***** ReadMe file for Transcribe! version 5.00 *****

All the information you need to use Transcribe! can (we hope) be found
in the Help files supplied.

To get started with Transcribe! you should launch the application and hit
F1 to bring up "Help". Then read the "Overview".


***** What's new in version 5.00 *****

Adjustable EQ so you can emphasize the things you want to hear and filter
out those you don't. This is five-band parametric, with a graphical
display showing the resulting frequency response curve. See the "EQ
Filter" command on Options menu.

In the spectrum display you now get some help in identifying harmonics.
If you click on the spectrum display Transcribe! displays a series of
vertical lines indicating other notes which might be harmonics of the
point you clicked, or of which the clicked point might be a harmonic.

Not Just For Guitarists Only : the string & fret info given when you
shift-click the piano keyboard currently relates only to six-string
guitar in standard tuning. The new version has configuration options
to specify how many strings and the tuning of each, and also the highest
fret number to consider for alternate fingerings. This makes the feature
usable for all conventionally fingered string instruments (bass, violin,
etc). See "Fret Display Options" command.

In version 4.00 if you have Transcribe! responding to MIDI then it
continues to respond even when other applications are in the foreground.
I did this because it can be very useful, but it turns out it can also
be a nuisance, and can prevent the foreground application from receiving
MIDI itself. So there is now an option to "release MIDI when in
background". See "MIDI Options" command.

Automatic subdivisions between markers - tell Transcribe! to generate
extra markers to subdivide the markers you have placed into smaller
divisions. This allows you to map out the measures of a whole piece
very quickly (just place section markers every eight bars or whatever,
then subdivide the sections) and it means you can subdivide a measure
very precisely, if you are doing microscopic analysis of timing. See
"Markers" in the Help file.

When playback is looping : optional (adjustable) delay between loops,
to give you time to think before it plays again. See the Program
Options command.

Changed format of the saved "XSC" file to use text in the file (instead
of binary). This means that XSC files are portable between the Windows
and Mac versions of Transcribe!, and also makes it possible to import
marker position data into other programs such as spreadsheets. I have
had communications from people using Transcribe! to analyze timings
who would find this useful. See "Transferring XSC files..." in the
Help file.

In Program Options, allow setting initial loop mode as well
as initial scroll mode.

The "Compute Tempo" command now checks that all the between-marker-gaps
in the selected section are approximately similar in size, and issues a
warning if they're not. This is in case you accidentally put one marker
on top of another, which would cause an incorrect tempo calculation. 

Right-click is now equivalent to shift-click on piano keyboard (to show
string & fret numbers) and waveform profile (to extend the current
selection).

You can zoom the vertical scale of the waveform profile display with
<ctrl> Up/Down Arrow.

Keyboard shortcuts to allow instant selection of left-channel-only,
right-channel-only, or normal mono mix, without the need to bring up
the Mix dialog. See "Stereo Mix" command, Options menu.

Keyboard shortcuts to "grab" a note - selects a little bit of sound
centred on the currently playing point in order to loop and analyse
the spectrum of that little bit. See "Keyboard Shortcuts" in the
Help file.

Keyboard shortcuts to de-select an existing selection. See "Keyboard
Shortcuts" in the Help file.

If you press <shift> 'S' 'M' or 'B' (to place a marker) while music is
not playing the marker will be placed at the paused point if paused, else
at the current point. This bypasses the dialog you get without <shift>.

Contextual menus for placing/editing/deleting markers. Right click
in the marker zone brings up a popup menu which provides an easy way to
(for instance) change the type of a marker without having to go through
a dialog.

In version 4.00 when you adjust pitch (either in the Tuning dialog or
the Playback Speed dialog) the speed also changes. Of course you can
always restore the original speed with "Change Speed Only" in the
Playback Speed dialog but we now have a "Synchronize speed" button in
each of these dialogs and also on the toolbar, which sets the speed
the same as the original, while keeping the pitch change.

Bugfix : there was an occasional bug affecting some species of MP3 under
certain conditions, where dropouts (brief silences in playback) would
occur. I hope this is now fixed and apologise to anyone who experienced it.