User Guide

Chapter 9: MIDI Recording

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Recording with the Wizard Feature

This is a very helpful feature if you don’t have a MIDI keyboard but you want to record with a “live” feel. Use the

Wizard to record notes from the computer’s QWERTY keyboard for a track that’s more natural than step time.

Here’s how:

Enable the Wizard checkbox.

2. Press [R] key to record.

3. As the song plays, play the melody on any keys on the bottom two rows of the QWERTY keyboard, in the

rhythm of the melody. The “wizard” notes won't be the correct melody of course, but don't worry about that as

you record. When you're finished, look in the Notation window. You’ll see the wrong notes in the right places

with the correct durations.

4. Drag the notes (with the left mouse button) to the correct place on the staff. You’ll hear the notes play as you

drag them, and the names will show in the note name box. For sharps, flats, and naturals, hold down the Shift

key, Ctrl key, or Alt key respectively.

Tip: If you have the Wizard “On” the spacebar won't stop playback. You need to press the Esc key to stop playback when

the Wizard is on. This is to prevent stopping the song if you mistakenly hit the spacebar while playing the Wizard.

Importing MIDI Files

Importing to the Melody or Soloist Tracks

Standard MIDI files can be read in to the Melody or Soloist tracks from MIDI files or from the Windows clipboard.

You can read in all of a MIDI file, or selected channels and a specific range of bars. Use one of the following two

commands:

1. Melody | Import MIDI File – to select a MIDI file from disk using the Windows Open File dialog.

2. Melody | Import MIDI File from Clipboard - when the MIDI data is already copied from another program to the

Windows clipboard. The clipboard option will be grayed out if there is no MIDI data in the clipboard.

Once chosen, the Import MIDI File - Options dialog box opens.