Adventus Piano Suite learning to Play Piano at home or school.

By combining the feature rich Piano Suite Premier with a high quality MIDI Keyboard and all the accessories, you have everything you need to get started, at an exceptional value. 

The Keyboard:
Made by M-Audio, the high quality MIDI keyboard has 49 full size, velocity sensitive keys.

• The compactness and versatility of its design compact size: (31-3/4" (w) x 8-1/2" (d) x 3" (h); 6.6 lbs) allows you to place the M-Audio Keystation keyboard on the same standard slide out tray that you use for your computer keyboard. This means that proper height and placement for your playing comfort is available without specialized keyboard stands.

The Cable:
A USB cable and MIDI to sound card / joystick cable. (9V DC, 250-300mA centre positive power adaptor required for this application)

 

The Piano Suite Software: An exciting and highly effective tool that teaches you how to play the piano. 

Piano Player:Supervised piano practice with brilliantly effective audio/visual feedback.

Library:500 pieces to play, practice, and enjoy from Pop/Rock to Classical, from Folk to Jazz/Blues, including 65 licensed songs. Each selection is beautifully illustrated and animation, lyrics and voice recordings bring the music to life.

Theory Thinker:Hundreds of narrated, step by step theory lessons with practice exercises to teach notation, sight-reading, and playing skills.

Composers Corner:A place to express your creativity. Compose, edit and print your own music. Pieces can be saved to a custom library and learned by others in the Piano Player.

Games:Exciting music-related activities to reinforce lessons and increase skills.

Personal Profile: Individual performance records let you or your instructor review your progress. Piano Suite can track results of every piece practiced, or game played, for any number of users.

History Happens:Interesting biographies of famous composers and performers who have helped shape the history of music.
 

Piano Suite is a real teaching tool, developed by music educators! Even if you already play piano you can benefit from the in-depth interactive theory lessons, and the large musical repertoire, to extend your skills, and learn your favorite music easily.

With Piano Suite you can record your own music, display and print the musical notation. Compositions can also be exported to the popular MIDI format and even made available to a global audience via the Internet. Biographies of over 150 composers and performers will enrich your learning experience. Challenging interactive games sharpen your piano playing skills and develop theory comprehension.

1. What if I'm not satisfied?
   If within 120 days from the date of purchase, you are not fully satisfied, return the product, shipping prepaid, in original condition and packaging for refund of the purchase price less shipping.
   
   
2. How does it work?
   Aside from the content -- interactive lessons, exercises, history, games, and composing, the most outstanding feature is the way Piano Suite helps correct your playing by giving you visual feedback as you play. If you play an incorrect note, you'll be led to the correct note easily. We like to call it the frustration free method (FFM) of piano and there is nothing like it!
   
   
3. Will it teach me to sight read music?
   YES! Piano Suite continues to teach the practical basics you will need to learn pieces to a grade 5 level. Skills which are useful on any instrument!



4. What types of music are included in the program?
   A vast range of musical styles and licensed pieces are included. Traditional, Folk, Country, Rock, Popular, JAZZ, Classical, Religious and National Anthems. Contemporary music contains selections from the Beatles, Boyz II Men, James Brown, Whitney Houston, Rita McNeil, R.E.M., and many more!!!
   
   
5. Can I keep track of my progress?

Yes, for unlimited users on a single PC you can save detailed results that can be saved to a report or to your printer.


6. What is in the History section of the program?

Interesting and informative biographical information on over 350 composers and performers, with a musical timeline, pronunciations, and a list of some of the best known movie music.


7. Will I be able to compose music of my own?

Yes you can! Compose a piece, record it, and save it as a General MIDI file or to the Piano Suite Piece Library so other people can learn it --- a great feature for piano teachers!


8. Will I be able to edit my compositions?

Yes, Piano Suite contains a full featured editor. Include song lyrics and illustrations for your own multimedia collection. Multi track MIDI files can be downloaded, cleaned up and saved in the learning library, saving you the time of creating accompanying parts.


9. What Equipment do I need to run the program?
   You need a PC computer running Windows: 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP ; a minimum of 32MB of RAM, a CDROM (minimum 4X speed) and a USB port or a sound card with a MIDI/Joystick port. We recommend Creative Live 256, 512, 1024 or other Sound Blaster compatable cards with good hardware wavetable sound. We recommend the hardware wavetable systhesis over software wavetable synthesis because of the delays that occur with feedback from MIDI devices when the software synthesis is used.
   
   
10. Is there a MAC version?

No, but we hear you, and this is on our short list for future release (2003).


11. Can I learn just part of a piece at one time?
    Yes! Piano Suite allows the user to select a part of a musical piece, from 1 bar to the whole composition. A valuable feature geared to assist the student learn specific areas faster.



