[Lmuse-user] Some help getting started

[Scott <mu...@tr...>]

Before I begin you should know I'm a midi newb.  I have a general idea 
of how it's supposed to control my equipment from past experience with 
cakewalk, but I've become lost using Jack/Muse in Fedora.

I have an Echo AudioFire12 which I'm connected to via firewire and an 
Alesis SR-16 drum machine.  I have Fedora 10 with CCRMA packages 
installed.  I use Jack to record audio very successfully.  In Jack Patch 
I see under Output and Input:

Midi Through
 \-Midi Through Port-0

I've plugged the AF12 MidiOut to the SR16 MidiIn
I've Plugged the AF12 MidiIn to SR16 MidiOut

The Alesis SR-16 is configured for Midi Channel - Omni and Normal Note Map.

Basically what I want to do is compose drum tracks on a piano roll (like 
in Hydrogen) but have it instead control my SR-16 drum machine for 
playback.  Muse looks like the right program.  Reading the manual I get 
stumped at step 1:

"Select a song type from the Type pulldown menu in the Toolbar. This 
selects the capabilities of your MIDI hardware (either NO, GM, GS, or XG)."

How do I determine which to choose?  Any other help to get me started is 
very much appreciated!

-Scott