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Introduction ► Starting Music Creator

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Click the Start button, and choose Programs > Cakewalk > Music Creator 6 Touch > Music Creator 6 Touch.
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Click the Start button, point to Documents, and choose a Music Creator project from the menu.
Figure 5. The Quick Start dialog
The Quick Start dialog box has several options.
Watch Video Tutorials. Click the Watch Video Tutorials button to access online video tutorials.
Open a Demo Project. Click the arrow at the end of the drop-down menu to display a list of installed demo projects. Choose the one you want to open, and click the Open a Demo Project button to open it.
Create a New Project. Clicking this button opens the New Project File dialog box, which displays a list of templates for new projects. Select the one you want to open, and click the button to create a new project.
Open a Project. Clicking this button is the same as using the File > Open command. The Open dialog box appears, displaying the contents of your Music Creator project folder. Select the project you want to open, and click OK.
Open a Recent Project. Select from a list of projects recently opened. Choose the one you want to open, and click the button to open it.
Help. Select the topic you want to learn more about, then click the Help button. The list contains links to topics in the online Help and content on www.cakewalk.com.
Close. Use this button to close the Quick Start dialog box.
Show this at Startup.Clear this check box if you don’t want the Quick Start dialog box to launch the next time you start Music Creator.
If you don’t want to see the Quick Start dialog box in the future, uncheck the box at the bottom of the dialog box, and click Close. You can see the Quick Start dialog box later by choosing Help > Quick Start.
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Global settings in the Preferences dialog box. Open by selecting Edit > Preferences.
Note: You can run the Wave Profiler again at a later time (for example, if you install a new sound card or driver) by choosing the Edit > Preferences > Audio - Driver Settings command and clicking Wave Profiler.
Note: You can run the Wave Profiler again at a later time (for example, if you install a new sound card or driver) by choosing the Edit > Preferences > Audio - Devices command and clicking Launch Audio Profiler.
Choose Edit > Preferences > MIDI - Devices to open a dialog box in which you select the MIDI In and MIDI Out devices that Music Creator will use. Each item in the list is a MIDI Input or MIDI Output from drivers installed using the Windows Control Panel. Select Edit > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box, then click MIDI - Devices. This dialog box lets you choose instruments on MIDI inputs and outputs.
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Look at the top window. Notice that it shows devices on MIDI Inputs; make sure that all devices in this window are checked. If a device isn’t checked, click on it once to select it for MIDI Input.
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Look at the window on the bottom. Notice that it shows devices on MIDI Outputs. Music Creator numbers its MIDI Outputs by the order of the devices in this window. The device on top is on Output 1, the one below it is on Output 2, and so on.
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Check one device at a time in the Outputs window and click Move Checked Devices to Top to change its order. Then check all the devices that appear in the window to select them for output.
Tip: Be sure to select MIDI output devices in Edit > Preferences > MIDI - Devices. If you don’t do this, you won’t hear any of your MIDI instruments when you play songs in Music Creator. You do not need to enable any MIDI output devices if you are strictly using software instruments.
If you later add or remove drivers using the Drivers icon of the Windows Control Panel, Music Creator reacts in the following way:
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If you add a driver through the Control Panel, Music Creator does not automatically use it. You must use the Edit > Preferences > MIDI - Devices command to enable the new driver in Music Creator’s list.

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