User Guide

Table Of Contents
Chapter 4: The Main Screen
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Status Bar
The first thing to note is that the name of the song that is open is identified in the window title at the top of the
screen along with the name of the style. This feature is handy when you want to know the status (and the title) of
your song and the style in use at a glance. You'll also see the length of the song in minutes and seconds, this updates
if you change the tempo and press the [Play] button.
The file name in the status bar will have an asterisk * added if the file has been changed.
Synth Window / Piano Keyboard
The Piano Keyboard
This keyboard displays the notes that are being played by all instruments on various parts of the piano keyboard
during playback (except drums). The name of the currently selected part is shown just above the keyboard.
When playing along or recording on the MIDI Thru the notes are displayed on the keyboard.
Synthesizer Window
Part Settings
The Bass/Piano/Drum/Guitar/Soloist/Strings/Melody and Thru buttons are referred to as Parts. Settings that can be
changed for an individual part include Reverb, Chorus, Pan, Bank, Volume, and Instrument. To change a setting for
one of the parts:
- Select the Part by mouse clicking on the part name.
- Change the desired parameter to affect the new setting.
The Instrument Panel shows the current instrument for the selected part.
You can access your patches with ease through the “patches popup” menu. To access this menu, simply click on
the instrument box you would like to change (i.e. Piano, Bass, Sol, etc.), move your mouse pointer over the
instrument panel box (i.e. Piano: (1) Acoustic Piano), and click anywhere on the instrument name. Then select the
new patch from the popup menu.
Clicking on the up and down arrows will move up and down the list of instrument patches one at a time.
The Favorite Instrument panel allows you to assign up to 10 of your favorite instruments for each of the 8 parts
(Bass, Piano, Drums, Guitar, Strings, Melody, Soloist, and Thru). Once assigned, these instruments can be quickly
and easily set.
Always use General MIDI instrument numbers, even if you use a custom patch map. It will handle the conversion
to your synth’s non-GM patch numbers, so you should always enter GM patch numbers for the favorite instruments.
(Favorite Instruments)