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The MIDI module does not have explicit channel assignment. The playing
back of a track is through the same channel as it was recorded. When
recording a track you must set the MIDI output channel on the keyboard to
the one you want it to be played back on. AMS will do its best to be
compatible with as many keyboards as possible. Unfortunately hardly a day
goes by without news of some new MIDI facility or device. The only way to
uncover the power of MIDI is to experiment. AMS offers you lots of flexibility
- you can tidy up MIDI music files in the EDITOR module - or re-assign the
sound envelopes to be played via your MIDI keyboard.
All recording and playback is from the start of a track. To add to the end of
a track you must use a separate track and use the EDITOR to ‘cut and
paste’ the two tracks together via a ‘notepad’ file. The EDITOR contains
many facilities to help you tidy up or correct your compositions.
To EDIT or PRINT any music composed via MIDI, the MIDI data file (x. file)
must be converted into one or more internal TMS music files (m. files). To
do this AMS provides a TRACK/VOICE ASSIGNMENT device that will
allow you to decide which MIDI channels to assign to each of the three AMS
voices (or visa versa). Both the MIDI (x.) file and the AMS (m.) file/s can be
saved to disk in the normal way via the FILES COMMAND LINE option.
The METRONOME tick is output through the Commodore 64’s internal
sound hardware.
An audio output from the C64 can be obtained from pin 3 of the Audio
connector (N.B. Consult your Commodore 64 user manual before attempt-
ing any hardware modifications).
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