Congratulations! You have installed TronMe - welcome aboard!


TronMe is your passport to creating music your way. It is a fully interactive experience in which you take control of your favourite music tracks. You are about to get the chance to remix your own version of the music using a simple click of the mouse.

There are three ways in which you can personalize your music. The first is to download a track in the full interactive format. This is the most interactive experience you can have! In full IVS format all the different elements of the song are broken down so that you can play and rebuild it to your heart’s content. You can also download tracks in basic IVS that allow you to loop inside parts of the track and you can rebuild the song in this way. Finally, you can convert your own mp3 in basic IVS format for free and there are lots of visual effects available to you to make your video look just right. Don't forget you can control the music by movements on your webcam so don't just sit there! Dance, jump, move and make your video look as good as the music sounds!!!

Once you are happy with your remix you can share your video with the world. You can broadcast live on Live Messenger, Skype and Mogolus or you can record as an .avi or .mp3 and post your track onto youtube! Who knows, fame could be just around the corner!

But that's not all! You can also get a widget code from the TronMe menu that you can insert on your Myspace or Facebook page. This will display a vote button to your visitors and your points will increase every time someone registers a vote by pressing the button. The more votes you get, the higher your score goes and with a higher score comes free tools, songs and special effects!

If you don't want to share your performance of a track then, of course, you don't have to. You can still record your version as an .mp3 and load onto your .mp3 player just for your own pleasure. Don't forget that when you buy a song from the TronMe website you are then free to produce as many versions of that song as you wish. It is yours to play around with for as long as you want and, of course, the revenue from the sale of the track will be shared with the artist and writer of the music.

Every week new tools and tracks will be loaded in your player for you to try for free, so come back weekly to make sure you get the most out of TronMe.

- So the only decision you have to make now is which song you are going to remix first! Have fun and enjoy TronMe. We can't wait to see what you create!



Table of Contents


Free Interactive MP3 Conversion


The process of conversion is simple. After installation, the software will'list all of the mp3 tracks on each user's PC and will provide notice if other users already found interesting loops in a particular song. Therefore, users can decide to use the same loops for their tracks with the TronMe player.' If the user subscribes with a small monthly fee (less than 2' per month) he can use'all of these along with plenty of new versions uploaded daily. The player'can also be used for free!' To do this a user'needs to'convert his own tracks'into the'interactive format and publish the position of the seamless loops he found in his tracks for other users'to try and vote for.

The most common scenario, as the library starts to grow, will be that the interactive track does not already appear on the TronMe server. In this case, users will be asked to go ahead and convert the music by clicking on the icon next to the title of the song. This will open a new interface, like that of a wave editor, where the bars and measures of the track will be visible. The goal now is to detect a seamless loop within the music that can be successfully sampled. A seamless loop must have a clean start and finish it must not have any unexpected noises to detract from the loop itself. The software does help in finding the loops they are often found in measures 2,4,6,8 and 16.

Once the user is happy with the result, loop positions can then be submitted and published on the TronMe server. The player is then able to create remixes of this track for free. The new version'is made available for other users to use. On the beta version of TronMe only one solution of each track is available however; soon, there will be up to ten versions of each track. 3D Solar exists to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of each version. These ten will be split into two halves. The top five will be permanently on the site, ranked by the votes they received. Once something new is submitted, other people will see it and vote for the version they like best. If a user's submission is excellent and receives enough votes, it is promoted to the top five.

It goes without saying that the first users to convert the most popular tracks will reap the benefits; each time the track is used the user who converted it will receive 'Trons' and these will be divided proportionally between those who converted the top five versions of that track. The more Trons a user receives, the higher his score, and with a higher score comes free tools, special effects and songs!

- So the only decision you have to make now is which song you are going to convert first! Have fun and enjoy TronMe. We can't wait to see what you create!

For a better result first organise your mp3 music library (except if you use iTune)


Picard is the next generation MusicBrainz tagging application. This new tagging concept is album oriented




  • Download the latest version of Picard.

  • Read the illustrated Picard Tagger Quick Start Guide

  • For more information read the Documentation on Picard

  • Have a look at the plugins available.

    • How do I open the mp3 library?


  • A simple click on the small interactive MP3 button at the bottom right of your player (see below inside the red mark)



    • How do I open an MP3 from my library to start the conversion?


  • First select your MP3 music directory by a simple click on the [+] icon at the bottom right of the window (see image below inside the red mark)
  • After few seconds you should see your first MP3, only tracks listed at MusicBrainz.org will be available, the full indexing process could take up to few minutes.

  • You can also sort tracks by Name, Artist, Time, Album with a simple click on the column header.

  • Now you can double click on the track name to open the loop editor.



    • Why can't I see my mp3 in TronMe to start the conversion?


  • The TronMe player must identify your mp3 track before you can see it in your TronMe editor list. In order to identify a track we send it to 'MusicBrainz', a database of 10 million tracks. It is possible that your track is not listed on this database and, in this instance, you will be invited to add it to MusicBrainz.

