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Intro
Sustain pedal, modulation wheel, what to show on the keyboard, more options

Show:
Choose how notes are shown on PC Keyboard && square / diamond keyboard pics...

Current Notation....
Set the notation such as cents, ratios etc used for display of all scale values...

Also has various options to configure how other numbers (volumes etc) are displayed in Tune Smithy.

Sustain "pedal"
Here you can use the space bar or other key as a sustain pedal...

The sustain pedal when held down prevents notes from switching off. Every note you play from then on continues to sound, even after you release the note, until you release the pedal.

In the case of the space bar you need to keep the space bar physically held down for as long as you want the notes to sustain, just like a normal sustain pedal. However, the normal sustain pedal is operated by the foot so leaves the hands free. With the keyboard space bar sustain, this isn't so easy to do so you may want a sustain pedal that can act more like a push switch that stays on until you press it again to switch it off.

If you want to be able to leave the sustain on indefinitely in this way, try Num Lock sustain or one of those options instead. Those options sutain the notes for as long as Num Lock (or whichever it is) is lit up.

This option works in addition to your Midi sustain pedal if you have one.

If you want to disable the keyboard sustain for some reason, and only use sustain from Midi In, then choose Sustain pedal only from this drop list.

Sostenuto
You can use various keyboard keys for Sostenuto..

The idea of sostenuto is that it lets you hold down one chord while playing other notes. The other notes don't sustain. It is a bit like having an extra hand to hold down that chord while you continue playing with your other hands.

So it is like sustain but the sustain only applies to notes that are already held down before you press the sostenuto key, and has no effect on notes you press afterwards..

To use it, first play the chord you want to sustain, then press the key or pedal for sostenuto.

Then you can release all the notes for the chord, and all its notes will continue to be held down until you release the sostenuto pedal.

To put it another way - the notes sustained are the ones actually playing at the very moment that you change the pedal from off to on. They are sustained until you change the pedal back from on to off.

One nice use of sostenuto is for a drone like a Sitar drone. Use Sostenuto to set the notes on for the drone. Then play away and every so often hit one of the sostenuto notes. The sostenuto notes will continue to sustain as a drone after you release them - while the other notes will switch off immediately when you release the keys.

Notes to play from PC keyboard...
Various options that affect the pitches and so on as played from the PC keyboard.

What to show on music keyboard pics...
What to show on the music keyboard pictures - intervals, chord intervals etc

Colour code opts...
Options for the colour coding of notes played and the keyboard note colours

"Score"...
Shows the notes as you play them...

Tip: You can configure it to show note names, sol fa names, ratios, etc from the Tune Display window (Ctrl + 19)

It's meant just to give some feedback about note positions as you play. It can't be edited or saved, and you can only show your current playing, you can't move it back and forth to see earlier notes. To do all that properly would require a new program probably.

Play from PC keyboard
Play in this tuning from PC keyboard...

Lambdoma keyboard picture
Show Lambdoma notes as you play, & play them using mouse or PC Keyboard...

Tips:

You can use the arrow keys to move a sustained chord around after you have played it.

Show the Bs | Notes Played window to see your notes in a score like form as dots on staffs.

Click on the music keyboard icons - to show the notes on a music keyboard as you play. You can also play the notes by clicking on the music keyboard picture.

The menu under the Tune Smithy icon at top left of the Lambdoma Keyboard picture has a quick link to the options for this keyboard.

Symbols for accidentals...
Accidental symbols, && choose how keys play notes in between notes of arpeggio

8 / 6
For ratios on square / diamond keyboard only, for Lambdoma regions only...

This option is only used on the square / diamond keyboard window.

The separate Pc keyboard player window (keyboard icon) always shows row : col.

Though it still plays a region of the Lambdoma, its rows and columns don't normally match with the same numbered lambdoma rows and columns. So the : notation is always used for the PC Keyboard player..

8 : 6
This version is always used for the separate PC keyboard player window...

The separate Pc keyboard player window (keyboard icon) always shows row : col.

Though it still plays a region of the Lambdoma, its rows and columns don't normally match with the same numbered lambdoma rows and columns. So the : notation is always used for the PC Keyboard player..

Help = F1
Click for help for this window. Or F1. Other opts: Shift, Alt, Ctrl + click...

F1 or click shows the help for the current window in your web browser.

Some windows may have no help yet in which case the help icon is shown crossed out with a red line.

Shift + F1 or Shift + Click brings up the tool tips extra help window (this window) to show any extra help for a tool tip.

You can tell if a tool tip has extra help if it ends ... like this one.

Ctrl + F1 or Ctrl + click takes you to the list of keyboard shortcuts for Tune Smithy.

Alt + F1 or Alt + click (alternatively Caps lock physically held down + F1 or Click) takes you to the on-line page at the robertinventor.com web site about the current main window task - which gives a short introduction to it for newbies to the program. If there is no on-line page specific to a task, takes you to the main tune smithy page on the web site.

Since the help for Tune Smithy is currently a bit out of date and needs to be redone completely for the new 3.0 release, then you may find the on-line page for some of the newer tasks particularly useful.

Organise Windows = F2
Or F2 - Reset / save / open for individual windows, right click for cat. list...

Shows the Organise windows window - which you can use to reset all the parameters for the current window - or save them all, or open previously saved parameters for just this window. Also has a drop list of all the windows and their shortcuts.

You can also right click on this icon as a quick way to get the floating drop menu of all the Tune Smithy windows organised by category

PC Keyboard Dialog Star
Tip of the day - PC Keyboard category - right click for neighbouring windows...

Left click for a tip of the day in this category.

Right click to see a menu of neighbouring windows.

The neighbours are the ones you most often move to after this one or within a minute of this one, arranged by popularity.

So as you continue to use FTS, it will learn your habits, and the neighbouring windows listed here, should be the ones you most often visit after this one.= Previous -  Up -  Next=