MusicIncite Ltd will run occasional zoom video sessions covering a mixture of guitar-related topics (theory, practice etc) and/or how to use emuso with these topics.  These will be interactive, so you can ask questions.  We will be demo’ing emuso, as well as some demonstrations on guitar, and discussions.

We can handle a maximum of 100 people on any one session.  Each session will be recorded, and made available from our site, within 3 hours of the session completing.  You will access to these provided you have signed up for notification, or have signed up for the 14-day free trial, or have bought a susbcription plan.

Please fill in the form for notification with which sessions you are interested in and we will send you one email per chosen session, containing a link to the corresponding zoom meeting invitation, and the date and time of the session.  We cannot guarantee access … sessions are attended on a first-come, first-served basis.  Zoom will not allow more than 100 participants, including the host (MusicIncite Ltd).

We very much look forward to seeing you.

Emuso is a set of tools and interactive content as a musician’s ultimate help system. The tools are built into the emuso software platform, along with a content player.   It is designed for all musicians and teachers who want to elevate their musical talents and understanding of music through reference, practice, experimentation, and improvisation.  Emuso focuses on four functional areas learning, practising, exploring and teaching.

On the home page you can click on the GET MY FREE DOWNLOAD buuton, for a 14-day free trial.  We just need your email to deliver it.

While on the emuso homepage (https://emuso.buzz) click on the SUBSCRIPTION PLANS button or the BUY button.  It will walk you through the process.

You arrive on a screen that provides you a selection of Subscription plans, Monthly, Semi-Annual and Annual.  You pick the plan that works best for you!   Remember, if you also have a Discount Code, that code is only used on your first payment.  That means, the 6 Month and Annual plans have the greatest costs savings!

Please ensure you look at the Buying process FAQ as well.

Minimum age to buy online is 16 years old, with a parent’s consent.    If you are over 18, parent or guardian consent is not required.

You will select the proper Subscription Plan (Monthly, 6 Monthly or Annual) and this will put you on the BUY page.  There you will provide your name, email, country and which version of emuso/Studio you would like (Windows or Mac).

You check you have seen the Terms & Conditions and then hit BUY.  This takes you to our 3rd party provider PADDLE, for all your payment information.   There is also a video, that walks you through it.

emuso/Studio is freely available for 14-day trial to anyone legally old enough to agree to our Terms and Conditions Just click the “GET MY FREE DOWNLOAD” button on our home page. All we ask for is an email address so we can send you a download link and license.

The trial software for 14 days, and then becomes disabled. If you like it, then check out our subscription plans

Version 1.0 means that the platform is functionally complete and stable.   We have moved out of our Beta trial and now offer the platform for commercial sale.    Our Beta trial was conducted in both the US and UK, for over 12 months, to help identify bugs and improvements to the user interface.  We still may bump into issues and we need to know about them asap, please provide your feedback on any bugs, problems, issues, or concerns.   Please email us at:  support@musicincite.buzz

With our Subscription Plans, you will receive updates and support, along the way, as long as you are a current subscriber.

We accept all major credit and debit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay and Wire Transfers (ACH, SEPA, BACS) through our online payment partner, Paddle.  Go to BUY page.

We provide a number of sources to help you get started.   Within emuso are User Guides available while using the Toolkit.   These cover the Ear Trainer, Clock Notation, Clock Measurer and Rhythm-X. A built-in help-system and functional videos are throughout the application to support your use of emuso.   We also have a number of lessons provided on the platform, under Lessons, that can help both beginners and experienced musicians.    But if you have some specific questions that our FAQs or Help-System could not answer, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at: support@musicincite.buzz.

Please see this video for how to enter your emuso license activation details

Once you have activated your emuso license, then you can register with emuso. You choose your emuso login password during registration, and must use the same email address you used during purchase. This password can then be used to log-in from emuso to get access to lessons, emusobooks, practice regimes, and to comment on the blog. You can also log-in with your email and password via https://emuso.buzz

Here is a video on how to register from the emuso application.

