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Performance Channels

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A performance channel, also called a PChannel, connects a part in a segment to a playback configuration. The configuration includes the following elements:

  • Tools that operate on the data before it reaches the synthesizer.
  • Instrument used to synthesize the sound, if it is not a wave.
  • Pan and volume settings.
  • Audiopath on which the sound plays.

DirectMusic Producer makes available 999 performance channels. Every part in a segment, including instrument parts and wave parts, is assigned to a performance channel. Multiple parts can be assigned to a single channel.

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