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Transcribing MIDI recordings
If you run into trouble
Below you can find a few simple troubleshooting steps
that will help you pinpoint other common problems:
• The note I recorded is displayed with the wrong length.
For example, I recorded a sixteenth and got a quarter note.
You probably have the wrong Display Quantize value set. Open the Score
Settings–Staff page. If Auto Quantize is activated, deactivate it, unless you
have mixed triplets and regular notes. Also check the Notes and Rests Dis-
play Quantize values. If the settings are too “coarse”, change them to a
smaller note value. If you for example need the program to display an eighth
note rest, Rests Display Quantize must be set to “8” or a smaller value
(please refer to the chapter “How the Score Editor works” on page 488). If
No Overlap is activated, you might want to turn it off.
• There is a pause after a note that I don’t want.
You probably added a note with the wrong note value. Either lengthen
the note (physically or graphically – see “Changing the length of notes”
on page 520) or delete the one you have (see “Deleting notes” on page
523) and add a new one with the correct note value. If this problem oc-
curs a lot in your score, try selecting a larger Rests Display Quantize
value (see “Using Rests as Display Quantize setting” on page 491).
• There is no pause after the note although there should
be one.
Either the note is too long (use Clean Lengths or change the current
note’s length), or Rests Display Quantize is set to too high a value. Open
the Score Settings–Staff page and lower it.
• The note has an accidental when it shouldn’t, or it
doesn’t when it should.
Maybe the note is simply of the wrong pitch? Click on it (using the Ob-
ject Selection tool) and look at the info line (if this is not shown, see “The
info line” on page 497). Move it to the correct pitch (see “Editing pitches
of individual notes” on page 519). If this is not the reason, maybe you
have the wrong key set? And finally, you can also use enharmonic shift-
ing (see “Accidentals and enharmonic shift” on page 542).
• Notes are not grouped under beams the way I want it.
Normally the program groups eighth notes, sixteenths etc. under beams.
This can be deactivated. There is also detailed control of which notes are
grouped under a beam. This is described in the section “Handling bea-
ming” on page 545.
Inserting Display Quantize changes
Some situations may require different staff settings on dif-
ferent sections of the track. The staff settings are valid for
the entire track, but you can insert changes wherever you
like:
1. Select the Display Quantize tool from the toolbar or
context menu.
The Display Quantize tool on the toolbar
2. The Display Quantize dialog opens.
3. Activate the flags you need and set the quantize val-
ues as desired.
For details, see “Display Quantize and interpretation Options” on page
526. Additional hints below.
4. If you want to restore the settings to the ones used on
the Score Settings–Staff page, click the Restore To Staff
button.
5. Move the mouse over the staff where you want to in-
sert a new Display Quantize value.
Use the mouse position box to find the exact location. The vertical posi-
tion is of no relevance as long as you click somewhere in the staff.
6. Click the mouse button to insert a Display Quantize
event.
The new quantize settings are now inserted into the staff at the position
where you clicked. The settings are valid until a new change is inserted.