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Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards
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Once you have loaded in the MIDI file, and assuming that you have the “Auto Interpret” set to true, you'll see that
the dialog displays the settings that the Chord Wizard has found for the key signature, and channels used for the
song.
Let's work with an example song called Violet Song.MID. This should be included in your c:\bb directory.
- Start with a blank worksheet by choosing File | New.
- Choose the MIDI File chord Wizard dialog by choosing File | Import Chords from MIDI file.
Press the [Open (Change)…] button to select the MIDI file, and then choose the file
that you'd like to import, in this case it is “C:\bb\Violet Song.MID.”
Once you load in the MIDI file, you'll see that the Chord Wizard has analyzed it and made these determinations.
It has automatically determined that the “Violet Song.MID” file
- has 2 bars of lead-in.
- has 103 bars of chords.
- is in the key of F with a 4/4 time
signature, and a tempo of 120.
- has the Bass Part on channel 2.
- has the chording (comping) parts
on Channels 3, 6 and 7.
- has the Melody on Channel 4.
- has no other parts like the Melody
to put on the Soloist track.