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Tutorial 1—Playing a Song
The Þrst tutorial teaches you the basics of playing MIDI with Pro Audio.
You'll learn how to:
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Open and play a project Þle
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Make the song repeat automatically
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Use markers
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Speed or slow the tempo
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Mute a track and play a track solo
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Change a track's instrument
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Play a track on a MIDI keyboard
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Transpose the song
If you have not already done so, please read Chapter 1, Introduction, for
basic background information about projects, tracks, clips, the Track
view, and the Console view.
Rehearsal Time
YouÕre a member of a garage band preparing to make a demo tape. The
band practices three nights a week, but youÕd like a little extra time to
work on a solo in one of your songs. Fortunately, one of your fellow
performers is also a Pro Audio owner and has created a project Þle
containing a portion of the song. So, on your off nights, rather than
practice your solo all by yourself, you can load the song into Pro Audio
and play with the other instruments.
So, itÕs rehearsal time. LetÕs go!
Opening a Project File
As you learned in Chapter 1, Pro Audio stores MIDI and digital audio
data in project Þles. The Þrst thing you need to do is load the project
Þle containing your band's song.
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If you haven't already done so, start Pro Audio.
Choose File-Open .
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In the Open dialog box, select the file tutorial1.wrk . Click the
Open button.
Pro Audio loads the project and opens the Track and Console views.
Feel free to move and resize these views to better fit your screen; we'll
be doing a little work in each of these views later in the tutorial. Right
now, though, let's play the song!
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