Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 333)

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MIDI
Set MIDI preferences here.
DEFAULT MIDI INPUT DEVICE
If you have MIDI interfaces or MIDI keyboards, choose the interface that you'd like to
play and record from. The default is All MIDI Devices.
"CHASE" UNFINISHED MIDI NOTES ON PLAYBACK AND LOOPING
MIDI is not actual sound, it’s a series of commands instructing the computer play (or
shut off) notes. With that in mind, what happens if you initiate playback in the middle
of a note? The Chase option tells Mixcraft to send a “note on” message even if the
playback start point is after the beginning of a note. This might not be significant if
the song contains quick, percussive sounds (like clavinet, or wood blocks), but if the
song has very long sustained pads, it’s entirely likely that large musical elements will
be missing if playback isn’t started in the correct location. Chase helps alleviate this
possibility.
RELEASE HOLD / SUSTAIN PEDAL (CC64) WHEN CLIP ENDS
Like the Chase situation above, this is another potential MIDI problem you wouldn’t
consider until it occurs. If a sustain pedal isn’t realized at the end of recording a
clip (or you trim the clip’s right edge so the sustain pedal off message no longer gets
transmitted), it’s possibly to end up with notes that sustain forever. Release Hold/
Sustain Pedal (CC64) When Clip Ends automatically sends a CC64 (that’s the MIDI
controller number for a sustain pedal) message of 0 to prevent possible “forever” notes.
RELEASE HOLD / SUSTAIN PEDAL (CC64) WHEN PLAYBACK ENDS
This performs the exact same function as Release Hold / Sustain Pedal (CC64) When
Clip Ends described above, but does so when playback is stopped.
DEFAULT VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT
Choose an instrument to be the default instrument when creating a new Virtual
Instrument Track.
REMOVE PROGRAM CHANGE MESSAGES FROM MIDI FILES
Embedded program changes in imported MIDI files (usually of the downloaded or
purchased General MIDI file variety) can cause things to go haywire with undesired
program changes. Remove Program Change Messages From MIDI Files strips the
program changes.
DEFAULT MIDI SETTINGS
Reverts all settings on this page back to default settings.