User Manual - Sound Odyssey
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1. i icon in the bottom of the screen Click NEXT once you re comfortable with what you ve learnt so far and continue At the end of the teaching level a summary will be given entailing all the musical concepts taught within the current level click NEXT to be returned to the Galaxy Menu Level Complete Summary You know what the Grand Staff is You can tell where notes are on the Grand Staff You know what Pitch is You know what the Treble Clef is You know what the Bass Clef is You know what Flats and Sharps are You know some Musical Symbols You understand the basics of Octaves You can play notes with your Left Hand amp Right Hand CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto 11 Another example of a teaching level is the Duration Fundamentals where you will learn how long to hold notes for and the duration of different notes Here the tooltip messages tell you what to play and how long to play They also describe the different note symbols you will be seeing and need to learn to play songs within the game Duration Fundamentals EB Played Quarter Note Pioyed Half Note Piayed whole Note Test 1 of 2 c Song Levels Song levels allow you to perform a piece of music where you can apply what you have learnt in the previous teaching level Clicking on a song such as Hot Cross Buns will giving you the following popup box2. Clef Flats amp Sharps Musical Symbols Octaves Left Hand amp Right Hand Tip Use your mouse to hover over things you are unsure of to show more information CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto 10 In the Pitch Fundamentals level you can press keys on your digital piano to make a note appear on the musical stave A virtual piano is also presented at the bottom of the screen mimicking your key presses Pitch Fundamentals Press keys on your keyboard The Staff The Staff the 5 lines are the base from which notes are placed on Notes These letters refer to which line or space a 17 B corresponds with which A Qo OA AEG Treble Clef these in sheet music or Clefs refer to which later in this game notes are placed on each line or space The center of the Treble Clef where it wraps around the line is where the G note is played Virtual Piano White Keys Black Keys This virtual piano These keyscorrespond These keys are referred mimics your key with the notes on the to as flats and or sharps presses on your digital staff and correspond with the keyboard notes on the staff To make things simple we ll be using sharps Db Eb G A b CH D Fi G A T a z You can hover your mouse over any object you re unsure of to display a tooltip which explains what that object is right image If you want all the tooltips to appear click the small
3. on the right of the screen right image This is similar to the popup box from teaching levels however this also gives you statistics of your last attempt with respect to the song played a Score b Accuracy Correctness of notes hit 10 28 2015 7 34 PM Practice c Fluency Consistency of tempo Score 17 pts d Expression Loudness of notes played Accuracy 100 Fluency 100 Expression 100 10 28 2015 7 33 PM Practice Score 15 pts During the song level notes will appear from the right of the screen and move towards the left Your goal is to press the matching note on the keyboard to the one on screen once it has CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto You can also either attempt to complete the song level by clicking Play and get feedback through statistics or you can Practice the song level 12 passed the black bar You can also pause the game by clicking the Pause button at the top of the screen The Power Gauge down the bottom of the screen increases when you hit a note successfully and decreases when you miss a note There is also a Song Progress bar telling you how far you are in the song and a Beats Per Minute BPM indicator that tells you the tempo E q 7 i en ner Zen Aloe oo MUCTIPCIER i E oa 1 TEMPO 20 Sem POWER GAVGE Te At the end of the song level feedback will be given entailing the stat