If you have a specific need, practice regime, or lesson you would like to see in our content or lesson section, send your request to:  support@musicincite.buzz.   Please be specific in your request regarding genre, instrument, and education level (Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced).  We will try to find a solution and add it to our content creation schedule.   The schedule will be posted on our site and sent out via our digital newsletter.

When you download emuso software to your machine, you acknowledge that you are aware you waive your rights to cancel the transaction.  If the software is faulty, then you should email us at support@musicincite.buzz. Provide the details of your purchase including your payment receipt, the transaction ID, date, and time. Please also include as much descriptive detail as possible on the fault you are experiencing. It is particularly important that you identify your operating system and correct version number. For more information, visit our Return Policy online.

Check out the Support page on our website.  For technical support, check out the help function once you have logged into emuso.   If you did not find an answer to your question, then please email us, at support@musicincite.buzz for your technical questions.   For marketing, channel, or partnership questions, please email us at info@musicincite.buzz.   Thank you!

We have a number of ways you can support emuso.   First, on our website, you can leave a comment, photo, or video.   We are also on Facebook at: (facebook/emusomusic) and Twitter: (@emusomusic).  If you have a video, send it over and we will post it on our YouTube channel.  Email to: thomas.christel@musicincite.buzz

There are a couple of ways to reach us.   If it is a technical or software issue, please contact us at support@musicincite.buzz.  If it is a marketing, channel, or partnership opportunity, please contact us at info@musicincite.buzz.

There are a number of ways you can help spread the word about emuso™ to the world.   You can join our social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Google+, and LinkedIn.  Re-post us on your favorite social media channels!

To claim your prize, please follow these instructions.  You need to go through the “buy” process, but your coupon code gives you 100% discount. This process ensures you get a license, and download link for emuso, and that you are known about to our servers, meaning you can register to access interactive content (lessons, recent blogs, sample emuso book, and some example practice routines). This content will be growing over time.

1/ Click “SUBSCRIPTION PLANS” at the top right of emuso.buzz.  You’ll see this …

2/ Choose one of the above subscription plans.  Doesn’t matter which, as you are going to override the subscription plan by a “one-off” purchase. Press “BUY”.  This takes you to the buy page

3/ on the above BUY page, use the drop-down menu (which shows “monthly” above) to change the purchase from a subscription plan to “one-off”, and fill in your details, INCLUDING YOUR COUPON (“Promotional code”), and click “BUY”

A perpetual license can be bought for emuso (a one-off purchase) or susbcriptions are available.

We currently offer 3 Plans:  Monthly, Semi-Annual and Annual Subscriptions.

The Monthly plan provides a monthly billing process as is the most flexible.

The Semi-Annual Subscription plan, provides a 6 month plan and a cost savings over the Monthly plan.

The Annual Subscription plan, provides a 12 month plan and a cost savings over the Semi-Annual and Annual plans.

For more details and cost savings visit the page on our website:   Subscription Plans

If you have received a 100% Off Discount Code from MusicIncite or Music-for-All.org you are probably wondering how to apply it?    This is a step by step process:

1.  Click on the SUBSCRIPTION PLANS button in the upper right hand corner of our site.
2.  You will be taken to the Subscription Plans Page, scroll down, and Click on any of the subscription plan BUY Buttons
3.  You will be taken to the BUY Page, to fill out your name, email, etc.  There is a field labelled “Subscription plans” where you wil see a drop down menu that reflects which BUY button you used Subscription Plans: (Monthly, Semi-Annual, Annual).  Click on the dropdown, and choose – (one-off),  Select it! Otherwise the discount code won’t work as wanted
4. Then fill out the rest of the form and make sure to add your Discount Code!  Choose your environment and check the “Terms & Conditions: box.  Then Click the pink BUY bar, at the bottom of the page.
5. Our payment provider, Paddle will walk you through the process and you will see a zero cost to you!

Upgrade Procedure & Policy:

If you wish to move off one Subscription plan to another. For example, you tried the Monthly plan and wish to move over to the Annual Plan for cost savings. The process is simple. You will need to send an email to: thomas.christel@musicincite.buzz, please explain what you would like to do in the email and provide verification of your purchase. Which includes: date of purchase, subscription plan, invoice number, and contact details. We do not offer prorated refunds. But if you do move from a Monthly Subscription to a Semi-Annual or Annual Subscription, we will subtract your current Monthly fee from the Semi-Annual or Annual total. Then you will be subject to the processes and procedures of your new subscription plan as stated in the Terms & Conditions.  Thank you!

