1. Choose file containing a tune (load a tune).
2. Click the Create Accompaniment button . You get accompaniment to all your tune at once. e-Xpressor creates its like a musician which plays chords to a song by ear.
3. Hear complete music and fix the most suitable chords.

1. Any machine with a Pentium 200 processor (or its equivalent) or higher, RAM no less than 32 MB (64 MB recommended).
2. 3 MB free space on hard disk.
3. Microsoft Windows 98 or later version.
4. Video card with RAM no less than 4 MB.
5. Sound card (as well from the best brands).
6. Speakers or headphones.
7. Mouse, keyboard, SVGA display.

To install or upgrade e-Xpressor
1. Download or copy e-Xpressor's Setup file on hard disk.
2. Click the Setup file icon.
3. Follow the setup instruction on the screen.

To start e-Xpressor
1. the program group in which you installed e-Xpressor.
2. Click the e-Xpressor program icon.

Toa file
• Choosecommand from the File menu.

To play back file
• Click the Play/Pause button .

To play back files in Looping Mode
1. Click near the bar numbers area and drag mouse pointer horizontally without releasing the button up to desirable length of selected playback area. After releasing mouse button the tags Loop Points will appear at edges of the selected area, and the Looping button becomes active .
2. Click the Play/Pause button . The selected area will be played back in cycle up to clicking the Stop button .

To create accompaniment
1. file (.mid) having a single-voiced melody or file (*.xpr).
2. Click the Create Accompaniment button .

e-Xpressor calculates and yields some proper chords of accompaniment for each bar of score. The most suitable chords it displays as the Chords buttons. The titles of chords selected for immediate sounding in each bar are marked by dark blue colour.

To substitute one chord for another
• Choose Chord button of a chord you want to apply in the bar and activate it by right-clicking, then the chord will replace former. The title of the selected chord will change colour on dark blue.
• If you do not accept pair chords, shown as replacement by the Chord buttons, you can search a match chord for this bar in the Other list box , in which they are sorted by decrease of harmony degree. To do this, click the button to the right of the Other list box and select chord you like by right-clicking its name.

To insert mark
• Click the Set mark to current position button . The marker sign will appear in that bar where in this moment the Playback Position Pointer is located.

To choose accompaniment style
1. Click the Select Style button .
2. In the Styles of instrumental accompaniments window, select style you like by double-clicking its picture.

To import accompaniment style
1. Click the Select Style button .
2. In the Styles of instrumental accompaniments window, click the Import button.
3. In the Importing Styles dialog box search folder where the MIDI file of your Style template is by clicking Browse button.
4. the MIDI file of your Style template.
5. Choose default instrument for accompaniment (Piano, Guitar or Other), also choose meter or meters, with which your Style template associates. Click the Import button.

To choose instruments for the Melody or Chords channels
• Click the Instrument window in the Melody or Chords panel in main program window, and select patch you want.

To arrange your composition
• Click the Arrange button on the Toolbar of accompaniment, and e-Xpressor will create arranged composition automatically.

To export your work in MIDI file
• Choose the Export command from the File menu.

 Note
Your melody is saved in the channel 1, and created accompaniment - in the channel 2 of the exported MIDI file. With arranging, the melody is still written in the channel 1, and each instrument is written in separate MIDI channel.

To print the Chords Grid of Accompaniment
1. Choose the Print command from the File menu.
2. In the dialog box, type title of the composition, author name, and then press the ОК button.

The menu is disposed at the top of the program window and consists of the following main items: File Accompaniment Harmony Help The menu items are largely duplicated by buttons. See: Toolbars

	Menu Item		Comment
	File - Open		The FileDialog Box lets you choose a musical file to load into e-Xpressor. The following file formats are supported: MIDI, XPR. Keyboard Shortcut Key: [Ctrl+O].
	File - Close		Closes the file without exit from the program. You will be prompted to save an unsaved work
	File - Save		Saves the currently loaded XPR file. The file is saved using its current name, in its current directory and in its current file format. (If you want to save the file using a different name or directory, use the Save As command.) Keyboard Shortcut Key: [Ctrl+S].
	File - Save As…		The Save As... dialog box allows you to save your current XPR file under a new name or to a different directory or drive.
	File - Export		Lets you convert and save your work as MIDI file. What you export depends on current state of the Style/Arrangement switchers.
	File - Print		Prints the Chords Grid of Accompaniment. Keyboard Shortcut Key: [Ctrl+P].
	File - Print Preview		Preview what will be printed.
	File - Recent Files >		the recent files list.
	Exit		Closes e-Xpressor. Keyboard Shortcut Key: [Ctrl+X].
	Accompaniment - Create		Creates accompaniment to a monophonic tune automatically by placing chords in each bar. Program Key .
	Accompaniment - Style…		the Styles of instrumental accompaniments window. Program Key .
	Accompaniment - Instruments…		the Instruments window when you can choose patches in channels, change volume etc.
	Accompaniment - Options…		The Options dialog box lets you set up various options for creating of accompaniments.
	Harmony - Draft I		Optimal variant of harmonization parameters of a melody. Is used as default.
	Harmony - Draft II		The simplified variant of melody harmonization.
	Harmony - Draft III		Variant of melody harmonization in relative key (for instance C major - A minor).
	Help		Calls the e-Xpressor's Help.

In the Instruments window you can:
• select instruments for used MIDI channels (Patch)
• disable sounding any channel (Mute)
• solo sounding any of channels (Solo)
• change channel volume (Volume)

Accompaniment tab
• Advanced - applying advanced method of melody harmonization.
• Standard - applying standard method of melody harmonization.
• Key Auto Recognition - automatic estimating key signature of a loaded tune.
• Limit Number of Dissonances - reduction of disharmonyсally chords number sounding in auto accompaniment.
• Limit Number of Unusual Chords - additional reduction of non-standard chords number used in auto accompaniment.
• Max Number of Custom Chords - limitation of chords number in the Other list box.
• Default Accompaniment Patch - list box to set up patch for accompaniment used by default.
• Save Options as Default - saves settings, selected by the user as default.
• Set Default - reloading the default options.