Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 36)

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GUITAR TUNER
Each audio track features a built-in tuner. Though we refer to it as a “guitar tuner,” it
will work with any monophonic instrument signal (i.e. one-note-at-a-time). Those of
you using drifty, old analog synthesizers should find it quite handy!
To toggle the tuner on or off, simply click the track’s Arm button, then click the tuning
fork icon. The tuning fork icon will turn green, and the track’s volume slider/level
meter turns into a display for the tuner. When the tuner detects an audio signal, it
displays the closest note. When the signal is in tune the “tuning cursor” will appear in
the middle and highlight in white.
The tuner can also be turned on or off by right-clicking on the track and selecting
Guitar Tuner or clicking the main window menu Track>Guitar Tuner.
USING MIDI VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS
Virtual instruments are like having a keyboard instrument within Mixcraft. They can be
played and recorded using a USB or MIDI keyboard controller and edited with Mixcraft’s
powerful editors. (You can even forgo the keyboard controller altogether and program
notes using Mixcraft’s editors.) Mixcraft includes numerous virtual instruments.
A virtual instrument track contains MIDI clips. MIDI clips can be recorded or loaded.
Below is a virtual instrument track with a MIDI clip.
Virtual instrument tracks have a small keyboard icon to the left of the mute button.
Below is the instrument button; click it to add or edit virtual instruments.
Virtual instruments can be played with an external USB or MIDI controller keyboard,
or directly from the computer keyboard using the Musical Typing Keyboard.
MUSICAL TYPING KEYBOARD
The Musical Typing Keyboard can be enabled by clicking View>Musical Typing in the
main screen drop-down menus, or with the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+K. Musical
typing uses the computer’s QWERTY keyboard to play musical notes.