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Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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Your MIDI setup could also be configured to use the built-in sounds of QuickTime Musical Instruments, or a virtual
software synthesizer such as the Apple DLS.
There are also MIDI systems such as OMS and FreeMIDI that can be configured by the user. (FreeMIDI and OMS
are supported only in Band-In-A-Box OS9, booted from Mac Classic) If they are present on your system, they will
appear in the Band-in-a-Box MIDI Drivers dialog.
Selecting a MIDI Driver
Band-in-a-Box automatically detects the MIDI drivers installed in your system. The MIDI | **Select MIDI Driver
or Apple DLS Synth menu command opens the MIDI Drivers dialog, which lists the drivers that have been detected.
Selecting “Apple DLS Synth” plays your MIDI tracks through the high quality built-in Apple DLS Music Device, or
software synthesizer. No special configuration should be necessary.
“MacOS X CoreMIDI” lets you configure a custom setup with other software synths or external MIDI devices.
The CoreMIDI and Apple DLS Synth chapter gives detailed instructions for your MIDI setup.
Click on [MIDI Drivers Help] to go to the CoreMIDI and Apple
DLS Synth help tutorial.
MIDI Settings
The MIDI Settings dialog box opens with the MIDI | MIDI Settings menu command or the Command+M key
combination. It lets you make settings for each part (bass/drums/piano etc.) and also to set the Harmony channels.
The settings are:
- CHANNELS: Range 0 to 16. (If set to 0, part will be Off).
Some synths (e.g. MT32), give higher priority to lower channel #'s, so if you are “running out of notes” you should
assign important parts (e.g. Melody) a lower channel than other parts (e.g. Guitar).
- OCTAVE: This adjusts the octave of the part. Range is -2 to +2, usually set to 0. (Bass is usually set to -1 for
General MIDI instruments.)
- PATCH: Range 0 to 127. These are General MIDI patch numbers. You do not type in the patch numbers of your
synthesizer. (The patch map handles mapping of the General MIDI patch numbers to your non-GM synthesizer's
patch numbers.)
- VOLUME: Range 0 to 127. Typical volume setting is = 90.
- REVERB: Range 0 to 127. Typical setting = 40.
- CHORUS: Range of 0 to 127. Typical setting = 0.
- PAN: Panning refers to the left/right stereo placement. Range is –63 (hard left) to +64 (hard right). A setting of
0 is centered.
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