Tasks Options

Command Location: Tools Menu / Program Options / Tasks Options Tab

The Tasks Options tab allows you to control how certain Tasks behave. You can find out more about tasks here: Task Wizard. The following options can be set:

COMMAND EFFECT
 
Convert to 'Two Hand Piano' - Always open Tasks Options for this Task When checked:

The Tasks Options dialog will open each time before the Convert to 'Two Hand Piano' Task is run, allowing you to select the options below based on the kind of song file you are working with.
Convert to 'Two Hand Piano' - Remove drum staves When checked:

As part of the Convert to 'Two Hand Piano' conversion process, MidiIllustrator will remove from the score ALL drum staves (staves using channel 10). Read more about this here: MIDI Channels and Drum Instruments.

Read more about the Convert to 'Two Hand Piano' task here: Task Wizard.
Convert to 'Two Hand Piano' - Remove all non 'piano' staves When checked:

As part of the Convert to 'Two Hand Piano' conversion process, MidiIllustrator will remove from the score ALL staves which are not already using a ‘piano’ instrument as their primary instrument. The piano instruments are the following General MIDI instruments.

  1. "Acoustic Grand Piano"
  2. "Bright Acoustic Piano"
  3. "Electric Grand Piano"
  4. "Honky-tonk Piano"
  5. "Electric Piano 1"
  6. "Electric Piano 2"

Read more about the Convert to 'Two Hand Piano' task here: Task Wizard.

Note: Care should be taken when enabling this option as not all MIDI devices consider instrument patches 1-6 to be ‘pianos’. As a result, staves may be unnecessarily removed from your songs when converting to two hand piano.

Furthermore, the melody line of a typical MIDI file song is often not played by a piano instrument, and yet the melody noted should still appear in a solo piano arrangement of the piece. In this case, removing a staff simply because it is originally for a flute (or any instrument other than a piano) is incorrect.

Experimenting with this option both on and off is recommended.

 

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