Cancellation Policy: 

MusicIncite acknowledges that all subscription fees are charged automatically on a recurring basis until the emuso customer cancels their subscription (month-to-month, semi-annual and/or annual plans). 

Cancellation of your subscription plan, no matter if you are on the monthly, semi-annual or annual, needs to be done prior to the next payment date.  (Payment is taken at the start of a plan period).  If your first payment is taken on the 15th of the Month (when you first sign up to the plan), and you are on a Monthly Plan, your next payment date will be the 15th of the next month, and so on.   The actual payment dates are chosen by our distributor Paddle.com.  If you do not cancel before the next payment date, you will be charged in full as per your subscription plan.   

PLEASE NOTE!   Paddle will contact you via email, 5 days prior and 2 days prior to renewal (the next payment date), to inform you of your renewal.  They will be using the email address you signed up with on your subscription plan.   You have the option to CANCEL through either of those two emails.   You may need to check your spam folders for these emails.  

To Cancel.   Please contact, Paddle, at Paddle.net.  You can engage with their chat function, to walk you through the process.   Or you may request a “live person,” via the chat function.  Please note that may require some additional time before a “live person” will contact you.   You will be asked a number of questions, via chat: phone number, email, and possible last 4 digits of credit/debit card you used on your account.  Or you can cancel via email at: help@paddle.com. For cancellation via email please attach your receipt.  Thank you! 

Refund Policy:

Once you select your subscription plan; monthly, semi-annual or annual basis and pay through Paddle,  it is non-refundable; no refunds will be issued.  MusicIncite does not offer prorated refunds for cancelled subscription plans. There will be no refunds or credits for partial months of service, upgrade/downgrade refunds, or refunds for months unused with an open account. In order to treat everyone equally, no exceptions will be made. All subscriptions, both month-to-month, semi-annual and annual plans, are recurring and will automatically renew after the end of each paid subscription period. Please see FAQ on how to CANCEL your Subscription Plan.    Thank you!

PLEASE NOTE!   Paddle will contact you via email, 5 days prior and 2 days prior to renewal, to inform you of your renewal.  They will be using the email address you signed up with on your subscription plan.   You have the option to CANCEL through either of those two emails.   You may need to check your spam folders for these emails.   Thank you! 

We’re really proud to provide free lessons to you, to cover many topics, and will continue doing so. Check back regularly to discover what’s new. If you sign up for our Newsletter, or bonus freebies, we can let you know by email as new content becomes available.

We also will be introducing reasonably priced premium content for you to deeply explore musical concepts, and build technique.  Premium content is only available to emuso users, and can only be used via emuso technology.

Becoming an emuso users also gets you discounted access to Transcribe from www.seventhstring.com, an amazing tool for practicing sections of music at various tempos without changing pitch. It’s a wonderful companion to emuso.

Premium content will be a mix of

• one-off lessons
• courses
• emusobooks (imagine the Guitar Grimoire becoming interactive)
• technique regimes

Premium content will primarily be based around synchronised interactive multimedia and emuso’s virtual machine technology,  for the most immersive experiences.

Where applicable, they will come with backing track(s) and tablature as well.

For example, you could be watching a lesson on video, and at times music is replicated within emuso, where it can be saved off (by pausing the video if it doesn’t auto-pause) and edited.

All emuso lessons and blogs are designed to be interacted with.

Wherever you see the eye-ear icon:

Clicking on it will typically result in musical content being created on a virtual instrument, or tracks being brought into the Rhythm-X tool (music snappets, rhythm practice and so on). Often there will interactive tasks or tests to be carried out on “instrument” to reinforce the topic you are learning about. Any mistakes you make can be corrected by emuso, and you can see and hear the difference.

Additionally, some images in the lessons or blogs (such as a chord shape) become interactive, replicating that chord on instrument in emuso.

