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Subject:MIDI Templates Posted by: jbak99 Date:2/2/2008 7:55:57 AM I stumbled on a MIDI Templates sub folder under the Sony / Acid 6.0 folder in My Documents. How are these templates used within Acid. I'm a long time Acid user, new to MIDI. Thanks J
Subject:RE: MIDI Templates Reply by: pwppch Date:2/2/2008 3:17:49 PM Welcome to the MIDI details of ACID 7. There are three applications/features in ACID that use MIDI template: - Program Maps: These define external hardware device voice maps. Use the Tools \| Program Map Editor... to create/edit maps. To associate a particular MIIDI port to a Program Map, use the MIDI prefs page. Enable a MIDI port and then right click on the Device column of that port. From the context menu select "Load Device Template...". This will assign the particular voice template to that port. For any MIDI track routed to this MIDI ouput, you will be permited to select voices based upon the information in the template. - Drum Maps: This type of template allows a MIDI track to be set to "drum map" mode. When you put ACID into Inline MIDI editing mode, for you can specifiy a drum map display vs the normal keyboard. This permits you to see where a Snare, or Tom-Tom, Kick, etc sound is mapped to. It this map is directly associated to an external device, if you choose a drum patch/voice on a given MIDI track, you will automatically be placed into drum map mode. - Controller Maps: These templates are use for custom CC msg layouts on a track. Different devices - including soft-synths use different mappings of CC msgs to parameter controls. You access these seetings from a MIDI Track's Property View and selecting Controller Maps as the active display. The intent of all of these templates is to remove you from the MIDI guts of external and soft-synths. There is a bit of a learning curve, so stick to it. Peter
Subject:RE: MIDI Templates Reply by: jbak99 Date:2/2/2008 4:54:29 PM Thanks Peter, that helps, I'll keep going on the learning curve. Sounds like fun.

Welcome to the MIDI details of ACID 7.

There are three applications/features in ACID that use MIDI template:

- Program Maps: These define external hardware device voice maps. Use the Tools | Program Map Editor... to create/edit maps. To associate a particular MIIDI port to a Program Map, use the MIDI prefs page. Enable a MIDI port and then right click on the Device column of that port. From the context menu select "Load Device Template...". This will assign the particular voice template to that port. For any MIDI track routed to this MIDI ouput, you will be permited to select voices based upon the information in the template.

- Drum Maps: This type of template allows a MIDI track to be set to "drum map" mode. When you put ACID into Inline MIDI editing mode, for you can specifiy a drum map display vs the normal keyboard. This permits you to see where a Snare, or Tom-Tom, Kick, etc sound is mapped to. It this map is directly associated to an external device, if you choose a drum patch/voice on a given MIDI track, you will automatically be placed into drum map mode.

- Controller Maps: These templates are use for custom CC msg layouts on a track. Different devices - including soft-synths use different mappings of CC msgs to parameter controls. You access these seetings from a MIDI Track's Property View and selecting Controller Maps as the active display.

The intent of all of these templates is to remove you from the MIDI guts of external and soft-synths. There is a bit of a learning curve, so stick to it.

Peter