Midi and the Player

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It is important to understand the differences between the Player mode and the Midi mode.

 

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•The Player mode deals with the contents of the chord table.

 

•Clicking on the play button plays the song in the chord table.

 

•The player mode knows nothing about recorded midi.

 

•But if a midi OUT device is selected in Midi mode, then the Player mode will use that device to produce sound.  See Midi and DirectX sound.

 

•However you do not need a midi driver to produce sound in Player mode.

 

•The color coding of the buttons in Player mode is different that in Midi mode.  Their use is also different.

 

•The record button in Player mode is used for manually recording rhythmic values for the song in the chord table, not for recording midi performances.


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•The Midi mode deals with midi  performances on a midi compatible musical instrument..

 

•Clicking on the play button in Midi mode plays recorded midi messages stored in memory, not the contents of the chord table..

 

•Dealing with the contents of the table in Midi mode is optional.  See Working with the Chord Table and Direct Input.

 

•The rhythmic values of the chords and melody notes in the chord table cannot be changed in Midi mode.

 

•The Midi mode does not know about melody notes.

 

•Recorded performances in Midi mode complement the contents of the chord table.  One is entered typically using fake books, the other by playing on a midi instrument.  However there is no rules that say the two should belong to the same song.