Similarly, emuso supports synchronised multimedia, where content is created in emuso at various time points along the media timeline (such as at 10 seconds into the playback of mp3 (audio) or mp4 (video) content, or MIDI content. This is a very immersive experience.

If the lesson is viewed in a browser on any of your devices, none of these interactions are possible, and any clicks that would cause interactions are ignored.

We highly recommend viewing lesson from inside emuso, by logging in from emuso first.

IMPORTANT: Please ensure your email address used for buying emuso is correct, before you click the BUY button on the buy page (https://emuso.buzz/buy-emuso-studio/).  Otherwise you will not receive the details required to download emuso from our distributor, and the buy process will seem to hang for awhile.  If this happens, you will (not immediately) receive the license details from us, displayed via your browser.  But you will need to email support@musicincite.buzz to get the download link.

On successful purchase, you are emailed both from our distributor, Paddle.com, and from ourselves, MusicIncite.buzz (who make emuso), with your emuso license activation details. Paddle also provides a download link to the emuso installer (a .exe file for Windows and a .dmg disk image for MacOS). Emuso is around 270 MB, compressed. Some browsers may warn about this file, but Windows itself won’t, when executed to install emuso. This is because emuso has been digitally signed as Windows requires. MacOS will ask if you wish to open the DMG, but if you accept this, MacOS will let you open the DMG and you can drag the small emuso icon onto the Applications folder icon to install it.  The DMG has been digitally signed and notarised by Apple.  The install process is quick in either case.

After installing, on first launch of emuso, a license activation dialogue will appear where you enter the license activation key. You will need Internet access to activate the license. For more information on licensing, see our Licensing FAQ.

Once activated,  interactive quick start guides, interactive blogs and the Toolkit can be accessed. We very strongly recommend you work through the quick start guides to get the most out of emuso.

If you want to access lessons, emusobooks, practice regimes, you have to register, via the emuso application, where you choose a log-in password, and optionally provide us with some information about yourself. Once registered you can log-in either via the website, or via emuso, using your chosen password. This gives you access to emuso content. Doing so from the website will warn that the lesson’s emuso interactions (tests, tasks etc) are unavailable, but you can still choose to view the content in your browser. Doing so from emuso brings you the full experience.

Here is a short video covering this overall process.

Not available for mobile or tablets.

The following are the system requirements for using emuso/PracticeSuite

• 64-bit Windows 10,11 PC (Windows 7 / 8.x do run, but not supported.  Windows 11 on ARM coming end-August 2022) or
• 64-bit macOS (10.12 up, 11, 12).  IOS is not supported.
  
• Minimum CPU:  Intel Core i series or AMD Ryzen multi-core
• Recommended CPU:  64-bit Intel or AMD multi-core processor (Intel i5 or faster recommended).  Apple M1 chip natively supported also. M2 is not supported yet, though it should work.
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
• 2 GB free hard disk space
• Display resolution: 1600 x 900 minimum.  1920 x 1080 or higher recommended
• Audio device drivers required for emuso’s built-in synthesiser
• Internet connection
• MIDI device drivers for any external MIDI devices (keyboards/synthesisers …)

If a System Warning message appears in your emuso/PracticeSuite application when you start it, this is because key system functionality  (that should be present on the computer separately to emuso) is not working.  Don’t panic, this can happen when your system’s audio drivers are missing or need updating. Emuso comes with a built-in synthesiser which requires working audio drivers so the synthesiser can play the digital audio it generates.  This is the minimum requirement for emuso to work.  When you close the warning message, emuso shuts down.

This is a rare condition, so far only observed on HP Pavilion x360 laptops.  Here’s what you need to do to update your audio drivers (along with any other device drivers that may be out of date on the laptop, as shipped.

So this is what you need to do for HP.  Other manufacturers will have their equivalent.

1.  Go into HP Support Assistant
2.  Go into the Software & Drivers Icon
3. It should provide a list of Drivers that are not installed and you can click on them to install.  Make sure to select “audio drivers”.   Install them!
4. Then go back and start emuso/PracticeSuite and you should be good to go.

If you are still having an issue, go back to make sure you installed all the drivers.   Please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@musicincite.buzz.   Thank you.

