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The Recording Librarian is a specialized remote control panel for the Record option on the Millennium carillon. You should be familiar with making recordings using the Millennium keyboard before using this application. The menu button for the Recording Librarian will not appear unless your carillon has the factory installed record option, and the Management Suite is installed with a Premium license.
''Management Suite - Premium Feature''
''Bell System - Optional Recording Feature''
 
The Recording Librarian is a specialized remote control panel for the Record option for the Chime Master carillons and bell controllers. You should be familiar with making recordings using the the keyboard before using this application. The button for the Recording Librarian will not appear in the Management Suite menu unless your carillon has the factory installed record option, and the Management Suite is installed with a Premium license.
 
== Bring up the menu ==
 
If the carillon is not currently performing in an automatic mode then clicking (or tapping) the Record Librarian button on the Management Suite menu will open the librarian screen. You can exit either by closing the window or tapping on the Go to Standby button.


== Record a Performance ==
== Record a Performance ==


Clicking the Record a Performance button (which changes to Go to Standby) activates the record menu and places the carillon in the rehearsal mode. Automation is suspended while the record menu is active. If you wish to exit the record menu to resume the automatic schedule, press Go to Standby.
Clicking the Record button activates the record menu and places the carillon in the rehearsal mode. Automation is suspended while the record menu is active. If you wish to exit the record menu to resume the automatic schedule, press Go to Standby.


The keyboard is active for practicing through the inside speakers only. If you wish to play through the outside speakers, you can click on the Outside indicator. The Volume Up/Down buttons allow you to adjust the level of the inside monitor speaker.  
The keyboard is active for practicing through the inside speakers only (unless your bell controller lacks the inside monitoring option). If you wish to play through the outside speakers (or tower bells), you can click on the Outside indicator. The Volume Up/Down buttons allow you to adjust the level of the inside monitor speaker.  
The bell voice that will be used for the recordings is listed at the top of the blue display screen. To select alternate bell voices, click the Keyboard On/Voice Select button.
The bell voice that will be used for the recordings is listed at the top of the blue display screen. To select alternate bell voices, click the Keyboard On/Voice Select button.
The Record button enables the carillon for recording from the keyboard. If you do not begin to play the keyboard within 10 seconds, the recording will cancel. If you have previously recorded something into the temporary memory buffer without saving it, the system will ask you if you mean to Replace the Last Take. If you mean to erase the last recording without saving it, press Yes to continue.
 
The Record button enables the carillon for recording from the keyboard. If you do not begin to play the keyboard within 10 seconds, the recording will automatically cancel. If you have previously recorded something into the temporary memory buffer without saving it, the system will ask you if you mean to Replace the Last Take. If you mean to erase the last recording without saving it, press Yes to continue.


The Play button allows you to review the temporary recording buffer (selection 8000).  
The Play button allows you to review the temporary recording buffer (selection 8000).  
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== Title and Categorize Your Recording ==
== Title and Categorize Your Recording ==


If you title your selection, it will be available in the title lookup for the Jukebox and other music library applications. To process the song you have just recorded, select the last selection in the list by clicking on it. If you can’t remember what it was, right click it and select Play (from the pop-up menu, not the button at the top) to audition it.
If you title your selection, it will be available in the title lookup for the Jukebox and Group Nine favorite play list editor. To process the song you have just recorded, select the last selection in the list by clicking on it. If you can’t remember what it was, right click it and select Play (from the pop-up menu, not the button at the top) to audition it.


Click the Enable Changes check-box to allow editing. Double click 'Untitled' to open the Title Text field, and type the title of the selection (up to 20 characters). Double click the item in the Random Play field to select an almanac season to add the selection to (unless you wish to add it to the User Group 9 list). When you have finished titles and categories for all of the selections you wish to change, click Save Changes to Device.
Click the Enable Changes check-box to allow editing. Double click 'Untitled' to open the Title Text field, and type the title of the selection (up to 20 characters). Double click the item in the Random Play field to select an almanac season to add the selection to (unless you wish to add it to the User Group 9 list). When you have finished titles and categories for all of the selections you wish to change, click Save Changes to Device.
=== Random season ===
=== Erasing a recording ===
=== Making a repeatable function ===
If you want to make a special bell ringing sequence that can be repeated on one of your programmable function buttons, select the


== Import a MIDI file ==
== Import a MIDI file ==
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To audition the song, click the Play button. You can change the voice it plays on by clicking the Keyboard ON/Voice Select button. You may have to transpose the selection in the sequencing software to make it sound right on the bells. When the selection sounds the way you want it, click on the Save button and it will be added to the list of recordings as Untitled.
To audition the song, click the Play button. You can change the voice it plays on by clicking the Keyboard ON/Voice Select button. You may have to transpose the selection in the sequencing software to make it sound right on the bells. When the selection sounds the way you want it, click on the Save button and it will be added to the list of recordings as Untitled.


