Some models will also feature an extra 'MIDI IN' or 'MIDI OUT' port for connection to external hardware such as synthesizers. Today, nearly all MIDI keyboards will connect your computer via USB connection. Instead, MIDI keyboards need to be used in combination with a computer and software instruments, or external modules to generate sounds. This setting in the ScoreManager is set automatically when you choose a percussion instrument from the Setup Wizard or add it with the ScoreManager.MIDI Keyboards looks much like a traditional musical keyboard, but do not generally have sounds built in of their own. MIDI Map' column of the ScoreManager (SmartMusic SoftSynth submenu). You must also ensure the desired Percussion MIDI Map is selected for the percussion staff under the 'Perc. These percussion soundsĪre available when using SongWriter's SmartMusic SoftSynth (with SmartMusic SoftSynth chosen as the MIDI Out deviceīox). Percussion sounds used in the various SmartMusic SoftSynth Percussion MIDI Maps. This listing contains all the General MIDI SmartMusic SoftSynth Percussion MIDI Maps Note that you can choose MIDI/Audio > Device Setup > MIDI Thru to audition the percussion sounds SongWriter interprets if you want to use your MIDI keyboard for input and not for playback. To playback your percussion parts using the correct instrument sounds, ensure the appropriate Percussion MIDI Map is selected under the Percussion Map column of the ScoreManager. These maps are required to properly assign the same percussion notation to various playback devices, and are also used to accommodate the many different percussion sound banks that can be used for input with an external MIDI device. You are here: Reference > Appendix > Percussion MIDI Maps Percussion MIDI MapsĪ Percussion MIDI Map is simply a list that matches each percussion instrument in a sound library with a particular MIDI note number (e.g.

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