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All main functions of Muzys are accessible via the menus
at the top of the windows, and via the mainmenus in The Control Panel.
This is very useful when learning and exploring Muzys.
But should you want to work fast, it would be very frustrating
to have to call up frequent functions all
the time by clicking on a mainmenu, and selecting an option.
This is where the FastKeys come alive !
You can define almost any key in any combination
with [Control], [Shift] or [Alternate] (on Mac : also [Command])
to force immediate access, thereby bypassing the mainmenus.
For example, we can assign The Key Editor to the [E] key by going to System->FastKeys, then go with
the cursor to 'Key Edit', and assigning, by the 'Assign' button, the [E] key to this menu-option.
To call up the Key Editor now, you only have to press [E] !
Note : Muzys automatically saves your edited FastKey settings as (muzysfolder)/Data/Startup.Fky
About the "Control" FastKeys ...
Most functions to which a FastKey can be assigned are explained
somewhere else in this manual, except for the Control group.
Here is the meaning of the Control entries :
Function | Description |
Play | Starts the sequencer. |
Stop | Stops the sequencer. |
Stop/Rewind | (1) Stops the sequencer (2) Rewind to Left Locator (3) Rewind to beginning of the current Composition. |
Toggle Play/Stop | Toggles between Play and Stop. |
Toggle Play/Stop/Rewind | Toggles between Play, Stop and rewinding to the Left Locator/1.1.000. |
Record | Starts/stops recording. |
Record Cycled | Starts/stops cycled recording. |
Record Stepped | Step recording is, as you may expect, recording in steps. A window appears indicating the current step position. Play your instrument and watch how the step position follows your play. Try to play some chords and watch how the step recorder smoothly follows the chords. The positions are the Current Grid positions. You can easily change the step position by keyboard (<+>,<->,numeric keypad), or by mouse. |
Record Event Output | Starts/stops recording of everything Muzys sends out. |
Rewind | Rewind. |
Forward | Forward. |
Play 2 x Tempo | Starts playing at double tempo. |
Play 1/2 x Tempo | Starts playing at half tempo. |
Position @ ... | Sets the current play position. |
Position @ Composition Start | Puts the current position at the beginning of the current Composition. |
Position @ Left Locator | Puts the current position at the Left Locator. |
Position @ Right Locator | Puts the current position at the Right Locator. |
Position @ Window Start | Puts the current position at the beginning of the edit window. |
Position @ Current Part | Puts the current position at the beginning of the current Part. |
Position @ Last Set | Puts the current position at the position last set by "Control->Position @ ...", or mouse-clicking in the Time Bar. |
Position @ Last Stop | Puts the current position at the position on which Muzys was stopped the last time. |
Position @ Cue 1/2/3 | Puts the current position at cue-position 1/2/3. |
Set Left/Right Locator | Sets the Left/Right Locator to the current position. |
Set Cue 1/2/3 | Sets cue position 1/2/3 to the current position. |
Toggle Metronome | Toggles the metronome on/off. |
Toggle Cycle | Toggles the cycle on/off. |
Set Tempo | Sets the tempo. |
Set Current Grid | Sets the Current Grid. |
Set MIDI In Player | Selects the Player to which the incoming MIDI must be sent. |
Adapt MIDI In Player | Sets the MIDI In Player to the Player of the first Event in the current Sequence, which is the Sequence of the first selected Part in the Current Composition. |
Search Free MIDI Player | Searches for the first unused MIDI Player. Very easy ! |
Soft Panic ! | Is a group of MIDI commands which cut off all pending Notes and reset all Controllers : Mainvolumes are set at maximum, Pitch Bend is centered etc... Very handy when for whatever reason Notes get stuck ... |
Hard Panic ! | This makes all audio- and MIDI-hardware to be re-initialized. |
Toggle Sound window | This toggles the Sound window to / from maximized state. |
Toggle Structure window | This toggles the Structure window to / from maximized state. |
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