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Quick start



Don't forget to use the right button of the mouse anywhere on the screen to display pop-up menu or special functions.

I can't heard Midi note from input or output !
Verify that BeOS recognize your Midi/Audio card. Then, if you haven't Midi external hardware, please use the Synthnode program to hear sound.

How do i report bugs, ask new functions,... ?
Go to the dBe web site to have informations or to be informed about the dBe commercial release. Report your bugs or ask some new functions to softjee@softjee.com.

How to create a part ?
There's severals ways to create parts. A empty part can be created with the "Write" tools (click with the right button of the mouse into the arrangment to see the tools). A "filled" part can be created while recording. Press the record button and play your Midi input. The part will be created when dBe record the first note. To stop the recording, use the stop button.

Where parts are recorded ?
You record Midi event into the current track (the current track is in red). Then you record Midi event into the current part (if the playing locator is above a part) or into a part that dBe will create.

How to move the playing locator and the right/left locators ?
Use the mouse and press the SHIFT touch to move the playing locator. Use the mouse with the right or left button on the bar field to move the right or left locator.

How to edit part and make operation on ?
Double-click on the part you want to edit to edit it with the current tools. The current tools is defined in the track options window (click on the channel information of the track to display the track options window). Use the right button of the mouse on the part to make operations.

How to select and move parts ?
A selected part is displayed in red, a muted part in grey. Select a part by clicking on it. Use the WINDOWS touch to add or sub parts. By clicking out of a part, you can select severals parts by moving the mouse. To move severals selected part click on on selected part and move it.

What is the Track volume, Panoramic,...panel ?
These graphical panels display curve. These curves are composed of some points (only one point by default). For example, the "Track volume" panel change the velocity of the current track. To insert a point in the curve, click on it with the right button of the mouse (the left button modify the lastest point). Use the SHIFT touch to define a fade between two point. The "Track Volume", "Channel volume", "Panoramic" and "Program change" are independant per track. The "B.P.M." is general.

The curve color depends of the mouse position and playing locator position. The curve is yellow if the mouse is above a point. The curve is read if the playing locator is between two points. The curve is blue if the playing locator is outof two points.

What is the "Live machine" function ?
The "Live machine" function allow you to define sub-sequence and manage them with internal or external command. Click on an empty step to create one. A step is a part of the music (defined by the left and right locator). You can loop a step, stop a step at its end or make a pause at the step's end. To activate the "Live Machine" function, click on the "LIVE" button in the command panel. You can define external commmand by clicking on the "LIVE" button with the right mouse button.


How do the Midi mixer pannel works ?
Each Midi mixer knob is set for a track (the number of the track is on the knob). Move a knob change the volume of the track (Midi volume not velocity) following the mode (Write, Replace, Local). The "Write" mode insert a point when you move the knob. The "Replace" mode change the value of the lastest point and the "Local" mode change no point (but the volume you hear). Access to another track's knob by selecting the "1-16","17-32",...buttons.

What is the magnetic function ?
Magnetic function allow you to magnetize the mouse on a certain value. For example, set the magnetic function on the "Bar" value allow to put part (or note) only on bar.

Some shortcuts.
  • Enter : Play
  • * : Record
  • Space : Stop the playing or the recording
  • 0 (pad) : Put the playing locator at the music beginning
  • 1 (pad) : ...at the left locator
  • 2 (pad) : ...at the right locator
  • 3 (pad) : ...at the last position of the playing locator