These are the controls for the whole piece. Each control is described below. | ||
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This shows the name of the MIDI file being played. | |
Fugue in G major
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This shows the name taken from the first track in the MIDI file, which is often the movement number or name. | |
Play/Pause/Resume | This is a toggle button, press it to start or resume playing, press again to stop playing. If you are at the end of the piece then press this button to start playing from the beginning. | |
Back to start | Move back to the start of the piece, ready to start playing. | |
Skip backwards | Press this button to skip back a few seconds. | |
Skip forwards | Press this button to skip forward a few seconds. | |
The Play Position control shows the current place in the music as mm:ss (minutes:seconds). You can drag the slider or type in a new value to change the current play position. | ||
The Bar number control shows the number of the bar currently being played. There might be a small difference between the bar number shown here and that in the printed music (particularly if there is an incomplete bar at the start of the piece). If the time signature information in the MIDI file is incorrect then the bar number shown here could be completely wrong. You can drag the slider or type in a new value to play from a different bar. | ||
This is the master volume control. It applies to all parts. You can drag the slider or type in a new value to change the volume. This volume control works independently of any other volume controls on your digital device. | ||
This is the tempo control, as a percentage of the tempo in the MIDI file. You can slow the music right down for tricky semiquaver passages. Or you can speed things up if the MIDI file is taking the music too slowly. You can drag the slider or type in a new value to change the tempo. | ||
This control allows you to transpose the music up or down by up to 12 semitones (a whole octave). You can drag the slider or type in a new value to transpose the music. Positive numbers transpose up. Negative numbers transpose down. |
These are the controls for the individual parts. This example has 4 parts. If there are too many tracks in the MIDI file to fit them all on the display then you can drag and scroll them left and right to see them all. Each control is described below. | |
Volume
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These are the volume controls for a single part. The slider on the left controls the volume for the part: as you make one part louder, the other parts get quieter. The blue vertical bar on the right shows how loudly that part is playing (it's all grey if that part doesn't have any notes at the moment). |
Pan
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This rotary knob shows the pan setting for one part. If it is grey (as shown here) then it shows the setting in the midi file. You can override this setting (to move the sound for this part to the left or right) by clicking and dragging on the knob, this will change the colour to blue. To revert to the setting in the midi file you can right-click or double-click on the knob, this will change the colour back to grey. |
Pedal
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This is the name of one part (ie. one track in the MIDI file). If the name is too long to appear in full then you can see it by hovering the cursor over it. |
Banjo
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This is the name of the instrument being used by one part. If the name is too long to appear in full then you can see it by hovering the cursor over it. |
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These are toggle controls for one part.
Press each one to enable, press again to disable.
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Name:
Group that you sing with:
Message:
Drag a MIDI file and drop it here
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