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MCIcmd Events
Media Control Interface (MCI) commands are special events that let you control
other multimedia hardware and software (e.g., CD-ROM drives, laserdiscs, sound
cards, animations, video) during playback. MCI commands are part of the
multimedia extensions in Windows. MCIcmd events have one parameter—the
command line text of the MCI command. Here are some examples:
While MCI commands can be used to play Wave files, these files are played at their
normal speed and are not necessarily synchronized with MIDI or other audio data.
By contrast, Wave audio clips are played in lock-step synchronization with MIDI
and other audio data.
For complete documentation of Windows MCI commands, search for MCI on the
Microsoft World Wide Web site (www.microsoft.com).
MIDI Effects (MIDI Plug-ins)
SONAR provides the ability to use plug-in MIDI effects. Using plug-in effects is
similar to using the MIDI processing commands off-line. The overall procedure is
as follows:
• Select the MIDI data to be affected.
• Choose the effect you want from the Process-MIDI Effects menu or from the
popup menu’s MIDI Effects menu.
• Set effect parameters (or select a preset if you’ve made one for this purpose).
• Click Audition to preview the music with the effect applied.
• Click OK to apply the effect to the selected MIDI data.
If you're not happy with the result, choose Edit-Undo before doing any additional
work.
This command... Does this...
PLAY C:\TRAIN.WAV Plays the Wave file TRAIN.WAV
PLAY
C:\VIDEOS\VACATION.AVI
Plays the video file VACATION.AVI from the
VIDEOS folder
SET CDAUDIO TIME FORMAT
TMSF PLAY CDAUDIO 3
Plays a specific track from the CD drive
STOP CDAUDIO Stops the CD from playing
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