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The MIDI editors
Getting the score displayed correctly
When you open the Score Editor for a part recorded in
real time, the score may not look as legible as you expect.
The Score Editor can ignore the minor time variances in
performance and make a neater score almost instantly. To
achieve this, there are a number of Staff Settings that de
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termine how the program displays the music.
Ö Note that the time signature follows the time signa-
ture(s) set in the Tempo Track Editor, and that these set-
tings are common to all tracks/staves in the score.
There are two ways to open the Staff Settings dialog:
• Double-click in the area to the left of the staff.
• Activate a staff by clicking in it, and select “Staff Set-
tings…” from the Scores submenu of the MIDI menu.
The Staff Settings dialog appears.
Staff Mode
This pop-up menu determines how the staff is shown:
• When set to “Single”, all notes in the part are shown in
the same staff.
• When set to “Split”, the part is split on the screen into a
bass and treble clef, as in a piano score.
You use the Split-Point value field to set the note where you want the
split to occur. Notes above and including the split note will appear on the
upper staff, and notes below the split note will appear on the lower staff.
Before and after setting a split at C3.
Display Quantize
Notes are not an absolute language, and you must give
the program a few hints on how you want the score to be
displayed. This is done using the Display Quantize section
of the Staff Settings dialog.
The following options are available:
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The settings you make in this dialog are independent
for each staff (track), but common for a piano staff
which you have created by choosing the “Split” Staff
Mode option (see below).
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These are only display values used for the graphics
in the Score Editor. They do not affect the actual
playback in any way.
Option Description
Notes Determines the smallest note value to be displayed and
the “smallest position” to be recognized and properly dis
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played. Set this to the smallest significant note position
used in your music.
For example, if you have notes on odd sixteenth note po-
sitions, set this value to 16.
The “T” values are for triplet note values.
This setting is partly overridden by Auto Quantize (see
below).
Rests This value is used as a “recommendation” – the program
will not display rests smaller than this value, except where
necessary. In effect, this setting also determines how the
length of notes is displayed. Set this value according to
the smallest note value (length) you want to be displayed
for a single note, positioned on a beat.