Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 112)

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
Add Voice
This opens a keyboard and lets you add new voice(s) by clicking a key
(or multiple keys) on the displayed keyboard.
 Voice Chooser
This is the same as clicking the Add/Edit button. It opens the Step
Editor Notes Chooser keyboard and allows voices to be added or
deleted from the Voice List.
 Select Notes
Selects all notes played by the current voice in the grid. This is useful
for moving a voice’s notes to a different voice (by dragging), or for
quickly deleting all of a voice’s notes.
 Delete
Removes the voice from the Voice List and all notes for the voice on
the grid. Careful with this one!
 Remove Unused Steps
Deletes all voices with no notes on the grid.
If you're using a drum virtual instrument, instead of notes, you can view
the names of individual drums in the left column. In the Sound tab, select
a drum map from the Map drop-down control. Mixcraft will choose the
appropriate drum map if it is already mapped.
CREATING CUSTOM DRUM MAPS (ADVANCED)
To create drum maps with individual custom instrument names (per-note),
go to the %programdata%\Acoustica\Mixcraft\drum-maps\ folder. Here you’ll
find text files representing Mixcraft’s included Drum Maps. The text format is
as follows:
[MIDI Note Number] [Drum Hit Name]
What’s difference between a
Voice List and a Drum Map?
Good question. A Voice List is the
list of notes you see displayed in
the Step Editor. Depending on how
you’ve configured it, it will consist
either of boring MIDI note names
(i.e. C4, C#4, D5, etc.) or slightly-
more-exciting text names, such as
“kick drum”, “snare”, “tambourine”,
etc. The important thing to
remember is that the Voice List only
shows the voices you’ve selected
to display (using the Add/Edit
button).
A Drum Map is a small document
stored on your hard drive
containing a list of names for each
instrument in (usually) a multi-
sampled drum kit. The Voice List
may or may not currently display
all the instrument names in the
Drum Map. When a Drum Map is
loaded, you can add or hide specific
sounds using the Add/Edit button.
If you’re computer-savvy, you can
create your own custom drum map
templates (see Creating Custom
Drum Maps).