Help Tutorial
This tutorial uses the files MY_MIDI.MID and My_DLS.DLS. They should be located
<<where>> or you can obtain them from the Beatnik web site at www.beatnik.com.
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to do the following:
- Import files
- Create a XMF target
- Audition the XMF file
- Enter metadata for the XMF file
- Set encryption options
- Export the resulting XMF file
Creating a XMF file
- Launch MSB and import the My_Midi.mid and My_dls.dls files by clicking
the Add button
in the Source
Files panel, navigating to where the files are located, and then hold Ctrl
while you click to select each file, then click Open.
- If needed, open the XMF panel, by clicking the XMF Target List Toggle button.
- Set Soundbank assignments for tracks in your MIDI file by clicking the
blue button
in the "SMF
Track bank assignment" column next to the MIDI file to display the Track
Bank Mapping Editor dialog box. The bank assignment column is under the icon
.
- Choose DLS from the Bank Mapping pull-down list for each of the voice tracks,
and click OK to close the dialog box. (Leave the rest of the tracks alone.)
- In the XMF Targets panel, click the Add button
to create a new XMF target.
- Select the target in the XMF Target panel, then in the Source Files panel,
click the button in the "add to XMF target"
column next to each file name to add them to your target.
- Audition your XMF by selecting the XMF target and clicking the blue button
in the Audition column
.
Verify that you hear the custom sample (vocals) as well as regular MIDI instruments.
- You can enter metadata for any part of your XMF file at this point. Click
on the blue or green buttons
or
in the Metadata column
to do this.
- Optionally, you can set a MIDI file to autostart, by clicking
but in this example since you only have one MIDI file, you don't need to.
- To encrypt a file, first set up an encryption key by clicking the blue
button
in the encryption key column
, and entering a key. Verify
that some parts of your file have been encrypted by clicking blue button in
the Encryption column
.
(This will turn the button green, indicating that it is encrypted.)
- Export your XMF by right-clicking the Target and selecting Export XMF Target
1, then choose a name and location and click Save.