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Choose Window > Mixer.

What it does

Note: Although the mixer displays separate controls for each staff, only staves assigned to unique channels can be adjusted independently. For example, if your brass quintet contains two trumpet staves, both set to channel 1, all mixer adjustment to one trumpet staff will apply to both. If you want to assign a unique channel to a staff, you can do so by specifying the channel in the Score Manager's Instrument List.

The Mixer contains two parts, a master set of controls and a set of controls for each staff in the score. The master controls can be used to adjust the volume and reverb of the overall output much like the master controls on a conventional mixer. The set of controls for each staff can be used to adjust the volume and pan value relative to other staves in the score much like the volume sliders and panning wheels for tracks on a conventional mixer. All settings defined in the mixer are post-processed and applied over the top of MIDI data that already exists in the score score including MIDI tool data, Human Playback data and/or expressions and articulations defined for playback. In other words the mixer doesn’t change the contour of the playback, only the overall output or the staff relationship.

Settings applied to staves in the Mixer are dynamically linked to the Score Manager. For example, an increase to the volume for one staff changes the volume setting in the Instrument List uniformly. The same is true for the other settings.

[Pan dial]. Use this dial to control the pan value for each channel. Click and drag this dial clockwise to pan the channel right or counterclockwise to pan the channel left. Playback volume will be weighted to the left or right speaker accordingly.
M (Mute). Click this button to indicate you want the channel to be silent when you play the score.
S (Solo). When you click the Solo button, you instruct PrintMusic to mute all other staves. In other words, you’ve just isolated a staff so that only it will play back, and all the other staves are silent. (You could achieve the same effect by clicking in the Mute button for all other staves).
You can solo more than one staff, if you wish—for example, you can solo two or three staves, and all the others will be silent. In fact, you can solo all staves, although there wouldn’t be much point, since you may as well solo none of them.
R (Record). Use these buttons to specify which staves you would like to record into with HyperScribe.
If Record into One Staff or Split into Two Staves is selected under HyperScribe > Record Mode, you don’t need to use the Mixer to specify which staff to record into; simply click the staff in the score that you want to record into. If, however, you prefer to use the Playback Controls' Record button (instead of clicking a measure in the score), then you must use the Mixer’s (or Score Manager’s) R parameter to indicate the staves in which you would like to record (note you can use the Score Manager to specify individual layers for recording).
[Volume Slider]. Use this slider to adjust the volume for this staff (and all other staves set to the same channel). Note you can enter a specific volume value for each channel in the Score Manager.
PC [Program Change]. This indicator displays the MIDI program number selected for this staff. You can click this popup menu to open the SoftSynth Settings dialog box, open the Set Patch To dialog box where you can change the name, channel, patch, and bank for the instrument, open the Score Manager, or choose a new GM instrument for this staff.
If you’ve assigned several staves to the same instrument, once again remember that they’re all linked to the same Program. Therefore, if you edit the Program assignment for any one of these staves, the Program for all of them will change.
[Channel]. This region displays the MIDI channel assignment for each staff, from 1 to 128. To change this number, double-click, and type a new channel.
If you’ve assigned several staves to the same instrument, remember that they’re all linked to the same MIDI channel. Therefore, if you edit the channel assignment for any one of these staves, all of them will change to match. (If you truly want a staff to have an independent MIDI channel, first assign it to a new instrument.)
Instrument. This is the name of the instrument assigned to the staff (as shown in the Score Manager). You can edit this name (or define a new instrument) in the Set Patch To dialog box.
Reverb Level. The reverb dial controls the overall amount of decay, or length of time a sound persists after released. This dial applies to the overall output. Click and drag this dial clockwise to increase the reverb effect, or counterclockwise to decrease the reverb effect. This knob only affects playback when MIDI > Play PrintMusic Through MIDI is selected.
Room Size. This setting has the effect of simulating a room size to make your music sound as though it is being performed in a small room, concert hall, or anything in between. Click and drag the dial clockwise to increase the ‘size’ of the room.
Master Mute. Click this button to mute all staves. When you do so, the Mute button is also activated in the staff Mixer controls.
Master Solo. Click this button to solo all staves. When you do so, the Solo button is also activated in the staff Mixer controls.
Master Volume. Click and drag this slider up to increase the volume of the overall output, or down to decrease the overall volume.
Instrument List. Click this button to open the Score Manager, where you can define new instruments, and make additional volume and pan settings for individual layers and chords.