H. Preferences

All of the preferences described here can be accessed via the "Preferences..." menu item of the Options menu on any of the major screens. These items affect the behavior of the Player globally and are not specific to a particular song or Playlist.

1. MIDI Thru

If MIDI Thru is enabled, MIDI data can pass through the handheld from the in port to the out port. This is generally used by experienced MIDIanites and can be safely disabled if you don't know what it means.

2. Count In Measure

Count In Measure causes a one-measure metronome count in before the song starts. The metronome continues counting through blank space at the beginning of the song, until the first note is encountered.

If your press pause during the count in, count in will start over rather than resume from where you paused it. In effect, pause is the same as stop during count in.

3. Disable Alarms

Disabling alarms prevents them from interrupting play. It is only active on playable screens. The low battery message is not disabled. WARNING: some applications use alarms to silently schedule internal events. Disabling them may prevent these programs from functioning properly.

In version 2.0, ittyMIDI Player even disables the low battery alarm. If the battery gets low, little exclamation points appear next to the battery meter on the Play screen. However, this feature does not stop your handheld from going dead! So, you should always follow the Boy Scout motto: "Put fresh batteries in your handheld computer before using it to play MIDI in front of a live audience."

4. Reset Volume to Max and Reset Drums to Default

Some songs don't reset certain parameters to their defaults at the beginning of the file. This can cause settings from previous songs to affect the current song, usually with undesirable results. The following options help alleviate the problem:
Reset Volume to Max sends a MIDI message to reset the synth's volume after each song. The value it sends is the Volume you have set on the Play screen.

Reset Drums to Default sends a message resetting the drum kit to the default program (0 - Standard Set) after every song.

5. Suppress GM Enable/Disable

Some songs automatically send a message that puts your synthesizer in General MIDI mode. This could be annoying if you want to set up your synth to play MIDI files with non-GM programs. If this option is selected, no GM System messages will be sent, and your synthesizer will stay in the mode you set it to.

6. Use Internal Sound

Select this option to enable the internal synthesizer on certain Sony models and the monophonic internal speaker on all other models. MIDI data will still be sent out the serial port.