Track Setup Panel

Choose Audio-MIDI from the main menu.
Choose Track Setup... from the Audio-MIDI menu.

The main purpose of the Midi and Audio Track Setup panel is to specify the audio method used for playback on each staff of your score along with playback channel and/or bank, playback transposition, starting patch number, stereo position and track volume. All tracks in this panel are referenced to the corresponding staff ID (which is the number that appears at the right edge of each staff).

When you create a new score, the Audio method specified in the Sound/MIDI pane fo the Preference panel is used for all staves in the score. You can open the Track Setup panel at any time in order to change the audio output method or to modify any of the other playback setting.

For each Staff ID, you can set the Midi/Quicktime channel that the notes on the staff will be sent to, the playback transpositon for that staff, the MIDI bank that the staff i s associated with and the patch number that will be sent when that staff is played back. The MIDI bank is indicated by a letter "a" through "h", and corresponds to the MIDI out ports that have been set up in the Sound/MIDI pane of the preference panel - if desired each output port can be designated as a different MIDI bank. Each row also has a button which allows a Quicktime patch to be set from the panel that allows you to choose the Quicktime instrument, and the Quicktime instrument name is displayed.

Choose the Playback Method

First you should choose which playback method you would like to use for each track (i.e. staff) of your score. Use the pull-down menu at the right of the panel to choose one of the following choices:


MIDI	play sounds on an external MIDI device (or through interapplication MIDI)
Quicktime	use Quicktime Musical Instruments
Apple DLS 1 - Apple DLS 6	use one of the 6 Apple DLS Players (with Quicktime sounds or other installed sound banks)
Audio Units	use Audio Unit components as setup in the Audio Units panel
Audio Track	playback embedded audio files
Net Message	send messages through a network to a computer running MAX/MSP
Off	no playback will occur on that track

If you want to change all tracks to a different playback method, click on the corresponding check button above the column of pull-down menus.

Set Channels and Banks

For each track using MIDI, Quicktime, Apple DLS or Audio Units, set the playback channel. Some Audio Unit synthesizers will only support 1 channel, so in this case, keep your channel set to 1. All tracks set to the same channel and the same playback method will use the same sound for playback. However, if you are using a separate DLS Player (eg. Apple DLS 1 or Apple DLS 2), you can set each channel on each player to have a different instrument (patch).

For every MIDI track, you should set the bank number (a through h) which corresponds to the MIDI port configuration in your MIDI Ports panel. If you are using only one MIDI device, it will likely be set to bank a. Using banks allows you to send 16 channels of MIDI to each of up to 8 connected synthesizers. If you are not using MIDI for playback, the bank settings are ignored.

In the example above 3 MIDI devices are used on banks a, b, and c and each MIDI device is using channels 1 through 4.

Set Playback transposition

The playback transposition is set in numbers of semitones (above the written note being positive and below being negative). The most common transpositions used by orchestral instrument are:

24 semitones	Up two Octaves
12 semitones	Up one Octave
5 semitones	Up a Perfect Fourth
3 semitones	Up a Minor Third
2semitones	Up a Major Second
-2 semitones	Down a Major Second
-3 semitones	Down a Minor Third
-5 semitones	Down a Perfect Fourth
-7 semitones	Down a Perfect Fifth
-12 semitones	Down one Octave
-14 semitones	Down a Major Ninth

The playback transposition settings affect the pitch output for tracks using MIDI, Quicktime, Apple DLS, and Audio Units.

Set Patch Number

You can set the patch number to be used at the beginning of the score by entering the number in the Patch field and typing Return. The instrument name (if known) will appear in the QT/DLS Patch Name field. If you do not know the patch number of the sound you want, click on either the QT or DLS buttons on each track. This brings up a panel which allows you to choose a Quicktime or DLS instrument and to hear the instrument by playing on the keyboard. The DLS button will display the instrument choices for the sound font currently set to that DLS Player (eg. Apple DLS 1).

