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Transcribing MIDI recordings
The Explode function
This function allows you to “split” the notes on a staff into
separate tracks. It is also possible to use this function to
convert a polyphonic staff into polyphonic voices – this is
described in the section
“Automatically – the Explode
function” on page 598.
1. Pull down the Scores menu, open the Functions sub-
menu and select “Explode”.
The Explode dialog opens.
2. Make sure that “To New tracks” is selected at the top
of the dialog.
3. Enter the desired number of new tracks.
Note that this is the number of new tracks to be created! For example, if
you have a three-part polyphonic section and want to split this into three
separate tracks, you must specify 2 new tracks, since the original track
holds one of the parts.
4. Use the options in the bottom section to set up the cri-
teria for the split.
Choose from the following options:
5. Click OK.
A number of new tracks are now added to the score and the Project
window.
Using “Scores Notes To MIDI”
For very complicated scores, there may be situations
where you have tweaked the parameters for Display
Quantize and Interpretation as best you can, and you still
cannot get the score exactly as you want it. Perhaps one
setting works fine in one section of the track and another
is needed for another section.
In such a case, “Scores Notes To MIDI” helps you out. It
changes the lengths and position of some or all the MIDI
notes in the edited parts so that they have exactly the val
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ues currently shown on screen.
1. For safety, go back to the Project window and make a
copy of the track.
2. Open the part(s) again in the Score Editor.
If you only want some sections of your score to be “converted”, make
sure to only open those parts.
3. Make sure that the notes you want to affect are not
hidden (see “Hiding/showing objects” on page 665).
4. Select “Scores Notes To MIDI” from the Functions
submenu on the Scores menu.
The notes are now “converted”.
5. Make whatever adjustments are needed to make the
score read as intended.
Now that the notes have the exact lengths and positions
that were previously only displayed, you can probably deac
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tivate many of the options on the Staff page of the Score
Settings dialog and delete Display Quantize settings, etc.
If you find the operation did not give you the result you
were after, you can undo your settings or go back to the
original track, make a copy of that, and start over.
!
Create a copy of the original track first, because it
will be changed by the operation.
Option Description
Split Note Use this to move all notes below a certain pitch to another
track. When this is selected, it is pointless to specify more
than 1 new track.
Lines To tracks Use this when you want all musical “lines” to be put on
one track each. The notes with the highest pitch remains
on the original track, the notes with the second highest
pitch are put on the first new track, and so on.
Bass To
Lowest Voice
When this is activated, the lowest notes always end up
on the lowest track.