4. you to change profile settings within the game 3 Settings Configuration menu that allows you to change settings within the game 4 Exit Quits the game to Windows desktop PRO a Settings Menu i Settings Menu Audio 1 Master Volume Adjust the total volume of the game 2 Percussion Volume Adjust the percussive sounds of levels and song MIDI tracks 3 Player Volume Adjust the keyboard s volume 4 Accompaniment Volume Adjust the volume of extra tracks of MIDI files and songs 5 Effects Volume Adjust the extra and ambient sounds of the game 6 Music Volume Adjust the volume of menu music and level songs Sf Sf Sf St SETTINSS AVDIO MASTER VOLUME VIDEO PERCUSSION VOLUME GAME a Oe mi D CONFIG ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME mm Bm ME g MUSIC VOLUME SACK CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto ii Settings Menu Video 1 Fullscreen Choose from windowed and fullscreen modes 2 Resolution Choose preferred screen resolution 3 Antialiasing Choose level of smoothness of edges and lines 4 VSync Choose to turn vertical synchronization on or off 5 Quality Level Choose level of texture quality e oO AUDIO FU LLSCREEN VIDEO RESOLUTION 920 X IOBO GAME ANT LACIASING MIDI CONFIG VSYNC nn et et BACK iii Settings Menu MIDI Config SETTINGS MIDI CONFIG AUDIO parma FICK DEVICE GAME miDI
5. CONFIG RLERATE MIDI KEUISORARD LRLERATE a BACK 1 Pick Device Allows you to choose your MIDI audio Output and Input devices 1st screenshot and type of device 2nd screenshot CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto FICK MDI AUDIO DEVICE ERFTFEERT INFU T Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth CASIO USB MIDI CASIO USB MIDI U ATE 4 FICK MDI AVDIO DEVICE Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth Output Primary Device Use Device 2 Calibrate MIDI Keyboard Set up digital keyboard and configure it to work at its best performance for the game To calibrate press the lowest then highest keys on your keyboard 3 Calibrate Input Delay Configure keyboard key presses and input to work at preferred or best performances for the game b Profiles Menu CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto i Profiles Menu The following screenshot is of the Profiles Menu This includes options to view Statistics Edit Profile Details Change Profile and Back To Main Menu NICK STETS TCS dJ anna CHANGE PROFILE BACK TO MAIN MENU li Profile Menu Statistics 1 General Game data for Time Played and Time Spent Looking At Statistics NICK GENERAL Time Played OFA gg Time Spent Looking At Statistics Fill with list BACK 2 Gameplay Game dat
6. SOUND ODYSSEY User Manual 1 Index WN O1 Index Overview Installation Software amp Hardware Requirements a Minimum b Recommended First time setup amp calibration Menu Navigation and Settings a Settings Menu b Profiles Menu How to play a Galaxy Menu b Teaching Levels c Song Levels d Examination Levels Frequently Asked Questions CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto 2 Overview Welcome to Sound Odyssey a game that incorporates both space and music to teach challenge and test you on your ability to learn and play an instrument You will be taking baby steps to learn the piano and read sheet music as well as understand any musical theory that comes along the way You ll be flying in your spaceship on this musical journey to conquer asteroid belts event horizons and escaping planetary orbits To complicate this adventure that you will be embarking on you will be battling against colossal enemy bosses whilst proving to yourself through standardized musical tests and performances that you have learnt and are able to apply the concepts taught in the many galaxies that you will be visiting However none of this will go in vain as after you have completed this sound odyssey you will have obtained all the necessary skills and knowledge to be able to play the piano and show off 3 Installation Step 1 Unzip Sou
7. a for Notes Played Notes Missed and Hit Miss Ratio Played divided by Notes Missed NICK GAMEPLAY GENERAL GAMEPLAY Notes Played Notes Missed Fill with list Hit Miss Ratio BACK iii Profile Menu Edit Profile Details Changes your current profile name CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto NICK ENTER PROFILE NAME LONFIRM iv Profile Menu Change Profile Changes which profile you re logged into PROFILE SELECTION NICK NELU PROFILE NEW PROF ICE v Profile Menu Back to Main Menu Goes back to the main menu screen CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto 7 How to Play a Galaxy Menu From the main menu click on Play to load the Galaxy Menu Sound Odyssey consists of 3 Quick Access Duration Fundamentals Pitch Fundamentals Duration Fundamentals First Exam Back Main Menu Quick Access Campaign Preliminary Sector Sector Back Main Menu CSCI321 LM1A types of levels teaching song and examination levels 1 02 To Zanarkand 1 09 Baie Theme version2 120 2 01 TFP Theme version2 2 13 Mi lhen_Highway 3 21 Suteki Da Ne Isn t It Wonderful Welcome Jon You can search the Galaxy for a song using the search bar or by clicking on a
