We have seen where we can edit patterns, songs, the
configuration files, sets, playlists, and mute groups. This
section summarizes some other features, which can be studied
more deeply in the user's manual. We just want to hit a few
more highlights here.
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Events Editor.
Sometimes, there is an issue with a track, in
which case one would like to see some details about
the events in the track.
Or one might want to add an event in a very specific place.
The events editor does that.
Its a fairly complex editor, though meant more for
tweaking than event creations.
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Sessions.
Seq66 supports some session managers under
Linux. Supported are the JACK Session Manager
and the New/Non Session Manager. See the user's manual.
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Control.
A large number of the actions in Seq66 can
be controlled by keystrokes or MIDI event.
These are configurable only in the
.ctrl file.
a user-interface for these controls would be huge!
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Status Display.
The status of a number of items can be displayed in
a MIDI controller.
These are configurable only in the
.ctrl file.
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MIDI Macros.
These macros can be used for various purposes, such as
putting a MIDI controller into the proper mode for
automation.
These are configurable only in the
.ctrl file.
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Port Mapping.
Port/buss numbers are stored with each pattern/track.
Port names are not stored, because they
can vary widely between systems and even between
runs of Seq66.
However, a section can be added to the
.rc
file to allow a superset of ports to be specified and
mapped to the actual port number available at run-time.
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Palettes and theming.
A
.palette file can be saved and edited
(only via text-editor currently) in order to change
the colors drawn in the piano rows and other drawn panels.
The inverse-colors option can be set
to enable a kind of "night mode".
The current Qt theme can be tweaked via
a .qss file for even more customization.
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Auto-connect ports.
At startup, Seq66 will automatically connect to
configured ports.
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Virtual ports.
On Linux, Seq66 supports the creation
of virtual software ports which can be manually connected
using
aconnect or an application like
QjackCtl.
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