<qt bgcolor="#f4f4c8" title="MusE - The Linux (Midi) Music Editor"> <center><h1>MusE - The Linux (Midi) Music Editor</h1></center> <h2>5. Getting Started</h2> <p> <h2>5.1 Creating A New Song</h2> <p> Here's a very short tutorial on how to create a new song from scratch. <p> <ol> <li> Start MusE with the name of a new song (ie. a filename that doesn't already exist): <pre> muse blues1.med </pre> Alternatively, start MusE and select <tt>File->New</tt>. The default song name is <tt>default</tt> and the first time you select <tt>File->Save</tt>, MusE asks you for a real name. <li> Select a song type from the <tt>Type</tt> pulldown menu in the Toolbar. This selects the capabilities of your MIDI hardware (either NO, GM, GS, or XG). <li> Doubleclick on the first empty track to create a new track. <li> 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. <li> If the TrackInfo window is not visible, press TrackInfo. <li> Select a MIDI instrument for the MIDI channel of your new track. <li> Click with the middle mouse button on ruler to set left locator mark. <li> Click with the right mouse button on the ruler to set right locator mark. <b>Note:</b> The right mark must be set to the right of the left mark. <li> Double click between the left and right locators on first track to create a new part, <b>or</b> select the Pencil tool and draw with the left mouse button pressed to create a new part. </ol> <p> <h2>5.2 Recording Events</h2> <p> <b>Entering Notes Manually</b> <ol> <li> Select Pointer tool from toolbar <li> Double click on part in part canvas to start the pianoroll editor <li> Select Pencil tool from toolbar in the pianoroll editor <li> Now you can draw events into the event canvas </ol> <p> <b>Play The Notes</b> <ol> <li> Click with middle mouse button on ruler to set left locator mark <li> Click with right mouse button on ruler to set right locator mark <li> Note: right mark must be set right to left mark <li> Click with left mouse button on ruler to set current position between left and right locator <li> Select "loop" in the transport toolbar <li> Press play to start sequencer <li> You can enter new notes while the sequencer is playing </ol> <p> <b>Some Hints</b> <ol> <li> You can "play" in realtime on the piano keyboard on the left side of the pianoroll editor <li> You can change Channel Info and Track Info values during play </ol> <p> <h2>5.3 Step Recording</h2> <p> <ol> <li> Start the pianoroll editor <li> Click with left mouse button on ruler to set current position to the start position of your recording <li> Set the Snap value to the step distance <li> Set the Quantize value to the length of the notes to record <li> Enter step record mode by pressing the "S" toolbar button <li> Every click on the piano keyboard records a note with "Quantize" len and advances the current record position to <li> The next "Snap" position <li> Shift+click records a note without advancing the current record position <li> Change the current position with the cursor keys <li> Shift+space inserts a gap; all notes to the right of the current position move to the next snap position </ol> </qt>