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Port are numbered. In order to produce +sound, each MIDI track is assigned to exactly one MIDI port, to which +the MIDI events are then sent. + +<P> +The advantage of this abstraction layer is that if your system changes, +for example you change MIDI hardware, then you need only modify the +ports instead of all the tracks using those ports. This is similar +to the audio input and output track abstraction to the outside world. + +<P> +<A NAME="midi_port_config"></A> +<H4><A NAME="SECTION00381010000000000000"> +MIDI port configuration</A> +</H4> +In the midi/softsynth configuration menu, you must map the port numbers +to the actual devices (by selecting ALSA or jack midi ports, or synth +plugins). + +<P> +Try left-clicking on the "Ports" column of some MIDI track. +If you use a soft synth, right-clicking the Ports column of the synth +or any track using the synth lets you launch the synth's GUI. + +<P> + +<DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><A NAME="fig:midi_config_window"></A><A NAME="348"></A> +<TABLE> +<CAPTION ALIGN="BOTTOM"><STRONG>Figure 2.13:</STRONG> +Midi configuration window</CAPTION> +<TR><TD> +<DIV ALIGN="CENTER"> + +</DIV><IMG + WIDTH="865" HEIGHT="597" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" + SRC="./midi_config_window.png" + ALT="Image midi_config_window"></TD></TR> +</TABLE> +</DIV> + +<P> + +<H4><A NAME="SECTION00381020000000000000"> +Columns in the MIDI configuration ports list:</A> +</H4> +<DL> +<DT><STRONG>GUI:</STRONG></DT> +<DD>For synthesizer devices, indicates if a gui is available +and if it is showing. Click to show. +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>I:</STRONG></DT> +<DD>If present, the port can accept MIDI input. Click to +enable or disable it. +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>O:</STRONG></DT> +<DD>If present, the port can send MIDI output. Click to enable +or disable it. +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>Instrument:</STRONG></DT> +<DD>Selects the instrument to be used when MIDI is +played through the port. +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>Device name:</STRONG></DT> +<DD>Selects or creates a MIDI device assigned to the +port. These can be Jack MIDI devices or ALSA MIDI devices (if ALSA is +enabled), or soft synthesizers. Jack MIDI devices are created by selecting +Create Jack Device from the Device name drop-down menu. Jack MIDI devices +can be renamed as you wish by clicking the device name. Soft synthesizers +are created by clicking in the soft synthesizer list and then Add +Instance. Or you can simply create a new synthesizer track from the +arranger track list, or even the mixer menus. +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>In and Out routes:</STRONG></DT> +<DD>These are for Jack MIDI devices, they are +the routes to and from available Jack MIDI ports. Jack may provide +different alias names for these ports, you can select which alias +is shown. +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>Default in channels:</STRONG></DT> +<DD>Auto-connect these port channels to +new midi or drum tracks. +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>Default out channel:</STRONG></DT> +<DD>Auto-connect new midi or drum tracks +to this channel on the port. +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>State:</STRONG></DT> +<DD>Indicates the state of the port including any errors +opening it. +</DD> +</DL> + +<P> + +<H2><A NAME="SECTION00382000000000000000"> +Global settings</A> +</H2> + +<H3><A NAME="SECTION00382100000000000000"> +Audio settings</A> +</H3> + +<H4><A NAME="SECTION00382110000000000000"> +Minimum control period</A> +</H4> +Plugins can usually process an arbitrarily small (or large) amount +of samples. If some plugin control value changes continously, to provide +ideal listening experience, MusE would need to call the plugin 44100 +times a second, asking for one single value at a time. With the minimum +control period setting, the user can force MusE to ask the plugin for +at least N values. Setting this value to 64 would in this situation +make MusE call the plugin <!-- MATH + $689=\frac{44100}{64})$ + --> +<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG + WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" + SRC="img1.png" + ALT="$689=\frac{44100}{64})$"></SPAN> times a second, +asking for 64 values at a time. While doing this will reduce accuracy +of control changes, it may also reduce CPU usage, because calling +the plugin more often, requesting smaller chunks, is more expensive +than calling it seldomly, requesting larger chunks. + +<H5><A NAME="SECTION00382111000000000000"> +Recommendation</A> +</H5> +If you have no performance problems, or if you want to do the final +downmix of your project, set this to a low value. 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