  • We are also aware of a current bug in the system that stops some tracks being identified even when the track is listed on the MusicBrainz database. We are currently working to fix this bug of TronMe beta 2.60 and will soon be able to eliminate the problem.

    • How do I select loops?


  • Right after the double click on your track the loop editor should open (see below), after a few seconds you should see the graphical representation of your track. The first time your track will be without loops. Now we will find and add your first loop. First, to start a loop, you just need to click with your mouse in the graph and drag to your left or your right to define the start and end of your loop. That's it, your first loop has been created but of course it will not sound good yet, you will have to adjust the duration and position. So when your loop has been created you can click on the loop to select it and drag it left or right to change the position. Each time you change the position of the loop or click on it the loop it will start to play, another click and it will stop

  • You can edit your loop by positioning your mouse on top of the start or end bar and dragging it to extend or reduce the loop duration. Each time you change the start, the end or the position of the loop it will start to play in a special mode so you can check very rapidly if the loop is still playing well. This special mode will start to play 2 seconds before the end of the loop so you can listen to the transition without waiting for the full loop to play.

  • When you edit a loop by dragging the start or stop bar it will auto glue to measure bars or even find the best position automatically, but you can take full control of the position by pressing the key "Ctrl" on your keyboard while adjusting the bar position.
  • To zoom in or out you can simply done using the mouse wheel or the "O" key to zoom in or the "P" key to zoom out.



    • How do I select a good seamless loop?


    How precise should a loop be?


  • Precision of 200 ms, so 1 step in the wave editor at full zoom.



    • How many loops should I find?


  • No real reply to this question, loops must be seamless and perfect.

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  • 10 loops allows 60 000 possible mixes for that track.
  • 13 loops allows 1 500 000 possible mixes for that track.
  • 15 loops allows 14 000 000 possible mixes for that track.
  • 20 loops allows 3 500 000 000 possible mixes for that track.
  • 30 loops allows 205 000 000 000 000 possible mixes for that track.

    • How do I publish my interactive MP3?


  • When you are happy with all your loops you can close the editor. It will auto save your loops for that track. In your mp3 library the icon in front of your track will now have changed from a single green music note to a double blue note. This indicates that you have already edited this track and added loops.

  • Now to publish. Simply highlight the track name with a single click and press the publish button (see image below inside the red mark) at the bottom left of the mp3 library window. You will then be asked to accept the transfer of copyright agreement before your .ivs file is sent to our server.





  • COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT

  • "ONLY THE POSITIONS OF THE LOOPS IN THE TRACK WILL BE TRANSFERRED BY CLICKING PUBLISH. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THE MUSIC, ANY REMIXES YOU HAVE CREATED OR THE MP3 ITSELF. By submitting your conversion to TronMe and clicking on the \"YES\" button you hereby transfer all rights and copyright ownership of said work. This includes, without limitation, the right to publish the work in whole or in part through any and all forms of media, now or hereafter 'known to 3D Solar Uk Ltd effective immediately. Work' includes the material submitted for publication and any other related material submitted to TronMe. The assignment of rights to 3D Solar Uk Ltd includes, but is not expressly limited to, rights to edit, publish, reproduce, distribute copies, prepare derivative works, include in indexes or search databases in print, electronic or other media, whether or not in use at the time of execution of this agreement and claim copyright in said work throughout the world. All accepted works become forever the property of 3D Solar Uk Ltd and may no be published elsewhere without prior written permission from 3D Solar Uk Ltd. TronMe publish copyrights agreement".

    • How do I play my interactive MP3 in TronMe?


  • Since you have published an interactive mp3 you are now allowed to use it for free, after few seconds you will receive your new .ivs file from our server to play with your own mp3 track.

  • To play the track go to the Interactive mp3 list in the tronme player (not in the mp3 music library) by a simple click on the first icon, see the image below inside the red mark.





  • The list of your ivs files will be displayed, then you will see again the 3 dots icon in front of each track if it's grey means your mp3 is not found on your computer or it has been modified

  • To play the track just click on it, if your track has multiple interactive versions from different users you will see a small + symbol close to the track name, just click on it to expand the list and see all available versions, you will be able to sort them. By default, the first one will be played if you click directly on the track name, otherwise you can click directly on an other version. There will be up to ten versions of each track. We're here to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of each version. These ten will be split into two halves. The top five will be permanently on the site ranked by the votes they received. Once something new is submitted, other people will see it and vote for the version they like best by sorting up or down the versions in the list. If the submission rocks and receives enough votes, it is promoted to the top 5.



    • How do I convert, publish, and play an Interactive MP3 with the TronMe Media Player?


    TronMe Media Player Demo

    VISTA Installation


    How to install and run TronMe on Vista

    - Install and run TronMe using windows default admin user account.

    - Install TronMe in admin mode, rightclick on the setup file and install as administrator.

    - After install run TronMe in normal mode.

