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When exporting multiple Songs, each one will be saved to a separate RMF file containing just a
single Song. The only question to answer is what Instruments, if any, you want to include in each
RMF file. (The Song data is always included.)
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The Export Multiple RMF Files dialog box asks for your answer to that question:
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- Working with the Export Multiple RMF Files dialog box
What Instruments Should You Include?
Working with the Export Multiple RMF Files dialog box
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This dialog box is very simple to use: just choose one of the three options by clicking on the
option you prefer. For help deciding which Instruments to select, see What Instruments Should
You Include?, below.
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When you're happy with your selection, click on the OK button to close the dialog box.
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Finally, use the Choose A Folder dialog box to pick a folder for your exported RMF files:
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The filenames will be taken from the Song names, but will all end with the.rmf extension.
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- Note for Mac OS Users: The Mac OS file creator code will be `MPL2'.
What Instruments Should You Include?
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You have three options here. In most cases (including RMF files intended for sonifying Web
pages), Include All Custom Instruments is the best choice.
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- Include No Instruments means none of the generated RMF files will include any Instruments,
neither Custom nor Built-In, even if used by the Songs.
- Don't use this option if any of the selected Songs depend on Custom Instruments - the Custom
Instruments won't be included, and when the RMF file is played, all notes that use the
Custom Instruments will be missing.
- If the selected Songs use only Built-In Instruments, and you know the RMF files will be
played in Beatnik playback environments that provide the Built-In Instruments, then it's OK
to use the Include No Instruments option.
- The Beatnik Player for Web browsers always includes the Built-In Instruments; however
the Beatnik Audio Engine for C and C++ and the Beatnik Xtra for Director and
Shockwave may or may not include the Built-In Instruments, depending on which
sample library file is being used at the time. Check your Beatnik documentation for
details.
- Include All Custom Instruments means that each generated RMF file will include any of your
Custom Instruments that the respective Song uses, but none of the Built-In Instruments it uses.
- This is usually the best choice, because most Beatnik playback environments include their
own copy of the Built-In Instruments. For example, the Beatnik Player for Web browsers
always has the full set of Built-In Instruments. Of course those players don't have a copy of
your Custom Instruments, so to make them available at playback time you'll need to include
them in the RMF files.
- Include All Instruments means that each generated RMF file will include all Custom and
Built-In Instruments it uses.
- Use this option if you expect the RMF files to be used in Beatnik playback environments
that don't (or aren't guaranteed to) include the Built-In Instruments. (The Beatnik Audio
Engine for C and C++ and the Beatnik Xtra for Director and Shockwave may or may not
include the Built-In Instruments, depending on which sample library file is being used at the
time. However, the Beatnik Player for Web browsers always includes the Built-In Instruments.)
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