These controls let you listen to your music and sound material under the same conditions that
your playback environment will use - the Beatnik MIDI Synthesizer's sample rate, bit depth,
number of channels (mono or stereo), and reverb type. These settings affect all audio generation in
the Beatnik Editor - playback of the current Song, notes played on The Onscreen Keyboard, notes
arriving over the Live MIDI Input, and digital audio files generated with the Export as Audio...
command.
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- Note: The settings you make here are not saved in your RMF files. These are playback settings
only, and used only while working in the Beatnik Editor.
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Bits and Channels control
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Sets the playback bit depth, and whether the Beatnik MIDI
Synthesizer runs in mono or stereo. Stereo sounds better than
mono, and 16-bit sounds better than 8-bit. Options are:
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- 8-bit mono
16-bit mono
8-bit stereo
16-bit stereo - for Beatnik Player for Web browsers
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Determines the Beatnik MIDI Synthesizer's playback sample
rate. Higher sample rates sound better. Available sample rates:
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- 11 kHz
22 kHz - for Beatnik Player for Web browsers
44 kHz
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Selects which of the available reverb types to use. Each reverb
type has a different character; for descriptions, see Effects:
Reverb and Chorus.
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- Note: Changing the reverb type here doesn't affect the
reverb type stored in each Song and RMF file - see the
Song Settings dialog box for details.
- Note: Four of the Beatnik reverb types depend on the
Beatnik Audio Engine's stereo mode, and so will not be
available when the Beatnik Editor is running in mono:
Early Reflections, Basement, Banquet Hall, Catacombs.
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Output Meter
A graph of the actual sound being generated by the Beatnik MIDI Synthesizer.
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The waveform displayed is similar to what would be shown
on an oscilloscope connected to your computer's audio output,
updated 24 times per second.
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MIDI Channels Display and Mute & Solo Buttons
Display of note activity for each of the 16 MIDI channels, and buttons to Mute (silence) and Solo
(highlight) the channels independently, like you'd find on a sound mixing board. Recall that the
Beatnik MIDI Synthesizer is organized as 16 MIDI Channels, each of which can independently
play several notes at once using a given Instrument.
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- New in version 2.1: The Mute and Solo button behavior has been changed:
- To change multiple buttons at once, click on one button and then drag across the
rest of the desired buttons.
- To turn all 16 Mute buttons on or off at once, click the word Mute.
- To turn all 16 Solo buttons on or off at once, click the word Solo.
- Note: The Mute and Solo buttons control the triggering of MIDI notes on the indicated
MIDI channel - not the channel's audio output. As a result, when you turn a Mute button off
the channel's sound will not return immediately - only when the next MIDI note occurs on
that channel. In some cases this lag can be fairly long, for example in pieces using slow tempos
or long notes. The lag may be especially noticeable if you're using music pre-mix samples
(such as beat loops) which won't retrigger until the MIDI file loops.
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Shows the number of notes currently playing on each of the
16 MIDI channels, updated 24 times per second. This
includes all playing Songs, Live MIDI Input, and notes played
on The Onscreen Keyboard.
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- Note: If a channel's Mute button is pressed, you won't
see (or hear) any note activity on that channel. The Solo
buttons may also prevent notes from sounding.
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MIDI Channel Mute Buttons
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Each MIDI channel has a Mute button. Muting a channel prevents
it from playing notes. You can mute any number of
channels at the same time.
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- Note: The Mute buttons affect all notes on the indicated
MIDI channel, irrespective of source: Song playback,
Live MIDI Input, and The Onscreen Keyboard.
- Note: If channel 1's Mute button is pressed, it'll prevent
The Onscreen Keyboard from playing.
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MIDI Channel Solo Buttons
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Each MIDI channel also has a Solo button. Soloing a channel
prevents all other channels from playing notes, so that only
the soloed channel is audible. You can solo any number of
channels at the same time.
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- Note: The Solo buttons affect all notes on the indicated
MIDI channel, irrespective of source: Song playback,
Live MIDI Input, and The Onscreen Keyboard.
- Note: Mute overrides solo - that is, even if you solo a
muted channel, it won't resume playing new notes
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