Seq66 Basic Tutorial: Configuration
Description: Seq66 Basic Tutorial
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Seq66 Basic Tutorial Configuration
The figure below shows Edit / Preferences ; it provides some configuration items; it can restart the application to load the new settings.
Seq66 Configuration. Configuration is stored in a number of files, shown here with wildcards: Linux: `/home/user/.config/seq66/qseq66.*` Windows: `C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/seq66/qpseq66.*` Some settings can be made in Edit / Preferences; other options less often modified, or very complex, require editing a file. The file extensions: rc. The main configuration file. Sets MIDI I/O ports, port mapping, names/status of the other configuration files, "recent files", etc. usr. Configures instrument and buss names, user-interface settings, default song settings, and a few more. ctrl. Keystrokes/MIDI events to control Seq66. By default, only keystrokes are set up. Edit it to add MIDI control, status-display events, and MIDI macros. A Novation LaunchPad Mini setup provides an example. mutes. Mute-group settings; can be edited in the Live grid and in the Mutes tab. See the user manual. playlist. This file contains play-lists, editable in the Playlist tab or in the play-list file. See the user manual. drums. Contains note mappings, useful for converting from old MIDI drum sets to GM drum sets. See the user manual. palette. Control of pattern colors, user-interface coloring in Seq66-drawn areas (e.g. piano rolls). It can set brush patterns for drawing notes, scales, and background patterns. Must be edited with a text editor. |
qss. Qt style sheets, which can be used to change the colors of Qt-drawn elements, overriding the theme settings
Preferences Dialog

The Seq66 configuration has a large number of options. In addition to the user's manual, the configuration files contain comments that explain the options, and might be worth reading.