MIDI (and Allegro) Playback documentation

[Peter Sampson-2]

So, today I have been working on the documentation for Note Track playback.

1) I generalized references to be Note Track playback and added in references

to playback of Allegro throughout (having tested Allegro playback).

2) I increased the visibilty of Note Tracks by moving their link on the front page

into the "Audacity Foundations" section (out of the "Additional Track types).
http://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Main_Page#using

3) I decided to move the instructions on enabling Note Track playback with a

software synth for Mac and Linux to the Wiki:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Enabling_Note_Track_playback_on_Mac
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Enabling_Note_Track_playback_on_Linux

There is also a parent page in the Wiki - which is WIP and an orphan for now:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Enabling_Note_Track_playback

I decided in the Wiki rather than the manula for two reasons

a) these are platform instructions *not* Audacity instructions

b) it gives us the flexibility to change our advice even after the 2.2.0 Manual is published

4) with the Mac instructions

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Enabling_Note_Track_playback_on_Mac
I simplified these retaining just the software synth (SimpleSynth) instructions

The IAC driver material, which we appear not to need to enable Note Track playback

on Mac has been parked/archived on the talk page
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Talk:Enabling_Note_Track_playback_on_Mac

5) This is the main Playback & Recording page updated
http://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Playing_and_Recording#midi

6) Note Tracks intro has been updated for playback and generalized to include Allegro
http://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Note_Tracks

7) Note Tracks playback section has been generalized to include Allegro
http://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Note_Tracks#can_do

8) I updated Import/Export Preferences for Note Track Playback
http://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Import_-_Export_Preferences

I commented in a parallel thread about odd changes to the Allegro section.

Cheers,

Peter

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