Copyright: ©2004. Sony Pictures Digital Inc.
Citation: ©2004. Sony Pictures Digital Inc.


Welcome
About this file

This file contains context-sensitive help topics.

Revised September 1, 2004


General Tab
General

The General tab displays information about the current MIDI file, allows you to pitch shift a file, add and delete tracks, configure chasing and filtering options for playback, rename tracks, adjust channelization, and apply volume and panning filters.


Pitch shift

Enter a value in the box (or use the spinner control) to adjust the pitch of all events on the track.


Root note

If you want the track to conform to the project key, choose a root note from the drop-down list to set the base note for the track.

If you do not want a track transposed to the project key, choose Don’t transpose.


IDH MIX CONTROL
Mix Control

Allows you to mix the individual tracks within a MIDI file.

Double-click an entry in the Track Name column and type a name in the box to rename a track.

Select the Mute button to exclude a channel from playback, or select Solo to solo a channel. You can add multiple channels to a solo group. Tracks that are muted or soloed on the General tab will also be muted/soloed on the List Editor and Piano Roll tabs.

Drag the Volume fader or Pan slider to control the gain and panning of each channel.

The Volume fader setting is added to the track volume and any volume information in the MIDI file. This allows you to manipulate the volume of the track and still maintain volume controller information that may be present in the file. The overall volume of the MIDI track, however, is bound at 0 and 127.


IDH CURRENT TIME
Current time

Displays the cursor position in measures.beats.ticks.


Play

Plays from the current cursor position.

(The cursor position is displayed in the lower-right corner of the window.)


Play From Start

Plays the entire MIDI file from the beginning, regardless of cursor position.

(The cursor position is displayed in the lower-right corner of the window.)


Loop Playback

Click to toggle looped playback mode.


Stop

Halts playback. The next time you click Play, playback will begin at the start of the file.

(The cursor position is displayed in the lower-right corner of the window.)


Pause

Halts playback. The next time you click Play, playback will begin at the cursor position.

(The cursor position is displayed in the lower-right corner of the window.)


Go to Start

Moves the cursor to the start of the file.


Go to Start

Moves the cursor to the start of the file.


Go to End

Moves the cursor to the end of the file.


New Track

Click to add a new track to the MIDI file.


Delete Track

Select a track and click to remove it from the MIDI file.


Chase Filter

When playback loops or begins at a point other than the beginning of the MIDI file, ACID can automatically chase (update) controller, Sys Ex, and patch changes to ensure correct playback.

1.	Click the Chase Filter button to display the Chase Event Filter dialog.

2.	Select the check box for each event type that you do not want to chase during playback. Clear a check box to chase events of that type.

3.	Click the OK button to close the MIDI Event Filter dialog.


Playback Filters

1.	Click the Playback Filter button to display the MIDI Event Filter dialog.

2.	Select the check box for each event type that you want to exclude during playback. Clear a check box to include events of that type.

3.	Click the OK button to close the MIDI Event Filter dialog.