12. Are there games?

Yes! Several multimedia music games are included in Piano Suite. Designed by music educators these games improve musical skill and keep you "on your toes" satisfying the gamer in all of us.


13. Is the software hard to install?
    No. The Piano Suite CDROM installs simply and easily. If for any reason you experience some difficulty, the Adventus customer support team is ready to help.
    
    
    
    
14. Is there a manufacturer's warranty?

Yes! Six months against defects in either software or hardware.


15. What is a MIDI cable?


MIDI means Musical Instrument Digital Interface. Practically all electronic keyboards over $200 have a MIDI interface to communicate with computers, other keyboards or recording devices. You can check for MIDI interface capability by looking at the side or back of your keyboard. The MIDI interface is small and round with 5 small holes on one side of the circle. Most electronic keyboards have both a MIDI IN and a MIDI OUT interface connection.

A MIDI cable connects your keyboard to another MIDI capable device. There most common places to connect a keyboard to a computer are to the computer's joystick port ( a 15 pin connector normally on the sound card ), a USB port ( small rectangular connector ), or the parallel port ( printer port ). Some new computers, even brand names, are omitting the joystick port.

If you have a MIDI keyboard, and a computer that has a sound card with a joystick port, you should use a 'MIDI to joystick' cable. This is the 12' cable Adventus provides in its keyboard bundle. You should look for a cable longer than 8' if possible to give the keyboard some mobility.

If you have a MIDI keyboard and you need to connect to a PC that doesn't have a joystick port, try to find an available USB port or printer port on your computer. Then you can use either a MIDI to USB adapter, or a MIDI to Parallel Port Adapter. These adapters are more expensive than a new decent quality sound card, so you should consider replacing your sound card with a better one first. We recommend installing a good quality wavetable sound card for Piano Suite because you can get better instrument sounds when you upgrade your sound card. These cards can be found for under $40, while adapters are usually over $80.




16. What is velocity sensitive?


Velocity means speed. A velocity sensitive keyboard, like the one sold in the Adventus keyboard bundle, is a keyboard that senses what speed you are playing. Velocity sensing is a feature of better quality keyboards, and allows you to play some notes quietly, and others gradually softer or louder, depending on how quickly you hit the keys..

There are different qualities of velocity sensing. The Evolution keyboard controller, found in the Adventus Pinao Suite Bundle bundle, has 128 levels of velocity sensing, while 'touch sensitive' on brand name keyboards usually provides 4 or less levels, which is not very satisfying to the player.


17. What is an M- Audio Keystation 49 keyboard?




There are so many reasons to use the M-Audio Keystation 49e USB Midi keyboard with Piano Suite With the M-Audio Keystation 49e controller and any Sound Blaster quality sound card, you will be able to configure Piano Suite to simulate 128 different instruments.

M-Audio Keystation 49e - USB Midi Keyboard The M-Audio Keystation 49e is a 49-note full-size, velocity-sensitive USB controller keyboard. Providing seamless compatibility with many music education and music creation software titles the 49e is ideal for classrooms and studios alike. Advanced users can control software synthesizers, external sound devices, and more with the Keystation 49e's assignable slider and pitch bend and modulation wheels. This sleek, compact keyboard is USB powered and requires no external power supply. You'll not find a more economical solution for setting up a music studio/lab.  Features: - 49-note velocity-sensitive keyboard - pitch bend and modulation wheels - volume/control slider - advanced function button for programming - sustain foot pedal input - octave +/- buttons to extend keyboard range - separate MIDI out jack routes MIDI signals from your computer to control - external devices - powered via USB or 9VDC power adapter (not included) - functions as a standalone USB MIDI interface




18. Can I upgrade Premier to newer versions ?
    
    Newer versions are available at no charge to registered owners of the Piano Suite Premier software, up to six months from the date of purchase. If you fall outside that date you can still upgrade for the cost of shipping and handling.
    
    Upgrades from version 2.6 or later can be retrieved from the Adventus website for free, along with new on-line manuals and course materials for parents or instructors.
    
    
19. Can Premier be used to teach a class of students?
    
    Piano Suite Premier contains a comprehensive set of features and content that can be used to facilitate a productive group music lesson. Teachers will witness high levels of interest and good progress by students grade three and up, accommodating several skill levels in a single class.

    Now with Piano Suite Premier it is fun to teach an entire class how to play the keyboard instrument! New classroom features provide the monitoring of students on a network, allow connection over the Internet, allow real-time review of pieces, allow control of student PC's, and allow for pre-arranged materials to be instantly selected by students.

    Piano Suite Premier also comes with a Composer Editor that allows a student to create their own piece, clean up the music notation, and print. This Composer Editor in the Premier Edition allows instructors to expand the selection of 'learn to play' pieces within the program. teachers click here
    
    

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