[linux-audio-user] how to send program change in MusE and Rosegarden?

[Chris Cannam]

On Thursday 31 July 2003 19:09, fpirrone wrote:
> I've just begun messing around with using these MIDI apps to interact
> with outboard devices (Yamaha keyboard, Boss drum machine, and
> Flextone guitar amp), but can't find a way to have a single track
> sequence contain multiple program change codes.

I was about to describe how to do this in Rosegarden, but then I 
realised that (I think, anyway) the feature was actually added after 
the last stable release, so it's only in CVS (which is not particularly 
stable right now).  In versions up to and including the 0.9.1 release, 
the only way to get program changes within a track is to record them 
from a MIDI input.

For completeness sake: Rosegarden generally prefers to have one program 
per track, with the program for a track being that associated with the 
track in the instrument parameter box that can optionally be shown on 
the left of the main window.  In recent code you can insert program 
changes as well, but so far only in the event-list editor.  Open an 
event list and select Insert Event, specifying the type "programchange" 
with the channel and program you want.


Chris