    - Don't deactivate the UAC mode (User Account Check) or you will get the error message:
          "Error while getting data from www.TronMe.com".

    Autoplay function


    The TronMe player has an 'Autoplay' function. If your player is open but does not detect any activity for few seconds then 'Autoplay' will activate automatically. It will create a playlist from the tracks in your library and will remix them based on your webcam activity. You can sit back and relax, carry on working or even get up and dance and TronMe will remix your tracks from your movements, your position and other information that it can detect. You will see that the 'Autoplay' icon is lit up when your player is in 'Autoplay' mode.

    You can opt out of autoplay at any time.You can take control by just moving your mouse on top of the video and clicking on the loop symbol in the track or on one of the instruments slots in the full interactive songs section.

                                                                                       Autoplay on          Autoplay off
                          

    Where do I click in the video to interact with a song?


                                                                                       Click to loop       You can't loop
            

    Where do I click in the video to interact with a fully interactive song?


    Click on a "slot" to activate
    or deactivate an instrument,
    each line represent a different
    instrument.    		 

    Fully Interactive Song Demo


    TronMe playing an IVS song

    Where do I click to change the part in a fully interactive song?


    Click the part number at the bottom left corner of the video

    Where do I click to display TronMe full screen?


    See the small square on the top right of the video window.



    Exit the full screen mode
    by pressing the "space bar".

    TronMe vote widget, increase your score and get new Tracks and Tools for free!


    Vote for me this is my vote widget ;)

    How do I insert the vote widget?


    Add a vote button alongside your video in a blog or MySpace

    In order to record TronMe in avi or mp3 how do I setup Stereomix in XP?


    How to setup Stereo Mix in XP

    In order to record TronMe in avi or mp3 how do I setup Stereomix in Vista?


    How to setup Stereo Mix in Vista

    My sound card doesn't support the Stereomix option what do I do?


    Jack to Jack cable

    Buy a Jack Jack cable and plug the audio "In" to the audio "out" of your sound card.


    How do I use my new TronMe cam with my messenger software? (ie: MSN, Skype..)


    MSN MESSENGER

    First select in MSN menu: Tools -> Audio and Video setup, then select the TronMe (Step 3 see image below)






    SKYPE

    First select in Skype menu: Tools -> Options, then select the TronMe (see below)


    How do I know if TronMe is tracking my face and ready to send Tools?


    TronMe icon in your task bar

    The TronMe icon in the task bar will be in color.


    Where is the TronMe control panel?



    Find the TronMe icon in your task bar

    Right click on it with your mouse and it will be there.


    Why is TronMe not able to track my face and display Tools?


    Usually if you see the default TronMe image of the girl and it is alternating with the webcam's view every 10 seconds this problem is a result of poor lighting conditions such as low light or side lighting. Your position in front of the camera will also affect TronMe's ability to track your face and display Tools. (To fix it see examples below)


    Very good Good Bad Very bad

    If you can only see the default TronMe image of the girl and it is not alternating with the webcam's view every 10 seconds then right click on the TronMe task bar icon and select properties. Ensure that your real webcam has been properly selected.

    If TronMe still doesn't track your face, try closing and restarting the program.

    How do I connect TronMe to several applications?

  • TronMe can feed your video to several applications at the same time. You can, for example, use your TronMe in Yahoo's instant messaging service and in MSN Messenger's chat at the same time. Simultaneously, you could be using a third program to capture the video to disk. TronMe can be used like a free cam splitter.

    • Why my messenger program (ie: ICQ) can't detect the TronMe camera in the video setup panel?

  • TronMe relies on DirectX technology and not Video for Windows (VFW) which Microsoft considers obsolete and replaced by DirectShow and then Windows Media. Some applications like ICQ have not yet upgraded to DirectX so you just need to be patient and wait for your messenger program to upgrade.

    • "Can't Establish Connection to TronMe server, application can't start."

  • Please try to install manually this beta version: TronMe 2.0 to fix the problem. Also you could have a problem registering the TronMe software if your firewall is not configured properly. The firewall is a system designed to prevent unautorized access to or from a private network. Also, the TronMe server could be down for maintenance so please try to login at a later time.

    • Known bug when TronMe run with Windows startup (option in the properties)

  • The TronMe software won't be able to detect your face when TronMe run with Windows startup, please do not check this option.

    • The Tools is crooked/poorly positioned on my face, how can I fix this?

  • If the Tools is not correctly positioned on your face, you can reset the tracker by "wiping" your hand across your face.

    • After switching the camera in TronMe properties, TronMe does not detect my face.

  • You need to restart TronMe in order for the program to track your face.

    • Why can't I see the video I posted to YouTube when I select "Watch TronMe users' videos" from the TronMe menu?

  • Login to YouTube and type the title of your video and the keyword "TronMe"

    • Why can't I see my new Tools once I've bought them?

  • You need to close down and restart TronMe, then you will have the Tools added to your menu.

    • Not enough?

  • Check this: TronMe Editorial Review by Lucas Artigas For BrotherSoft