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MusE - The Linux (Midi) Music Editor

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5. Getting Started

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5.1 Creating A New Song

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+Here's a very short tutorial on how to create a new song from scratch. + +

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  1. Start MusE with the name of a new song (ie. a filename that doesn't +already exist): +
    +	muse blues1.med
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    +Alternatively, start MusE and select File->New. The default song +name is default and the first time you select File->Save, +MusE asks you for a real name. + +
  2. Select a song type from the Type pulldown menu in the +Toolbar. This selects the capabilities of your MIDI hardware (either +NO, GM, GS, or XG). + +
  3. Doubleclick on the first empty track to create a new track. +
  4. Select the MIDI channel for the new track; click with the right mouse +button on Ch column in the track list to increment channel nummber, click +with middle mouse button to decrement. +
  5. If the TrackInfo window is not visible, press TrackInfo. +
  6. Select a MIDI instrument for the MIDI channel of your new track. +
  7. Click with the middle mouse button on ruler to set left locator mark. +
  8. Click with the right mouse button on the ruler to set right locator mark. +Note: The right mark must be set to the right of the left mark. +
  9. Double click between the left and right locators on first track to +create a new part, or select the Pencil tool and draw with the left +mouse button pressed to create a new part. +
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5.2 Recording Events

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+Entering Notes Manually + +

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  1. Select Pointer tool from toolbar +
  2. Double click on part in part canvas to start the pianoroll editor +
  3. Select Pencil tool from toolbar in the pianoroll editor +
  4. Now you can draw events into the event canvas +
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+Play The Notes + +

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  1. Click with middle mouse button on ruler to set left locator mark +
  2. Click with right mouse button on ruler to set right locator mark +
  3. Note: right mark must be set right to left mark +
  4. Click with left mouse button on ruler to set current position between left and right locator +
  5. Select "loop" in the transport toolbar +
  6. Press play to start sequencer +
  7. You can enter new notes while the sequencer is playing +
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+Some Hints + +

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  1. You can "play" in realtime on the piano keyboard on the left side of the pianoroll editor +
  2. You can change Channel Info and Track Info values during play +
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5.3 Step Recording

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  1. Start the pianoroll editor +
  2. Click with left mouse button on ruler to set current position to the start position of your recording +
  3. Set the Snap value to the step distance +
  4. Set the Quantize value to the length of the notes to record +
  5. Enter step record mode by pressing the "S" toolbar button +
  6. Every click on the piano keyboard records a note with "Quantize" len and advances the current record position to +
  7. The next "Snap" position +
  8. Shift+click records a note without advancing the current record position +
  9. Change the current position with the cursor keys +
  10. Shift+space inserts a gap; all notes to the right of the current position move to the next snap position +
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