Update MIDI track header / scroomer docuemntaiton for 8.0

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<p>
A MIDI track has the same basic controls as an <a
href="@@audio-track-controls">audio track</a>, with a number of differences.
</p>
<figure>
<img src="/images/typical-midi-track-controls.png" alt="A MIDI track header">
<figcaption class="center">MIDI track header, stretched to show normally hidden controls.</figcaption>
<img width="50%" src="/images/typical-midi-track-controls.png" alt="A MIDI track header">
<figcaption class="center">MIDI track header, stretched to show normally hidden controls</figcaption>
</figure>
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only the note.</li>
</ul>
<p>
Scroomer's user interface looks lightly differently depending on the
currently selected tool. For most tools, the UI is the same as on the screenshot
above. However, when either the Draw or the Edit tool is selected, the scroomer
will additionally display notes (e.g. 048 C, 049 C#):
</p>
<figure>
<img width="50%" src="/images/scroomer-notes.png" alt="Notes in the scroomer">
<figcaption class="center">Notes in the scroomer</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
If a virtual instrument loaded into the MIDI track provides MIDNAM data,
Ardour will read and display note names rather than notes:
</p>
<figure>
<img width="50%" src="/images/scroomer-note-names.png" alt="Note names in the scroomer">
<figcaption class="center">Note names in the scroomer</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
You can configure Ardour to always show note names when they are available
or never show them. The setting is on the <kbd class="menu">Appearance > Editor</kbd>
page of the Preferences dialog.
</p>
<p>
The extent to which scroomer can zoom into the pianoroll depends on the
maximum size of a note cell. This setting is available on the
<kbd class="menu">MIDI</kbd> page of the Preferences dialog.
</p>
<h2>Channel and Patch Selection</h2>
<h3>The Channel Selector</h3>
<figure class="right">
<img src="/images/midi-chan-sel-dlg.png" alt="The MIDI channel control window">
<figcaption class="center">The MIDI channel control window.</figcaption>
<img width="300" src="/images/midi-chan-sel-dlg.png" alt="The MIDI channel control window">
<figcaption class="center">The MIDI channel control window.</figcaption>
</figure>
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