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Triggering file playback

Using the MIDI Keyboard or any other MIDI device to trigger audio playback in Sound Forge involves three separate procedures:

•Configuring the MIDI device (in this case, the MIDI Keyboard).

•Enabling MIDI input synchronization.

•Configuring the MIDI trigger.

Configuring the MIDI device

1.From the View menu, choose Keyboard. The MIDI Keyboard appears.

On/Off

Voice

Note/Chord

 

Output Channel

 

MIDI Out

Octave

Output Velocity

2.Open the Voiceover.pca file.

3.Click the MIDI Out button ( ) and choose the appropriate MIDI router from the menu.

Choose the MIDI router from the menu

4.Set the keyboard’s Output channel value to 1. The MIDI device is configured.

Turning on MIDI input synchronization

1.From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears.

2.Click the MIDI/Sync tab.

3.From the Input drop-down list, choose the appropriate MIDI router and click OK.

Configuring the MIDI trigger

1.From the Options menu, choose MIDI Triggers. The MIDI Triggers dialog appears.

2.Select Play All from the Event list box.

3.In the Trigger section, select the Note radio button. The Channel and Note boxes activate.

4.Enter 1 in the Channel box.

5.Enter C4 in the Note box and click OK.

Sound Forge is now configured to play the Voiceover.pca file when it receives a C4 Note-On command on MIDI Channel 1.

WORKING WITH MIDI/SMPTE

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