Tutorial
To use Transcribe mode, start up Adagio as before (see page ``Running Adagio'') and type "t RETURN" to select Transcribe mode. You will then get the following prompt:
TRANSCRIBE MODE: type <return> to transcribe, ? for help, q to quit :Type RETURN and you will be prompted for a file name for the score you will create:
output file :Type a file name. If the file already exists you will be asked whether you really want to overwrite the file with new data. If you do not provide an extension,
.gio will be appended to your file name
automatically. Next, Transcribe will ask you if you want to record
continuous controller data. The default (no) will produce shorter
files but will filter out information such as pitch bend, volume
control, modulation wheel and aftertouch:
Enable recording of pitch bend, etc.? [n]Type
y, n, or just RETURN for the default n. Generally, you
should type RETURN. When you have finished what you want to
play, type the space bar. This signals the program to stop and
write out the notes. This file can now be played (in Play mode) and what comes
out will be very similar to what you just heard yourself play.
Transcribe and Record modes record
Timbre
MIDI has the problem that a computer cannot inquire the current program
selections. Thus if a synthesizer is set to program 23 and a passage is
recorded by Transcribe, the resulting file will not contain a Z23 command,
and there is no guarantee that the synthesizer will be set to program
23 when the file is played in the future. The best solution is to press
program 23 on the keyboard before playing any notes. This will send a
program change command that will be recorded into the file and replayed
later.
Z attributes whenever they receive
a MIDI Program Change command. Synthesizers normally send this when you
change a preset sound using the controls on the synthesizer. One notable
exception is that if a Yamaha synthesizer is in the ``Sys Info Avail''
mode,
then pressing a button to change the program causes the synthesizer to dump
all of the internal data comprising the program. No MIDI Program Change
command is sent, so Transcribe records nothing. You can find out what is
happening by running the MM (Midi Monitor)
program and pushing a program change button on your synthesizer. For
Yamaha synthesizers, the mode should be ``Sys Info Unavail'', which is a
fairly cryptic way to say ``send program numbers instead of program data''.
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