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Entering and editing notes
The Mouse Note Position display shows the pitch accord-
ing to the vertical position of the pointer in a staff. The
Mouse Time Position display shows the “musical position”
in bars, beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks:
• The relation between beats and bars depends on the
time signature: In 4/4 there are 4 beats to a bar. In 8/8
there are eight, in 6/8 there are six, etc.
• The third number is the sixteenth note within the beat.
Again, the time signature determines the number of six-
teenth notes to each beat. In a quarter note based time sig-
nature (4/4, 2/4, etc.) there are four sixteenth notes to each
beat, in an eighth note based time signature (3/8, 4/8, etc.),
there are two sixteenth notes, etc.
• The last value is in ticks, with 480 ticks per quarter note
(and thus 120 ticks per sixteenth note).
The figures below show some note positions and their
corresponding position values:
Eighth note positions
Eighth note triplet positions
Sixteenth note positions
Adding and editing notes
Entering notes using the computer keyboard
A quick and easy way to enter notes, without having to de-
cide on the pitch, position and note value first is using the
computer keyboard. To enter a note, proceed as follows:
1. On the toolbar, activate the “Computer Keyboard In-
put” button.
Now you can enter notes using the computer keyboard.
2. Hold down [Alt]/[Option].
A note with the note value specified in the extended toolbar appears. By
default, the insert position is the first position of the bar and the pitch is
C3. You can however change this using the computer keyboard.
• You can change the pitch of the note by using the up
and down arrow keys.
To transpose the note in octave steps, use the Page Up/Page Down keys.
• To change the insert position of the note, use the right
and left arrow keys.
Note that for position changes, the Quantize value is taken into account.
• To change the length of the note, hold down [Shift] and
use the right and left arrow keys.
This changes the note value step by step, passing from one Quantize
value to the next.
3. To insert the note, press [Return].
The note with the specified pitch and note value is inserted at the se-
lected position and the insert position for the next note changes accord-
ing to the Quantize value. If you press [Shift]-[Return], the insert position
does not change, allowing you to enter chords.
1.1.7.01.1.1.0
1.2.3.0
1.4.1.08/8
2/2
4/4 1.1.1.0
1.1.1.0
1.1.3.0
1.1.3.0
1.2.1.0
1.1.5.0
1.2.1.0
1.3.1.0
8/8
2/2
4/4
1.8.1.0
1.3.1.0
1.2.1.0
1.5.1.0
1.2.3.0
1.3.3.0
1.6.1.0
1.2.5.0
1.4.1.0
1.7.1.0
1.2.7.0
1.4.3.0
4/4
2/2
8/8
1.1.1.0
1.1.1.0
1.1.1.0
1.1.2.40
1.1.2.40
1.1.2.40
1.1.3.80
1.2.1.80
1.1.3.80
4/4
2/2
8/8
1.1.5.0
1.2.1.0
1.4.1.801.3.1.0
1.1.6.40
1.2.2.40
1.3.2.40
1.1.7.80
1.2.3.80
2/2
4/4
8/8
1.1.1.0
1.1.1.0
1.1.1.0
1.1.2.0
1.1.2.0
1.1.2.0
1.1.3.0
1.1.3.0
1.2.1.0 1.2.2.0
1.1.4.0
1.1.4.0
2/2
4/4
1.4.1.0
1.1.5.0
1.2.1.0
1.3.1.0
1.1.6.0
1.2.2.0
1.3.2.0
1.1.7.0
1.2.3.0
1.1.8.0
1.4.2.0
1.2.4.0
8/8