The following information about requesting free trial and download link only apply to trialing our released version 2, which is on sale.

IMPORTANT: Please ensure your email address used for requesting the trial download is correct, before you click the REQUEST DOWNLOAD button.  Otherwise you will not receive the details required to download emuso

As well as seeing a web page with download and license information,you are emailed from ourselves, MusicIncite.buzz (who make emuso), with your emuso license activation details. The download link is for the emuso installer (a .exe file for Windows and a .dmg disk image file for MacOS).

Participants in the trial of the pre-release version 3 will be sent emuso v3 via wetransfer.com

Installing emuso

Emuso is around 270 MB, compressed. Some browsers may warn about this file, but Windows itself won’t, when executed to install emuso. This is because emuso has been digitally signed as Windows requires. Double clicking the installer will execute it.

MacOS

When you run the installer, the following installer window appears, along with an icon on your desktop for a disk drive named “emuso”.

(v2 or v3 will appear at the bottom left of the installer image).

Hold your mouse down on the small “emuso” icon and drag it over the “Applications folder” (shown as a blue folder with the letter “A”) and then release the mouse while on that folder.  This will install emuso into your Applications folder.  Please close the installer window and eject the “emuso” drive. You can now use Launchpad, or Finder > Applications to navigate to emuso, and double click it  to open it.

MacOS will warn you that emuso has been fetched from the Internet and Apple confirms it has been scanned for malware, and ask if you want to open it.   Click “Open”.

Once emuso is launched…

After installing, on first launch of emuso, a license activation dialogue will appear where you enter the license activation key. You will need Internet access to activate the license. For more information on licensing, see our Licensing FAQ.  Once activated, you can use emuso.  The license is valid for 14-days, starting on the day you activate emuso. All internet-based emuso content can then be accessed via emuso.

There is no need to log-in.  Logging-in (mentioned next) will be required for content we sell (there is none currently).

But if you want to access interactive emuso content (lessons, emusobooks, practice regimes) via your browser , you have to register, via the emuso application, where you choose a log-in password, and optionally provide us with some information about yourself. Once registered you can log-in either via the website, or via emuso, using your chosen password. This gives you access to emuso content. Doing so from the website will warn that the lesson’s emuso interactions (tests, tasks etc) are unavailable, but you can still choose to view the content in your browser. Doing so from emuso brings you the full experience.

This FREE trial comes with no strings attached … no payment information required.   Just your email. You have a full 14 days to trial the software.  Please see the FAQ on what happens at the end of the trial period. Please check the FAQ on Systems Requirement to ensure emuso runs on your system.

Here is where you can sign up.  This only applies to trialing our version 2 of emuso, which has been released.

Just provide your name and email address, and choose whether you want emuso for Windows or MacOS. Then Click on REQUEST DOWNLOAD to gain access to the emuso/PracticeSuite platform. You will be shown a web page with the download link to emuso, and a license to use to activate emuso.  You also receive an email from musicincite.buzz with this information.

Trialists for the pre-release of emuso v3 are handled differently.  To engage in this, please email support@musicincite.buzz, and specify whether you want Windows or MacOS.

Please note that you can only apply for any free trial once, and CANNOT be taken out after any subscription plan or one-off purchase.  If this is not the case, then you cannot gain access and you will be taken to the emuso home page instead.

Your license number can be found from the Help menu, at the top left of emuso, should you need to reset your emuso password.  Should you decide to subscribe to emuso, you will receive a new license, and this will need to be used instead, for any password reset.

Upon completion of your trial emuso will stop working.  Any content you have created (snippets and snappets) are yours, and can be used with emuso if you subscribe.  You will be notified near the end of the 14-Day completion period that the trial is expiring.    Emuso will present warnings on each of the last 3 days of the trial.  Additionally an email will be sent a couple days ahead of expiration.  This should give you the time to buy or subscribe to emuso, should you want.   Then just walk through the payment process.   Thank you for becoming an emuser!

If you decide to BUY prior to the end of your 14-Day Trial period.

First off,   Thank you!   Welcome to becoming an emuser!

