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<html><head><title>The Instrument Parameter Box</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="kde-default.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.67.2"><meta name="keywords" content="Rosegarden, sequencer, MIDI, audio, music, notation, score, KDE"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The Rosegarden Handbook"><link rel="up" href="segment-instrument-parameters.html" title="Chapter�6.�Special Parameters"><link rel="prev" href="segment-view-segmentparameterbox.html" title="The Segment Parameter Box"><link rel="next" href="quantization.html" title="Chapter�7.�Quantization"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.13 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div style="background-image: url(top-middle.png); width: 100%; height: 131px;"><div style="position: absolute; right: 0px;"><img src="top-right-konqueror.png" style="margin: 0px" alt=""></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 25px; right: 100px; text-align: right; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold; text-shadow: #fff 0px 0px 5px; color: #444">The Instrument Parameter Box</div></div><div style="margin-top: 20px; background-color: #white; color: black; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 20px;"><a accesskey="p" href="segment-view-segmentparameterbox.html">Prev</a></div><div style="position: absolute; right: 20px;"><a accesskey="n" href="quantization.html">Next</a></div><div class="navCenter">Special Parameters</div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="segment-view-instrumentparameterbox"></a>The Instrument Parameter Box</h2></div></div></div><p>
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The instrument parameter box can be found at the left side of
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the Rosegarden main window, near the <a href="segment-view-segmentparameterbox.html" title="The Segment Parameter Box">Segment Parameter
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Box</a>. (If you can't see it, try using
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<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span>-><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Special
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Parameters</span></span>.)</p><p>It shows you
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which instrument is assigned to the current selected track,
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and contains all of the editable controls for that instrument.
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Remember that because any number of tracks can be assigned to
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the same instrument, the settings in this box may affect more
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than one track at a time.</p><p>The layout and contents of the instrument
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parameter box depend on the type of instrument: MIDI, audio,
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</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="segment-view-instrumentparameterbox-midi"></a>MIDI Instrument Parameters</h3></div></div></div><p>
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<div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><hr><img src="rg-ipb-midi.png" alt="Rosegarden's instrument parameter box for a MIDI instrument"><hr></div></div>
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</p><p>When you select a track assigned to a MIDI instrument,
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the instrument parameter box shows MIDI parameters.
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</p><p>At the top, this box
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shows the name of the instrument and the connection that its
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</p><p>Below that, you can see and edit the MIDI
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channel number and the <a href="studio-bank-editor.html" title="Managing banks and programs for MIDI devices">bank
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and program</a> settings that should be sent to the
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instrument at the start of playback (including a "percussion"
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toggle that controls whether only percussion programs should
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be offered in these settings).</p><p>Finally this box shows you the controllers available
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for this device (those for a General MIDI device are shown
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above). Any settings you make here will be sent to this
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instrument's channel at the start of playback.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="segment-view-instrumentparameterbox-audio"></a>Audio Instrument Parameters</h3></div></div></div><p>
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<div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><hr><img src="rg-ipb-audio.png" alt="Rosegarden's instrument parameter box for an audio instrument"><hr></div></div>
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When you select an audio track, the instrument parameter
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box shows audio parameters.
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The box has two main faders, one with a blue surround for
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playback level and the other with a red surround for the
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record level when recording to this instrument. Between
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them is a playback level meter.
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</p><p>The two menus at the top of the box are used to select
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the input and output <a href="studio-audio-routing.html" title="Audio Routing">audio routing</a> for this
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instrument. Below them you can select whether the instrument
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is mono or stereo, and the pan setting for position in the
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stereo field. (Audio instruments are always ultimately
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stereo, because the pan setting is always applied. But if you
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set the instrument to mono, it will reduce any audio data and
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effect outputs to mono before applying pan.)
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</p><p>The column of five buttons at lower left are the effects
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slots. Click on them to select and activate plugin effects
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for this audio instrument, and to control them using the <a href="studio-plugins.html" title="Audio Plugins">plugin editor dialog</a>. These are insert effects,
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applied in order from top to bottom before the fader and pan.
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</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="segment-view-instrumentparameterbox-synth"></a>Synth Plugin Instrument Parameters</h3></div></div></div><p>
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<div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><hr><img src="rg-ipb-synth.png" alt="Rosegarden's instrument parameter box for a synth plugin instrument"><hr></div></div>
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</p><p>When you select a track assigned to a synth plugin
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instrument, the instrument parameter box shows synth
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parameters. You will notice that although a synth plugin
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track uses segments with MIDI data in them, in terms of
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control and routing it behaves more like an audio track.
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</p><p>The most important control here is the button at top
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left (saying Xsynth in the above picture) which shows the name
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of the synth plugin in use for this instrument. Click this to
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select a particular synth and control it in the standard
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Rosegarden <a href="studio-plugins.html" title="Audio Plugins">plugin editor dialog</a>. Once
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you've selected a plugin, you may also be able to click the
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Editor button below it in order to open a dedicated GUI editor
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for the particular plugin (if the plugin has one).
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</p><p>The remaining controls here are the same as for audio
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instruments: the playback fader, playback level, output
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routing, mono/stereo and pan settings and effects slots are
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all exactly the same.</p></div></div><div style="background-color: #white; color: black; margin-top: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 20px;"><a accesskey="p" href="segment-view-segmentparameterbox.html">Prev</a></div><div style="position: absolute; right: 20px;"><a accesskey="n" href="quantization.html">Next</a></div><div align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></div></div><div style="background-color: #white; color: black; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div class="navLeft">The Segment Parameter Box�</div><div class="navRight">�Quantization</div><div class="navCenter"><a accesskey="u" href="segment-instrument-parameters.html">Up</a></div></div><br><br><div class="bannerBottom" style="background-image: url(bottom-middle.png); background-repeat: x-repeat; width: 100%; height: 100px; bottom:0px;"><div class="BannerBottomRight"><img src="bottom-right.png" style="margin: 0px" alt=""></div><div class="bannerBottomLeft"><img src="bottom-left.png" style="margin: 0px;" alt=""></div><div id="comments" style="position:relative; top: 5px; left: 1em; height:85px; width: 50%; color: #cfe1f6"><p>Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>
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