User guide

NEW FEATURES IN DIGITAL PERFORMER 7.24
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Transposing chord symbols
Chord Symbols are transposable along with other MIDI
data. Select the desired chord symbols, with or without a
MIDI note selection, and choose Region menu > Transpose.
Select the “Transpose chord symbols” checkbox, choose the
desired transpose options, and Apply.
Chord symbols in the Event List
Chord symbols are also displayed in the Event List. This is for
display purposes only — chord symbols cannot be edited in
the Event List. To edit chord symbols, use the QuickScribe
Editor.
Figure 55: Chord symbol in the Event List
Hiding chord symbols
To temporarily hide chord symbols, deselect “Chord
Symbols” in the View Filter (Setup menu).
Chord symbols preferences
The Preferences window (Digital Performer menu) has a
Chord Symbols pane to specify the default text style and
tabbing behavior.
Figure 56: Chord symbol preferences
Text style
These options specify the default font, size, style, and vertical
positioning of chord symbols.
Tab key advances
The options for Tab are to advance in one of three ways:
■ To the next beat or the next note, whichever comes first
■ To the next beat
■ To the next note
Setting preferences from existing chord symbol
The Commands window (Setup menu) includes a Use Chord
Symbol Settings as Prefs command. If you select a chord
symbol and invoke this command, the font, size, style and
vertical offset settings for the selected chord symbol are
copied into the Chord Symbol preferences for use by all new
chord symbols.
☛ This command is available only when you have a single
chord symbol selected.
Setting preferences on-the-fly
Hold down the Control key while dragging a chord symbol
to set the resulting vertical offset of the chord symbol in the
Chord Symbol preferences, which will be used by all new
chord symbols.
QUICKSCRIBE: OTHER ENHANCEMENTS
Various enhancements have been made to operations in the
QuickScribe Editor:
■ All page text, including chord symbols, can now be
horizontally or vertically constrained while dragging by
holding the Shift key.
■ You can now use the arrow keys to nudge all selected page
text up, down, left, or right.
■ You can now select multiple page text objects and drag,
nudge, or delete them all at once, or change their text
attributes using the Text menu.
■ The Text menu now puts a checkmark next to an attribute
only if all selected page text objects have that same setting.
For example, if one selected page text object is 10 pt and
another 12 pt, nothing will be checked in the Tex t me nu >
Size submenu.
■ You can now associate a page text object with more than
one track so that it will appear on the QuickScribe page when
any of its associated tracks are visible. The track association
is controlled by a submenu of track choices under Tex t me nu
> Display > On These Parts Only, where you can choose as
many tracks as you wish.
■ Dynamics Symbols now have a separate option in the View
Filter, so they no longer disappear when you filter out System
exclusive (SysEx) data.
■ The View Filter now has options for Normal, Display-only
and Playback-only notes. These View Filter options make it
possible to edit Display-only and Playback-only notes in
other edit windows besides the QuickScribe Editor, such as
the Graphic Editor and Event List.