ChordSong Help

This is a copy of the user Help manual from the ChordSong program, reproduced here for your convenience.

HELP CONTENTS

What Is ChordSong?
System Requirements
Obtaining the .NET Framework
Obtaining DirectX
Introduction to Using ChordSong
How to Use ChordSong (Details)
Adding Chords to Your Song
The Chord Grid
The Top Chords Window
Changing the Bass Note
Custom Chord Symbols
Diatonic Chords
Playing Your Song
Creating a Melody
Creating Melody Notes
Playing Notes Before You Add Them
Controlling Note Length
Deleting Notes
Harmonies (Polynotes)
Beat Fractions (Quantizing)
The Lines & Spaces Staff
Adding Instruments
Adding Lyrics
Adding Lines of Text
Changing Key
Adjusting Beat Spacing
Creating Audio Files
Learning to Write Music
Menu Commands Reference
Uninstalling ChordSong
Choose New ChordSong Features

Creating Audio Files

After you create a song using ChordSong, you may want to save your song in a standard audio file format, such as MP3 or WAV format. You can do this by using ChordSong along with additional conversion software, in two steps:

Create a MIDI file. Use ChordSong's Export MIDI File command to export your song as a MIDI file. For example, if you've created a ChordSong song file called "MySong.cdsg", you can use this Export command to create a MIDI file called "MySong.mid".
Create your MP3 file. For this step you will need another software program to read your MIDI file ("MySong.mid") and create an audio file (for example, "MySong.mp3"). One conversion program recommended by ChordSong users is Direct MIDI to MP3 Converter from Piston Software. (Piston also offers a free online version of their converter.)

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