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- Patch Editors Documentation
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-
- All the Music-X Patch Editors have certain basic features in common.
- This document will discuss those features.
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- Numeric Keys
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- The Amiga's numeric keypad or the numeric keys along the top of the
- keyboard may be used to send notes to the synthesizer as you edit the
- patch; simply tap away. The MIDI channel that the notes will be sent
- out on is chosen in the Options menu (see below).
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- Action Menu
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- The Action menu contains three items.
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- Send
- (RightAmiga-"S" from the keyboard)
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- Choosing this menu item from the Action menu sends the current
- library entry to the synthesizer. This is used with the "Manual"
- option in the Options menu.
-
- Receive
- (RightAmiga-"R" from the keyboard)
-
- Choosing this menu item from the Action menu causes the current
- patch to be received from the synthesizer into the current library
- entry, and configures the patch editor's controls to match.
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- Exit
- (RightAmiga-"X" from the keyboard)
-
- Choosing this menu item from the Action menu returns you to the
- Librarian Page.
-
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- Options Menu
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- The Options menu contains two items.
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- Update
- The first menu item in the Options menu has a pop-out menu with
- three items. These are use to choose the method of parameter
- updating as the patch is edited.
-
- Partial Auto
- While this pop-out menu item is checked, each time a parameter
- is changed in the Patch Editor with the sliders or other
- controls, the data for that individual parameter is sent using
- a special protocol that overides the protocol in the library
- you are editing.
-
- Full Auto
- While this pop-out menu item is checked, each time a parameter
- is changed, the data for the whole patch will be sent to the
- synthesizer using the protocol in the library file whose entry
- you are editing.
-
- Manual
- While this pop-out menu item is checked, no information is
- automatically sent to the synthesizer as parameters are changed.
- The patch must be sent whole by choosing "Send" from the Action
- menu (see above).
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- Test...
-
- The second menu item in the Options menu is "Test". Choosing this
- item opens a window titled "Select Channel Out". This window is
- used to choose the MIDI channel for the "diddle player" and the
- numeric keys. The window contains controls for the numbers 1
- through 16 corresponding to the 16 MIDI channels. The currently
- highlighted control indicates the current channel.
-
- Below the channel numbers are the words "Diddle ON". Clicking
- on these words turns the diddle player on and off. When the
- diddle player is on, random triads will be arpeggiated
- automatically, letting you hear the sound change as it is edited.
-
- The slider marked "Dur:" is used to set an arbitrary duration for
- the notes that the diddle player plays. Smaller numbers mean
- shorter durations and faster notes.
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- As with most windows, this window is closed by clicking the "OK" button.
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