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Transcribing MIDI recordings
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 on the toolbar or the
context menu.
The Display Quantize dialog opens.
2. Activate the flags you need and set the quantize values
as desired.
For details, see “Display Quantize and Interpretation Options” on page
588. Additional hints below.
3. If you want to restore the settings to the ones used in
the Score Settings dialog (Staff page), click the “Restore
To Staff” button.
4. Move the mouse over the staff where you want to insert
a new Display Quantize value.
Use the Mouse Time Position display in the status line to find the exact
location (see
“The status line” on page 560). The vertical position is of no
relevance as long as you click somewhere in the staff.
5. 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.
• If you are using polyphonic voices (see “Polyphonic
voicing” on page 593), you can insert a Display Quantize
event for all voices by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and clicking
with the tool.
If the “Display Quantize Tool affects all Voices” option is activated in the
Score Settings dialog on the Project page (Notation Style subpage, in the
Miscellaneous category), Display Quantize events is always inserted for all
voices.
Viewing and editing Display Quantize changes
If you activate the “Quantize” checkbox on the filter bar
(see “Showing and hiding elements” on page 560), a
marker is shown under the staff for each Display Quantize
setting you have entered with the tool.
This allows you to edit your settings in the following ways:
• To edit a Display Quantize change event, double-click
on its marker.
This opens the Display Quantize dialog again – adjust the settings and
click Apply.
• If the Display Quantize dialog is already open, you can
select any Display Quantize change event, adjust its set-
tings in the dialog and click Apply.
• To remove a Display Quantize change, either click its
marker to select it and press [Backspace] or [Delete], or
click on it with the Erase tool.
Adding Display Quantize changes
Very often, the score is fine except for a few bars some-
where. To remedy the problem, insert two Display Quan-
tize changes with the tool (one at the beginning of the
section, one after it to restore to the current staff settings).
If you have mixed triplets and straight notes, it can be
tempting to insert many Display Quantize changes. Before
you do so, try the Auto Quantize options and their addi
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tional settings. See “If your music contains mixed straight
notes and triplets” on page 589 for details.
Select the Display Quantize tool…
…to open the Display
Quantize dialog.