MidiNotate Player second beta release 1095

Hi, Mark:

Second beta of the Player is looking good. The "lost staves" bug seems to have disappeared, as you said.

The import of page setup info is still problematic, though. When a file with legal size format is loaded, unless Page Setup is called up before changing to Page View, selecting Page View will initially bring up a displayed 8.5 X 11 white sheet, with staves layed out for 8.5 X 14.

On calling up Page Setup, the format shows right off that 8.5 X 14 is selected, but on clicking OK, the "Apply to only this or to all parts?" dialogue comes up, as if a change in format had been made. Clicking OK then displays a correct 8.5 X 14. Clicking cancel leaves the page at a displayed 8.5 X 11.

There is also a functionality difficulty with the way Player handles MIDI devices. Player seems to assign all parts to one MIDI port, even if the file loaded is set for multiple ports. With a fully orchestrated score, there are more than 16 channels required to cover all the instruments, therefore playback on more than one port is required. Although Player can load such files, it can't play them back properly if only one MIDI port is used. Without the Track Setup dialogue box, this can't be changed.