For this part of the tutorial we will use 2 MIDI files found on the Internet: Dueling Banjos and Beverly Hillbillies theme songs.
We will be performing a series of edits and functions to these files that you may have to do to any MIDI file found on the Internet which are:
From within Cakewalk, go to File ==>Open, and select the file "beverlyh.mid"
Before we start editing the MIDI file, let's take a closer look at Cakewalk's setup and some idea of how to get around in Cakewalk. Here's how your screen should look like right now:
The tracks are numbered on the far left side of the console. You can name
any track you wish by clicking in the "Name" area next to the #1.
The 3 panels next to name are as follows: M=mute, S=solo, and R=record. The
mute button mutes only the track it's selected. However, the solo button will
automatically mute every channel BUT the track being soloed. The record button
must be enabled for you to record MIDI data onto a track.
To the right of those 3 panels is the "Source" panel. If you click in that area, you can adjust the patches for that particular track. The purple colored area is the actual track data, ie...the music that is being played by the track. If you were to click the purple area now, you will be selecting the entire track. (click on an unused track to deselect) The numbers above the tracks are measure numbers. If you click in the numbered area, you are moving a "playback cursor" that will play from that point on until the end when you hit play. The small area above the numbers is reserved for Marker selection. It selects a portion of the track from one marker to the next.
Select the acc. guitar track (click in the purple area) and experiment with the different views of the track. If you hold the cursor over an icon, it will give you hint as to what it does. The views are, piano roll (keyboard icon), event list (purple and green dashes) and the notation view (note). You can also do this by selecting the track, going to the view menu and selecting the view you want.
Finally to play your sequences, use the playback controls located in the upper right corner or the screen.
Click in the "Source" column next to the record button on track one.
This panel is where you can configure the Channel, port, and patch (voice) of the selected track.
For now, we won't have to worry about anything but the channel, port and patch options. If you click on the arrow button of the patch window, a list of patches comes up. Select a patch that you like, then hit "OK".
You can audition the voices by letting the MIDI file play, clicking the source column, and changing the patches as the file plays instantly hearing the changes.
In the measure number area, click on measure 12. Don't worry about being exact, Cakewalk will automatically "snap" to measure 12 if you get anywhere near it. Then drag until the end of the piece. At this point you've selected from measure 12 to 42 of track 1 only. Hold the Control key and click the numbers next to the track to select all of them.
Now, go to the edit menu and delete the remaining measures.
You are left with only the first 12 measures of the song, to which we will paste the ending of Dueling Banjos.
Save the beverlyh.mid file as a type 1 midi file and as beverlyh2.mid, close, then open the Dueling Banjos file.
Select from measure 55 to the end of the song using the drag technique across the measure number region. Control click till you've selected all of the tracks. Go to the edit menu and select copy.
Make sure that ONLY events in track is selected and hit ok.
If you select Copy Entire Clips as Linked Clips you are only making
a link to the file.
Open the beverlyh2.mid file and put the cursor at measure 12. (where we cliped to)
Go to the edit menu and paste the tracks into the Beverly Hillbillies tune.
Click on the Advanced button and make sure the settings look like the ones above. Start time should default to the point where the cursor is. Then hit OK.
While the cursor is still at measure 12, go to the Insert menu and hit "Tempo
Change".
This window will come up. Make sure you've clicked the radio button next to "Insert a New Tempo" and change the Tempo in the Window above to around 140.
Then hit OK.
The tempo change will only affect the music from measure 12 on to the end of the song.
The looping function in Cakewalk is rather limited. When you create a loop, all tracks are affected. There is no way to get only one track to continuously loop while the others play on. However, you could copy and paste a section that you want looped on any one single track. However, to loop the entire song go to the Realtime menu and select "Loop and Autoshuttle"
This menu will come up asking the start and end time of the loop. I've asked Cakewalk to loop the tune from measure 1 to measure 30. (begining to end) There will be some silent spots when it loops around, but this is ok for now.
If you wish you can have Cakewalk automatically rewind the song to the start time when you stop it by clicking the appropriate check box.
When you're done, hit OK.
If you notice some notes are not evenly on the beat, you can do a quick fix by quantizing the entire song, or a selection of the song. Select the portion that you wish to quantize, go to the Edit menu and select "Quantize". You need to quantize to the fastest note value of the song. (If you don't know, start with the 16th note and work your way down) If it doesn't do the job, you can always go to the Edit menu and "Undo" it. There is no hard and fast rule that I can give you about quantization. Experimentation is the key! If quantizing doesn't do the trick and there are still some really bad notes, select the track and go to the piano roll or notation view and correct them from there.
There are 2 main types of MIDI files: type 0, and type 1. Saving a MIDI file as a type 0 file collapses all the tracks onto one track. Type 1 keeps the tracks seperate. You should always save a copy of the MIDI file in both formats, for once you've saved a type 0 file, editing patches can be a real nightmare! For the purpose of this class, however, either format is fine.
Go to File ==> Save As
Make sure the Save as type is set to either MIDI format 0 or 1. Don't save
it as any other file unless you don't plan to use it in any other application
other than Cakewalk.
If you are going to port this as a Media Player object, click on the Options button and make sure the Mark for Microsoft Media Player is checked.
This optimizes the MIDI file for use with Media Player. Hit Ok.
If you plan to port the MIDI file to Quick Time. Save it as MIDI format 0 and don't worry about the Options button.
You are now able to put your MIDI file into your HyperStudio Presentation.
End of Tutorial