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Navigating the HTML Document
This HTML document is both the User's Guide and the Online Help for the Beatnik Editor.
It has two frames:
The left frame is for navigating the document, with tabs for Contents, Index, Search, and Favorites (or `bookmarks'). To access any of these features, click its tab. The tool will appear, usually with a list of destination links. To go to a destination, just click its link. The right frame (holding these words) displays the current page.
Right frame navigation tools include:
Arrows in the page header and footer, which take you to the next page and previous page. A top link in the page footer, which takes you to the top of the current page. And as usual, any underlined text in the page means a link to another part of the document. What's In this User's Guide
Nobody likes reading manuals - but we recommend you read through this short Introduction before using the Beatnik Editor.
After the Introduction you can go a couple different ways, depending on your needs and experience level - the Where Do You Go From Here? section will link you to the next information you need.
Other Reference sections to be aware of include the FAQ, the Menu Reference and Window Reference , and maintenance information including Versions and Updates, Troubleshooting, and Removing the Beatnik Editor.
Musicians and sound designers will be interested in Advanced Techniques like Creating Banks of Triggerable Samples (RMFX) and Automatic Looping and Track Muting, the list of Built-In Instruments , and the MIDI Implementation Chart.
Beyond this User's Guide, the Beatnik Web site includes many Online Resources you'll find helpful as you learn to create Beatnik soundtracks. If you're not sure where to get music and sound content to use in your RMF files, remember that Beatnik publishes a huge library of top-quality audio and MIDI content that you can use in your RMF files - available live on the Web for browsing & licensing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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