8. cal and piano concepts within the game in Campaign mode How do I know that what I m learning will be sufficient and useful We will be using parts of the Australian Music and Education Board s piano syllabus to test and critique you How does this game differ from something like Synthesia Guitar Hero Frets on Fire and Piano Marvel Well our game provides a feedback mechanism at the end of every level and examination that tells you how well you did and what specific parts you need to work on ls this game appropriate for my 10 year old child Yes as mentioned above your child will start by learning the most basic musical and piano concepts within the game in Campaign mode Do you have a website Yes you can find us at www soundodyssey org What is the origin of the name Sound Odyssey Omar a member of the development team coined the name Sound Odyssey CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto 14
9. istics described above i e Score Accuracy Fluency and Expression From you will also be given the option to Restart the song level go to the Galaxy Menu or Main Menu right image SONG FINISHED ACCURACH 62 55 CUENEY 100 DURATION 62 55 EXPRESSION 62 55 d Examination Levels If you think you re competent enough and ready then click on the Examination level and test yourself applying all musical concepts taught in the previous teaching and song levels 8 Frequently Asked Questions CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto 13 Do I need a MIDI keyboard to play this game or can use any keyboard You need a MIDI compatible keyboard that can be plugged into a computer to play this game How many keys does my MIDI keyboard need to be in order to play this game Your MIDI keyboard needs to have between 49 and 88 keys inclusive in order to play this game My MIDI keyboard is not working with Sound Odyssey Turn your computer and keyboard OFF and ON if that does not work contact your manufacturer or our Sound Odyssey 24 7 customer service hotline at 0430 839 900 Is Sound Odyssey a multiplayer game At this point in time Sound Odyssey is not a multiplayer game however in the future we do intend to support multiplayer gameplay Do I need to know how to play the piano in order to play this game No as you will start by learning the most basic musi
10. ndOdyssey zip this will create a folder called SoundOdyssey Step 2 Move the folder SoundOdyssey to a preferred directory and then open this folder Step 3 Double click on SoundOdyssey exe to open the game 4 Software amp Hardware Requirements a Minimum Software amp Hardware Requirements Piano MIDI compatible keyboard Minimum Keys 49 Maximum Keys 88 CPU Intel Core 2 DUO 3 33 GHz GPU AMD Radeon HD 3400 Series or NVIDIA Geforce GT 220 or Intel HD Graphics 5000 RAM 512 MB HDD 1 GB OS Windows 7 8 1 RESOLUTION 1280 x 720 b Recommended Software amp Hardware Requirements Piano MIDI compatible keyboard Minimum Keys 49 Maximum Keys 88 CPU Intel Core 13 2 5 GHz or AMD equivalent GPU Discrete AMD or NVIDIA graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 5500 RAM 1 GB HDD 1 GB OS Windows 7 8 1 RESOLUTION 1920 x 1080 CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto 5 First Time Setup amp Profile Creation i Press any key to set up your first profile x IAS we ertl f 2 fal NICK N NEW PROFILE NEW PROFILE CSCI321 LM1A Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto 6 Menu Navigation amp Settings The main menu will now pop up allowing you to choose from four options 1 Play Takes you to the galaxy menu where you can begin playing the game 2 Profiles Profiles menu that allows
11. planet and Warping to it On the left of this screen a quick access menu is avallable to choose between levels and sectors The padlock symbol denotes a sector that is currently locked and the previous sector needs to be completed before moving on left image Sectors also consist of different concepts which are taught and an exam Levels are organized within these concepts except the exam level right image b Teaching Levels Quick Access Preliminary Sector Pitch Fundamentals Duration Fundamentals First Exam Back Main Menu Jonathan Yip Adam Dahler Nick Herbert Omar Mohammad Rahim Kieran Haavisto Teaching levels will help educate you Quick Access on musical and piano theory starting from the very basics and fundamentals To play a teaching level click on Pitch Fundamentals then click on Pitch Intro left image Play with anew musical concept Pitch Fundamentals Pitch Intro On the right of the screen a new popup will appear describing the type of level and whether or not you ve completed it From here you can attempt to complete the teaching level by clicking Hot Cross Buns Play right image Back Main Menu At the start of a teaching level it will tell you what you will be learning click NEXT to continue Pitch Fundamentals In This Level The Grand Staff Notes Treble Clef Bass
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