Overview of Music Authoring

The author of compositional music elements uses a tool such as DirectMusic Producer to create the basic elements of each musical theme required by the application. For more information on the following topics, see the documentation for DirectMusic Producer.

• Authoring Styles
• Authoring Chord Maps
• Authoring Style-based Segments
• Authoring MIDI-based Segments
• Authoring Templates
• Authoring Bands

Note  In this section, the human composer is referred to as the author to avoid confusion with the composer object of DirectMusic.