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Using Chordmaps with Segments

Once designed, a chordmap is always used in conjunction with a segment to compose chord progressions. A single chordmap is placed in the Chordmap Track.

You can make use of chordmaps in any of the following ways:

To use a chordmap, a segment must have a Signpost Track containing markers that specify where signpost chords are to be inserted. The signpost track must contain at least one marker. In Segment Designer, this track also contains the Compose Chords button.

Before you can use the Compose Chords button, a segment must also have either a Style Track containing a style in the first measure, or a Pattern Track. If you don't want to save this track with the run-time segment, specify the Audition (Design) Only option on the Flags Tab of the track Properties window.

If the segment does not contain a Chord Track, one is automatically added when you click the Compose Chords button, or when an application composes the segment.

Note   Beginning with the Microsoft DirectX 8.0 release of Microsoft DirectMusic Producer, a segment that contains a signpost track and a chordmap track is the functional equivalent of a template file. You no longer have the option of creating a new template file in the project tree. Instead, you create a segment containing signpost and chordmap tracks, and use it in the same way as a template. You can open and use any template files created with earlier versions of DirectMusic Producer, but the Properties window of a template no longer contains a Template tab.


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