The Symphonix Evolution Player is a simple MIDI player application that is able to load files in either Standard MIDI Format (.MID) or the Symphonix Evolution notation format (.SXE).  The Player is a "universal" app that can run on both the iPhone/iPod Touch and the iPad.

Main Screen (iPhone/iPod)

On the iPhone/iPod Touch, the main screen looks like this:

From top to bottom, this screen consists of a Button Bar, Synth Panel, Keyboard Navigator Strip and Piano-style Keyboard.

From left to right, the Button Bar has buttons for:

• Play - Starts playing the current song
• Stop - Stops playback
• Mixer - Displays a mixing control to edit the volume of each track
• Piano Roll - Displays a "piano roll" view of the music and allows basic editing
• Loop On/Off - Toggles song looping.  If activated, the song will repeat automatically.
• New Song - Clears the current song from memory
• Load - Loads a MIDI or Symphonix Evolution song file
• Save - Saves the current song in either MIDI or Symphonix Evolution format

The Synth Panel controls the sound.  Touch the numeric display panels to change the values:

• Track - Selects the "current" track, which will change the instrument used by the piano-style keyboard
• Prog - Assigns an instrument preset to the current track
• Channel - Assigns a MIDI channel to the current track
• Tempo - Changes the tempo/playback speed

The Keyboard Navigator can be used to select the note octave that will be used for the onscreen piano keyboard.  Touch anywhere on this strip to change the current octave.  The "Middle C" note is marked with a red dot to assist in selecting a useful range.

The Piano-Style Keyboard allows you to play along with the music, or use the Player app as an ad hoc music keyboard.  Any notes played here will also output to a connected Core MIDI hardware device, if available.

Main Screen (iPad)

The Player looks like this when running on an iPad, and takes advantage of the extra screen resolution and larger screen size:

From top to bottom, the Player displays Music Notation, Button Bar, Synth Panel and Piano-style Keyboard.

The Notation panel displays the music notation for the song being played.  It scrolls along with the music during playback and shows the current measure/bar number.  When the song is not being played, touch and scroll this panel to manually move the display anywhere in the song.

From left to right, Button Bar has buttons for:

• Mixer - Displays a mixing control to adjust the volume of each track
• Piano Roll - Displays a "piano roll" view of the music and allows basic editing
• Loop On/Off - Toggles song looping.  If activated, the song will repeat automatically.
• New Song - Clears the current song from memory
• Load - Loads a MIDI or Symphonix Evolution song file
• Save - Saves the current song in either MIDI or Symphonix Evolution format
• Action - Allows the current song to be emailed in either MIDI or native Symphonix Evolution format

The Synth Panel controls the virtual synth.  Touch a button or numeric display to activate a control for that function.  From left to right, the buttons and panels are:

• Stop - Stops playback
• Play - Plays or pauses playback.  Hold down the Play button for longer than a second to display an option to resume playback from the current position.
• Local - Toggles "local" playback on or off.  If local playback is on, the sound will be heard through the iPad's internal speaker.
• MIDI - Toggles "MIDI" playback on or off.  If MIDI playback is on, the sound will be heard through a Core MIDI device attached to the iPad.
• Metronome - Toggles the Metronome function on or off
• Keyboard Shift Left - Shifts the virtual piano keyboard to the left, for accessing lower notes.
• Keyboard Shift Right - Shifts the virtual piano keyboard to the right, for accessing higher notes
• Track - Selects the "current" track, which will change the instrument used by the piano-style keyboard
• Prog - Assigns an instrument preset to the current track
• Channel - Assigns a MIDI channel to the current track
• Tempo - Changes the tempo/playback speed

The Piano-Style Keyboard allows you to play along with the music, or use the Player app as an ad hoc music keyboard.  Any notes played here will also output to a connected Core MIDI hardware device, if available.

For detailed support enquiries, please contact support@vinclaro.com.au

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