Instrument Definition
How to get there
Choose Instrument List from the Window
menu, if it isn’t already selected. The Instrument List window appears
on your screen. Choose New Instrument from the instrument popup menu.
To change the definition of an existing
instrument, click the Bank (B) column or option-click the Channel (Chan.), Bank
(B), Program Change (Prog.), or Instrument Name (Instrument) columns.
What it does
Use this dialog box to create new instruments
and edit existing instruments, as well as to specify or modify channel,
bank, and program change information for an instrument.
- Instrument
Name. Enter a name for a new instrument, or change the name of
an existing instrument.
- Channel.
Enter the number of the MIDI channel the selected instrument will use
for playback. Any layers or staves assigned to this instrument will automatically
play back using that MIDI channel.
- Patch:
Program Change · Bank Select 0, Bank Select 32, Program Change · Bank
Select 0, Program Change · Bank Select 32, Program Change · Program Change,
Program Change. This popup menu lists the
types of bank and program changes available in PrintMusic. PrintMusic
supports bank changes according to the MIDI Specification and to the implementations
of several manufacturers. Choose the method which matches your MIDI gear.
(Check your manuals to see if the manufacturer of your MIDI gear supports
banks, and if so, which method is supported. Or, refer to the Appendix-Bank
Select, which provides a list of MIDI instruments and the bank select
method they use.)
The first option corresponds to the simple
program change. The remaining options provide bank support. “Bank Select
0, Bank Select 32, Program Change” is the standard method of doing bank
select; first controller 0 (C0), then controller 32 (C32) are sent with
their respective values (these two controllers determine the bank), then
a program change (PC) is sent. The next two popup menu selections
are variations on the standard. In both cases, only one of the controllers
is sent with its value. The last case, Program Change, Program Change,
is bank select done by two standard program changes.
- Bank
Select 0. This text box may be disabled depending on the selection
in the Patch popup menu. If available, enter the value
of the bank you want selected.
- Bank
Select 32. This text box may be disabled depending on the selection
in the Patch popup menu. If available, enter the value
of the bank you want selected.
- Program
Change. Enter the number of the program change (the number of the
instrument sound) that you want PrintMusic to send.
Note:
If you prefer, you can directly enter the program change number into the
Instrument List’s “Prog.” (program change) column, instead of entering
it here.
- General
MIDI. Select the General MIDI patch from this popup menu to automatically
set up the Banks and Program Change for the selected instrument.
- CoreMIDI. Choose a SmartMusic SoftSynth device, channel and patch to specify one of MakeMusic's high-quality sounds based on the standard General MIDI list.
- OK
· Cancel. Click OK (or press return) to confirm or Cancel to disregard
you changes.
