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MIDI Preferences |
![]() MIDI Preferences |
Selecting "MIDI Preferences" from the "options" menu will bring up the window as shown here to the left. There are three checkboxes. The first checkbox on the left, "MIDI" will toggle between playing patterns on the built-in speaker and playing them to the serial port in MIDI format. When the box is checked it will send MIDI data to any connected MIDI hardware. When the second checkbox over, "Send Prog." is checked, the MIDI programs (instrument IDs) for the melodic and drum patterns will be sent when play begins. When it is not checked program changes will only be sent whe you move the program sliders in the master controls. The third checkbox (on the right), "Clock" can be checked to tell BeatPad to act as a master. This means it will send out MIDI Beat Clock as it plays causing other sequencers to match the tempo and to start other sequences (or start recording) when you tap "Play" in BeatPad. Also in this screen are MIDI channel selectors for the melodic and drum patterns. MIDI has 16 possible channels on which information can be sent, and each channel can have it's own MIDI program at any particular moment. Channel 10 is special, and is used by most MIDI hardware to play drum intruments, if you set the drum pattern to play on a different channel (other that 10) you will hear different pitches of a single instrument for each row of the pattern (instead of different drum sounds for each row).
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