Shortcuts summary

There are some "?" spots in there where I am not perfectly sure if something is correct or really works the way it should, so comments or corrections are welcome. Shortcut keys in Muse, as of 0.6.0pre5:

Terms used

• midi - specification for connecting electronic music equipment together, if you have not heard of this before MusE is probably not for you.
• alsa - advanced linux sound architecture (http://www.alsa-project.org/)
• jack - low latency audio server (http://jackit.sourceforge.net/)
• jackd - see above, this is the actual server process
• zynaddsubfx - very good software synthesizer (http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/)
• audio channel

Python interface

When launched with -y MusE will initialize a Python bridge. This means that you can access MusE:s internals via Python trough Pyro (Python Remote Objects). An example of how to initialize the connection to MusE can be found in the distributed package under share/pybridge, a file named musepclient.py.

• getCPos(self): # Get current position
• startPlay(self): # Start playback
• stopPlay(self): # Stop playback
• rewindStart(self): # Rewind current position to start
• getLPos(self): # Get position of left locator
• getRPos(self): # Get position of right locator
• getTempo(self, tick): #Get tempo at particular tick
• getTrackNames(self): # get track names
• getParts(self, trackname): # get parts in a particular track
• createPart(self, trackname, starttick, lenticks, part): # create part in track
• modifyPart(self, part): # modify a part (the part to be modified is specified by its id
• deletePart(self, part): # delete a part
• getSelectedTrack(self): # get first selected track in arranger window
• importPart(self, trackname, filename, tick): # import part file to a track at a given position
• setCPos(self, tick): # set current position
• setLPos(self, tick): # set left locator
• setRPos(self, tick): # set right locator
• setSongLen(self, ticks): # set song length
• getSongLen(self): # get song length
• getDivision(self): # get division (ticks per 1/4, or per beat?)
• setMidiTrackParameter(self, trackname, paramname, value): # set midi track parameter (velocity, compression, len, transpose)
• getLoop(self): # get loop flag
• setLoop(self, loopFlag): # set loop flag
• getMute(self, trackname): # get track mute parameter
• setMute(self, trackname, enabled): # set track mute parameter
• setVolume(self, trackname, volume): # set mixer volume
• getMidiControllerValue(self, trackname, ctrlno): # get a particular midi controller value for a track
• setMidiControllerValue(self, trackname, ctrlno, value): # set a particular midi controller value for a track
• setAudioTrackVolume(self, trackname, dvol): # set volume for audio track
• getAudioTrackVolume(self, trackname): # get volume for audio track
• getTrackEffects(self, trackname): # get effect names for an audio track
• toggleTrackEffect(self, trackname, effectno, onoff): # toggle specific effect on/off
• findNewTrack(self, oldtracknames): #internal function
• changeTrackName(self, trackname, newname): #change track name
• nameNewTrack(self, newname, oldtracknames):# Internal function, wait until new track shows up in tracknames, then rename it
• addMidiTrack(self, trackname): # add midi track
• addWaveTrack(self, trackname): # add wave track
• addInput(self, trackname): # add audio input
• addOutput(self, trackname): # add audio output
• addGroup(self, trackname): # add audio group
• deleteTrack(self, trackname): # delete a track

Frequently asked questions

Enter the MusE FAQ.