Second, your subscription plan chosen will begin on the day of purchase.  So the remaining days left on your FREE trial are lost.    But to lessen the sting, here is a Discount Code for 10% off your first subscription payment:   MRKT20    The longer the plan the greater the discount!

Please use emuso’s License Manager dialogue  (from emuso menu > Licensing…) to activate the new license.

Enjoy!

v1.5.1 (pre-release):

1. If the license manager is viewed (by selecting the menu item “Licensing…” from the emuso menu, sometimes license activation or deactivation will shut emuso down.  But the (de)activation will have worked.
2. Chord generation for 8 notes scales (half-whole and diminished) doesn’t work for chord complexities of 9th and above.  7-note scales work as expected.
3. Some help videos need updating to reflect the latest additions to the user interface.
4. CSS for quick start main page has misalignments between quickstatr guides and rhythmX templates heading.
5. Cookie message with no cookie button to close it.

Fixes for 2 are being investigated.  A probable date is end-July 2022. Please check back here.

Fixes for 3 will be available by end-Jun 2022.  They will automatically get picked up by emuso when/if needed.

Fixes for 4 and 5.  Around 21 Jun 2022.

Select the “help” menu from the menu toolbar at the top left of emuso.  There is a menu item that shows your license, and the number of days left before expiry.  This is shown is suqare brackets.  E.g.  [10].  When it shows one day left, this is your last day of use before expiry.  With a subscription license, if a subscription period is paid for, the expiry date is automatically lengthened to the day after the next payment is due for the following subscription period.

It’s important to know that emuso can be used offline (access to the toolkit) and online (Internet access) to access all the eBooks, lessons and blog.    The 14-Day refresh is key to keep emuso up-to-date.   Here is the process moving forward:

1.  After choosing your subscription plan, and obtaining your Software License, Activate It!  Similar to when (if) you had your 14-Day Free Trial, except you will need to bring up the License Manager dialogue via the emuso > Licenses … menu item to activate this license in place of your current license (evaluation license typically).
2. When you run emuso, you need to provide access to the Internet within 14-Days of the last successful refresh (or initial activation) to allow for emuso to update.
3. If the Internet is unavailable with 3-days remaining, emuso will provide a “warning message” and it will continue to remind you each day after until time runs out or you provide Internet access.  If the Internet is available, emuso will silently refresh.
4. If time runs out!   You will need to manually refresh your license.  The License Manager will pop-up with your License already populated and you just need to refresh it.  If emuso cannot refresh at this point, emuso will quit when you close the License Manager.

An emuso license expires as follows:

1. evaluation licenses expire after 14 days.
2. a subscription plan license expires the day after the plan renewal date, if the subscription payment hasn’t occurred.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@musicincite.buzz

Yes.  Emuso can be transferred across computers.

Activating a license locks the license to your computer.   You can move the license to another computer by deactivating it on the current machine, installing emuso on another computer, and activating that same license on that new computer.  A license can only be activated three times in total.  It cannot be reactivated back on a computer it has been deactivated from.

The process is as follows: 

1. Bring up the emuso License Manager (emuso menu > Licensing…).  Use it to deactivate your license on your current computer.  Be sure to have your license number written down. 

1. Bring up the emuso License Manager (emuso menu > Licensing…) on the new computer.  Activate the same License on the new computer.  

If you have any question please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@musicincite.buzz 

MusicIncite offers both options when it comes to emuso/PracticeSuite PRO.  The perpetual license is a one time payment for a copy of the software license (emuso/PracticeSuite PRO) at its current full version, at the moment of purchase.

The software purchased can be used “as is” in its current supported state. That is, sub-versions (bug fixes and minor improvements) will be provided for the same version (e.g. if you purchase version 1.1.07, the version is 1.1 and you will get version 1.1.08 etc, but you will not be offered any of version 1.2 and upwards, or version 2 upwards or any of their  subversions). These later versions require a  new purchase or new subscription plan.

The subscription, is the same download of emuso/PracticeSuite PRO, but with one important difference, it is a SaaS solution, Software-As-A-Solution, so during your subscription plan, we continually provide updates to the software with new features and functions.  During your year subscription your software is always kept up-to-date, with the option of renew after the year is completed.