and install the
trial
version and select the option to install InternetExplorer6 into CrossOver.
RiyazStudio then needs to be installed into the same 'bottle' (a CrossOver
term) as InternetExplorer. CrossOver is said to be most stable when acting
as Windows98.
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