MIDI Options
The options contained in this dialog allow you to set the parameters for the MIDI playback of tablatures.
[OK] closes the dialog and applies any settings you may have entered or modified to the tablature. These settings will be saved with the tablature the next time you save it.
[Cancel] closes the dialog without applying changes or settings you may have made and restores the settings to those that existed when the dialog was opened.
[Play] will cause the tablature to be played from beginning to end without closing the dialog.
Tempo
This sets the basic playback speed for the tablature. Tempo can be set anywhere from 2 to 500 1/4 notes a minute. The most common range is between 72 and 180 1/4 notes a minute
Picking Syncopation
This option, available only with binary rhythms, applies the following equivalents to 1/8th notes:
| • | first 1/8th = triplet 1/4 note. Enter a rest if this note is not to be played. |
| • | second 1/8th = triplet 1/8th note. |
A positive value produces the characteristic "shuffle" rhythm found in fingerpicking. The effect will be more or less marked depending on whether you set the value to 1 or 2.
Selecting a negative value (-1 or -2) for this option produces a more or less marked swing effect.
Chorus/Reverb
Values in the range 0 to 127 can be entered, either manually or by means of the up and down arrows to the right of the editable fields. These effects are highly variable, depending on your sound card.
Module name/Volume/Pan/MIDI instrument
At the bottom of the dialog you'll find a list of the modules created for the current tablature. The names displayed at the far left are those you've selected at the time the modules were created (unless, of course, you've changed them afterwards).
Initially all modules are check marked to play. Remove the check mark to prevent a module from playing (you can also click on the small red or green light above the numbered button in the toolbar). If you press [Ctrl] as you click, all the other instruments are muted.
To the right of each module name you'll find controls labeled:
Vol. (ume) -This sets the general volume for each instrument in the active tablature. The settings range from 0 to 15.
Pan - This is, in effect, a balance setting. It allows you to adjust the spatial balance between extreme right (0) and extreme left (15) with an absolute center setting of (8). This option is especially interesting when writing duets. This assumes, of course, that you have two speakers.
The MIDI instrument field to the right allows you to select or change the general MIDI instrument used for each module.
When you click on one of the lists, the "Bank" edit field displays the GS sound bank that may be selected. When you edit this field, the drop-down list is modified: after the name of the MIDI instrument, TEFview displays the sound bank number.The above options are applied to MIDI Export as well as to MIDI playback and are saved with the tablature file.