The Control Panel

On the Control Panel you find the basic sequencer controls such as Play, Record, Rewind, Forward etc ...

Here are the details of the fields, from top to bottom and from left to right are as follows :

System Menu

Described in detail in the System Menu.

Tools Menu

Described in detail in the Tools Menu.

Help Menu

Described in detail in the Help Menu.

Current Project

This shows the current Project's name.

By clicking on this field, you get a little open/save menu, for quickly opening and saving of Projects.

MIDI In Player

The "MIDI In" field indicates to which Player events received at MIDI In are sent. In other words : The notes you play on your MIDI keyboard will be sent to this Player.

Clicking on this field pops up the Player pool.

The "MIDI In" Player value by default automatically follows the current player (i.e. selected Player or Track or Part's Player, etc). However, this behaviour can be turned off via the System menu : Musical Preferences.

If you want to use different Players for different MIDI In channels, you can use the MIDI In Channel Routing panel in the System menu). This panel allows MIDI In channels to be directed to the MIDI In Player (the default) or some other Players.

CPU Usage Indicator

Indicates how heavy your computers' CPU is loaded. Clicking on it shows the current value as a percentage.

Metronome Switch

Indicates whether the metronome is playing. Click on it to switch its state.

A right-click/command-click on the Metronome button pops up the Metronome Setup window.

Cycle Switch

Indicates whether Muzys will cycle in the cycle zone, the gray zone in the Time Bar of the editors.

Click on it to switch its state. Of course, you can also set a Fastkey for this.

Auto Quantize Switch

Indicates whether a recording will be automatically quantized. Click on it to switch its state.

Play

Toggles between Play and Stop.

When stopping, Muzys automatically rewinds to the Left Locator, or to 1.0.000.

A right-click/command-click or [Shift]+click on the Play button pops up the panic menu.

Rewind

Rewinds the current position.

By holding [Shift] or the right mouse button, rewinding goes faster.

Record

Starts/Stops Event recording.

How Event recording works
When activating recording when the sequencer is stopped, the Metronome will play a countdown.

Play something wild on your MIDI keyboard, or tweak some knobs and sliders of your virtual Synths or FX.

When you are finished playing, stop recording by clicking on the Record button again, or by just stopping the sequencer.

When no Part is selected in the current Composition, Muzys will ask you for a name for this new Sequence.

When a Part was selected, you can choose to "Overwrite" or "Merge" the recording in that Part, or you can choose to create a new Part and Sequence for this recording. "Overwrite" will give you an additional option of overwriting the full Sequence, or only overwriting the events that are covered by the new recording ("Punched Overwrite").

Muzys will try to set a relevant Sequence length for the new recording, by looking at the last received Event. When you want to change the Sequence length, use Sequence menu:Length.

If the Auto Quantize Switch in the Control Panel is on,the recorded Note Events will be automatically quantized. The Note Events will, of course, be quantized by the Current Grid, initially 16th notes. You can set a different grid by clicking on that Current Grid field, or pressing the appropriate FastKey.

A right-click/command-click or [Shift]+click on the Record button pops up the record menu.

Fast Forward

Fast forwards the current position.

By holding [Shift] or the right mouse button, fast forwarding goes faster.

Tempo

Indicates the current tempo; Clicking allows altering.

By [Shift]+click, you get The Tempo Controller

Current Grid

The Current Grid is the timing-grid template which is used for :

Clicking on the field allows you to choose a grid from the grid menu.

You can also use your own custom grids by choosing the "Your Sequence" option : This way you can select one of your Sequences as the Current Grid !

For example : You can use the Wave Labo's "Analyze Peaks" and "Create Sequence from Locators" functions to extract the rhythmical groove out of a sampled drumloop. Then you can select this resulting Sequence as the current grid. This way you can make edit your bassline on the rhythmical grid of your drumloop !

Tip : By holding [Shift] while clicking on the Grid display, Muzys displays the Current Grid's name in a message box, which may be handy for sequence grids with a long name.

Tip : If you want to edit a Sequence with a special timing, and you don't want Event positions to change,
just select that Sequence itself as Current Grid while editing that Sequence !

MIDI Indicators

Shows the MIDI In and Out indicators.

Real Time

Shows the real playing time (SMPTE Format).

Absolute Position

Shows the absolute song position. Click on it to set a new position.

Composition Position

Shows the relative Composition position.

It will be different from the absolute position when you change the current Composition while playing.

This is particularly useful while jamming in The Play Room.

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