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event, the pitch, or even a combination of the two can make up the criteria. This permits simpler and
faster distribution of MIDI notes in the score line.
For example, it's often the case with some standard MIDI files that a particular piano piece's lower
system notes have a different MIDI channel than that of the notes of the upper stave. Let's assume the
notes for the right hand are on channel 1 and the notes for the left hand are on channel 2. In this case you
should set up two staves for the stave in the note stave settings. The easiest way to do this is with the
"Piano" preset. For the first staff, set the MIDI channel allocation to "Ch. 1" in the "Channel" selection
box and "Ch. 2" for the second staff. Deactivate allocation according to pitch by setting the split point to
0 (see MIDI score settings dialog).
The rules for allocation are as follows:
If the (preset) option "Automatic stave allocation" is set for the note, then the staves will be played
through until the MIDI channel corresponds with it and the pitch is over or equal to the split point.
Note:
It may happen that some notes are not shown at all as they are not yet allocated to a stave.
Multi-voice notation
Up to two independent voices can be annotated for each staff. The voices differ in the direction of the
note stems: the first voice is always with the stem pointing upwards, the second with the stem pointing
downwards. Rests are displayed individually for each voice.
Multi-voice notation can simplify the score considerably and enable multiple instruments or parts to be
displayed in one staff together.
You can set the voice by selecting the notes and clicking on the button or menu command "Assign first
voice" or "Assign second voice".
This sets the stem direction of the notes, and therefore the voice itself.
This assignment can be undone by clicking on
"Automatic staff assignment for notes".
For automatic voice assignment, the note's MIDI
channel has to be analyzed.
To do this, set up a MIDI channel for the second voice in the stave properties dialog. This can be set
individually for each staff. All notes of a stave whose MIDI channel has not yet been assigned to a
second voice, are added to the first voice.
Voice assignment via the MIDI channel can be practical when displaying standard MIDI files with
multi-voice piano pieces if the voices of the right hand are set to the first and second MIDI channels and
the voices of the left hand are set to MIDI channels three and four. In this case, apply the following
settings:
Note:
If there is no MIDI channel selected for voice assignment, only one voice will be annotated (if manual
voice assignment does not occur).
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