Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Sounds

Adding Sounds
  1. To add a sound to the end of a Catalog, select the Add command from the Edit menu. This will bring up the Catalog Item Dialog Box (Figure 4-5). You can type in the name of the soundfile to be added to the catalog, or you can hit the "browse" buttton.
Figure 4-5 The Catalog Item Dialog Box
  1. Once you've hit the "browse" button, a list of available soundfiles comes up. You can select one of these soundfiles and click on "OK". The name of the selected soundfile will come up in the "Associated Sound File" box.
  2. The abbreviated name of the soundfile will also appear in the "Display String" box. This is the name that will appear on the catalog screen for this sound. If you want to give it a name that's different from the soundfile name, click inside the box "Display String" box, and type in the new name.
  3. Then click on "OK". Your new Catalog Item will appear on the screen.
  4. If play is enabled (see section 4.5), you can now point to the new Catalog Item and click the right mouse button to play it.
  5. The Insert command in the Edit menu works just like the Add command, except that the new Catalog Item is placed before the currently hightlighted Catalog Item.
Modifying Sounds
  1. The Modify command brings up the Catalog Item Dialog Box for the highlighted Catalog Item on the screen. You can change the Associated Soundfile or the Display String of the Catalog Item.
  2. You can highlight a Catalog Item by pointing to it and clicking the left mouse button. You can also use the arrow keys to select a Catalog Item.
Deleting Sounds
  1. The Delete command under the Edit menu removes the highlighted Catalog Item from the Catalog screen.
MIDI Trigger
  1. The Add, Insert, and Modify commands also let you assign a MIDI trigger to catalog items. You can type in a MIDI note (1 to 127) and channel number (1-16). Then, if the proper devices are installed (see section See Options.) and the play is enabled (see section See Play Enable.), the Catalog will play the Catalog Item each time it's MIDI note and channel number are received.
  2. The "Listen" button on the Catalog Item Dialog Box makes it easy to assign MIDI notes. Just click on the Listen button, and then feed the Catalog the desired MIDI note, such as by hitting that note on your MIDI keyboard. The note and channel number for that key will automatically appear in the Catalog Item Dialog Box. When you have the note assignment that you want, click on the OK button to exit the Catalog Item Dialog Box.
Using the MIDItasker driver
  1. When you are multitasking The Catalog Editor with your Windows MIDI sequencer program, you should use the MIDItasker driver.
  2. To use the MIDItasker, follow this procedure:
  3. 1) Select the setup button on the Windows Control Panel Drivers program for the MIDItasker driver. Select the MPU401 driver (or other Windows driver that comes with your MIDI card) as the MIDI output device for the MIDItasker driver. You must also select the midi channel to use to trigger Catalog items.
  4. 2) In the Catalog Editor, select the MIDItasker driver as the MIDI input device.
  5. 3) In your MIDI sequencer program, select the MIDItasker driver as your MIDI output device.
  6. The MIDItasker driver will allow your sequencer program to function normally with your MIDI card, but will also allow The Catalog Editor to listen to the MIDI traffic, so that it can fire off soundfiles from a track on your MIDI sequencer.