As of version 5.0.3, tempo and time signature changes are supported for MIDI file imports. If you import a bell ringing sequence you want to repeat without a pause, you can set the category to Bell Ringing to bypass the pause.
As of version 5.0.3, tempo and time signature changes are supported for MIDI file imports.  
 






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Revision as of 18:24, 9 December 2016

Management Suite - Premium Feature Bell System - Optional Recording Feature

The Recording Librarian is a specialized remote control panel for the Record option for the Chime Master carillons and bell controllers. You should be familiar with making recordings using the the keyboard before using this application. The button for the Recording Librarian will not appear in the Management Suite menu unless your carillon has the factory installed record option, and the Management Suite is installed with a Premium license.

Bring up the menu

If the carillon is not currently performing in an automatic mode then clicking (or tapping) the Record Librarian button on the Management Suite menu will open the librarian screen. You can exit either by closing the window or tapping on the Go to Standby button.

Record a Performance

Clicking the Record button activates the record menu and places the carillon in the rehearsal mode. Automation is suspended while the record menu is active. If you wish to exit the record menu to resume the automatic schedule, press Go to Standby.

The keyboard is active for practicing through the inside speakers only (unless your bell controller lacks the inside monitoring option). If you wish to play through the outside speakers (or tower bells), you can click on the Outside indicator. The Volume Up/Down buttons allow you to adjust the level of the inside monitor speaker. The bell voice that will be used for the recordings is listed at the top of the blue display screen. To select alternate bell voices, click the Keyboard On/Voice Select button.

The Record button enables the carillon for recording from the keyboard. If you do not begin to play the keyboard within 10 seconds, the recording will automatically cancel. If you have previously recorded something into the temporary memory buffer without saving it, the system will ask you if you mean to Replace the Last Take. If you mean to erase the last recording without saving it, press Yes to continue.

The Play button allows you to review the temporary recording buffer (selection 8000). The Save button transfers the recording from the temporary memory to permanent read only memory and assigns the recording a selection number. This takes a little time and when complete, the selection will appear as Untitled at the end of the selection listing. The system returns to the automation standby mode after saving a selection, so you will have to click Record a Performance to return to the record menu.

Title and Categorize Your Recording

If you title your selection, it will be available in the title lookup for the Jukebox and Group Nine favorite play list editor. To process the song you have just recorded, select the last selection in the list by clicking on it. If you can’t remember what it was, right click it and select Play (from the pop-up menu, not the button at the top) to audition it.

Click the Enable Changes check-box to allow editing. Double click 'Untitled' to open the Title Text field, and type the title of the selection (up to 20 characters). Double click the item in the Random Play field to select an almanac season to add the selection to (unless you wish to add it to the User Group 9 list). When you have finished titles and categories for all of the selections you wish to change, click Save Changes to Device.

Random season

Erasing a recording

Making a repeatable function

If you want to make a special bell ringing sequence that can be repeated on one of your programmable function buttons, select the

Import a MIDI file

Instead of using the Record function to capture a performance on the keyboard, you can import a MIDI file. This file has to be saved from a notation editor or sequencing program in a format that is compatible with the librarian:

MIDI format 0 file (single track)

Open the Recording Librarian application and select Import MIDI 0 from the file menu. You can either navigate to where the midi file is, or drag it into the Open file dialog. The song is imported into the temporary recording buffer (selection 8000) overwriting any selection contained there. Make sure you save the last recording before importing or recording a new one.

To audition the song, click the Play button. You can change the voice it plays on by clicking the Keyboard ON/Voice Select button. You may have to transpose the selection in the sequencing software to make it sound right on the bells. When the selection sounds the way you want it, click on the Save button and it will be added to the list of recordings as Untitled.

As of version 5.0.3, tempo and time signature changes are supported for MIDI file imports.