Standard Quicktime or DLS instruments are displayed in a table for easy access. There is a More... button in the Quicktime instruments panel which allows you to choose extra sounds (including drum sets and sound effects). Once you have chosen your Quicktime or DLS instrument, click on the Select button to load your choice into the Track Setup panel.

Set Volume and Panning

The volume slider on each track can be used to adjust for different output levels that may occur from different audio methods you are using. Changes to the volume of a track have no effect while the score is playing back - you must stop the score before changing the track volume.

The stereo position sliders can be used to place tracks in various positions in stereo space. All sounds in that track will play in one of 5 stereo positions: Hard Left, Mid Left, Centre, Mid Right, and Hard Right.

Set Network Connection

If you are sending messages to other computers across a network, enter the network ID number in Network field. This is only necessary if the track is set to Network Message and you are performing interactive music using Max/MSP or PD across a network.

Other Buttons

The Send QT Patches button should be clicked after new patch numbers have been entered in the Patch Number field of this panel. This button passes the new values to the front score so that the correct patches will be heard when the score is played.

Once you have set all the necessary controls for each track in your score, you can close this panel and all the settings will be saved with your document.

If you have checked the Send Patch Number On Playback button, and are playing back through MIDI, then the patch number set for each staff will be sent before the first note of the score is played.

If you have used quarter-tones in your score and you want them to be played back on your MIDI synthesizer, check the Use Pitch Bends for 1/4 tones button and set the Midi Pitch Bend range to match the setting on your synthesizer. Since Midi pitch bend shifts all notes on the Midi channel, a single line involving quarter tones will play correctly, but chords containing quarter tone chords may not sound correctly using Midi. Quarter-tone playback is always active when using Quicktime or DLS playback.

The Set and Send MIDI Patches button displays a second panel along the right side of this panel.

This panel allows patches to be sent to a connected MIDI synthesizer in order to configure any desired voices you want in the instrument. Indicate the bank that the synthesizer is on along with the MIDI channel and patch number you want sent. Click on the Send Patch To Channel button to send the patch number. Once you have finished sending patches, click on the close button to remove the panel.

The Percussion Map panel appears when you click on the Map Percussion button on the Track Setup panel.

The purpose of the Percussion Map is to map the lines and spaces of the staff to specific percussion sounds. To do this, use the following steps:

Choose the staff type you are using for the percussion part in your score by moving the Staff Type slider.
Choose the Channel and Bank that the percussion mapping will be applied to. (All staves using this channel and bank will be affected). If you are using a General MIDI synthesizer for playback, select Channel 10.
If you are using Quicktime, select a Drum set from the Drum Set pull-down menu.
Select the Check box that corresponds to a line or space on the staff for which you would like to choose a percussion instrument. (The pitch numbers that appear at the right side of the staff display correspond to the pitches on either a treble clef, a percussion clef, or when no clef is displayed).
Use the slider below the staff display to select the sound that you want on the selected pitch.
Continue steps 3 and 4 for each pitch you want mapped to a percussion sound.
Click on the Set button to apply the percussion map to your score.

The Clear Map button returns the panel to its default state, and the Cancel button closes the panel and makes no changes to your score.

The Load Map and Save Map buttons are used for saving and loading your percussion map setting on your harddrive. Percussion maps have the extension .npm.

The Network Setup button displays a panel which allows you to enter up to 16 IP address and ports for network connections. In the example below 2 IP address each with 2 ports have been setup. These addresses and ports are identified as numbers 1 through 4. Any tracks containing network messages which are set to use network IDs 1 through 4 will send messages to the remote machine at this address and port.

The following tracks are setup to send messages to each of the 4 address-port configurations. The first 2 staves will send messages to network configuration 1 while staves 2, 3 & 4 will send messages to network configurations 2, 3 & 4.

- All settings in the Track Setup panel are saved with your document and loaded into this panel whenever you document becomes the front-most score

- You can set the patches of all staves by clicking on one of the Set In Score buttons on the Sound/MIDI tab of the NoteAbilityPro Preferences panel. These button passes the selected patch number to all QT or DLS staves of the front-most score.