To
establish the initial program settings for each staff
- From the Window menu, choose Instrument List.
The Instrument List window appears.
- In the Instrument column, select the name of
the instrument you want to assign to each staff. If the instrument
you want does not appear in the Instrument column, choose New Instrument.
Here you can type a name for your instrument, assign a channel number
(that is not yet being used), and choose a general MIDI sound from the
General MIDI popup
menu. If you are using an external MIDI device, you can indicate the bank
and program changes by choosing an option from the Patch popup menu and then entering the
appropriate bank numbers. If you want to assign a program to a certain
layer of a staff, click the right-pointing triangle next to a staff
name; the list expands to show you individual layer assignments. The Instrument
List gives you a great deal of power over MIDI channels and patch assignments.
See Playback and MIDI channels for details.
- From the bottom on the Instrument List window,
ensure Send Patches Before Play is checked.
