3 Getting started
3.1 What's in it
After starting up the welcome screen is
presented, which you exit with a key- or a mouseclick. It might
be that after that the notepad pops up. In that case remove the
exclamation mark (!) in the left upper corner, and save your
DEF.MDJ again. (Notator users know this trick). Or just click
it away.
Anyhow, you will reach the main screen.
From the main screen you can reach the following sub- screens:
- [S] or icon
10: Scale Assign, and from there Scale
Edit
- MIDI-screen (click on menu item MIDI)
- [N] or icon
11: Notepad
- Performance edit (icon 15)
- value box maps (click on words CH VEL
PCH MOD VOL etc)
- AUTOMOUSE parameters (click on icon 27
and keep the mouse button a while longer)
3.2 Overview main screen
The main screen has two sections, the play-area
on the left, and the control
area on the right. The play-area has
the X-klavier on top and the Y-klavier on the left. At the bottom
of the play-area you see which scales are active for the X- and
Y-klavier.
In the control area we see the following:
In the screen example above you see the
three menu options:
On the right of about you see some
information about functions in MIDIJOY being active. On the moment
the screen shot was made:
- Keyboard Link (Twoplay) is active [#]
- The function of left mouse
button is: Sound [L]
- The AUTOmouse function is on [HELP]
Below the menu options you see some boxes.
The information in these boxes we summarize as the global
parameters. These parameters are (from left to right):
- play mode (RELative or ABSolute) [TAB]
- Fine tuning tempo (deviation of the tempo
of X compared to Y) [<] and [>]
- Metronome markings for X and Y [Q] and
[W]
- Random switches and Random values for
X and Y [E] [R] [T]
- Glissando switches and
values for X and Y
[F] [G] [H]
- dYnamics switches and
values for X and Y [Y]
[U] [I]
- transPose switches and
values for X and Y
[P] [ [ ] [ ] ]
On the
left you see what is indicated in the Dutch manual as the "blokkendozen",
I translated it as value-boxes, having in English the little
problem what a box refers to. One single value-entity or the
sum of them all together..well, I was not consistent, but you'll
figure it out I hope.
X and Y have their own value-boxes. MIDIJOY has 5 tracks for
X and 5 for Y. The parameters is the value-boxes can be set for
each track individually.
When not in play-mode you can enter the values with the mouse
and change them. When in play-mode the selecting and changing
of individual parameters can be done with some keys of the numeric
block. Please refer to that section.
When in play-mode you can use the midbox-keys
(\ZXCVADB) to manipulate columns as a whole:
- Inversion of values
- with [SHIFT] shoving of the values downwards or upwards (the
direction can be changed with [/]).
- with [ALTERNATE]
randomize function
There's more to say, but
this is only the overview.
On the utmost left you see vertical lines
indicating that both the X-box as well as the Y-box is selected
using [ESC].The parameters are: (from the left to the right)
- Track status on or off [\]
- Channels (1-16)
- Velocity of the note-on's belonging to
a track (0-127) [Z]
- Program change of a track (1-128) [X]
- Controller: Modulation (can be set to
Panning with [M]) [C]
- Volume
[V]
- Transpose [A]
- Delay [D]
- Note length [B]
Above you see the Recording and Performance
section. The icons from the left to the right:
- Go to the performance-edit screen (no
key)
- Record [INSERT]
- Play [ClrHome]
- Loop (no key)
When in Recording or Performance mode,
press [UNDO] to stop.
The numkeys summon value-box setups. Together
with [ALTERNATE] they are saved (in memory). The eye suppresses
the display of data while playing.
Some icons explained
from top to bottom:
- Go to the Scale assign screen [S]
- Go to the Notepad [N]
- Change the outlook
of the screen. There is a screen that gives you information about
the scales stored, and one that informs you about the function-key
locations. [;]
- Choose between 3 keyboard
ranges [K]
- Toggle between modulation
and panning [M]
- Left mouse button function:
Sound or Silence [L]
- Keyboard link on or off
(Twoplay). [#]
- Function key switch. Makes
it summon or save pitch, scales, or both [@]
These icons have to to with the AUTOMOUSE function. The icon in
the middle shows whether AUTOMOUSE is on. This icon also causes
a little pop-up window to appear where some AUTOMOUSE parameters
can be changed. Icon 1 and 3 (for X and Y) show the bounce-actions [O]. You see the vertical lines indicating the X-Y
selection with [ESC]. The bounce-actions are:
- none
- calling for numkeys
- calling for scales
- calling for function keys
Bounce-actions are only active when AUTOMOUSE
is on.
3.3 Play..
Some hints when MIDIJOY does not produce
sound:
- at least one track must be on. The column
left of the CH-column shows the trackstatus. Black is on, white
is off.
- The channels set must correspond with
the channels your equipment receives on.
- In the play area: press the left mouse
button and move the mouse.
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