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The MIDI editors
Display Transpose
Some instruments, for example a lot of brass instruments,
are scored transposed. For this purpose, the Staff Set-
tings dialog allows you to specify a separate Display
Transpose setting for each staff (track). This transposes
the notes in the score (i.e. how they are displayed) without
affecting how the notes play back. This allows you to
record and play back a multi staff arrangement, and still
score each instrument according to its own transposition.
• Use the pop-up menu to select the instrument for which
you are scoring.
You can also manually set a display transpose value with the Semitones
box above.
Interpret. Flags
These provide additional options for how the score should
be displayed:
Applying your settings
After you have made your settings, click Apply to apply
them to the active staff. You can select another staff in the
score and make settings for that, without having to close
the Staff Settings dialog first – just remember to click Ap-
ply before you change staff, otherwise your changes will
be lost.
Entering notes with the mouse
To enter notes into a part in the Score Editor, you use the
Note tool. However, first you need to set the note value
(length) and spacing:
Selecting a note value for input
This can be done in two ways:
• By clicking the note symbols on the extended toolbar.
You can select any note value from 1/1 to 1/64th and turn on and off the
dotted and triplet options by clicking the two buttons to the right. The se-
lected note value is displayed in the Length value field on the toolbar and
in the Note tool cursor shape.
• By selecting an option from the Length Q pop-up on the
toolbar.
Selecting a Quantize value
When you move the mouse pointer over the score, you will
see that the position box on the toolbar tracks your move-
ment and shows the current position in bars, beats, six-
teenth notes and ticks.
Parameter Description
Clean Lengths When this is activated, notes that are considered to be
chords will be shown with identical lengths. This is done
by showing the longer notes as shorter than they are.
When Clean Lengths is turned on, notes with very short
overlaps are also cut off; a bit as with No Overlap (see
below), but with a more subtle effect.
No Overlap When this is activated one note will never be shown as
overlapping another, lengthwise. This allows long and
short notes starting at the same point to be displayed
without ties; the long notes are cut off in the display. This
will make the music more legible.
An example measure with No Overlap deactivated…
…and with No Overlap activated.
Syncopation When this function is activated, syncopated notes are
shown in a more legible way.
This is a dotted quarter at the end of a bar when Syn-
copation is Off…
…and when it is On.
Shuffle Activate this function when you have played a shuffle
beat and want it displayed as straight notes (not triplets).
This is very common in jazz notation.
Parameter Description