Focus Button - Cherry Surreal MG-1 Plus User Manual

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MIDI Tab- Opens the MIDI controllers tab for configuring internal and hardware MIDI
controls. See the
MIDI Controllers Setup and MIDI Tab
! (MIDI Panic) - Click to send an all-notes-off message in case of, "why won't this thing stop
making noise?!?" stuck-note incidents.
Tempo (Standalone Version Only)- Displays MG-1 Plus's current internal tempo setting.
MG-1 Plus's internal tempo affects the LFO, Arpeggio, and Delay sections when their
corresponding Sync buttons are toggled. The tempo setting can be changed by moving the
mouse up and down anywhere in the tempo section, or by double-clicking the number and
entering the desired BPM value.
The tempo display only appears in the standalone version of MG-1 Plus. VST, AU, and AAX
plug-in versions receive tempo data from their host DAW app.
QWERTY Musical Typing Keyboard- Opens an onscreen keyboard allowing
a standard QWERTY computer keyboard to be used for playing music
notes. For more information, see
(MTK)
Help - Clicking this launches your web browser and opens the help
document you're currently reading. Which means you're already here...
Surrealistic MG-1 Plus (left side) and Synthesizer by Cherry Audio (right side) logos-
Clicking either of these displays "about" information, and shows the version number and
current registered user ID.

2.1 Focus Button

If you're using a wee laptop, the user interface can potentially be hard to
see. With this in mind, the Focus button conveniently blows up MG-1's
view to roughly twice its normal size within the current window size.
Unlike the Zoom "magnifying glass" function, Focus doesn't affect the current window size.
By default, the patch panel section fills the current window, but the view can be scrolled
vertically and horizontally with a mouse wheel, track pad, or Apple Mighty Mouse finger-
scrolling. Or if you're the last person on earth still using a single-button mouse, scroll bars
will appear at the window edges when in Focus mode.
Using Focus mode couldn't be easier - just click the Focus button the top menu bar. To
return to standard view, click Reset. There's also a superfast key shortcut - on Mac, hold the
Cherry Audio: Surreal MG-1 Plus User Manual
section.
section for full information.
QWERTY Musical Typing Keyboard
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